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

Mikael Thalen

Jelly Roll pledged to ‘expose’ the music industry—now conspiracy theorists are mad at his revelations

RFK Jr and Donald Trump in front of McDonald's arches

RFK Jr. forced to defend fast food as ‘American culture’ after Trump works McDonald’s shift

Kamala Harris and Alex Soros with happy birthday tweet

‘Stop posting photos’: Liberals plead with Alex Soros to log off as Harris, Walz tributes draw backlash

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

Katherine Huggins

‘Staged with fake customers’: Trump critics call ‘McBS’ on his McDonald’s drive-thru appearance

Tim Walz side profile against a black backdrop.

Slipshod Tim Walz allegations revived thanks to deepfake of supposed ‘victim’

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

Tricia Crimmins

Donald Trump(l), Donald Trump reading from teleprompter(r)

Trump team silent over teleprompter at his town hall—after building frenzied conspiracy about Harris having one

Hackers deface digital billboards with fake MrBeast ‘Death to Israel’ ads

Everyone wants to know what Obama said to Biden at the Kennedy memorial service

AOC chides Fetterman for ‘bleak dunk attempt’ in response to her Israel criticism

A card going into a voting box with a question mark on it with the Oklahoma flag in the background. There is text in the top left corner that says Digital Democracy in a Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr font.

‘Just a waste’: This Oklahoma voting ballot measure is being called a waste of time by lawmakers and voters

A group of military members run together, as a the words"LET'S MAKE OUR MILITARY GREAT AGAIN" are emblazoned in front of them.

Stanley Kubrick’s daughter says Trump’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ ad helps fight military’s ‘inappropriate injection of WOKE’

Charlie Kirk and girl in front of football Stadium

Charlie Kirk wore earplugs to a college football game—then edited them out of his pic after getting called ‘beta’

People wearing dark clothing on a boat with censored flags and question marks around them

Trump backers try to pin blame for Nazi flags at MAGA boat parade on ‘undercover antifa’

Donald Trump dancing over wider shot of him dancing with other people

Trump shuts down supporters’ questions to jam out to his favorite tunes for 40 minutes

Donald Trump full speech at rally in Coachella, California

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