Nilay Patel and David's Vergecast argues big tech lost big in the 2026 midterms: Democrats swept up and down the ballot, Texas flipped blue, and 40 of 41 data-center ballot measures in 10 states went against data centers. The hosts call the results a possible wall for the AI industry, and cover incoming Democratic oversight of tech, FCC chairman Brendan Carr, Google's search troubles, SpaceX's wireless ambitions, the new MacBook Pro, and a Free Press reporter's ChatGPT-edited photo that changed the image it claimed to brighten.