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Election 2024
Elon Musk's America PAC Canvassers Faced Surveillance, Sickness, and Late Pay in Arizona
I felt like Big Brother was always watching me,” says a contracted door knocker, one of several who allege to WIRED that they faced poor working conditions while getting out the vote for Donald Trump.
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An Election Denial Group Has Spent Months Compiling ‘Suspicious Voter’ Lists in North Carolina
Emails obtained by WIRED show that technology from a company called EagleAI Network is helping election deniers target their neighbors.
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TikTok Employees Shrug Off the US Election
Golden Goose
After the Election, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward No Matter What
The state has been written off as a woke wasteland. But it's still inventing the future on a bunch of frontiers nobody's talking about. Even if Trump wins, it will remain a golden, global example.
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This Safe, Sturdy Cat Decor Won’t Shed in Your Living Room
Your cat needs scratching posts and litter boxes, but they don’t have to be ugly.
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Pushing the Limit
The Boat That Could Sink the America’s Cup
Originally published in May, 2013: Larry Ellison planned the biggest, fastest and most exciting yacht race ever. Then Team Oracle wrecked one of his catamarans in San Francisco Bay, showing just how fragile the big boat—and event itself—really is.
Out for Blood
The Double Life of an American Lake Monster
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Politics
Arizona's Kari Lake Is Already Claiming Election Fraud
The night before the election, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, a former TV anchor-turned-election truther, thanked her supporters for voting early—something she has long railed against.
Politics
An Oath Keeper Talks Civil War Over Pastrami on Rye
“I'm training people to survive a civil war, to get out of the way, to stay home, stay off the grid,” says Oath Keeper Jim Arroyo, in an interview two days before the US presidential election.
Science
Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First
“I try to prepare customers not to expect the same pet all over again. The new pet is not going to know who you are right off the bat.”
Security
Flaw in Right-Wing 'Election Integrity' App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
A bug WIRED discovered in True the Vote's VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.