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

Nate Wolf

Viral Politics

EXCLUSIVE: How an FBI presentation for the elderly exploded in drama over Trump’s executive orders

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

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‘Go woke, stay afloat’: Trump’s anti-DEI push blamed for string of recent plane crashes

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

Katherine Huggins

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Even MAGA is mocking a GOP bill encouraging Trump to rename Greenland ‘Red, White, and Blueland’

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

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Culture

The right keeps deadnaming trans people—Now the internet is ‘deadnaming’ the Gulf of Mexico (and Twitter, and HBO)

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

Mikael Thalen

Conspiracy theorists think liberals are stealing eggs to drive up prices under Trump

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Crypto CEO cheers demise of government board where customers lodged thousands of complaints

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

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‘This is America last’: MAGA vocally breaks with Trump over plan to redevelop Gaza

Jason Wilson is an investigative reporter based in Portland, Oregon.

Jason Wilson

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He’s working on Elon Musk’s ‘plutocratic coup.’ Last year, he won a $100,000 grant to promote ‘democratic governance’ in AI

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Memes

‘I never thought he would tariff MY imports’: America is learning how tariffs work in real-time, and these 25 memes say it all

Juul backs Trump’s tariffs—claims Chinese vapes ruined its market

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MAGA’s new favorite anti-woman meme

Roy Stephen is a N.Y.-based freelance journalist covering the gig economy. His work was previously featured on Inc. Magazine, the US Sun, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Roy Canivel

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TikTok egg trackers try to keep the heat on Trump over rising prices

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

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