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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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Pope Francis dying hours after meeting JD Vance sparked a truly dark meme

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‘Yeet her into the Sun’: Lisa Murkowski roasted for admitting she gets ‘anxious’ speaking out against Trump

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Seattle crosswalks hacked to play AI message from Jeff Bezos—days after Silicon Valley-Musk prank

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A 10-terabyte data dump on Trump, Russia hyped by ‘Anonymous’ isn’t real

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BlueAnon goes full QAnon with bonkers new JD Vance conspiracy

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Trump’s ‘Great time to buy’ post before tariff pause prompts insider trading accusations

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

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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

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

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Prominent ransomware gang claims NASCAR hack—offers $4 million data bounty

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Musk drops childish slur on Trump trade adviser over Tesla critique

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

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

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