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Basketball
Georgetown basketball coach suspended after throwing water bottle into stands that hits child
By RandySF - 10 min ago

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By 2naSalit - 14 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
VA Can't Cover Top Secret Injuries, Because Veterans Worked on HIGHLY Classified Nuclear Secrets - Thom Hartmann
By Rhiannon12866 - 20 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
How One BRILLIANT Argument Changed Everything at the Supreme Court - Talking Feds
By Rhiannon12866 - 36 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Outrage as red state Republicans accused of deceiving voters with fake petition claims
By BumRushDaShow - 39 min ago

Music Appreciation
'Fisher's Hornpipe'
By sprinkleeninow - 45 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
🚨Trump's Kennedy Center Just Got TROLLED By SOUTH PARK STUNT - Occupy Democrats
By Rhiannon12866 - 50 min ago

Foreign Affairs
Kremlin Shock Over North Korean Defections - Jason Jay Smart
By TexasTowelie - 57 min ago

Latest Breaking News
US contemplates sending more resources to forcibly board oil tanker near Venezuela
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
Sheldon Whitehouse EXPOSES Kash Patel's FBI Silence on Trump Background Check Pause - Liberal Lens
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Hypocrite. Big mouth, no brains.
By 634-5789 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Mark Kelly ain't too impressed by Hegseth.
By Swede - 1 hr ago

Cable News Clips
How a small town in Rhode Island is connected to 'It's a Wonderful Life' - PBS NewsHour
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
Cruelty Is the Point: The Trump Playbook - Mary Trump Media
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
I used to be a libtard. Then I was a snowflake. Then I was woke. Now I'm radical left scum. It's good to evolve.
By Swede - 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state's bullet train
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago

Georgia
2 candidates competing for one seat in Brunswick City Council special election
By RandySF - 1 hr ago

Idaho
Pocatello City Council ends mayoral runoff elections
By RandySF - 2 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
How the Rich Made Government Pay Them - Robert Reich
By Rhiannon12866 - 2 hrs ago

North Carolina
Former intern returns to elections office as deputy director
By RandySF - 2 hrs ago

Colorado
Colorado adopts permanent election law changes affecting signature verification and security
By RandySF - 2 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
MAGA Goes Nuts After King Charles Claims 'Diversity Is Our Strength' In Christmas Speech
By BumRushDaShow - 2 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Whistleblower STUNS Trump with UNEXPECTED Courtroom Victory - Talking Feds
By Rhiannon12866 - 2 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
Mudslides, intense flash floods hit California while major winter storm heads toward the Northeast - MS NOW Reports
By Rhiannon12866 - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Worked -- They Liberated Americans From Their Jobs
By SunSeeker - 2 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
FURIOUS Navy Commander SPEAKS OUT on Trump BATTLESHIP SCHEME - Meidas Touch
By Rhiannon12866 - 3 hrs ago

General Discussion
"If Trump was 100% guilty before any of the Epstein files were released, now he's closer to 600%, 700%, even 800% guilty
By orleans - 3 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
Project 2026: What's next from the Trump administration - Washington Week PBS
By Rhiannon12866 - 3 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
How Trump implemented much of Project 2025 in his first year - Washington Week PBS
By Rhiannon12866 - 3 hrs ago

Foreign Affairs
Why Russia's elite embraced servitude - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD
By TexasTowelie - 3 hrs ago

General Discussion
Whether he's on an escalator or over the phone
By Coldwater - 3 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Inside the Redacted Trump White House - Adam Kinzinger
By Rhiannon12866 - 4 hrs ago

General Discussion
Dear Jurisprudence: Here's What the Next Democratic President Must Do on Day 1
By Celerity - 4 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Trump HIT with EMERGENCY LAWSUIT after NAME CHANGE - Legal AF
By Rhiannon12866 - 4 hrs ago

Cooking & Baking
Porcini Ragù
By Celerity - 4 hrs ago

The DU Lounge
Porcini Ragù
By Celerity - 4 hrs ago

General Discussion
Person arrested in Mount Horeb after using fraudulent $100 bill with Trump's face on it
By Ellipsis - 25 replies @ 5 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Jacob Whelan Propounds (this is me now)
By sprinkleeninow - 5 hrs ago

General Discussion
I wonder if things are OK at Ped-o-Lago since the
By moniss - 5 hrs ago

General Discussion
Organ tuning books and global warming.
By Old Crank - 5 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
🚨IDENTITY of SECRET CO-CONSPIRATORS in The Files BLOWN WIDE OPEN - Meidas Touch
By Rhiannon12866 - 5 hrs ago

Music Appreciation
Pipe organ tuning records and global warming.
By Old Crank - 5 hrs ago

Photography
Saturday's Horses. Today we begin Kate's story. It's a long one, so we'll stay with it for awhile.
By George McGovern - 5 hrs ago

Pets
Saturday's Horses. Today we begin Kate's story. It's a long one, so we'll stay with it for awhile.
By George McGovern - 5 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
⚡️Zelenskyy Addressed Ukrainians AFTER Talks with Witkoff! Here's What He Said - War & Politics 24
By Rhiannon12866 - 5 hrs ago

General Discussion
They will be able to micro-target you into claiming your vote is false:
By applegrove - 5 hrs ago

General Discussion
I'm taking up a collection to send CNN's Scott Jennings some soothing bum ointment after his Tezlyn Figaro encounter
By Miles Archer - 5 hrs ago

General Discussion
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces she's pregnant
By question everything - 5 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 25 replies @ 5 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Robert Reich on the concentration of wealth:
By applegrove - 5 hrs ago

Classic Films
The Real-Life Bedford Falls From 'It's a Wonderful Life' is in Trouble (Newsweek)
By ificandream - 5 hrs ago

General Discussion
New National Holiday?
By Old Crank - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
An easy way to tell something is obviously
By moniss - 6 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Judge Cannon Makes SHOCK RULING on Trump REPORT - Legal AF
By Rhiannon12866 - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
NATO should declare the "Wagner Group" as terrorists...
By Enter stage left - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
US 'unchurching':
By applegrove - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
Trump BOLDLY TACKLES the AFFORDABILITY CRISIS with "potential marble armrests for Kennedy Center seating"
By Miles Archer - 6 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador demand justice after US judge ruling
By Omaha Steve - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
White South African Who Came To U.S. After Trump Invite Has Been Detained For Months
By CatWoman - 6 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
The biggest immigration stories of 2025 - MS NOW Reports
By Rhiannon12866 - 6 hrs ago

Classical Music
Andrea Bocelli and Bryn Terfel: Au Fond Du Temple Saint - from Bizet's Les pcheurs de perles (HD)
By question everything - 6 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
🚨Trump LAUGHED OUT OF COURT as JURY ACQUITS...AGAIN!!! - Meidas Touch
By Rhiannon12866 - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
Toon:
By applegrove - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
Patel finalizes plan to close FBI's J. Edgar Hoover building in DC
By Swede - 6 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Another ICE Agent Arrested For Abuse - Raw News And Politics
By Rhiannon12866 - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
Sounds to me like some people wanted to "sit" on those documents
By moniss - 6 hrs ago

Humor
Steve Martin's Holiday Wish - SNL 1986
By BootinUp - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
If there was absolute proof that Trump had Epstein killed
By edhopper - 6 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
How MAGA And The New Right Was Born Laura K. Field TMR
By AStern - 6 hrs ago

Artists
Tonight's Watercolor Friday
By samplegirl - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
Current foreign policy - "whipsaw incoherence"
By babylonsister - 6 hrs ago

The DU Lounge
Woman takes home cat that hated everybody. Here's what happened.
By catbyte - 6 hrs ago

Humor
Funny one from substack
By BootinUp - 6 hrs ago

General Discussion
How connecting with someone can change their political beliefs.
By BoycottTwitter - 6 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Kimmel Delivers Hilarious Christmas TAKE DOWN of Trump - Really American
By Rhiannon12866 - 7 hrs ago

General Discussion
The congressional elections are rigged
By CNYHarris - 7 hrs ago

Texas
Three years after Starr County district attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez's office filed a murder charge against a woman ...
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Let's talk about Trump tanking the Kennedy center in multiple ways.... - Belle of the Ranch
By TexasTowelie - 7 hrs ago

Classical Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams - 'Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus'
By sprinkleeninow - 7 hrs ago

Forum Spotlight: Science

A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death--And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say
By Judi Lynn

There Is Something Faster Than Light
By Uncle Joe

Panning across the Cosmic Seagull
By BootinUp

Latest Breaking News

Outrage as red state Republicans accused of deceiving voters with fake petition claims
39 min ago - Raw Story

US contemplates sending more resources to forcibly board oil tanker near Venezuela
1 hr ago - CNN Politics

New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings
1 hr ago - Reuters

California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state's bullet train
1 hr ago - ABC News/AP

MAGA Goes Nuts After King Charles Claims 'Diversity Is Our Strength' In Christmas Speech
2 hrs ago - MEDIAite

Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador demand justice after US judge ruling
6 hrs ago - AP

Latino Border Patrol Agents Deny They're Arresting Their 'Own Kind' in CNN Segment
8 hrs ago - MEDIAite

ICE To Get New Technology To Track Illegal Migrants: Report
9 hrs ago - Newsweek

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
9 hrs ago - AP

Vermont's climate superfund law pushes forward as federal lawsuits seek to block it
9 hrs ago - AP

Kash Patel Says FBI Closing the Hoover Building, Which He Once Promised to Make a 'Deep State Museum'
10 hrs ago - Mediaite

Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects
10 hrs ago - CNBC/AP

Federal judge stops DOJ's efforts to get UPMC Children's to turn over patient info on gender-affirming care
10 hrs ago - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Former IRS worker says months after retiring, she's still waiting for money she's owed
10 hrs ago - Scripps News

Social Security Could Be Under Threat From AI
11 hrs ago - Newsweek

Lawmakers push to reimburse food stamp benefits lost to theft
11 hrs ago - Roll Call

Cops ask federal judge to compel Capitol architect to 'follow the law' and install years-delayed Jan. 6 memorial plaque
12 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Canada making border crossing change that will impact Americans
12 hrs ago - msn/Newsweek

Texas, Florida lead GOP battle against Muslim advocacy groups
13 hrs ago - The Hill

Aluminum salts emerge as likely target as health officials scrutinize childhood vaccines
13 hrs ago - NBC News

The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew
14 hrs ago - NPR

China sanctions 20 US defense companies and 10 executives over massive arms sales to Taiwan
14 hrs ago - AP

Billboards telling troops to obey only lawful orders go up near Florida military base
14 hrs ago - The Independent

New Medicare Program: Full List of Services That Will Need Prior Approval
15 hrs ago - Newsweek

As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they're losing key witnesses in criminal cases
15 hrs ago - Salon

US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner
16 hrs ago - The Guardian/US

Deal to extend ObamaCare subsidies faces uphill battle despite GOP optimism
16 hrs ago - The Hill

Times Square to feature patriotic crystal ball for New Year's Eve, kicking off US's 250th birthday
16 hrs ago - AP

Amid a battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US
18 hrs ago - AP

Yemen separatists accuse Saudi Arabia of launching airstrikes against their forces
18 hrs ago - AP

Zelensky says he plans to meet Trump in Florida for peace talks Sunday
19 hrs ago - CNN World

White House to present plans for Trump's East Wing ballroom in January
20 hrs ago - Reuters

South Korea prosecutor seeks 10-year jail term for ex-president Yoon
20 hrs ago - Reuters

'Bomb fell and burst into many pieces': Jabo village residents describe US attack
21 hrs ago - ALJAZEERA

British campaigner launches legal challenge against Trump administration after deportation threat
22 hrs ago - The Guardian

At least 15 injured in a knife and chemical attack at a factory in Japan
22 hrs ago - AP

Zelenskyy says meeting with Trump to happen 'in the near future'
22 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

Indiana Republican Blasts 'Snowflakes' Upset With His AI Santa Beatdown
23 hrs ago - Huff Post

'Enjoy what may be your last Christmas!' Trump attacks 'sleazebags' in dark holiday screed
Yesterday - Raw Story

Bankruptcies hit US spirit makers as Americans drink and spend less
Yesterday - USA Today

After 20 years of Florida's gift ban, some would like to make a return
Yesterday - Politico

Trump Says 'Housing First' Failed the Homeless. Here's What the Evidence Says.
Yesterday - New York Times

Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
Thursday - AP

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations
Thursday - AP

'We're being blindsided': Federal charity drive suffers historic losses under Trump
Thursday - Raw Story

As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled
Thursday - WFPL Louisville, KY/NPR

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
Thursday - AP

Some Republicans are fighting to end Trump administration's decision to cap loans for nursing students
Thursday - The Independent

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering
Thursday - AP

Gavin Newsom drops Christmas troll of Trump with video mocking Epstein files redactions
Thursday - Independent

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