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General Discussion
10th Circuit upholds Biden's $15/hr minimum wage rule for federal contractors.
By In It to Win It - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 11 sec ago

Washington
Second Boeing whistleblower dies within 2 months.
By FuzzyRabbit - 1 hr ago - Last reply 26 sec ago

General Discussion
Cheato just called Chris Christie
By senseandsensibility - 53 min ago - Last reply 53 sec ago

General Discussion
I was a teenager in the 60's and yes there were student demonstrations at the colleges
By Peacetrain - 8 min ago - Last reply 59 sec ago

General Discussion
Israel's prime minister does not know where to go
By David__77 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 min ago

General Discussion
Court documents show Postal Service (DeJoy) removed 711 mail-sorting machines this year
By underpants - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 1 min ago

Cable News Clips
'It was a crisis': Hush Money trial witnesses recount details of days after Access Hollywood tape - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 min ago - Last reply 1 min ago

General Discussion
A real-life coyote or a con? - Bellingcat
By BootinUp - 2 min ago - Last reply 2 min ago

General Discussion
cnn just showed trmp spewing lie after lie after lie after lie in his rally speech today
By spanone - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 3 min ago

General Discussion
Anti-genocide is not pro-Hamas
By TomDaisy - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 3 min ago

Cable News Clips
Judge threatens Trump with jail time for further gag order violations - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 10 min ago - Last reply 3 min ago

Bereavement
If one more person sends me a 'heavenly birthday' thing this week I swear by any all Divine ones
By irisblue - 13 min ago - Last reply 3 min ago

Latest Breaking News
RFK Jr's 'major announcement' was a slideshow asking Biden to drop out
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago - Last reply 4 min ago

Music Appreciation
Olly Alexander - Dizzy
By rogerballard - 4 min ago - Last reply 4 min ago

General Discussion
Newborn twins fight rare genetic disease, family says it'll cost millions of dollars to save their lives
By pstokely - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 4 min ago

General Discussion
2006 - Hamas was elected the majority in Parliament (Gaza went solidly to them)
By AZLD4Candidate - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 5 min ago

General Discussion
Trump Threatens to Shut Down Pandemic Office
By applegrove - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Birders
Filmmaker Jacob Steinberg: Making of "Season of the Osprey"
By Donkees - 5 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Surprise F-16 Update Issued by Ukraine
By BumRushDaShow - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Cooking & Baking
My music to clean the kitchen up after dinner
By irisblue - 50 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

District of Columbia
It's been 257 days since the DMV has seen the sun shining at 8 PM or later,
By elleng - 25 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

General Discussion
Why Trump's abortion problem is suddenly back with a vengeance
By LetMyPeopleVote - 1 hr ago - Last reply 6 min ago

General Discussion
Neal Katyal made a really good point last night
By senseandsensibility - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 6 min ago

General Discussion
All of these protests are a result of Trump setting a bad example.
By pwb - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 8 min ago

Latest Breaking News
9th Circuit reprimands California judge who handcuffed, berated crying 13-year-old girl
By SouthBayDem - 49 min ago - Last reply 8 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
You Don't Shoot Your Dog. -Frank Schaeffer
By MagaSmash - 35 min ago - Last reply 8 min ago

General Discussion
A whisper in the ear of young progressives/radicals
By returnee - 1 hr ago - Last reply 9 min ago

Foreign Affairs
01 May: Epic Fail: Russian Flank Attack on Vuhledar Crumbles! - Reporting from Ukraine
By TexasTowelie - 35 min ago - Last reply 9 min ago

General Discussion
Ari Melber has a dumbass attorney saying the Trump hush money case is weak.
By LiberalFighter - 1 hr ago - Last reply 9 min ago

Atheists & Agnostics
At what age did you become an atheist/agnostic? And what brought that about?
By Bundbuster - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 10 min ago

General Discussion
26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun shows
By In It to Win It - 17 min ago - Last reply 10 min ago

General Discussion
Since the universities are clearing campuses
By ripcord - 1 hr ago - Last reply 10 min ago

General Discussion
Samsung will require its execs to work six days a week.
By BlueWaveNeverEnd - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 12 min ago

Photography
Poppies . . . mostly.
By CaliforniaPeggy - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 12 min ago

Weather Watchers
More tornado warnings?
By mahatmakanejeeves - 23 hrs ago - Last reply 13 min ago

Texas
Pro-Palestine protestors at UT Dallas set up encampment - WFAA
By TexasTowelie - 1 hr ago - Last reply 13 min ago

General Discussion
True North Issues New Research Report Detailing Who Is Targeting State Courts to Limit Freedoms
By Nevilledog - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 14 min ago

General Discussion
Biden Leads Nationally In New Poll
By applegrove - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 16 min ago

General Discussion
Heather Cox Richardson has written a warning for us about TFG in a second term:
By CaliforniaPeggy - 19 hrs ago - Last reply 17 min ago

General Discussion
Trump's speech completely derails as his teleprompter malfunctions, causing him to go on an unintelligible rant about...
By demmiblue - 1 hr ago - Last reply 19 min ago

General Discussion
Pro-Israel protesters at UCLA threw a bag of live mice into the pro-Gaza encampment
By TomDaisy - 22 hrs ago - Last reply 19 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Israel allows trucks from newly reopened Erez crossing into Gaza after U.S. pressure
By BumRushDaShow - 23 min ago - Last reply 20 min ago

Pets
Almost a perfect afternoon on the deck....until Skippa started a fight with my sneakers.
By OAITW r.2.0 - 49 min ago - Last reply 25 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
New Trump Scam Quickly SHUT DOWN After Federal VIOLATION Uncovered - Meidas Touch
By Rhiannon12866 - 28 min ago - Last reply 28 min ago

General Discussion
It also breaks my heart seeing @Jim_Jordan use this 16 year old girl as a prop to make a political point..."
By riversedge - 29 min ago - Last reply 29 min ago

Birders
Season of the Osprey - Full Episode - NATURE PBS
By Donkees - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

General Discussion
On pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, Trump steps on his own team's line
By LetMyPeopleVote - 51 min ago - Last reply 30 min ago

Cooking & Baking
What's for Dinner, Wed., May 1, 2024
By NJCher - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 31 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Boy expelled from kindergarten for wearing 'small, blue stud earrings' can pursue sex discrimination lawsuit: Court
By BumRushDaShow - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 31 min ago

Wisconsin
State and local cops break up Free Palestine protest on UW Madison library mall.
By sybylla - 7 hrs ago - Last reply 31 min ago

General Discussion
Kristi Noem The Puppy Killer Rick's Rants
By ihaveaquestion - 38 min ago - Last reply 32 min ago

General Discussion
A very satirical, but frightening summary of djT's TIME interview:
By Jrose - 33 min ago - Last reply 33 min ago

General Discussion
DeSantis says 'take your fake meat elsewhere' and signs bill banning lab-grown meat
By Zorro - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 33 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Weekly Skews - 4/30/24 - The War on the Poor
By ihaveaquestion - 34 min ago - Last reply 34 min ago

General Discussion
Trump fails to rule out possibility of post-election violence
By LetMyPeopleVote - 1 hr ago - Last reply 35 min ago

General Discussion
(Trigger Warning). AI-generated images of mutilated and dying children are going viral on Facebook
By highplainsdem - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 36 min ago

Anthropology
New Fall of Civilizations video out!!!
By barbaraann - 7 hrs ago - Last reply 36 min ago

General Discussion
Question: is it possible to be concerned about Palestinian civilians without being accused of being anti-Semitic?
By surfered - 7 hrs ago - Last reply 37 min ago

General Discussion
NOW: Arizona's Senate voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban on a 16-14 vote, with two Republicans joining all Democrats.
By In It to Win It - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 39 min ago

General Discussion
Smashed windows, stacked furniture left after occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University
By SunSeeker - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 39 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Dog trainer speaks out about Gov. Kristi Noem who shot her puppy
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 39 min ago

General Discussion
Why Trump's rhetoric about 'paid agitators' sounds so familiar
By LetMyPeopleVote - 1 hr ago - Last reply 40 min ago

Birders
Prothonotary Warbler, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1
By Donkees - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 41 min ago

General Discussion
Oregon man used bleach to kill 18k juvenile salmon. Warden 'one of the most senseless acts I have seen'
By BlueWaveNeverEnd - 20 hrs ago - Last reply 42 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Cops Ask Woman to Kick-in her Ex-Boyfriend's Front Door! ALL HELL Breaks Loose
By ItsjustMe - 1 hr ago - Last reply 42 min ago

General Discussion
anti-genocide is not anti-Semitism
By TomDaisy - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 43 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Unhinged Press Conference On Ousting Speaker Mike Johnson - Reflect
By TexasTowelie - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 43 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Peter Gunn' Guitarist, Dies at 86
By ificandream - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 44 min ago

General Discussion
US Supreme Court declares US Constitution unconstitutional
By Stardust Mirror - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 44 min ago

The DU Lounge
I like old detective fiction
By Marthe48 - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 45 min ago

World History
The people are revolting - the history of protest
By Uncle Joe - 1 hr ago - Last reply 46 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
By BumRushDaShow - 55 min ago - Last reply 47 min ago

Foreign Affairs
Examining Ukraine's Lack of Manpower - Break the Fake - TVP World
By TexasTowelie - 51 min ago - Last reply 47 min ago

General Discussion
And now, it's Steve Bannon's turn
By AverageOldGuy - 7 hrs ago - Last reply 48 min ago

General Discussion
The SCOTUS would declare the Electoral College unconstitutional if the Dem and GOP roles were reversed.
By rickford66 - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 48 min ago

General Discussion
Pro-Israel protesters at UCLA threw a bag of live mice into the pro-Gaza encampment
By TomDaisy - 175 replies @ 48 min ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
DeSantis says 'take your fake meat elsewhere' and signs bill banning lab-grown meat
By Zorro - 25 replies @ 49 min ago (Milestone)

Photography
What are they doing in the Hyacynth house?
By justaprogressive - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 49 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
MAGA Christian Extremists Learn Trump's Kids Are Jewish
By ItsjustMe - 1 hr ago - Last reply 51 min ago

General Discussion
Student journalists assaulted, others arrested as protests on college campuses turn violent
By orangecrush - 59 min ago - Last reply 51 min ago

Forum Spotlight: Washington

Second Boeing whistleblower dies within 2 months.
By FuzzyRabbit

Almost all mountain goats died after airlift from Olympics to Cascades
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

'Not a finish line': For water providers, new PFAS rule is first step
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

Latest Breaking News

Israel allows trucks from newly reopened Erez crossing into Gaza after U.S. pressure
23 min ago - Reuters

9th Circuit reprimands California judge who handcuffed, berated crying 13-year-old girl
49 min ago - San Francisco Chronicle

Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
55 min ago - NBC News

Union Pacific undermined regulators' efforts to assess safety, US agency says
1 hr ago - AP

RFK Jr's 'major announcement' was a slideshow asking Biden to drop out
1 hr ago - UK Independent

Surprise F-16 Update Issued by Ukraine
2 hrs ago - Newsweek

'Golden' predator -- the source of legends -- caught on trail cam in Thailand.
2 hrs ago - Miami Herald

Republican-led US states sue to block expanded gun background checks
2 hrs ago - Reuters

Biden to deliver keynote address on antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony
3 hrs ago - NBC News

Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn't compare to Kristi Noem's: 'I didn't shoot my dog'
3 hrs ago - The Guardian

Enough Arizona senators vote in favor repealing Civil War-era abortion ban
4 hrs ago - KPNX 12 News (Arizona)

Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Peter Gunn' Guitarist, Dies at 86
4 hrs ago - Variety

Harvey Weinstein granted retrial in NY court following 2020 rape conviction overturn
4 hrs ago - USA Today

Boy expelled from kindergarten for wearing 'small, blue stud earrings' can pursue sex discrimination lawsuit: Court
4 hrs ago - Law & Crime

US officials find weak security practices at water plants breached by pro-Russia hackers
5 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Fed keeps rates steady as it notes 'lack of further progress' on inflation
5 hrs ago - CNBC

Pennsylvania Republican Got Solar Panel Money From Biden Bill He Opposed
6 hrs ago - Huff Post

US job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years
7 hrs ago - Associated Press, via Yahoo! Finance

Biden to travel to Detroit for NAACP dinner
7 hrs ago - The Hill

Cannon reminds Trump to redact witness names as former president faces gag hearing in different venue
8 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
8 hrs ago - The Guardian

Arizona's Democratic leaders make final push to repeal 19th century abortion ban
9 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
9 hrs ago - AP

Police begin dismantling pro-Palestinian encampment at UW-Madison; multiple arrests underway
10 hrs ago - Wisconsin State Journal

Greene says she will force vote over Speaker Johnson's ouster next week
10 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Exclusive: National strategy to build diverse STEM workforce unveiled
10 hrs ago - Axios

Biden Clears $6 Billion in Debt for Closed Art School's Students
11 hrs ago - Bloomberg

Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
11 hrs ago - CNBC

Democrats Massively Overperform In Special Election Triumph
11 hrs ago - NBC News

Police respond to UCLA after violent clashes break out amid dueling demonstrations
11 hrs ago - KABC Los Angeles

RFK Jr. hires GOP operative who called Jan. 6 'Democrat misdirection'
12 hrs ago - NBC News

CDC announces recall of bulk walnuts over E. coli contamination
12 hrs ago - Scripps News

Johnson & Johnson will pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S.
13 hrs ago - CNBC

US House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states
13 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

VP Harris visits Florida as abortion ban limits women's options
13 hrs ago - Reuters

Trump campaign calls commission's refusal to move up debates 'unacceptable'
15 hrs ago - The Hill

Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case
15 hrs ago - New York Times

Shri Thanedar challenging campaign signatures submitted by Adam Hollier
18 hrs ago - Detroit Free Press

China says Hamas and Fatah voice will for Palestinian reconciliation
18 hrs ago - Reuters

Workers' paychecks grew faster in the first quarter, a possible concern for the Fed
18 hrs ago - Associated Press

Binance crypto boss Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison
18 hrs ago - BBC

UN concerned over treatment of US protesters
18 hrs ago - Radio-Television Hong Kong/Agence France Presse

Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election
22 hrs ago - Associated Press

NYPD officers descend on Columbia University campus to clear protest
22 hrs ago - NBC News

Judge Dismisses Capitol Protester's $100M CNN Lawsuit
22 hrs ago - Newsweek

Trump says 'a lot of people like it' when he floats the idea of being a dictator
23 hrs ago - Tribune News Source

Eight US newspapers sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
23 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

Penn begins disciplinary proceedings for student organizers of Gaza Solidarity Encampment
23 hrs ago - Daily Pennsylvanian

Fox News takes down Hunter Biden 'mock trial' miniseries after lawsuit threat
23 hrs ago - CNN

Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy
23 hrs ago - PBS News Hour/AP

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