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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

Democrats are dreaming up their own sneakers in response to Trump's

Democrats dream up AI-generated Hypebeast Biden sneaker to counter Trump’s sold-out kicks

Old RFK Jr. tweet congratulating ex-gay man on marriage resurfaces

RFK Jr.’s ‘she ungayed you’ congrats to comedian’s prank marriage resurfaces—thanks to Joe Rogan

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

Katherine Huggins

Marjorie Taylor Greene—accused of affair with tantric love guru—says Christian conservative women aren’t chaste enough for her taste

Narratives surrounding Nex Benedict death swirl online as family opens own investigation

Online speculation swirls as family of Nex Benedict’s family pledges independent investigation in wake of police statement

Right-wing outraged Red Cross doesn't separate donations based on Covid vaccine status

Mired in conflicting claims over ‘tainted’ blood, right-wingers can’t decide if they  trust the Red Cross anymore

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

David Irving in 2012 over himself speaking in 1955 overlayed with question marks

‘I’m not convinced’: Ambiguous reporting about death of infamous Holocaust denier leads to memes questioning his existence

Ernie Piper is an investigative journalist that writes about conspiracy theories, digital culture, and travel. He grew up in Alaska, lived in Istanbul for a long time, and now lives in London.

Ernie Piper

Inside the courthouse as Julian Assange makes his final stand against U.S. extradition

Woman showing off peace fingers with graphic background

‘The ultimate FAFO!’: Libs of TikTok is outing people sending her death threats—and reveling in their dismay

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

Mikael Thalen

Elon musk with Liam Nissan avatar in circle

Account that outed Musk’s alleged alt says he left site over suspicious threats

A push to blame ‘social media addiction’ for Brianna Ghey’s murder faces backlash from the trans community

EU Flag(l), Yulia Navalnaya(c), X logo(r)

X claims it doesn’t automate content moderation in Europe—so why did it hint that’s why Navalny’s wife was banned?

Oklahoma’s top education official hit with flood of comments calling out silence after non-binary student dies

Covid-19 Written vaccine bottle with a blue liquid and taking the vaccine from it with a syringe on a laboratory like background.

A video of ‘strange white clots’ in a deceased patient hyped as proof of COVID vaccine’s harm—despite having ‘been observed for decades’

Donald Trump(l), Phone with GoFundme app(r)

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