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Tricia Crimmins


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.

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‘This country sucks’: Joe Biden faces backlash for banning TikTok before calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

Today, President Joe Biden signed a TikTok ban into law. Many say they'd rather Biden have called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

On Apr 24, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

: TikTok ban on smartphone over American Flag

Joe Biden signs TikTok ban into law—ByteDance has a year to sell

Biden signed legislation banning TikTok today if its parent company, ByteDance, doesn't sell the app within a year.

On Apr 24, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

QR code on paper (l) Mercedes sign (c) unionization question box (r)

‘Flood them with pro-union questions’: Ahead of union vote, Mercedes employees get the internet to help them troll management

'Flood them with pro-union questions, or just some bullsh*t.'

On Apr 24, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

Tennessee senate anti-trans bill

‘Absolutely horrifying’: Tennessee bill punishing adults who give minors gender-affirming care faces backlash

LGBTQ advocates worry that the bill—if made into law—would criminalize providing youth with information about gender-affirming services in addition to the actual care itself.

On Apr 24, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

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‘Y’all better be voting uncommitted’: Pennsylvania organizers are using memes to encourage ‘uncommitted’ protest votes

It's latest in a series of protest vote efforts across the U.S.

On Apr 22, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

George Santos Baby

Remember the time George Santos absconded with a baby in Congress?

People were very worried for the baby's safety.

On Apr 21, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

Muslim organizer accepted—then rejected—from a MN government advisory group on genocide

EXCLUSIVE: Why did Minnesota accept and then reject a Muslim organizer for its genocide curriculum committee?

She says it's because she's pro-Palestine.

On Apr 18, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

Ryan Walters' OSU speech interrupted by protestors

Oklahoma education official Ryan Walters ends speech amid protest after saying ‘never back down to a woke mob’

Ironic.

On Apr 18, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

Isabella Riley Moody (l) Josiah David Moody (r)

‘I’m so proud of her!’: Far-right trolls post video bragging about their baby saying a racial slur

The two deleted their accounts.

On Apr 18, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

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‘Racism, sexism, classism all in one message’: A woman spent a year meeting men on right-wing dating app The Right Stuff

She trolls her matches by pretending to be an anti-masker.

On Apr 17, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

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Kyle Rittenhouse’s choice of Kent State for Second Amendment speech infuriates students

An infamous shooting of protesters has echoes to Rittenhouse's 2020 action.

On Apr 17, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

Nebraska state Senator John Fredrickson

A Nebraska State Senator convinced his colleagues to vote against an anti-trans bill

State Senator John Fredrickson, Nebraska’s first out gay representative, gave a speech about the bill in opposition to it.

On Apr 17, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

USC campus

USC cancels Muslim student’s valedictorian speech after pro-Palestinian social posts flagged

The school claimed it was out of an abundance of caution.

On Apr 16, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

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‘Clicks are more important than truth’: DeSantis’ team is going after Libs of TikTok again

It's the second time this year they've gone at it.

On Apr 16, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins

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Trump’s base froths over claim judge barred from son’s graduation—despite that never happening

It's not true.

On Apr 16, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins