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The Daily Dot

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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Women, money, and Taylor Swift tickets: The life and death of a Florida Republican ‘kingmaker’

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‘This message is not a confession’: Was this notorious troll network led by teenagers?

Leqi Zhong was a fall intern for the Hi-Res division. Besides writing about business, tech, and the internet, she enjoys road trips and watching sunsets. Leqi graduated from UC Berkeley Journalism in May 2023 and had written for CNN, Palo Alto Daily Post, Berkeleyside, and Oakland North.

Leqi Zhong

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‘It’s squeezing us out of the market’: Temu has taken e-commerce by storm—but sellers say they’re paying for those low prices

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‘They do have blood on their hands. And they will have more’: Why Florida is a sunny haven for white nationalists

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‘He knows when to use humor; he can be very friendly and nice’: The neo-Nazi up the road

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‘You have to take the little towns first’: White nationalism infiltrates Idaho Republicans, where the ‘Christian Taliban’ is gaining influence

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‘The whole town has my back’: Anti-immigration power couple has big plans to shape U.S. laws—from their castle in West Virginia

Steven Monacelli is an investigative journalist in Dallas, Texas. His reporting has been featured in Rolling Stone, the Daily Beast, Gizmodo, Texas Observer, Dallas Weekly, and more.

Steven Monacelli

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‘We’re always trying to recruit him’: Houston police union praises vigilante with history of using racial slurs

Originally from Texas, Douglas Lucas is based in Seattle. When not substitute teaching in public education, and not toiling away in marketing, he&#8217;s a freelance writer/journalist published at Foreign Policy, Vice, Salon, WhoWhatWhy, the Texas Observer, and several others.

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EXCLUSIVE: A missing laptop could be key to prosecuting Trump. This rural Georgia county only recently admitted that it exists

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X? (updated)

Talia Jane is a reporter based in New York City covering activism and extremism.

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‘Like a trap’: Are posters of Israeli hostages drawing awareness or baiting pro-Palestinians into getting canceled when they tear them down?

Brianna Bell is a Canadian journalist whose work has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, and more.

Brianna Bell

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‘It’s just thick with abuse’: Inside the online reckoning of underground church Two by Twos

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‘I won’t survive’: Growing up with a Moms for Liberty parent, a group that’s suddenly one of the most influential forces in U.S. schools

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