How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
This week on Uncanny Valley, Hugo Lowell, David Gilbert, and Vittoria Elliott from WIRED’s politics team join Leah Feiger to break down how Democrats flipped both the House and the Senate, and why the MAGA base is pinning the losses on Trump and the Iran war. We look at how more than $400 million from Elon Musk’s super PAC largely came up empty, why voters restricted 39 of 40 data center ballot measures in what WIRED called the data center referendum, why election deniers suddenly went quiet, and what it all means for 2028.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
- Democrats Sweep Republicans in Nearly Every Race That Matters
- Voters Set $400 Million of Elon Musk’s Money on Fire
- The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Didn’t Really Impact the Midterms
- ‘I’m 100 Percent at War With Trump’: MAGA Revolts After Midterms Wipeout
- Knives Are Out in the White House
- The...
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