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Caiwei Chen is a reporter who covers tech, the internet, and society. Her work has been seen in publications including Wired, Rolling Stone, Protocol, Rest of World, and more. She is more online than she would like to admit.

Caiwei Chen

Photo collage of Donald Trump and a brain with circuits snaking out of his head.

AI scientists found models are independently developing ‘Trump neurons’

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

Katherine Huggins

Why is Trump 2.0 being dubbed a ‘kakistocracy?’

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

Mikael Thalen

Matt Gaetz’s old tweet agreeing any age can be sexy resurfaces amid attorney general nomination

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Catturd, and Laura Loomer in front of blue sky with clouds

Bluesky users convince themselves platform is waging righteous war to keep Laura Loomer, Catturd off

‘You’re going to love it here’: Papa John returned to X—and far-right racists are rallying in his replies

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

single panel design with a background showing an American flag that with a gradient red to blue background. There is an overlay of the capital building as well. The main figure is Hulk Hogan.

Marco Rubio cabinet nomination kickstarts unironic Hulk Hogan for Senate push

Pete Hegseth talking(l), Pete holding soap shaped like a grenade(r)

‘What does he need it for?’ Trump’s anti-hand washing Defense Secretary pick used to hawk tactical soap

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

Single panel design with a cut out of Elon Musk with his hands pressed together and against his face as we looks off and down in to the distance. He has a background of cryto coins behind him.

A crypto memelord fined by the SEC was the brainchild behind Trump and Musk’s DOGE initiative

Former GOP congressman’s $2.5 million GoFundMe trolled over his anti-Obamacare vote

Pete Hegseth over image of bacteria under microscope

Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’

‘I prefer this Trump’: MAGA fans upset with Rubio cabinet post flag Trump’s old dunks on him

Sasha Baker is a London-based freelance investigative journalist writing for the Daily Dot’s tech and politics section. Their work has also appeared in the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, openDemocracy and more.

Sasha Baker

Mike Waltz and Donald Trump with Tiktok logo

Trump ran on saving TikTok—his new National Security Advisor called refusing to ban it ‘craven’

Kristi Noem smiling over abstract background

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