The Right Is Still Pushing Election Denial—and Pillows
David Gilbert: We saw it with the Trump shooting. We saw conspiracies spread on all sides.Donie O'Sullivan: It was staged.David…
How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk
If anything, the military has impinged on CISA’s territory—not the other way around—out of exasperation with the civilian agency’s constrained…
Democrats Have Finally Learned the Value of Shitposting
The marked change in tone first appeared in a press release on July 25. Recounting an interview Trump gave to…
What Project 2025 Means for Big Tech … and Everyone Else
The Republican Party’s official platform for the 2024 elections is even more explicit, promising to roll back the Biden administration’s…
Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases
Databases containing sensitive voter information from multiple counties in Illinois were openly accessible on the internet, revealing 4.6 million records…
Kamala Harris and the Paradox of Progress
“Kamala finally has an online presence,” says Marlon Twyman, a professor of quantitative social science at USC Annenberg who specializes…
Trump’s Crypto Embrace Could Be a Disaster for Bitcoin
Donald Trump is an unlikely crypto ally. The power of bitcoin, embodied in Satoshi Nakamoto’s founding document, is that it…
Zuckerberg reveals his endorsement decision for the 2024 election
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made his endorsement decision for the 2024 election – declining to endorse anyone at all.…
The Far Right Is Already Demonizing Kamala Harris
Far-right communities online are already demonizing Vice President Kamala Harris after speculation that she may replace President Joe Biden as…
Conspiracy Theorists Aren’t Even Bothering With Biden’s Debate Performance
Over the past 18 months, Elon Musk’s X has become a hive of disinformation, particularly around breaking news events, such…