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The State of the Union in one priceless Joe Biden GIF

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U.S. shared PRISM data with Dutch intelligence agency

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This could be how PRISM actually works

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Does the NSA’s PRISM spying program violate EU law?

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Mitch McConnell and the Republican meme machine

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Photoshopped Obama now rules all of Westeros

Mike Fenn is a former contributor to the Daily Dot whose beats included Reddit, YouTube, and all things WTF. His work has also appeared in Forbes and News.com.au.

Mike Fenn

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The 7 most unpresidential moments caught in GIFs

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Shotgun Obama gets the meme treatment

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The 10 most popular Reddit posts of 2012

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The top 10 most influential people on Facebook in 2012

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Culture

Meet DonkeyHotey—ingenious political caricaturist

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

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Scumbag President vs. Completely Wrong: The 2012 election in memes

Justin Franz is a Montana-based reporter and photographer who wrote about web culture for the Daily Dot. His work has more recently appeared in Flathead Living Magazine, Trains Magazine, and Travel + Leisure.

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The 2012 election in controversial YouTube videos

Fidel Martinez is a web culture and politics reporter. His work for the Daily Dot focused on Reddit and YouTube.

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Presidential debate reactions: Gotye, Kanye, and Big Bird’s WTF moment

Kevin Morris is a veteran web reporter and editor who specializes in longform journalism. He led the Daily Dot’s esports vertical and, following its acquisition by GAMURS in late 2016, launched Dot Esports, where he serves as the site’s editor-in-chief.

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Revealed! Traffic stats on President Obama’s Reddit AMA

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