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Ellen Ioanes


Ellen Ioanes is the FOIA reporter at the Daily Dot, where she covers U.S. politics. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Center for Public Integrity, HuffPost India, and more.

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Richard Spencer’s estranged wife speaks about alleged abuse

Kouprianova detailed her experience for the first time.

On Jan 14, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Black journalists school conservative writer over CBS 2020 election team

It made for some very bad takes.

On Jan 14, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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This Instagram photo of an egg is about to become the most-liked of all time

Welcome to 2019, y'all.

On Jan 13, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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GoFundMe for Julian Assange asks for $500,000

A fund for "the public, media and political campaigns, not legal costs," but doesn't specify what that means.

On Jan 13, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Afghan family members freed from Customs and Border Protection custody

Mohasif Motakawil is still being detained.

On Jan 12, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Rep. Dan Crenshaw called out over shutdown tweet

The freshman representative's logic is unclear.

On Jan 12, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Employee fired after airing doctored Trump video on network

It wasn't even a particularly good fake.

On Jan 11, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Apparent QAnon believer murders brother he thought was lizard

He allegedly believed his brother was a lizard.

On Jan 9, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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More Democratic disinformation campaigns in Alabama are coming to light

It's the second disinformation campaign uncovered in the past month.

On Jan 7, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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R. Kelly’s Spotify streams reportedly surging after documentary

The jump comes after 'Surviving R. Kelly.'

On Jan 7, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Steve Scalise and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Twitter spat over tax rate turns ugly

Nothing like a Twitter tax spat to close out the weekend.

On Jan 6, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Why did Fox let this conspiracy-pushing congressman host a daytime show?

It's unusual to blur the lines between journalism and politics like this.

On Jan 4, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Twitter calls out Ancestry.com for advertising on Tucker Carlson

"There’s a lot of females that are angry, angry for no reason at all."

On Jan 4, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Parkland dad helps old photo of Russian spy, NRA vice president go viral

A photo from 2014 is making the rounds again.

On Jan 2, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes

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Why conservatives think Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez must be secretly rich

Who's allowed to represent the American dream?

On Dec 31, 2018 by Ellen Ioanes