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Monica Sager is based in Boston and focuses her reporting on politics and tech. She is a graduate of Clark University, with a master&#8217;s from both Clark University and Northwestern University. She was part of the team named a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigation as well as a winner of the George Polk award for their work uncovering Phillips Respironics wrongdoings with its breathing machines.

Monica Sager

News aggregator Walter Bloomberg goes from villain to visionary after Trump actually pauses tariffs

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

Mikael Thalen

MrBeast ‘Feastables’ is now candy for the ‘globalist’ elite after YouTuber complains about tariffs

Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

Nate Wolf

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‘Everything is crashing—except on Polymarket!’: Gamblers place big bucks on U.S. recession

Photo Illustration in the style of a vintage Cold War poster of Donald Trump over a downward stock arrow.

Trump’s second term dubbed ‘Great Leap Backward’—as similarities to Mao’s China abound

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‘Money can’t buy brain’: Elon Musk mercilessly trolled during ‘Path of Exile’ live stream

Viral Politics

GiveSendGo’s refusal to remove page for Black teen accused of murder enrages the right

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Trump influencers keep swearing today is the day the market will rebound… for real this time

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Kristi Noem’s latest stunt video features her accidentally pointing a gun at an ICE officer’s head

Musk drops childish slur on Trump trade adviser over Tesla critique

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

Katherine Huggins

Photo collage image of Dan Bongino and the DOGE logo.

‘Where’s DOGE?’: Dan Bongino is getting a giant FBI security detail—instead of protecting himself

Tweet from X user @cooltxchick: "Trump is fighting too hard to keep from having to return Garcia. Why? Because he can’t. That man is dead, I believe that 100%. He’s looking to the courts for an out. He wants SCOTUS to rule in his favor so he can escape accountability for sending an innocent man to his death…"; Photo of the Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C. with a black and red color overlay.

Supreme Court ruling over immigrant detained in El Salvador prompts morbid conspiracies

Photo Illustration of Dave Portnoy in front of a crashing red stock market arrow

‘Feeling a little glee’: Dave Portnoy gets no sympathy after revealing tariffs cost him $20 million

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Trump dubs tariff naysayers in MAGA part of new ‘weak, stupid’ Panican party

photo collage of market spikes on a chart with text over: FAKE NEWS

Aggregators on X ran a fake claim about Trump pausing tariffs—and sent the stock market shooting up

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