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‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance

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‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance

Anthony Ralphs was frustrated by the San Diego City Council's support for Flock. He decided it would take something more than reasoned argument to get their attention.

Vittoria Elliott

A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

Skew the Vote

A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

David Gilbert

Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics

Inner Loop

Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics

Hugo Lowell

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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

Taken Down

Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

Vittoria Elliott and Matt Burgess

Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms

Double Down

Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms

David Gilbert and Kate Knibbs

FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

Side Deals

FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

Maddy Varner

People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

AI Do

People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

Jason Parham

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

Inner Loop

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

Hugo Lowell

The Gender War Over Obsession Has Come for Theme Parks

Bloody Mess

The Gender War Over Obsession Has Come for Theme Parks

Miles Klee

FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months

DOGE Takeover

FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months

Vittoria Elliott

Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation

Cooked Books

Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation

Vittoria Elliott

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

Smoke and Mirrors

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

Miles Klee

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

Uncanny Valley

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Molly Taft

The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting

Inner Loop

The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting

Vittoria Elliott

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Say Cheese

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Dell Cameron and Maddy Varner

MAGA Is In Turmoil Over Tucker Carlson’s Possible 2028 Presidential Bid

Election Plans

MAGA Is In Turmoil Over Tucker Carlson’s Possible 2028 Presidential Bid

David Gilbert

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

Body Horror

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

Molly Taft

Can Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?

Prison Break

Can Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?

David Gilbert

DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets

Big Hires

DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets

Kate Knibbs

It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA’s Support for ICE

Inner Loop

It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA’s Support for ICE

David Gilbert

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

Lawfare

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

Dell Cameron

Laura Loomer’s Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War

Party Split

Laura Loomer’s Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War

David Gilbert

‘They’re Fucking a Lot of People’: 7-OH Users Brace for DEA Ban

High and Dry

‘They’re Fucking a Lot of People’: 7-OH Users Brace for DEA Ban

Manisha Krishnan