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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

Elon Musk over his own tweet "No, we need more like double that number yesterday! The number of people who are super talented engineers ... motivated in the USA is far too low. Think of this like a pro sports team: if you want your TEAM... championship, you need to recruit top talent who.... enables the whole team to win."

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Right-wingers turn on Elon Musk over his latest immigration stance

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‘Gonna find out who’s deported by ICE’: MAGA’s new Christmas jingle cheers Trump’s immigrant crackdown

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and the investigative editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s Hi-Res division. 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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EXCLUSIVE: Court fines anti-immigrant site VDARE $43,500 and orders it to reveal its writers’ real names

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

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Main Character of the Week: Fear-mongering in Springfield, Ohio

Rebecca Redeker is The Daily Dot’s Fall 2024 FOIA Intern. She is a Journalism student, pursuing a minor in General Business at the University of Maryland. Rebecca has been published in The Greenbelt News Review, worked with The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and produced commercials in a team for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ohio officials got just 2 reports of stolen birds—and a flood of hate after Haitian panic went viral

John Legend defends Haitian migrants in hometown of Springfield—as dectractors point out he lives in L.A.

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John Legend defends Haitian migrants in hometown of Springfield—as detractors point out he lives in L.A.

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

Facebook lights up after bomb threats are called into Springfield City Hall

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Springfield residents upset with town government unload after bomb threat: ‘They lied’

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How a neo-Nazi helped kickstart the right-wing anti-Haitian migrant panic

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

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Biden’s press secretary is Haitian—so now the far-right is accusing her of eating pets

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

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Redditor dragged into migrant pet-eating fears thanks to photo of man with a goose lashes out at JD Vance

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JD Vance calls for more anti-Haitian migrant memes after admitting pet-eating panic may be false

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Why is your timeline filled with AI image of Trump saving ducks?

Conservative influencers falsely blame Haitian immigrants after American woman eats a cat

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Why do right-wing influencers think Haitian immigrants in Ohio are eating people’s pets?

Kamala Harris over border wall, money and old tweet that says "Trump's border wall is just a stupid use of money. I will block any funding for it."

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Harris’ old border wall is ‘stupid use of money’ post resurfaces after she pledges to fund

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‘We cannot have someone advanced on the left… who has exploited people like this’: Who is Beau of the Fifth Column, really?

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