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Music Appreciation
Thanks, and good morning. Here are some videos for just such an occasion.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city
By WhiskeyGrinder - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
Trump trial: Prosecution taking defense witness apart on stand
By Johnny2X2X - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Biden reaches out to Republican leaders for support of border bill
By BumRushDaShow - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
Trump suggests he is open to states restricting access to birth control
By RandySF - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
"the prosecution in its cross of Robert Costello...beat the snot out of him"
By kpete - 25 replies @ 11 hrs ago (Milestone)

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Arizona AG Details 'Remarkable' Way They Located Rudy Giuliani To Serve Him
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
Captain Ronny (Jackson) shows up at the trial....aaand look who suddenly there too
By underpants - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Denied emergency health care? Feds pledge to expedite patient complaints.
By BumRushDaShow - 11 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
New York court upholds mandatory abortion coverage; Albany diocese plans Supreme Court appeal
By In It to Win It - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 11 hrs ago

General Discussion
Billionaire Dan Snyder furious over "The Apprentice" film he helped finance.
By Kid Berwyn - 25 replies @ 12 hrs ago (Milestone)

Pets
Poor Gryff. He's such a loving boy but his enthusiasm can be exhausting
By Siwsan - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks out as Crockett files trademark for 'bleach blonde bad-built butch body'
By BumRushDaShow - 25 replies @ 12 hrs ago (Milestone)

Latest Breaking News
China creates groundbreaking electric car battery that fully charges in just 10 minutes
By Polybius - 50 replies @ 12 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Cartoons 5/21/2024
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
More of this from the press, please
By bigtree - 25 replies @ 12 hrs ago (Milestone)

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'Meet Baby Olivia': spate of new bills would require showing anti-abortion video in schools
By In It to Win It - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Just curious: How many of some object or persons would you consider a "few dozen"? (Poll)
By ck4829 - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Trump pitch to oil companies turns off two-thirds of likely voters, poll finds
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Weather Watchers
Upper Midwest DUers Headzup!! Severe weather/tornadoes! * Live coverage *
By 2naSalit - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
One dead after severe turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight
By brooklynite - 19 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Flipped to CNN during a commercial. All
By MOMFUDSKI - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
"Only the Mob takes the 5th"-trump. -Meidas
By MagaSmash - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
J.D. Vance auditions for Trump by praising Hungary's authoritarian leader Viktor Orbn
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Israeli communications minister orders return of seized camera equipment to AP
By BumRushDaShow - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Billionaire donors have spent weeks behind the scenes attempting to smear students
By TomDaisy - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Two thoughts from this morning
By senseandsensibility - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Michigan county refused to certify vote, prompting fears of a growing election threat this fall
By Nevilledog - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Katy TurD said the NYT is expecting a hung jury
By malaise - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

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WTF? Smelvis' lawyers ask for additional language on the election-related chargey
By malaise - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

American History
On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 20 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Editorials & Other Articles
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever/PFAS Chemicals: The New Yorker
By appalachiablue - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

Foreign Affairs
France is trying Syrian ex-officials for the torture and killing of a father and son. Here's why
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
Amazing -- Katy Tur says hung juries are very uncommon.
By LiberalFighter - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
This is madness
By macwriter - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

General Discussion
If Herr Trump wants to "unify the reich"...
By surfered - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 12 hrs ago

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Can Republicans Embrace Voting by Mail? Pennsylvania Offers a Test.
By RandySF - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Per Bloomberg: 2024 Campaign April Fundraising
By JohnSJ - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Jury Instruction hearing this afternoon at 2:15. Jury not present.
By brooklynite - 16 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Omaha Steve's Labor Group
Boeing union firefighters to vote on new contract proposal
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
Serial killer Robert Pickton in critical condition after prison assault
By Floyd R. Turbo - 25 replies @ 13 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Swedish government increases humanitarian support to Gaza
By Celerity - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Krugman: Trump only Exhibit A for the pettiness of the powerful
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
Will Bunch: Biden losing with voters who get their news from nowhere
By Nevilledog - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
MT-SEN: Senate Candidate (R) Tells Different Story of Navy Discharge Than His Book Does
By RandySF - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Israel/Palestine
Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks
By cbabe - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Washington
Homelessness down nearly 10% in Snohomish County, annual count shows
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Washington
Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Editorials & Other Articles
The Biden campaign is slamming Donald Trump after
By Uncle Joe - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Bleach blonde bad built butch body congresswoman (Song parody)
By steelyboo - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
trump Deletes Social Media Vid calling for a "Unified Reich"- Meidas
By MagaSmash - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Washington
Fewer Canadians are crossing the border to visit Point Roberts
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
More companies offer on-site child care. Parents love the convenience, but is it a long-term fix?
By Jilly_in_VA - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

The DU Lounge
Baby Toucan Learns To Fly
By catbyte - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Dark web drug site founder to appear in New York court
By BumRushDaShow - 19 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Loyalties. Lincoln Project
By MagaSmash - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
Voters Don't Care About the Economy as Much as They Think They Do
By Nevilledog - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Trump's reported fundraising total includes his campaign claim of $50m raised at Maralago
By bigtree - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
Judge Carleton Reeves issues tremendous qualified immunity decision
By Nevilledog - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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France backs ICC after it seeks arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
By Celerity - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Noun verb 9/11 and 10 others plead
By malaise - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Rachel Maddow was awesome last night
By Pompoy - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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When I got home from my 2nd tour in Vietnam, my younger brother was heavily involved
By MarineCombatEngineer - 25 replies @ 13 hrs ago (Milestone)

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What do we know about the economy from "greedflation"?
By unblock - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Fani Willis
By OLDMDDEM - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Now that Trump's defense has rested without testimony from him,
By wnylib - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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Andrea Mitchell: "Susan (the prosecutor) just filleted Bob Costello".....
By brooklynite - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

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TX GOP want to force voters to re-register to vote before every election
By Nevilledog - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
My heart is broken💔... No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
By demmiblue - 25 replies @ 13 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Katy Tur dragged by Ex Olbermann
By Dear_Prudence - 19 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Utah
Attorneys stop representing a Utah mom and children's grief author accused of killing her husband
By sl8 - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Breaking: Republicans quietly file lawsuit we've been dreading - Brian Tyler Cohen
By TexasTowelie - 16 hrs ago - Last reply 13 hrs ago

General Discussion
New Randy Rainbow video roasting TFG.
By Cyrano - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

General Discussion
No, The Hush Money Trial Isn't Helping Donald Trump
By babylonsister - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

General Discussion
Current, former sheriff vying to be Dallas County's top cop in runoff election
By RandySF - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Young people may not be as deceived as pollsters seem to be indicating.
By lees1975 - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

TV Chat
Tuesday, may 21 - Late-night talk show guest listings
By FakeNoose - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
"A Watershed Event": ICC Charges Against Netanyahu First Time Court Has Gone After Western Leader
By Uncle Joe - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

General Discussion
Baltimore mail-in ballot counting inches forward, wait continues for city council hopefuls
By RandySF - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Today's Tiedrich rant: Donald Trump's lawyers shit the bed - and then set it on fire
By FakeNoose - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 14 hrs ago

Forum Spotlight: Science

Solar storm frenzy of May 2024 was strong enough to affect the deep sea
By Judi Lynn

Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years
By Judi Lynn

A Lost Forest From 22 Million Years Ago Has Suddenly Resurfaced
By Judi Lynn

Latest Breaking News

Justice Department: Nebraska unnecessarily institutionalizes people with mental illness
May 14 - Nebraska Examiner

Nearly 40% dirty money is laundered in London and UK crown dependencies
May 14 - The Guardian

With Trump's trial underway, most Americans now believe he falsified records to hide hush money payment
May 14 - Yahoo News

Trump's former lawyer Giuliani stumbles in bid to appeal defamation ruling
May 14 - Reuters

Crow Creek Tribe bans Gov. Noem from its reservation
May 14 - South Dakota Public Broadcasting/NPR

Biden issues veto threat over 'misguided' GOP bill on weapons to Israel
May 14 - The Hill

Biden Moves Forward on $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel
May 14 - WSJ

Cargo Ship That Caused Baltimore Bridge Collapse Had Power Blackout Hours Before Leaving Port
May 14 - US News and World Report/AP

Grandson says Carter is 'coming to the end' in brief update about former president's health
May 14 - CNN Politics

Hannah Gutierrez appeals manslaughter conviction in 'Rust' shooting
May 14 - ABC News

A wildfire in western Canada is growing. More people nearby are told to leave
May 14 - AP

Maryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations
May 14 - ABC News

Education Dept. announces highest federal student loan interest rate in more than a decade
May 14 - cnbc

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces US military justice hearing
May 14 - Reuters

Steve Bannon Given Two Days to Respond to Feds' Jail Demand
May 14 - daily beast

Largest Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS Action Fund, to endorse Biden for reelection
May 14 - CBS News

Huge manhunt in France for prisoner after two officers killed in ambush
May 14 - BBC

House Democrats launch probe of Trump's dinner with oil executives
May 14 - Washington Post

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
May 14 - AP

Roman Polanski: French court acquits director of defamation
May 14 - BBC

Speaker Johnson attends Trump's hush-money trial
May 14 - ABC News

Did Eric Trump break court rules? Trump's son fires off tweet about Michael Cohen from trial
May 14 - UK Independent

8 dead and 8 critically injured in severe bus crash in Florida
May 14 - NBC News

Appeals court denies Trump's latest request to overturn hush money trial gag order
May 14 - CNN Politics

Wholesale prices rose 0.5% in April, more than expected
May 14 - CNBC

Congress blew the deadline for a plaque honoring Jan. 6 officers by over a year
May 14 - NBC News

Commerce Department moves to secure internet traffic
May 14 - Axios

DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence
May 14 - ABC

Greg Abbott Threatens New Showdown With Joe Biden Administration
May 14 - Newsweek

Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum -- adding to tensions with Beijing
May 14 - AP

Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
May 14 - Reuters

Biden signs bipartisan bill banning imports of Russian uranium
May 14 - The Guardian

'Total outrage': White House condemns Israeli settlers' attack on Gaza aid trucks
May 14 - The Guardian

Arizona Supreme Court grants stay, preventing 1864 abortion ban from taking effect
May 14 - The Hill

Giuliani Turns to YouTube After Lies Land Him in Hot Water at Radio Station
May 14 - Daily Beast

Man who crashed U-Haul into White House barrier pleads guilty
May 14 - CNN Politics

Mississippi enacts transgender bathroom ban in public schools
May 14 - NBC News

Justice Department vows crackdown on election-related threats
May 14 - Politico

Walmart to lay off hundreds of corporate staff and relocate others, WSJ reports
May 14 - Reuters

U.N. staff member killed in attack on car marked with U.N. flag in Rafah
May 14 - Washington Post

Melinda French Gates resigns as co-chair from the Gates Foundation
May 14 - NPR

Major airlines sue Biden administration over fee disclosure rule
May 13 - Reuters

The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall number of fatalities in Gaza tallied by the Ministry of Health
May 13 - CNN

Foreign terrorist organizations could target Pride month events: FBI, DHS
May 13 - ABC News

Massachusetts takes Uber and Lyft to trial over status of gig workers
May 13 - CNN Business

Baltimore bridge span removed, ship freed with precision blast
May 13 - NBC News

Roger Stone Blasted For Claiming '90s Concert Photo Was Actually Trump Rally
May 13 - Huff Post

US financial regulators propose anti-money laundering rules for fund advisers
May 13 - Reuters

Nikki Haley reemerges to thank big donors, not expected to endorse Trump
May 13 - ABC News

David Sanborn, Grammy award-winning saxophonist, dead at 78
May 13 - CNN

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