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Motivated Reasoning and Confirmation Bias Drive Viral Claims of “Russian Bot” Declines

A viral chart showed that Ukraine’s strikes on Yandex silenced the company’s search crawler. But many people were ready (and willing) to believe it showed something more.

America 2.0 Insider · October 9, 2026

Live Tracking the Real Risks to the 2026 Midterms

American election processes are under pressure, but the guardrails are holding — so far. We built a live tracker to separate documented actions from online chatter.

Podcast: Nerd Reich Redux with Gil Durán

Gil joins Dave for a discussion of his recently-released New York Times bestselling book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" and what it might mean for the midterms.

Tracking the Irkutsk “Plague“ Report

Reports of a death at a Siberian plague lab set off a global panic. We built a live tracker to separate the evidence from the alarm.

America 2.0 Insider · September 28, 2026

Podcast: Democracy without Politicians with Terry Bouricius

Imagine a courtroom where the jurors ran for office, raised campaign money, and met privately with the prosecution. Terry Bouricius argues that is a fair description of how we make our laws — and that choosing lawmakers by lottery, as Athens did, is one possible fix.

A War Over Worldviews: My Interview with Guildhall on Musk, Fedorov, and “the Mechanism”

My interview with the Ukrainian outlet Guildhall on Mykhailo Fedorov, Elon Musk, and why a convergence of worldviews might serve Russian aims.

Podcast: Midterms, AI, and MAGA with Dr. Jen Golbeck

How will AI, data surveillance, and political radicalization affect our upcoming elections? Dr. Jen Golbeck joins us to discuss how these topics are interrelated and what we can do to help.

What Russia Believes: Weekly Reports Reveal the Kremlin's Distorted Worldview

The Kremlin's internal security bulletins reveal a fight not over territory but a metaphysical contest — one waged, and slowly won, through information warfare the West largely ignores.

Podcast: The Case for National Service with Scott Reich

Historian Scott Reich makes the case that the idea of national service may be one way to repair our fractured democracy.

Exclusive: Peter Thiel’s Least Secret Network Is Just One Small Part of a Global Influence Machine

Dialog has been cast as Peter Thiel’s ‘secret society,’ but the invitation-only network is only part of much more significant Thiel-backed power web which draws far less attention.

Podcast: The Power of Predictions with Carissa Véliz

Predictions are everywhere these days. Philosopher Carissa Véliz says they're more about power than knowledge.

The Anatomy of an Influence Operation

The popular podcast Diary of a CEO has become a hit, but most people don't know it is part of a sophisticated influence network.