Ep. 79 - WTF Happened in the Midterms?
- Author
- Think Progressively
- Published
- Mon 14 Nov 2022
- Episode Link
- None
This week, we take a close look at the results, some still ongoing, of the 2022 midterm elections. We also talk about conservatives continuing to ban books, Elon Musk tanking Twitter, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:
- More conservative book banning in Wisconsin schools
- Elon Musk tanking Twitter harder than the Packers 2022 season
- Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall
- A “verified” Kari Lake account gained traction after tweeting she conceded
- Nintendo of America account posted Mario flipping the bird on the day of a big Nintendo Direct event
- Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly’s stock dropped after an impersonator tweeted that “insulin is free now”
- Impersonating accounts was previously against the Twitter TOS, but Musk has professed support of the practice saying “comedy is now legal on Twitter”
- U.S. judge strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan
- Pokemon's Ash Ketchum wins world championship
- Waukesha County judge won't order military absentee ballots to be set aside
- Election officials combat voter intimidation across U.S. as extremist groups post armed militia at some polls
- Voting machine problems in Arizona seized on by Trump, election deniers
- NBC Exit Polls 2022
- How different groups voted according to exit polls and AP VoteCast
