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Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

Mike Johnson vs Lil’ Jon highlights the contrast between the RNC and DNC

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

Mikael Thalen

‘Are you ok babe?’ JK Rowling hasn’t posted a thing since getting named in cyberbullying lawsuit

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

Tricia Crimmins

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‘I’m 33 with a masters degree and I was like ‘uhhh”: GOP-backed confusing Wisconsin ballot measure gets meme’d

JD Vance spins Andy Breshear’s ‘make him go through this’ line into sordid claim—and fumes over it

Hillary Clinton’s response to DNC crowd’s ‘Lock him up’ chant was a Jack Nicholson meme

Parker Short, viral Kendrick Lamar rapping Dem, calls Charlie Kirk ‘so weird’ in DNC confrontation

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

Jill Biden calling Beau ‘our son’ revives far-right campaign that stepmoms aren’t real moms

Democrats forgot to remove Biden's name from their 2024 platform

Someone forgot to edit out the references to Biden’s ‘second term’ in the Democrats’ new platform

Trump fans photographed carrying around sticky tributes to JD Vance’s fertility

EXCLUSIVE: DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison joins TikTok—and welcomes strong feedback

Tim Walz taco truthers unearth seasoning-laden recipe after ‘white guy’ spice comment

This YouTuber pretended to be Vivek Ramaswamy at a Trump rally, and plenty of people bought it

Vivek Ramaswamy-looking influencer dupes politicos, supporters at Trump rally

‘They hate biological women’: MAGA bros gin up fake outrage after Anna Paulina Luna swimsuit video recirculates

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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