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Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Memes

Why an illustration of Saddam Hussein’s hiding place is a lasting meme

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

TikToker shares story about influencer roundtable with Sherrod Brown and Cory Booker

‘Give me your phone’: TikToker says staffers asked him to delete video confronting Senators over Gaza ceasefire

Pro-Tate influencers are building an online echo chamber where critics aren’t allowed

People are skeptical about Shaun King’s call for a “robust pro-bono legal team” to work on defamation cases against his critics

‘It’s libel and slander’: Shaun King requests free legal team to sue his critics for defamation

Trump claims Hillary Clinton used it on her emails

People love Trump’s mental picture of Hillary Clinton pouring ‘acid that will destroy everything within ten miles’ on her server

Speed of House TikTok efforts leads to spike in antisemitic conspiracies about ban

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

Conservatives label pop star Olivia Rodrigo satanic for giving fans Plan B pills

Olivia Rodrigo dubbed ‘high priestess of child sacrifice’ by anti-abortion crowd for free Plan B at concert

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

Katherine Huggins

Congresswoman's post encouraging TikTok to be more like Grindr met with hilarious responses

‘Is she well??’: Congresswoman’s call for TikTok to be more like this infamous dating app flamed

‘I hate when mom and dad fight’: Ron DeSantis blasts Libs of TikTok for ‘lying’ about Florida immigration law

Author of far-right comic StoneToss allegedly doxed by left-wing reporting collective

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

Mikael Thalen

‘I always knew something was OFF’: Black Rifle Coffee under fire after employee donations to Democrats resurface

Ben Shapiro goes on tirade demanding Social Security age be raised to 67—which it was in 1983

‘Would the Secret Service gun down pass rushers?’: Aaron Rodgers could be RFK Jr.’s VP and people are losing it

Digital Democracy. The Capitol building with code running across it.

Viral Politics