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

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Democratic lawmakers complain that their names mistakenly appeared as co-sponsors of bill calling for Palestine's statehood

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Dem congressman criticized for including 2 Jewish lawmakers on bill calling for Palestinian state without their knowledge

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

Katie Porter says the CA primary was rigged

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Katie Porter claims California primary was ‘rigged’ against her, infuriating supporters

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

Mikael Thalen

TikTok Stop

TikTok launches app-wide ad blitz ahead of congressional vote on ban

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‘We’re with you all the way, Dan’: Trump’s old endorsement recirculates after candidate he plugged arrested for murder

GOP lawmaker accused of antisemitism for replying to post seemingly calling out a reporter's Jewish heritage

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‘Yes she is’: A story on shoplifting at CVS led to a GOP congressman calling out a reporter for being Jewish

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‘Set $10 million on fire’: George Santos trolls ‘establishment’ GOP after Democrat wins special election for his old seat

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GOP senator feuds with Texas AG over foreign ad bill, riling right-wingers: ‘Why don’t you move to Ukraine?’

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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‘LFG!’: Far-right influencers plotting primary efforts aimed at Republicans who voted against impeaching Homeland Secretary

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Marjorie Taylor Greene puts forth bizarre ‘suit jacket’ bathroom allegation against Dem criticizing her DHS impeachment effort

Tom Cotton(l), Phone with tiktok app(c), Shou Zi Chew(r)

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‘Again, I’m Singaporean!’: Tom Cotton grills TikTok CEO over membership in Chinese Communist Party—despite not being from China

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‘I’m sorry for everything’: Senator pushes Zuckerberg to apologize to victims’ families for Facebook’s role in child exploitation

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‘We’ve all seen them’: Nancy Mace’s vulgar insult toward Hunter Biden’s manhood backfires

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.

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Tortillas in basket(l), Mayra Flores smiling(c), Eggs and tortillas(r)

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‘Grubgate’: Texas congressional candidate caught stealing food pics and passing them off as her own

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John Fetterman’s recent policy pivots earn him ‘based’ label from the far-right

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

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Congress bans TikTok from members’ phones

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