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David Covucci


David Covucci is 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. He is particularly interested in hearing any tips you have. Reach out at dcovucci@thedailydot.com.

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EXCLUSIVE: How Forth Worth caved to an online pressure campaign and reinstated a far-right party on city grounds

Outraged emails caused the mayor to go back on established city policy.

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Incels are upset that Joker has a girlfriend

Has the Joker left his core fanbase behind?

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Jill Biden’s emoji response to her husband dropping out is sending people

It’s a choice.

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Trump assassin phrenology

Certain Trump supporters are employing dubious science to prove Trump’s shooter was wrongly identified.

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Far-right digital sleuths already think the FBI is lying about IDing Trump shooter

The FBI is already being accused of a cover-up.

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Trump fans turn on Secret Service as details, videos emerge: ‘Inside job’

They weren’t praising the agency for taking out the shooter.

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‘These American idiots think it’s me’: Italian YouTuber falsely identified as Trump shooter

The person people are calling out still appears to be alive.

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Project 2025 is dense—these people are breaking it down to blow it up

BlueSky users proposed a solution for fighting back against Project 2025, the new authoritarian blueprint.

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Deplatformed: Obama engages deep state protocol

According to the QAnon crowd, Obama is up to something.

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Joe Biden with Hooters Eyes

Deplatformed: Whooooo killed Hooters? 

Where will young men get their boobs and birds now?

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Biden zings Trump over affairs, allegations: ‘You have morals of an alley cat’

The burn resonated.

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Biden baffles with ‘we finally beat Medicare’ comment

People weren’t sure what he meant.

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Deplatformed: Nourish Cooperative’s raw milk saga

Why are a group of farms in Michigan supposedly under siege? It all comes down to raw milk.

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Deplatformed: Gab’s fake white women

What happens when you mix white nationalism, AI, and horny dudes online? This forum on Gab.

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Deplatformed: Far-right is mad Republicans didn’t ask Fauci about Ukraine biolabs

No matter how much the far-right gets to yell at Fauci, they’ll never be satisfied. 

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