Viral Politics
Taking you into the quirky moments, funniest roast, best memes, and worst takes in the upside-down world of American politics.
![Cozy TV fashion streamer who stormed the Capitol IDed by feds by his snappy threads](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/08/Cozy-TV-fashion-streamer.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Dandy Groyper arrested on Capitol riot charges after FBI found his fits on Instagram
FBI agents tracked the man across social media footage and accounts thanks to his distinctive Edwardian ensembles.
On by Marlon Ettinger
![Trump said imprisoned journalist would only be freed from Russia if he won. They were just freed by Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/08/wallstreet-release.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Trump’s boast that Russia would only free Evan Gerskovich for him recirculates after Biden secures release
Trump claimed that it wouldn’t happen unless he won in November.
On by Mikael Thalen
![Trump grants MAGA permission to go all in on Harris' race—and they enthusiastically oblige](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/08/kamala-Harris-Trump.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Trump grants MAGA permission to go all-in on Harris’ race—and they enthusiastically oblige
Harris’s father is Jamaican and her mother is Indian.
On by Tricia Crimmins
![JD Vance goes on date with man in 2001 at Applebee's](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/jd-vance-applebees-date-with-man.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
‘I was not going to take one for the team’: Man claims he went on Applebee’s date with JD Vance in 2001
‘I remember him being very strange.’
On by David Covucci, Nina Hernandez
![Darren Beattie(l), Emmett Till(r)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/darren-beatty-emmett-till.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Ex-Trump speechwriter, fans brand Emmett Till, George Floyd, Trayvon Martin ‘weird’ to rebut Democratic meme
‘Yea, you’re really proving how not weird & racist you all are with this kind of stuff.’
On by Mikael Thalen
![Three split of man dancing at Kamala Harris rally](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/dancing-kamala-harris-supporter.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Who is the Kendrick Lamar-spitting white boy blowing up TikTok for his Kamala Harris rally bars?
And he’s been identified.
On by Katherine Huggins
![Idaho library bill. The Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr 'Digital Democracy' logo is in the bottom right corner.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/digital-democracy-07-31-2024.png?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Idaho library law goes viral on Reddit and leads to a lawsuit
‘They want to control what you read and what you think about.’
On by Tricia Crimmins
![Democratic party logo on flag being blown with CIA logo on brick wall behind it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/democratic-party-weird-cia-operation.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Conservatives are so shaken by people thinking they’re ‘weird’ they think the CIA must be behind it
It’s being compared to the murky Operation Mockingbird.
On by Marlon Ettinger
![Trump after attempted assassination(l), Government doc(r)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/gab-founded-leaks-trump-shooter-letter.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
Gab founder releases alleged FBI letter demanding Trump shooter account info after agency disputes left-wing identity
The FBI says the shooter held anti-Semitic views. But Gab says he was pro-Biden.
On by Mikael Thalen
![JD Vance with eyes closed, on a pillow, sleeping](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/jd-vance-passed-out-on-facebook.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
A Facebook photo of JD Vance passed out after his first ‘official blackout’ appears to be legit
The account it was shared on since went on lockdown.
On by Marlon Ettinger
![Sorority(l), Kamala Harris(c), Kamala Harris shaking hands on screen(r)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/kamala-harris-divine-9-sorority-aka.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
‘Trump is going up against every AKA in the country’: Enthusiasm from Kamala Harris’ sorority runs high online
Could the Divine Nine swing the race?
On by Adrienne Hunter
![Hunter Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/hunter-biden.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
GOP operatives desperately hunt for a new Hunter Biden
They’re auditioning a cast of characters for 2024 race.
On by Marlon Ettinger
![JD Vance(l), couch in living room(c), News anchor(r)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/uploads.dailydot.com/2024/07/jd-vance-couch-video.jpg?q=65&auto=format&w=760&ar=2:1&fit=crop)
‘You better have video’: Fox News demands proof of couch over JD Vance rumors
Watters claimed the joke is a Russiagate, COVID-19 level hoax orchestrated by Dems.
On by Mikael Thalen
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