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Conservative dark money is funding a network of so-called "pink slime" websites that sell influence to the fossil fuel industry and far-right special interests, where candidates and PACs can simply buy the coverage they want on hundreds, perhaps thousands of websites, and hundreds of millions of impressions across their ad networks. These sites look innocuous, but they're filled with undisclosed press releases, bylined to newsrooms or individuals that often don't exist. What's worse: they now outnumber the country's remaining local newspaper sites, and when Yale researchers put them side by side with the real thing, nearly half of Americans preferred the fake ones. Let's talk about it and what this means for the upcoming midterm elections.

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What's going on with Mitch McConnell? We talk about it. Plus, Waymo is arresting teens, Trump's airport logo appears to be AI slop, Bluesky rolls out age verification in Texas, and more.

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Articles discussed:

Mitch McConnell

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-video-stretcher-ambulance

https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/10/mitch-mcconnell-house-has-carpeting-and-tile-workers/

Waymo Calls Police on Teens

https://abc7news.com/post/waymo-calls-police-15-year-olds-joyriders-underaged-drinking-shooting-toy-guns-driverless-vehicle/19465228/

The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Be AI Slop

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-airport-logo-ai

Bluesky age verification begins in Texas

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-bluesky-age-verification-22328414.php

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The Quorators gang joins us to rank the worst posts from around the internet in the first half of 2026, as submitted by our listeners.

Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsSqQR6eolZQjzq-146cJCjX5ZgWR43v-3zf9nLq2Lk/edit?usp=sharing

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Listen to Part 2 at https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Note: this episode was originally recorded June 4th. Dan Friesen, formerly of the podcast Knowledge Fight, joins us to talk about Tucker Carlson and how he and other right wing media figures are attempt to launder white nationalism under the guise of "sensible" positions on Palestine and more.

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