Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on Surveillance Capitalism, Text Privacy and AI

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From ‘Trump Curious’ to ‘Trump Furious’: Inside the Midterm Odds

With just under two weeks until the midterms, Democrats have reason for cautious optimism. Analysts at the Cook Political Report project the party could flip the House. The Senate, meanwhile, has swung from Republican confidence earlier this year to a jump ball, and the Democrati ...  Show more

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Welcome back to High Stakes, a limited series from Kara Swisher and cohost Hillary Clinton. Ten years after Hillary called Trump Putin’s “puppet” on the debate stage, the label is back, and so is the fight over Russia. Corruption is now one of voters’ top concerns. If Dems take t ...  Show more

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