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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.

Katherine Huggins

Baphomet demon goat head illustration over King Charles portrait

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‘Hidden in plain sight’: King Charles’ extremely red official portrait sparks Satanism conspiracies

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

Mikael Thalen

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Does this video show Harrison Ford praising pro-Palestine protesters?

Does this photo show P. Diddy, Trump, and Epstein with young women?

PDiddy Trump and Epstein

Maxine Waters in front of red baseball caps

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‘Dems have something very bad planned’: Why right-wingers think Maxine Waters will launch a ‘false flag’ if Biden loses

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.

Grace Fowler

The Dance Class, by Edgar Degas (l) woman speaking in car with caption "My Roman Empire is the fact that Edgar Degas painter of ballerinas was Jack the Ripper" (c) Jack the Ripper victims papers (r)

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‘I am genuinely convinced’: Could this famous painter have been Jack the Ripper?

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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‘They have an election to rig’: FBI director’s warning of potential terror attack leads to explosion of conspiracy theories

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Conspiracy theorists think Taylor Swift is performing Satanic rituals

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

Home owner says lead paint is actually better—and safe. Is she right?

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‘The entire world is a lie’: Homeowner says lead paint is actually better—and safe. Is she right?

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

Back of Joe Biden's head(l+r), Front of Joe Biden(c)

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Deplatformed: Biden’s mask off moment 

Cars in flooded road with engineering designs super imposed

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Heavy rains, massive flooding in Dubai accused of being caused by cloud seeding gone wrong

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‘As blobby as it gets’: Why NPR CEO’s resume has conspiracy theorists convinced she’s in the CIA

Did Matthew McConaughey admit to an ‘initiation process’ in Hollywood?

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Matthew McConaughey’s ‘initiation process’ remark has conspiracy theorists losing their minds

Right-wingers think 'Iranian Sleeper Cells' will be unleashed in America

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‘Iranian terror cell’ fears pushed by same crowd who claimed secret Hamas agents were in the U.S.

Conspiracy theorists feel vindicated after FBI opens investigation into Baltimore bridge accident

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FBI investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse revives claim of secret Chinese ‘remote towing’ technology

Jim Carrey(l), Jim Carrey split with Joe Biden's face behind man talking(c), Joe Biden(r)

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The old theory Joe Biden is secretly Jim Carrey is finding new life on TikTok

Conspiracy Theories