Election misinformation has a way of repeating itself. Year after year, the same core themes surface, and while the specifics shift with each election cycle, the underlying falsehoods remain remarkably consistent. That predictability is actually a kind of opportunity: if we know what to listen for, we can recognize misleading claims before they take hold. The 2026 midterm elections will likely be no exception, with familiar narratives about illegal voting, foreign meddling, compromised machines, corrupt election workers, and suspiciously shifting results all making the rounds. What makes this cycle different, though, is that the federal government itself has become a…

Imagine scrolling through your feed and watching a video of a political leader saying something they never said. You open an article from an outlet you don’t recognize, and it feels almost real, except for a few details that don’t add up. This is the new reality of digital life, where synthetic content, manipulated media, and algorithmically amplified falsehoods are no longer crude and easy to spot. They are sophisticated, personalized, and designed to exploit the very technologies we use to stay informed. The threat of foreign information manipulation and interference, or FIMI, has become one of the defining challenges…