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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.

Alexandra Samuels

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‘First world problems’: Man blasts McDonald’s workers for botching his Keto cheeseburger order, dividing viewers

‘Only ONE employee and 15 of us wanted pizza’: Customer helps Blaze Pizza worker make orders in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Walmart shopper allegedly sets fire to Bounty paper towels after being mad that they were out of almond milk in viral TikTok (updated)

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

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‘This is not America anymore’: Man says Spirit Airlines made him remove ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ mask during flight in viral TikTok

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

family walking in park with caption "my first Karen interaction" (l) young woman making hand gestures (c) same young woman skating in park with caption "HEY!! THERE'S KIDS AROUND!!" (r)

‘No babe, ur wrong’: TikToker tries to flame ‘Karen’ for getting upset at profane music being played in front of kids at park, sparking debate

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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UberEats driver allegedly delivers order to wrong person, then demands money from them in viral TikTok

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‘They’re more than willing to make their staff work with COVID but draw the line here?’: Chili’s roasted after getting upset over worker using hands to serve fries in viral TikTok

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

Audra Schroeder

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‘There’s cameras?’: Workers reveal they can allegedly see customers having sex while going through car wash

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

Brooke Sjoberg

young man in orange work vest holding up phone with caption "third day here and I already see I don't have to interact with people" (l) warehouse with caption "big and clean warehouse" (c) same young man with caption "I think it's overall a good job let's see if it lasts" (r)

‘Bro a paid actor’: TikToker’s video about working at Amazon is so positive that people think he must be a plant

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

People placing items from cart into car with caption "People stealing from IKEA (16th St.) on Monday, Jan. 24"

‘Jokes on them’: Viral TikTok allegedly shows people stealing from IKEA, sparking debate

Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

young woman with caption "when I quit my job and my boss sends this text calling me the weakest link and removing me from group message (l) weakest link logo with text message "Lizzy, best of luck in the future! As a show I used to watch, you are the weakest link, goodbye" (r)

‘Goodbye’: Boss calls worker the ‘weakest link’ as she’s removed from the group text after resigning in viral TikTok

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

TikToker criticizes Red Lobster's sick leave policy.

‘Please don’t force sick people to make my food’: TikToker blasts Red Lobster’s sick-leave policy

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

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‘Y’all giving me f*cking equipment that don’t have valid tags’: Delivery driver says he was pulled over in Amazon van for expired tags in viral TikTok

Church's Chicken sign (l) "Starting pay $9.00 Apply inside" sign

‘No…lmfao’: Church’s Chicken criticized for $9/hour starting pay, sparking debate

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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