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  "id": 18299712,
  "title": "Daily Show roasts Elon Musk for wasting $500 million on the midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/daily-show-roasts-elon-musk-for-wasting-500-million-on-the-midterms",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:17:56.000Z",
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  "summary": "\"The Daily Show\" host Michael Kosta has roasted Elon Musk, whose large donations to Republicans failed to yield the results he wanted in the midterm elections.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Analysis: Elon Musk contributed a record $474M to political groups for the 2026 midterms, including $216M to America PAC, the highest non-candidate spend ever (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/analysis-elon-musk-contributed-a-record-474m-to-political-groups-for",
        "published": "2026-11-02T12:55:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Elon Musk's preferred US midterm candidates, including Ken Paxton and Vivek Ramaswamy, lost almost everywhere; Musk spent $446M, a record for a non-candidate (Calder Mchugh/Politico)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/elon-musks-preferred-us-midterm-candidates-including-ken-paxton-and",
        "published": "2026-11-04T11:35:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Not even $200 million could help Elon Musk buy Texas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/not-even-200-million-could-help-elon-musk-buy-texas",
        "published": "2026-11-04T15:33:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "Elon Musk spent nearly $500 million on the midterms and lost big-time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/elon-musk-spent-nearly-500-million-on-the-midterms-and-lost-big-time",
        "published": "2026-11-04T17:01:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "After Texas' blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/after-texas-blue-wave-what-happens-to-elon-musk-and-spacex",
        "published": "2026-11-04T20:36:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "Elon Musk’s nearly half a billion dollars in midterms spending was a flop",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/elon-musks-nearly-half-a-billion-dollars-in-midterms-spending-was-a",
        "published": "2026-11-05T02:00:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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