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How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost

Articles mentioned in this episode: Democrats Sweep Republicans in Nearly Every Race That Matters Voters Set $400 Million of Elon Musk’s

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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 Results Are In: Voters Hate Data Centers Election Deniers Aren’t Contesting Their Massive Losses You can follow Leah Feiger on Bluesky at , Hugo Lowell on Bluesky at , David Gilbert on

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How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers. 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 Results Are In: Voters Hate Data Centers Election Deniers Aren’t Contesting Their Massive Losses You can follow Leah Feiger on Bluesky at , Hugo Lowell on Bluesky at , David Gilbert on Bluesky at , and Vittoria Elliott on Bluesky at . Write to us at uncannyvalley@wired.com. How to Listen You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link. You can also download an app like Overcast or Pocket Casts and search for “uncanny valley.” We’re on Spotify too. Transcript Note: This is an automated transcript, which may contain errors. Brian Barrett: Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm Brian Barrett, executive editor. Zoë Schiffer: I'm Zoë Schiffer, contributing editor. Leah Feiger: Not this week, folks. Sor.

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