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Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration, sexual violence, and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards. Follow: @Samideque

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Jake Angeli, aka 'Q Shaman', at the Capitol riot on Wednesday

Jake Angeli, aka ‘Q Shaman’, at the Capitol riot on Wednesday

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A tweet from Charlie Kirk over the Capitol

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Charlie Kirk deletes tweet saying he sent ‘80+ buses full of patriots’ to D.C.

Christina Bonnington is a tech reporter who specializes in consumer gadgets, apps, and the trends shaping the technology industry. Her work has also appeared in Gizmodo, Wired, Refinery29, Slate, Bicycling, and Outside Magazine. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a background in electrical engineering.

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Sri Lanka bans Facebook, WhatsApp to help curb violence amid riots

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Police have a new non-lethal weapon against protesters—and it smells disgusting

Marisa Kabas is a lifestyle reporter and activist. Her work has been published by Fusion, Fast Company, and Today. She’s also served as an editorial campaigns director for Purpose PBC, a social movement incubator.

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Meet Jasmina Golubovska, Macedonia’s lipstick protester

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Woman applying lipstick during a protest becomes an instant Internet icon

Matthew Rozsa is a Ph.D. student in history at Lehigh University and a political columnist. His editorials have been published on Salon, the Good Men Project, Mic, and MSNBC.

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