In Tonya Williams’ Mississippi family, they all vote. But last year, Williams’ uncle mentioned offhandedly that he hadn’t voted in an election for several years. Shocked, she helped him make a plan. “We don't miss elections. We will go. If you need a ride, we will go pick you up …
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The left’s favorite political Twitch streamer, Hasan Piker, doesn’t know if he’s voting for President Joe Biden and doesn’t care if you do either. Nearly every day, Piker streams on Twitch for around eight hours to his more than 2.6 million followers on the platform. He’s not a household name …
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“Join Your Local Militia or III% Patriot Group,” a post urged the more than 650 members of a Facebook group called the Free American Army. Accompanied by the logo for the Three Percenters militia network and an image of a man in tactical gear holding a long rifle, the post …
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Last week, President Joe Biden signed a law that could ban TikTok. This week, we’re talking about the app for an entirely different reason. A lot of lawmakers and campaigns are still using the app, despite the supposed national security risks. Michael Cohen—Donald Trump’s ex-fixer and star witness in the …
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A lot is happening this week. Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial officially kicked off, Congress is trying to reauthorize a major spy law, and Google workers protested a company contract with Israel. Which is why we’re talking about Jake Paul, and the influencer-politics ecosystem, in this week’s newsletter. This is …
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You’ve been asked to serve on the jury in the first-ever criminal prosecution of a United States president. What could possibly go wrong? The answer, of course, is everything. A juror in former president Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York was excused on Thursday after voicing fears that …
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As the presidential election approaches, and conspiracies about the integrity of the electoral system ramp up, election deniers and conspiracists have coalesced around a narrative they plan to push ahead of November: Blame the immigrants. And not only that, election deniers are now advocating for a far-right sheriff’s group called …
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Trump Media & Technology Group, the Truth Social parent company majority-owned by former president Donald Trump, filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning that helpfully details all of the ways Trump himself poses a threat to the company and its shareholders. While the company generated just …
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Since 2020, Donald Trump and his devotees have sown doubt over election results and spread dozens of election conspiracies. Some of these election deniers have become elected officials themselves, serving as governors and US senators. Others, like Mike Lindell, have spent millions of dollars in hopes of overturning the 2020 …
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With less than seven months to go until November, election offices and the people who run them are facing unprecedented challenges as they try to prepare for the most consequential vote in a generation. All the election workers WIRED spoke with said they were ready for November. “We’re ready,” says …
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