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Gaza has been burnt to the ground
By malaise - 15 hrs ago - 226 replies

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I support the national student protests over Palestine.
By Voltaire2 - 15 hrs ago - 157 replies

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BREAKING: Senate invokes Cloture on Ukraine aid
By brooklynite - 9 hrs ago - 84 replies

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What Is Really Going On at Columbia University?
By Doc Sportello - 14 hrs ago - 79 replies

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What was David Pecker's motive for the catch and kill scheme?
By Irish_Dem - 7 hrs ago - 72 replies

Latest Breaking News
Marjorie Taylor Greene makes wild claim that Democrats want Trump to be 'murdered in jail'
By BumRushDaShow - 9 hrs ago - 69 replies

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It's impossible to exaggerate just how badly the gag order hearing went for both Trump and lead attorney Todd Blanche.
By kpete - 12 hrs ago - 60 replies

Latest Breaking News
Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe
By BumRushDaShow - 15 hrs ago - 57 replies

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What do you think Judge Merchan's plan is to deal with
By senseandsensibility - 5 hrs ago - 55 replies

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The left needs to handle its antisemitism problem - Now.
By Lunabell - 7 hrs ago - 52 replies

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My worst fear has happened, my mom fell again & may have broken her hip?
By imanamerican63 - 4 hrs ago - 48 replies

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"Planning underway to facilitate incarceration" What a delicious headline.
By demmiblue - 5 hrs ago - 45 replies

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Yeah I know he's a sociopath but...
By PCIntern - 13 hrs ago - 43 replies

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So they want to find Trump $1000 for gag order violations?
By orangecrush - 13 hrs ago - 43 replies

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Trump is not going to make it through this trial
By Johnny2X2X - 1 hr ago - 42 replies

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Opinion: The Left Needs to Handle Its Antisemitism Problem--NOW
By RandySF - 12 hrs ago - 42 replies

Latest Breaking News
Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose
By BumRushDaShow - 18 hrs ago - 35 replies

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My favorite player in the catch and kill game is the doorman
By Raven123 - 7 hrs ago - 32 replies

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Netanyahu's killing of women and children in Gaza is also meant to defeat Biden
By TomDaisy - 11 hrs ago - 32 replies

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The thing to understand about the National Enquirer...
By Tommy Carcetti - 4 hrs ago - 30 replies

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The National Enquirer made sure that cheato won the
By senseandsensibility - 9 hrs ago - 30 replies

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'Burn Tel Aviv to the ground:' Calls for violence continue at Columbia
By RandySF - 19 hrs ago - 30 replies

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Holy Crap! It's only taken a 78 YO, low-energy, drowsy, flatulent
By maxrandb - 11 hrs ago - 29 replies

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Merchan to sf's lawyer: "You're losing all credibility."
By mobeau69 - 13 hrs ago - 29 replies

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Wordle 1,039*** 04/23***SPOILER THREAD***
By 2naSalit - 18 hrs ago - 29 replies

Latest Breaking News
Judge tells Trump lawyer he's 'losing all credibility with the court'
By speak easy - 13 hrs ago - 24 replies

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Gag order Contempt hearing has begun.
By brooklynite - 14 hrs ago - 24 replies

Latest Breaking News
National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says
By BumRushDaShow - 5 hrs ago - 23 replies

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Trump is hallucinating thousands of MAGA protesters
By highplainsdem - 7 hrs ago - 22 replies

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Checked off another box on the "Dammit, I'm old now" list
By happybird - 8 hrs ago - 22 replies

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Hey media, quit showing his bullshit rants when leaving court.
By spanone - 10 hrs ago - 22 replies

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Pic Of The Moment: Proposal For Enforcing Gag Order
By EarlG - 12 hrs ago - 22 replies

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'Driving Him Crazy': Trump Rages As Security Keeps 'A Few Dozen' Supporters From Courthouse
By babylonsister - 15 hrs ago - 22 replies

Latest Breaking News
Santos ends congressional bid for New York's 1st District
By BumRushDaShow - 6 hrs ago - 21 replies

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I'm not proud
By angrychair - 9 hrs ago - 21 replies

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A Christian ministry urged the Supreme Court to criminalize homelessness
By Nevilledog - 11 hrs ago - 21 replies

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Netanyahu was always disrepectful of President Obama. He also shit on the Iran deal. He is actively fucking with us
By themaguffin - 8 hrs ago - 20 replies

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Ukraine Aid Bill Passes the Senate!!!! On the way to the President's Desk!!!
By Nictuku - 9 hrs ago - 20 replies

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Again, I ask, "what is the Republican plan for tackling inflation?"
By Yavin4 - 11 hrs ago - 20 replies

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Update, about my mom.
By imanamerican63 - 2 hrs ago - 19 replies

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Serious question for the legal experts
By malaise - 6 hrs ago - 19 replies

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So We Learned More Today That Tr**p Was A Fake From The Git Go.....
By global1 - 6 hrs ago - 19 replies

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Very very very very very unfair! and UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
By emulatorloo - 9 hrs ago - 19 replies

Latest Breaking News
NYU pro-Palestinian protesters cleared out by NYPD, several arrests made. See the school's response.
By brooklynite - 13 hrs ago - 19 replies

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Trump Blames Wrong Person for Trying to Cause TikTok's Downfall - The former president suddenly seems to have amnesia
By Tom of Temecula - 16 hrs ago - 19 replies

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Nutella turns 60. Better than peanut butter?
By True Dough - 18 hrs ago - 19 replies

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Romney slaps Trump
By kpete - 7 hrs ago - 18 replies

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MSNBC interviewed two kids aged about 14 or so that attended the trial.
By LiberalFighter - 9 hrs ago - 18 replies

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On trial, Trump is a shadow of the superhero his supporters crave
By Bundbuster - 9 hrs ago - 18 replies

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What was the worst job you ever had? Mine was my last job, I loved the kids, I disliked the principal and the way it
By debm55 - 10 hrs ago - 18 replies

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Israel fumes as UN secretary-general leaves Hamas off sexual violence blacklist
By Beastly Boy - 2 hrs ago - 17 replies

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Civil War 2024 - Luckovich Cartoon
By groundloop - 5 hrs ago - 17 replies

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DeSantis's Martha's Vineyard Stunt Allows Undocumented Immigrants to Legally Stay in US
By babylonsister - 17 hrs ago - 17 replies

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David Muir reported on ABC news
By Beachnutt - 4 hrs ago - 15 replies

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What do you think trump will do when he is convicted?
By mnmoderatedem - 4 hrs ago - 15 replies

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Would you volunteer for this? (Poll)
By orangecrush - 7 hrs ago - 15 replies

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LOL--Fool is outside court screaming endlessly how unfair the gag order is.
By nolabear - 10 hrs ago - 15 replies

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Trump Trial Thread Day 2 (Catch and Kill explained)
By Johnny2X2X - 11 hrs ago - 15 replies

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Ari Melber is out again and
By SocialDemocrat61 - 4 hrs ago - 14 replies

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Elijah Shaffer calls men who sire daughters as their first, "betas."
By Archae - 4 hrs ago - 14 replies

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Remember when Smelvis said Meryl Street can't act - this was why!
By malaise - 4 hrs ago - 14 replies

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Biden, in Florida: "Rick Scott wants to sunset Social Security. I think voters are going to sunset Rick Scott."
By peppertree - 7 hrs ago - 14 replies

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The News should be telling people what they need to know
By edhopper - 11 hrs ago - 14 replies

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Trump to meet with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at Trump Tower on Tuesday
By BumRushDaShow - 11 hrs ago - 14 replies

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Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn't for politics
By Celerity - 16 hrs ago - 14 replies

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Fetterman tells Columbia president amid protests: 'Do your job or resign'
By Polybius - 2 hrs ago - 13 replies

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The Stupidity Of MAGA Americans
By CitizenZero - 2 hrs ago - 13 replies

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Chris Hayes has been doing "Are you better off four years ago?"
By LiberalFighter - 3 hrs ago - 13 replies

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He's all alone.
By bigtree - 6 hrs ago - 13 replies

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AZ-SEN: Kari Lake Wants Arizona Sheriffs to Enforce 1864 Abortion Ban
By RandySF - 15 hrs ago - 13 replies

Cable News Clips
Trump calls on his supporters to protest in NYC, but he's not getting the circus he wants - Morning Joe - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 15 hrs ago - 13 replies

Cooking & Baking
Umami. Who has ever
By babylonsister - 2 hrs ago - 12 replies

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George Santos ends comeback bid for Congress after raising no money
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 3 hrs ago - 12 replies

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Day 2 of dealing with an invasive vine.
By OAITW r.2.0 - 4 hrs ago - 12 replies

Announcements
We're pleased to announce that DU Journals are working again
By EarlG - 11 hrs ago - 12 replies

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Tennessee's GOP governor says Volkswagen plant workers made a mistake in union vote
By pstokely - 5 hrs ago - 11 replies

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Trump calls NYT female Journo a Maggot on truth social
By brettdale - 6 hrs ago - 11 replies

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Today is my last day of playing lottery
By Marthe48 - 6 hrs ago - 11 replies

Photography
Finally, the sun is out and I went to the Manhattan Beach Farmer's Market today! Enjoy, dear friends . . .
By CaliforniaPeggy - 7 hrs ago - 11 replies

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Saw a Tesla truck for the first time in the wild on the way to work this morning.
By Aristus - 7 hrs ago - 11 replies

Forum Spotlight: American History

Cherries Found in 18th C. Glass Bottles under Floor of Mt. Vernon, George Washington Home 🍒
By appalachiablue

On April 21 through April 23, 2020, there was an outbreak of tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma.
By mahatmakanejeeves

On this day, April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbrg concentration camp.
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Latest Breaking News

Former Navy interpreter sentenced to 28 months in prison for assaulting police on Jan. 6
1 hr ago - WUSA-TV

Dean Phillips gains his first delegates. Here's why they'll likely vote for Biden at the convention
2 hrs ago - AP

UnitedHealth paid ransom in Change Healthcare cyberattack, says patient data was compromised
3 hrs ago - NBC News

Mar-a-Lago judge unseals batch of documents that shed light on Trump's wild judgeship bribery claim
4 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Biden adminstration finalizes rule to grant overtime for millions more salaried workers
4 hrs ago - AP

National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says
5 hrs ago - NBC News

Biden blames Trump for Florida's 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis
6 hrs ago - AP

Santos ends congressional bid for New York's 1st District
6 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Planned Parenthood Plans $10 Million Boost for Democrats in North Carolina
7 hrs ago - New York Times

Biden mocks Trump on anniversary of COVID bleach controversy
7 hrs ago - Axios

FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes
7 hrs ago - FTC

Biden: I almost wanted to buy Trump Bible 'just to see what the hell's in it'
8 hrs ago - The Hill

Watchdog group asks 5 attorneys general to investigate crisis pregnancy center privacy practices
8 hrs ago - NBC News

Marjorie Taylor Greene makes wild claim that Democrats want Trump to be 'murdered in jail'
9 hrs ago - UK Independent

Biden will speak at Morehouse commencement, an election-year spotlight in front of Black voters
9 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

Appeals court greenlights release of secret Trump battles to block aides from testifying
10 hrs ago - Politico

Labor Department issues rule to crack down on bad retirement savings advice
10 hrs ago - CNBC

Justice Department to pay $138.7 million to settle with ex-USA gymnastics official Larry Nassar victims
11 hrs ago - CBS News

Testimony of David Pecker in the Trump Trial
11 hrs ago - Meidas Touch

Trump to meet with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at Trump Tower on Tuesday
11 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
11 hrs ago - AP

Judge tells Trump lawyer he's 'losing all credibility with the court'
13 hrs ago - The Guardian

New US Home Sales Jump to Highest Level Since September
13 hrs ago - Bloomberg

NYU pro-Palestinian protesters cleared out by NYPD, several arrests made. See the school's response.
13 hrs ago - CBS News

Richmond Mayor Stoney drops Virginia governor bid, he will run for lieutenant governor instead
14 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court
14 hrs ago - AP

Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe
15 hrs ago - The Guardian

After 26,000 public comments, FTC to vote on rule banning noncompete agreements
15 hrs ago - NPR

Biden heads to Florida to hit Trump on abortion rights
17 hrs ago - NBC News

Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources
17 hrs ago - Reuters

Prosecutors say Trump violated his gag order 10 times. The judge is finally set to weigh in.
17 hrs ago - Politico

Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose
18 hrs ago - The Hill

Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez boost Joe Biden's climate agenda on Earth Day
19 hrs ago - USA Today

Baltimore leaders accuse ship's owner and manager of negligence in Key Bridge collapse
19 hrs ago - AP

Climate change a health risk for 70% of world's workers, UN warns
19 hrs ago - CBS News

Columbia's President May Face a Censure Resolution
Monday - NY Times

FTC Blocks $8.5 Billion Deal Uniting Coach, Michael Kors
Monday - Wall Street Journal

Vice President Harris announces final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
Monday - wbay.com

Trump hush money trial transcripts to be made public
Monday - New York Daily News

Biden's Lead Grows In New Poll
Monday - Meidas Touch

Trump Was Warned to Return Records to Archives, Unsealed Documents Say
Monday - New York Times

Trump co-defendant in classified documents case was told he'd be pardoned in a second term, notes in FBI interview say
Monday - CNN

Jack Smith urges Mar-a-Lago judge not to make government cave to Trump's discovery demands, 'corrects' defense theories
Monday - Law & Crime

Consumers may soon get access to a share of $8.8 billion in Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates
Monday - CNBC

FBI code name for Trump classified documents probe was 'Plasmic Echo,' court records show
Monday - CNN Politics

Ground beef potentially contaminated with E. coli, USDA warns
Monday - ABC News/GMA

Witness in Trump's classified documents case asked FBI not to record interview
Monday - UK Independent

Donald Trump Will Be Forced to Listen to Secret Recording
Monday - Newsweek

Express files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announces store closures, possible sale
Monday - AP

Russia-linked hacking group claims to have targeted Indiana water plant
Monday - CNN Politics

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