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Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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Main Character of the Week: The Walmart worker who did your job for you

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Main Character of the Week: Luigi Mangione

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Main Character of the Week: Selfish Dollar Tree workers

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Main Character of the Week: Escaping the algorithm

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‘If you have it be careful’: Woman dines at viral sushi restaurant. Then she’s hospitalized for a week

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Main Character of the Week: Olive Garden breadsticks

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Main Character of the Week: Your spiraling Facebook friends

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Main Character of the Week: Car touchscreens

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Main Character of the Week: The Dollar Tree customer who found a markup on Jiffy cornbread mix

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Main Character of the Week: What you need to know about your home air filters

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Main Character of the Week: Is the new iPhone update a cheater’s dream? 

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Main Character of the Week: Restaurant tortilla chips

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Main Character of the Week: Fixing your own stuff

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