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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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TikToker calls out Petco for alleged mistreatment of betta fish, putting 2 males together in viral TikTok

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Thousands sign petition calling for Danny DeVito to play Wolverine

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

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Movement grows to keep Melania Trump out of the Girl Scouts

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People are petitioning for Sonic Adventure 2’s ‘City Escape’ to be the national anthem

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Can you trademark an identity? The Invisible Disabilities Association thinks so

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The simple way Donald Trump can prove that he doesn’t want to f**k his daughter

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Teen petitions Dublin Zoo to name baby gorilla Harambe Jr.

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There’s more to the spicy boys petition than renaming fire ants

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Judge in Stanford rape case faces recall threats

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One industrious fan is playing matchmaker for Thom Yorke and Björk

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Gamergate critics want Adam Baldwin disinvited from a sci-fi convention

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Inside the campaign against Gregory Sherl, poet and alleged abuser

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Weepy ‘Family Guy’ fans plead to bring #BringBackBrian

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The heartbreaking saga of Zhu Ling

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