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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

Left: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis frowning in a navy suit and purple tie. Right: Tweet reading, "So Florida with their abortion ban is getting rid of vaccine mandates to give people the freedom to make decisions about their bodies??????????"

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Viral Politics

People can’t believe Florida wants to get rid of every single school vaccine requirement

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Bill Nye and Robert F Kennedy, Jr. A Text bubble reading, "Okay, no more texts," sits between them.

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“The Science Guy has left the chat”: Bill Nye ghosts RFK Jr. after he bombards him with anti-vax texts

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

Katherine Huggins

Donald Trump, RFK Jr, Mike Pence with tweet from mike pence "President Trump was right the first time...Senators, vote no on RFK Jr."

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Mike Pence drops supercut of Trump bashing RFK Jr. as confirmation hearing kicks off

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

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‘I will never use this company again’: Viewers divided after traveler calls out Carnival Cruise for inconsistent info at the front desk. Here’s why

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

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Popular TikToker says Southwest employees are frustrated over company’s weak vaccine and mask mandates

Kahron Spearman is the community manager for the Daily Dot and Nautilus magazine. He’s also a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

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‘If you want to do that sh*t, go to Chick-fil-A’: Starbucks worker put on blast for making ‘right-wing’ video while at work

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, BuzzFeed, the Daily Dot, 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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Business owner shuts down ‘Karen’ who asked her to make her a sign promoting anti-vax views (updated)

Sabine Joseph is a former reporting intern for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Miami and Connecticut publications, including Montage, the Miami Laker, and Connecticut Health I-Team.

Sabine Joseph

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Anti-vaxxers are now identifying themselves as ‘pure bloods’

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

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‘Honey, you relax’: Male Karen has absolute meltdown at bar over vaccines, wife tries to get him to ‘shut up’

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

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‘I’ve had a lot of Taco Bell in my life’: TikToker shuts down argument that vaccines are harmful to fertility by showing Taco Bell’s ‘reproductive harm’ warning label

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

Mikael Thalen

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Tim Pool riles up conspiratorial fans after sharing days-old story on COVID vaccine truck crash

Dominique De Silva

Influencer’s GoFundMe under investigation after she was accused of faking disorder, linking it to the COVID vaccine

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

Samira Sadeque

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Man goes off on unvaccinated hospital patients in viral video, says wife who has cancer was released early to make room for them

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

A cashier (L), a woman talking into camera (C), and a woman looking into camera (R).

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‘What you said was very ignorant’: TikToker confronts transphobic cashier at Dollar General

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