What’s On Your News Feed? How to Spot Election Misinformation There is a moment we all know too well: you are scrolling through your news feed, half awake, coffee in hand, and a post stops you cold. It shows a long line of voters at a polling place, a caption claiming that voting hours have changed, or a screenshot of a politician saying something outrageous. Your heart beats a little faster. You feel that urge to share it, to warn your friends, to prove a point. But then a quieter voice asks: Is this real? In an election season, that…

1. There is a county in Arizona that has become a magnet for election-year chaos, and it is once again at the center of a storm. Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and a huge share of the state’s voters, has spent years being dragged through false claims about rigged machines, shredded ballots, and secret plots. Now, with the November 2026 midterms approaching, another video has appeared online, and it is spreading exactly the way such videos always seem to spread: fast, furious, and with far more heat than light. The clip, posted on October 9 by a group called We…