Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

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

Katherine Huggins

Photo Illustration of Ben Shapiro, Derek Chauvin, and Donald Trump over Ben Shapiro's "Pardon Derek Chauvin" letter.

pardon_derek_chauvin_ben_shapiro_trump.jpg

Right-wing launches campaign for Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin

Aimée Lutkin is a writer for the Daily Dot.

Aimée Lutkin

A grainy still from a video of person taking a photo with their cell phone. A post from X is overlaid that says, "Nah, there's a vibe shift happening with Karens"

uDiNDAnh-karen_vibe_shift.jpg

Memes

Has there been a ‘Karen Vibe Shift’? Viral service dog confrontation sparks debate

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.

Tricia Crimmins

Substitute-teacher-acted-out-George-Floyd-murder-in-class

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

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

black-guy-on-the-phone.png

The serious history behind the ‘Black guy on the phone’ meme

kamala-harris-vp-pic-tim-walz

Republicans claim Harris-Walz will ‘Make America Burn Again’—try to turn 2024 into 2020 BLM referendum

Ramon Ramirez is the managing editor, and formerly the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

Sonya Massey police body cam footage (l) Sonya Massey police body cam footage (c) Sonya Massey police body cam footage (r)

sonya 3up

Main Character of the Week: Sonya Massey

Donald Trump(l), painting of George Floyd(R)

donald-trump-george-floyd

Trump’s biggest fans now say he’s just like George Floyd

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

waitress-blue-lives-matter-code-switch

‘That’s on code switching’: Black waitress says pretending to support ‘Blue Lives Matter’ got her bigger tip (updated)

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

Denise Bradley is exposing anti-Black content in 'white lives matter' groups on Facebook

Denise Bradley is exposing anti-Black content in ‘white lives matter’ groups on Facebook

‘I want them to feel uncomfortable’: Black influencer Aunt Karen is infiltrating ‘white lives matter’ groups to expose racism

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

tiktok florida woman pulled out of car by cops

tiktok-florida-woman-pulled-out-of-car-by-cops

Unclick

‘Get off of me’: TikToker films cops forcibly pulling out of her vehicle after she already agreed to comply

A man yells at people who have BLM and pride signs.

male karen main art

‘This guy is on his way to a heart attack’: TikToker says male Karen had public meltdown over BLM and Pride signs

Michelle Brandabur is a former intern at the Daily Dot and a student at Boston University. Her work has been featured in the Somerville Journal, Capital Public Radio, and WTBU Radio.

Michelle Brandabur

winston-smith-minneapolis-police-death

‘Say his name’: Federal police fatally shoot Winston Smith, a Black man, in Minneapolis

Libby Cohen is a third-year University of Texas student originally from New Jersey. She has written for ORANGE Magazine, the Daily Texan, and most recently interned for 1010 WINS in NYC. She&#8217;s now back in Austin writing for the Texas Standard and the Daily Dot.

Libby Cohen

tiktok-abolishthepolice-hashtag

Why did #AbolishThePolice disappear from TikTok?

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

Gun store owner refusing service to couple over Black Lives Matter masks

Gun_Store_owner_BLM_mask

Video shows gun store owner kicking out customer for wearing Black Lives Matter face mask (updated)

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

marjorie taylor greene affair with tantric sex guru

Black Lives Matter