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Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

Man allegedly threatens to lynch Florida representative—then blames it on ‘meme maker’

Amrita Khalid is a technology and politics reporter who specializes in breaking down complex issues into practical, useful terms. A former contributor to CQ, a Congressional news and analysis site, she&#8217;s currently a master&#8217;s candidate in international relations at the University of Leeds.

Amrita Khalid

10 surprising facts about Alex Jones, far-right conspiracy theorist

Andrew Wyrich is the former newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. He previously served as the deputy tech editor. Andrew has written for USA Today, NorthJersey.com, and other newspapers and websites. His work has been recognized by the Society of the Silurians, Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors (IRE), and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Andrew Wyrich

Hillary Clinton supported Comet Ping Pong in wake of the pizzagate conspiracy.

Hillary Clinton secretly bought a ton of pizza from Comet Ping Pong following Pizzagate shooting

Brian Patrick Byrne

Daily Stormer’s Andrew Anglin, still on the run, served lawsuit via Ohio newspaper

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

Trump supporters are burning their MAGA hats over DACA deal

Unpacking The_Donald, the internet’s pro-Trump bunker

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope promote the Juggalo March

Don’t fear the Juggalo

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

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Here are all the bonkers items you can buy on Donald Trump’s website

Donald Trump with reddit downvotes. 7 best subreddits for people who hate Trump.

The 7 best Reddit communities for people who oppose Trump

Markus "Notch" Persson pushes pizzagate conspiracy

Minecraft’s Notch thinks bogus Pizzagate conspiracy theory has some merits

Donald Trump's tweet about Obama during Superstorm Sandy haven't aged well.

Trump’s old tweets about Obama visiting a hurricane disaster zone are going viral

Chris Tognotti is a news and current events writer based out of Berkeley, California, and a co-host of the podcast Now We Know. While he specializes in domestic politics and opinion writing, he’s also savvy on sports, video games, and film.

Chris Tognotti

Neo-Nazi website Stormfront has been shut down by its hosting provider

Andrew Anglin in front of Daily Stormer website

Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer is back on the web as Punished Stormer (Update)

David Gilmour is a reporter who specializes in national politics, internet culture, and technology.

David Gilmour

Fake ‘antifa’ campaign telling people to ‘punch white women’ is a 4chan hoax

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

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