“Our main facility is a fortress now,” — Stephen Richer—MaricopaCountyRecorder (prsnl acct)

Elections in America have become militarized, and officials are facing threats, mass resignations, budget shortfalls, and sheer exhaustion as a result of unending election fraud disinformation

wired.com/story/election…

Today we dropped the very first episode of #WIREDPoliticsLab .

This one features Leah Feiger, David Gilbert, and me talking about the threat posed to election officials by the combination of tech x election-deniers.

Have a listen and subscribe! 👇
pod.link/1516843565/epi…

In today’s Politics Lab newsletter, we’re talking about election deniers, AND

💾 The tech they’re building to challenge voter rolls

🤖How they could use generative AI

🎧And our first podcast IS OUT!!!

READ & SUBSCRIBE BELOW
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Here it is folks, the very first episode of #WIREDPoliticsLab .

In this episode, Leah Feiger, Tori Elliott and myself discuss how election officials are under threat as a result of election conspiracies and election denial groups

Listen and subscribe:

pod.link/1516843565/epi…

For years, local election workers have been drowning in records requests from people looking for evidence of election fraud. Experts worry that GenAI, which can generate freedom of information requests in seconds, could make that worse

wired.com/story/ai-chatb…

I chatted with PBS NewsHour about the Arizona abortion ban and what it means for providers, patients, and politicians.

scoop: A board member of Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, has been accused of hacking one of the executives that helped bring the firm public as part of a corporate coup attempt, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida. wired.com/story/truth-so…

I finally get to do the ~personal news~ thing: I'm the first 404 Media fellow!! Please start sending me emails, I've missed getting emails. (and thank you to everyone here for having me :) )
404media.co/introducing-th…

But multiple far-right activist groups with ties to former president Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are mobilizing their supporters in earnest, drawing on one baseline belief: Elections in the US are rigged, and citizens need to do something about it.

There's a new privacy bill that might (?) have legs

More here!
wired.com/story/apra-con…

Breaking: Trump chooses not to endorse any kind of national abortion ban, instead saying it is “now up to the states to do the right thing.” Strong signal that he’s worried about this issue in November.

Read Hannah Knowles + Marianne LeVine washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

For the last month I've been attending online webinars from election denial groups who are ramping up their efforts to try and disrupt the 2024 presidential election.

Here's what I found out:

(with typically wonderful art from Anjali Nair)

1/7

wired.com/story/election…

If you're confused about what's up with X in Brazil right now, it might be helpful to revisit this story. Essentially this is NOT the first time the company has gotten a 'get disinfo off your platform or get out' threat. The first time was in 2022
WIRED

wired.com/story/twitter-…

you know the guy who got a vasectomy during this morning's east coast earthquake? i just had to know everything that happened.

you can read my whole conversation with Justin Allen here👇
wired.com/story/an-inter…

'Could you, uh, paint the picture for me of what it was like on that table?'

'I’m laying there. He’s in the middle of whatever he needs to do down there and the whole building started shaking.'

my favorite Makena Kelly pivot:

wired.com/story/an-inter…

The #KateMiddleton and #BaltimoreBridge conspiracies just a warm up.

For conspiracists in 2024, the #SolarEclipse is their Super Bowl. It's got everything:

• Biblical Apocalypse
• Operation Balloon
• The Devil's Comet
• Martial Law
• RED HEIFERS

wired.com/story/solar-ec…

Zen Goziker worked at TikTok for only six months. Many of his allegations about the company and the US government are improbable. But he still may have shaped how the app is viewed in Washington.

must read from Louise Matsakis:
wired.com/story/tiktok-w…

Biden-linked influencers were front-and-center at the president's biggest fundraiser. The press? They were mostly kept in the Rockettes' dressing room.

read Makena Kelly's latest newsletter on the influencers with as much presidential access as the press: wired.com/story/social-m…