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Mikael Thalen

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Donald trump with ear bandage

You can now buy a Trump assassination-themed $2 bill for $20

They claim it’s a steal of a price.

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Donald Trump(l), Elon Musk(r)

Trump’s slurring lisp completely overshadowed his big X interview with Musk

‘Sufferin succotash! Sounds like Trump has a major lisp.’

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MAGA claims Harris-Walz rally kept out American flags

Conservatives say Harris-Walz rally didn’t have American flags. But is it true?

It just so happens that there were a lot of cameras at the rally—and they show a lot of flags.

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JD Vance (l) horse (c) Tim Walz (r)

After Tim Walz couch joke, JD Vance makes horse reference in interview

MAGA pushes fake Walz horse rumor to counter fake Vance couch claim.

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Donald Trump with white jet background

Trump’s jet malfunctioned—its replacement appears to have been owned by Jeffrey Epstein

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Kamala Harris (l) Donald Trump (r) fake AI people waving flags (background)

Trump falls for ‘airplane reflection’ conspiracy claiming Kamala Harris faked her crowds with AI

‘There was nobody there!’

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Tim Walz over horse

Tim Walz and a horse is the far-right answer to JD Vance and a couch

It gets even more graphic.

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Andrew Tate over trans flag

Andrew Tate swimsuit pic starts trans panic among conspiratorial right

A not-so-revealing picture of Tate in men’s swimwear has some on the far-right saying he’s a woman.

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Tim Walz(l), Mountain Dew(c), JD Vance(r)

2024 is officially a race between 2 Diet Mountain Dew guys

Get ready for the VP Dew-bate.

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Hindenberg(l), RFK JR(c), chernobyl(r)

Harambe, Chernobyl, 9/11: After bear cub reveal, new meme wonders what else RFK Jr. was secretly behind

He’s the Forrest Gump of the world’s worst moments.

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Elon Musk is using your X data to train his AI. There is text in the bottom right corner that says 'Your Password Sucks' in a Daily Dot newsletter font.

Elon Musk is using your X data to train his AI. Here’s how to stop it

In the age of mass data collection, having yet another entity siphoning up your information is not ideal.

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Everyone is losing their mind over the stock market

‘Welcome to the end.’: Stock market sell-off sparks fears of societal collapse among conspiratorial far-right

The apocalypse is (probably not) nigh.

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kyle rittenhouse

QAnon launches transvestigation into Kyle Rittenhouse after he wavered on Trump

The claim was based on old pictures of him.

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Trump said imprisoned journalist would only be freed from Russia if he won. They were just freed by Biden

Trump’s boast that Russia would only free Evan Gerskovich for him recirculates after Biden secures release

Trump claimed that it wouldn’t happen unless he won in November.

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new video ingnites new conspirtoral furor at the secret service

New video of Trump shooter darting across roof reignites conspiratorial furor at Secret Service

‘The evidence shows a potentially rogue government.’

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