How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
Source: Wired ·
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.
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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. You can follow Leah Feiger on Bluesky at @leahfeiger , Hugo Lowell on Bluesky at @hugolowell , David Gilbert on Bluesky at @davidgilbert , and Vittoria Elliott on Bluesky at @telliotter . Write to us at [email protected] . 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 .…
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