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<p>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.</p>


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A farewell to ‘Digital Democracy’

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Rock and roll MAGA youth pastor who performed for Trump Jr. arrested on child sex abuse charges

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Why are Musk fans sharing pictures of a kidnapped seal wearing headphones to pump Trump?

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Trump team silent over teleprompter at his town hall—after building frenzied conspiracy about Harris having one

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Astonished parents share wild email school sent after substitute reenacted George Floyd’s murder in class

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Everyone wants to know what Obama said to Biden at the Kennedy memorial service

Rick Wilson speaks on his podcast Sue Us.

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Lincoln Project co-founder’s 2015 ‘put a bullet’ in Trump comment recirculated by right as new call to violence

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‘Just a waste’: This Oklahoma voting ballot measure is being called a waste of time by lawmakers and voters

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Stanley Kubrick’s daughter says Trump’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ ad helps fight military’s ‘inappropriate injection of WOKE’

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Trump backers try to pin blame for Nazi flags at MAGA boat parade on ‘undercover antifa’

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MAGA boat parade features neo-Nazis waving swastikas, Trump 2024 flags

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New York Rep. Ritchie Torres doxes college teacher for mentioning ‘Israel genocide’ in class

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Far-right influencer roasted for Bud Light evacuation

Kent State gun girl roasted for using Hurricane Milton to hype Bud Light boycott

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Anti-abortion groups trash South Dakota’s ‘Amendment G’ ahead of November election