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

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‘20 million votes MISSING’: Resistance liberals already found a way to declare Trump’s victory fraudulent

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

Mikael Thalen

Kamala Harris(l), Ballot with Dot in next to Kamala Harris with text that says "See that little black dot in the kamala box? If you vote Trump its gonna read both boxes as marked & it will be void. Take a pic & ask for another. This was from Kentucky but it can happen anywhere"(c), Donald Trump looking shocked(r)

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A black dot on a ballot in a state Trump will certainly win still led to a MAGA fraud freakout

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Jill Biden’s panda costume sends QAnon crowd into Halloween fervor

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Tucker Carlson says ‘demons’ invented nukes, days after claiming he was physically mauled by the spirit world

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Infamous COVID conspiracy theorist claims Democrats froze her electronics for endorsing Trump

Photo collage image showing Buzz Aldrin, Donald Trump, and the historic photo of Buzz Aldrin on the moon in the background.

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‘Ok, was real’: Moon-landing truthers ditch principles after Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump

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Leonardo DiCaprio endorsed Kamala Harris over climate change—conspiracy theorists are trying to pin it on Diddy

Donald Trump wears a new gold on black "Make America Great Again" hat. Behind him is a gold and black American flag.

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Trump wore a gold-and-black MAGA hat—critics think it’s a secret signal to the Proud Boys

Donald Trump and American Flag with Q painted on it

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QAnon crowd explodes after Trump says he and Matt Gaetz have a ‘little secret’ that will swing the election

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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The ‘Thank You Beyoncé’ meme and conspiracy theory, explained

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‘What an amazing coincidence’: MAGA thinks E. Coli outbreak at McDonald’s is a CDC plot to harm Trump

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

Leonardo DiCaprio (l) P Diddy(r) There is text that says One Dumb Conspiracy in the bottom right corner in a Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr font.

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This fake shirtless photo of Leonardo DiCaprio at a Diddy party is driving QAnon wild

Conspiracy theorists using AI chatbots to try and prove QAnon is real

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QAnon believers blown away by ChatGPT ‘proof’ conspiracy is real

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

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