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Workers can no longer afford the economy they need to keep stimulating. #Zer0Billionaires #socialsciences #poverty #USPolitics #politics

Crypto and AI super PACs spent $250 million on the midterms. In the races where their money could actually make a difference, nearly two-thirds of it backed candidates who lost. You wouldn’t know it from what the industries are saying. New issue: https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-ai-lost-the-midterms/ #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Fairshake is touting a 92% win rate. But this is only because it bet on 74 nearly guaranteed wins — out of the 18 competitive seats Fairshake spent in, its candidate won just 8. About half of its $155 million in spending backed losers. The biggest loss was crypto’s unsuccessful $64 million in spending to keep Sherrod Brown out of the Senate. Brown may now chair the Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees the CFTC: the regulator crypto has spent years trying to put in charge of itself. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Maybe the crypto PACs will chalk up their losses to the Democratic wave. But they made little effort to hedge against it — 3/4 of crypto’s spending backed Republicans, and most Democratic spending was in primaries. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

OpenAI- and a16z-linked Leading the Future spent $8.2M defeating “AI safety” candidate Alex Bores in NY-12, only for him to lose to a candidate with a similar platform. Backlash from AI’s intervention in that race was likely why they backed off in the general election. On the other side was the Anthropic-linked “AI safety” Public First PAC network, which claimed a “crushing blow” to the “anti-regulation” PACs. But of the $29.2 million they spent, only about $10.9 million ended up helping winning candidates (37%). #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Despite the crypto industry’s public claims of widespread public support, their admakers clearly understand that being “pro-crypto” is not a winning message. Out of the 57 ads I tracked from crypto super PACs, only 3 mentioned crypto (obliquely). AI-focused super PACs were more willing to mention their industry, but not in a good way. Most mentions came from “AI safety” PACs warning about the harms of AI, or from Leading the Future bashing Alex Bores for his history in the tech sector. https://influence.citationneeded.news/2026/analysis/ads/library #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Most crypto and AI ads avoided mentioning their industries at all, instead telling voters what they thought they’d want to hear. One “AI safety” PAC network ran “remove the illegals, seal the border” ads for a Republican and “overhaul ICE” ads for a Democrat a few hours away. #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

AI and crypto both declared victory, despite their objectively poor performance. Both have vowed to spend heavily in 2028, and are still hoping to intimidate lawmakers with the dominance they failed to demonstrate. But before then, AI and crypto will both have to try to backtrack on their strong rightward turn over the past few years, lobbying a Democratic Congress. More on that pivot coming soon. #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

NEW: Recordings of calls and events reviewed by ProPublica show members of the Georgia State Election Board working with Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network, which was born out of an effort to overturn the 2020 election. https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-board-cleta-mitchell-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #Georgia #Election #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy #USPolitics #Law

Gotta love that #BlueWave selfie! #USPolitics

NEW: A Republican member of the election board in Forsyth County, Georgia, challenged dozens of midterm ballots, claiming four were cast by dead people. ProPublica found all four are alive. https://www.propublica.org/article/election-challenge-forsyth-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #Georgia #Election #Vote #Voting #Midterms #USPolitics #Law

Provisional ballots have finally been counted in #NorthCarolina fifth district and the Dem’s Chuck Hubbard is up over 300 votes. It’s not official yet but it’s more likely than ever Virginia Foxx will lose. I’m going to pop champagne if she does. Keeping fingers crossed. 🤞 #USPolitics

TRUMP FAMILY CORRUPTION... Trump’s pet project documents being destroyed, whistleblowers say Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump's construction projects are being destroyed #AureFreePress #News #uspol #uspolitics #BreakingNews

NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott spent years trying to make school vouchers a reality in Texas, even pushing to unseat rural Republicans who stood in the way. Some lawmakers believe the effort contributed to his party's historic demise in the midterms. #News #Texas #TX #Education #Congress #TXPol #USPolitics #Schools #Teaching #Parenting

Former House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry says the crypto industry "had an opportunity to legislate". Could've sworn that was Congress's job. #USpolitics #USpol #crypto #cryptocurrency

Walmart is the largest employer of working adults relying on SNAP. Source: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108703#Zer0Billionaires #TaxTheRich #socialsciences #poverty #USPolitics #politics

It's the biggest single day rout in the history of the NASDAQ, and continuing with futures - Dems win bigly and the markets go FUUUUUUCK A reminder, stock markets are not the economy, they are banks for billionaires, tech bros and climate denying oil and gas shitheads #USpoli #USpol #USpolitics #CDNpoli #Climatechange #Tech

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social I emailed both my senators today to tell them I would not be happy with Schumer. We need new leaders who are all-in on real progress, such as passing the Medicare For All Act, in addition to ensuring accountability (not just lip-service performative hearings) for the rampant corruption and brutality of the current regime. Neither Schumer nor Jeffries is up to the task, and my senators and rep heard about it from me today. #USPol #USPolitics

@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social Adding some hashtags for more visibility #Mississippi #USPol #USPolitics