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Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

Left: Screenshot from @@rachelovee's Tiktok of a 75in TV at Costco; Center: Costco Exterior; Right: Screenshot from @rachelovee's Tiktok of a Costco price tag for 399.97

‘Nissan Altima of TVs’: Costco shopper finds 75’’ QLED TCL TV for $399. Just how good a deal is this?

Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

Nate Wolf

As Musk halts ‘wasteful’ contracts, government money hasn’t stopped flowing to SpaceX

Andrew Wyrich is the former newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. He previously served as the deputy tech editor. Andrew has written for USA Today, NorthJersey.com, and other newspapers and websites. His work has been recognized by the Society of the Silurians, Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors (IRE), and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Andrew Wyrich

A few glass straws. The Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr logo is in the bottom left corner.

Newsletter: 🥤 ‘Scary’ glass straw horror

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘My car is under this Tesla’: Woman pays ‘$400 to $600’ to park car in apartment’s ‘stacker’ garage. Now she can’t get it out

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

Screenshot from Reddit thread with the headline: AITA for pretending to thin beans in chili are "woke", to prank my cousin who is obsessed with being "anti woke" and who loves chili?" A bowl of chili is in the background.

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‘Impeccable bit’: Guy pranks conservative cousin into thinking beans in chili are ‘woke’

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

Elon Musk, Son picking nose and donald trump in oval office with text "trump seethes as president musk's kid eats his boogers than paws his desk"

‘Trump babysitting Elon’s kid’: The internet—and Grimes—react to 4-year-old picking his nose in the White House

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Ai Scarlett Johannson(l) and Adam Sandler(r) with blurred out middle finger on hand with jewish star and the name Kanye beneathe it. Adam is also giving a blurred out middle finger.

‘Makes me proud’: AI video of Adam Sandler giving the finger to Kanye dupes posters

Amelie Allen was a trending intern at the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a senior at the University of Arizona, where she studies political science and journalism. In her free time, she enjoys reading, puppetry, and watching old movies.

Amelie Allen

A hand pouring laundry detergent into a cap; Screenshot of Tiktok user @wild_ermomma

‘I was today years old’: Woman shows how to get last bit of detergent out of bottle. You’re probably wasting a ton

Elon Musk over money vaults of coins pouring out

‘I’d rather have a CFPB’: Musk’s DOGE offers Americans $2 in exchange for unlimited corporate fraud, graft

Screenshot from @adrovelle's Tiktok of a Quiktrip Pepperoni Pizza label; Photo of a QuikTrip exterior.

‘I just threw this … in the trash’: Man buys pizza at QuikTrip. Then he takes a closer look at the label

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

2 panel image: on the left side is a person and on the right is a shelf of Coca Cola soda.

‘Team Pepsi’: Rumors of Coca-Cola calling ICE on their workers ignites Latino boycott

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

3 people float in front of a background of goldfish shaped snack crackers. They are framed by fish shapes.

‘I was not expecting Goldfish’: Expert exposes the truth about Goldfish. Here’s why the snack’s so harmful

3 panel image: on the sides a person explains and in the middle is a car with text over: 2025 Genesis GV80 Coupe.

‘It says my posture is bad’: Woman slouches in Genesis GV80. Then she realizes it has an unprecedented new feature

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

Scrolling In The Deep: ‘Are you reheating someone’s nachos?’ 

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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