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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.

Anna Good

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shaking hands with Elon Musk onstage.

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Viral Politics

“Department of War AI will not be woke”: Pentagon moves forward with Grok military integration despite global backlash

hegseth bans beards in military at south korea event

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U.S. troops with facial hair told not to attend South Korea event per Hegseth memo: “Members with shaving waivers are NOT authorized”

Left: Dark-skinned man with a beard in camo uniform looking into the camera. Right: Dark-skinned man with a beard wearing camo military uniform looking into the camera, showing his bear.

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“Do you realize how many Black men you’re gonna lose?”: Troops online are revolting against Pete Hegseth’s beard crackdown

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Military officer eats a steak and lobster dinner out of a styrofoam to-go container in her car.

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“It’s giving last meal”: Military soldier’s steak and lobster meal sparks viral rumors. What does it really mean when the military serves surf-and-turf?

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The internet mocks Trump’s birthday parade with jokes and memes

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

Jason Wilson

Photo Illustration of Palmer Luckey in a Traingle with an outline of the Pentagon behind him.

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Who is this 32-year-old tech billionaire developing AI weapons designed to turn the U.S. into the world’s ‘gun store’?

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

Katherine Huggins

Screenshot from X user @AlexHortonTX of a Tweet from @DODResponse with a Community note and the same tweet without one.

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Community Note fact-checking Pete Hegseth’s response to secret Yemen Signal chat disappears from X

Screenshot of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from X; Exterior sign of Fort Bragg.

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Pete Hegseth’s ‘deceitful’ hack to reinstate Fort Bragg’s name leaves MAGA fuming

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‘Complete BS’: GOP rallies around Pete Hegseth after report of alcohol abuse, financial mismanagement

Pete Hegseth over image of bacteria under microscope

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Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot. She graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Two panel dfesign with one showing a woman talking, and the of the outside of a Lowe's store.

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‘Should have just spit in my face’: Lowe’s shopper uses military discount to buy washer and dryer. Then she gets to checkout

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‘You’re the sucker’: Biden throws Trump’s infamous fallen troops comments back at him

Biden's suggestion that his uncle was eaten by cannibals ridiculed by critics

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‘A basic mistake’: Tepid pushback on Biden’s claim his uncle was eaten by cannibals flamed by conservatives

Donald Trump with missiles in the background

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‘bing ding ding ding boom psheen pfoom’: Trump’s ‘Looney Tunes’ explanation of missile defense tech gets memed

Female veteran outside speaking (l) Female Marine on white background (r)

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‘Not all GIs are Joes’: Retired Marine calls attention to misogyny she’s faced as a female veteran

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