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Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

Unclick

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir becomes an inauguration meme, for the most hilarious reason

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Entertainment

How did Vince McMahon convince Donald Trump to take the Stone Cold Stunner?

Monica Riese is the Daily Dot’s former director of production, and she previously served as the publication’s entertainment editor and assistant managing editor. She is Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly contributed to the Austin Chronicle, where her breaking news work was recognized by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

Monica Riese

11 times Michelle Obama’s poker face failed during the inauguration

Dell Cameron was a reporter at the Daily Dot who covered security and politics. In 2015, he revealed the existence of an American hacker on the U.S. government&#8217;s terrorist watchlist. He is a co-author of the Sabu Files, an award-nominated investigation into the FBI&#8217;s use of cyber-informants. He became a staff writer at Gizmodo in 2017.

Dell Cameron

Trump’s team removes all old, pending ‘We the People’ petitions

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

Advice from the ‘End of the World’ creator on surviving the next 4 years

George W. Bush battled a poncho today, and the poncho won

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

Jay Hathaway

‘Here’s the livestream of Trump’s inauguration’ meme prepares for the apocalypse

Nancy Sinatra trolls Donald Trump with the lyrics to his first dance song

Daily Dot Contributor

Giving Trump an accordion makes everything he says more hilarious

Did this Facebook user really not get that Obamacare = Affordable Care Act?

Culture

Who is Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General Nominee?

Government Ethics director ordered controversial tweets praising Trump, email reveals

Clinton beat Trump by 2.8 million votes, final tally shows

‘Rogue One’ proves extremely relevant in Trump’s America

How to contact your state’s electors before the Electoral College votes

Donald Trump