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

Tricia Crimmins

‘You took 8+ minutes to reply your fault’: Snoop Dogg puts Uber Eats driver on blast, sparking debate

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

Laiken Neumann

young woman in car eating snack with caption "minding my business eating snacks" (l) man near car with caption "this guy came out of nowhere this is where the viewer said something might have been put in the car" (c) police surrounding car with caption "start of lights in my face" (r)

‘Minding her business, about to take down a whole police force’: People think TikToker accidentally captured cops ‘planting evidence’ in car in viral video

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 woman on couch with phone and laptop, captioned "When you lose health insurance and can't buy your meds because they are $100 a MONTH for self pay." and "$18,023.40"

‘Our healthcare system is a crime against humanity’: TikToker finds out her medicine is going to cost 18K for a month’s supply in viral video, sparking outrage (updated)

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

Man berates fast-food manager in drive-thru.

‘You’re an idiot, I hope you get fired’: Man berates drive-thru manager over discounts in viral TikTok

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

goodwill employee handling shoes and carrying them to a bin

‘Only people that benefit from that store are the workers’: Goodwill worker blasted for sorting out Off-White sneakers in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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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Domino’s worker says they were fired after exposing managers for ‘playing video games while it’s busy’ in viral TikTok

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‘They have the audacity to leave the “we’re hiring” sign up’: Target Starbucks worker says corporate cut hours because it ‘overspent’ in viral TikTok

man attempts to ask woman to be his girlfriend in class, gets rejected

‘That attention-seeking ish is an immediate no’: Woman rejects man who asked her out ‘in front of 120 students’ in viral TikTok

black business woman suspiciously holding her chin

‘That’s what she asked for’: Recruiter blasted online for offering candidate $85,000—despite having a hiring budget of $130,000

police officers and man in suit with mask inside gym, with caption "Racist or not?"

‘It’s not OK’: Apartment manager calls cops on Black resident to ‘see which apartment’ is his in viral TikTok

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

‘We close in ten minutes’: Customer tries ordering over 100 cake pops from Starbucks in viral TikTok

Daysia Tolentino was the editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s creator economy newsletter, Passionfruit. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Bustle, InStyle, and Study Hall.

Daysia Tolentino

Large groups of New York City cops riding the subway maskless.

‘Their motto is to protect and serve but never wear masks’: Viral TikTok shows large group of cops riding the subway maskless (updated)

‘She clearly needs professional help’: Viral TikTok shows woman having meltdown after getting caught shoplifting at Walmart

Man in airplane (L), Man talking to camera (M) Sunset (R)

‘You know the value of that labor’: TikToker criticized for paying $15 for 4-hour drive in Peru, sparking debate

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

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