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Canada
"Pierre Poilievre got the endorsement of far-right American conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones - and he still hasn't
By applegrove - 6 hrs ago
"Pierre Poilievre got the endorsement of far-right American conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones - and he still hasn't
By applegrove - 6 hrs ago
General Discussion
Can Judge Merchon ask for a psych evaluation and drug test if TFG keeps up his "antics" ?
By lumberingbear - 6 hrs ago
Can Judge Merchon ask for a psych evaluation and drug test if TFG keeps up his "antics" ?
By lumberingbear - 6 hrs ago
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By NNadir - 6 hrs ago
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By NNadir - 6 hrs ago
Liberal YouTubers
The Real Reason Your Rent Is So Damn High - More Perfect Union
By TexasTowelie - 6 hrs ago
The Real Reason Your Rent Is So Damn High - More Perfect Union
By TexasTowelie - 6 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Trump lawyers tell Mar-a-Lago judge it's 'virtually impossible task' to juggle hush-money trial defense
By BumRushDaShow - 6 hrs ago
Trump lawyers tell Mar-a-Lago judge it's 'virtually impossible task' to juggle hush-money trial defense
By BumRushDaShow - 6 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
AI-Powered World Health Chatbot Is Flubbing Some Answers
By highplainsdem - 6 hrs ago
AI-Powered World Health Chatbot Is Flubbing Some Answers
By highplainsdem - 6 hrs ago
Liberal YouTubers
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about the Senate, money, and November....
By TexasTowelie - 6 hrs ago
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about the Senate, money, and November....
By TexasTowelie - 6 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Arrests at Columbia University as police move in on pro-Palestinian protesters
By SouthBayDem - 6 hrs ago
Arrests at Columbia University as police move in on pro-Palestinian protesters
By SouthBayDem - 6 hrs ago
General Discussion
Prosecutors Say Trump Violated Gag Order Seven Times Since Monday
By Bundbuster - 7 hrs ago
Prosecutors Say Trump Violated Gag Order Seven Times Since Monday
By Bundbuster - 7 hrs ago
General Discussion
Saw this and OMG! This is the most righteous description of how I feel
By maxrandb - 50 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
Saw this and OMG! This is the most righteous description of how I feel
By maxrandb - 50 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
Atheists & Agnostics
A or not A in regards to theism
By FreeState - 25 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
A or not A in regards to theism
By FreeState - 25 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
Does the court have to give out all the personal information
By gab13by13 - 7 hrs ago
Does the court have to give out all the personal information
By gab13by13 - 7 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
ER visits for heat illness rose in 2023 amid record-breaking temperatures: CDC
By BumRushDaShow - 7 hrs ago
ER visits for heat illness rose in 2023 amid record-breaking temperatures: CDC
By BumRushDaShow - 7 hrs ago
General Discussion
Imagine getting a chance to say this to Donald Trump's face...
By Tommy Carcetti - 7 hrs ago
Imagine getting a chance to say this to Donald Trump's face...
By Tommy Carcetti - 7 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Germany arrests two dual nationals on suspicion of plotting attacks for Russia
By muriel_volestrangler - 7 hrs ago
Germany arrests two dual nationals on suspicion of plotting attacks for Russia
By muriel_volestrangler - 7 hrs ago
Birders
Northern Cardinal keeping her eggs warm, on cold and rainy Central Park Day
By Donkees - 7 hrs ago
Northern Cardinal keeping her eggs warm, on cold and rainy Central Park Day
By Donkees - 7 hrs ago
General Discussion
Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop 'Illegal Immigrant' Voters
By Nevilledog - 7 hrs ago
Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop 'Illegal Immigrant' Voters
By Nevilledog - 7 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Prosecutors want Trump held in contempt for 'disturbing' Truth Social post attacking prospective jurors
By BumRushDaShow - 25 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
Prosecutors want Trump held in contempt for 'disturbing' Truth Social post attacking prospective jurors
By BumRushDaShow - 25 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
Music Appreciation
"On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five," Paul Revere was alerting the countryside of raiders.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago
"On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five," Paul Revere was alerting the countryside of raiders.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago
The DU Lounge
Grocery delivery services, which ones do you use, I'm looking for info
By irisblue - 7 hrs ago
Grocery delivery services, which ones do you use, I'm looking for info
By irisblue - 7 hrs ago
General Discussion
Linus Torvalds takes on evil developers, hardware errors and 'hilarious' AI hype
By BootinUp - 7 hrs ago
Linus Torvalds takes on evil developers, hardware errors and 'hilarious' AI hype
By BootinUp - 7 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Biden Administration Moves to Make Conservation an Equal to Industry on US Lands
By BumRushDaShow - 7 hrs ago
Biden Administration Moves to Make Conservation an Equal to Industry on US Lands
By BumRushDaShow - 7 hrs ago
American History
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago
General Discussion
Things just got very heated on the House floor Group of hardliners were trying to pressure Johnson to only put Israel a
By riversedge - 7 hrs ago
Things just got very heated on the House floor Group of hardliners were trying to pressure Johnson to only put Israel a
By riversedge - 7 hrs ago
The DU Lounge
Wordle 1034 Apr 18 ***Spoiler Thread***
By mnhtnbb - 25 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
Wordle 1034 Apr 18 ***Spoiler Thread***
By mnhtnbb - 25 replies @ 7 hrs ago (Milestone)
Artists
On this, day, April 18, 1911, Huntington Hartford, heir to the A&P supermarket fortune, was born.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago
On this, day, April 18, 1911, Huntington Hartford, heir to the A&P supermarket fortune, was born.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 7 hrs ago
General Discussion
On what basis do you judge a person as decent or undecent. caring /uncaring. Why are people still interested in Trump?
By debm55 - 7 hrs ago
On what basis do you judge a person as decent or undecent. caring /uncaring. Why are people still interested in Trump?
By debm55 - 7 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
States sue to block US rules curbing tailpipe emissions in cars, light trucks
By BumRushDaShow - 7 hrs ago
States sue to block US rules curbing tailpipe emissions in cars, light trucks
By BumRushDaShow - 7 hrs ago
Music Appreciation
On this day, April 18, 1952, "The Big Bopper" got married.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 8 hrs ago
On this day, April 18, 1952, "The Big Bopper" got married.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 8 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Gainesville police officer arrested for child sex crimes
By riversedge - 8 hrs ago
Gainesville police officer arrested for child sex crimes
By riversedge - 8 hrs ago
General Discussion
Jet blue miles price doubled on 2nd look at a flight. Went incognito and it dropped back down.
By lindysalsagal - 8 hrs ago
Jet blue miles price doubled on 2nd look at a flight. Went incognito and it dropped back down.
By lindysalsagal - 8 hrs ago
The DU Lounge
Post a line from a movie & see if anyone knows the movie without using Google
By red dog 1 - 150 replies @ 8 hrs ago (Milestone)
Post a line from a movie & see if anyone knows the movie without using Google
By red dog 1 - 150 replies @ 8 hrs ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
President Biden's lead among among young women is 33 points!
By Earthrise - 8 hrs ago
President Biden's lead among among young women is 33 points!
By Earthrise - 8 hrs ago
General Discussion
Two of the seven jurors who had already been seated in Donald J. Trump's criminal trial were excused before lunch.
By elleng - 8 hrs ago
Two of the seven jurors who had already been seated in Donald J. Trump's criminal trial were excused before lunch.
By elleng - 8 hrs ago
Forum Spotlight: Cable News Clips
'Less orange,' 'bored,' 'odd,' 'shocked': Dismissed jurors describe seeing Trump inside court - MSNBC Reports'Pure thuggery': Trump juror dismissed after 'MAGA intimidation machine' targets her - All In - MSNBC
Trump's prison nightmare gets real as full jury gets seated in criminal trial - The Beat - MSNBC
Latest Breaking News
Members of self-proclaimed anti-government group 'God's Misfits' held in killings of Kansas women
Monday - AP
Monday - AP
Labor Department cities Florida company over worker's heat death amid state's ban on heat illness prevention
Monday - MSM UPI
Monday - MSM UPI
Feds say jailed Air Force vet seeking release is urging loyalty to Trump by Jan. 6 'political prisoners'
Monday - Law & Crime
Monday - Law & Crime
New York judge says Trump can't attend Supreme Court arguments on presidential immunity
Monday - The Hill
Monday - The Hill
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Black Lives Matter organizer facing damages suit
Monday - CNN Politics
Monday - CNN Politics
US says Gaza aid 'increased dramatically,' as convoys proceed via new crossing
Monday - Times of Israel
Monday - Times of Israel
Biden campaign cashes in on Trump's historic trial day as they share reports of him sleeping in court
Monday - UK Independent
Monday - UK Independent
Bureau of Prisons to close California women's prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse
Monday - AP
Monday - AP
Gaza protest shuts down Golden Gate Bridge for hours, causing gridlock on both sides of span
Monday - KPIX
Monday - KPIX
Trump's historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked
Monday - AP
Monday - AP
Judge in Trump's hush money trial allows prosecutors to discuss 'Access Hollywood' tape, affair allegations
Monday - NBC News
Monday - NBC News
Rudy Giuliani loses bid to dismiss $148 million defamation judgment in Georgia election workers case
Monday - ABC News
Monday - ABC News
Lightning, rains kill 36 people in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in southwest
Monday - AP
Monday - AP
Vice President Kamala Harris to promote Nevada's abortion rights ballot measure during campaign stop
Monday - CBS News
Monday - CBS News
Syracuse police officer and a deputy killed in shooting in Salina
Monday - Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse.com)
Monday - Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse.com)
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer hammers Trump over abortion: 'He's lied over and over again'
Monday - UK Independent
Monday - UK Independent
Jan. 6 rioter who claimed everyone was 'peaceful' actually threw pipes, lawn chairs at Capitol police officers: Feds
Monday - Law & Crime
Monday - Law & Crime
'The damage is done': Ruben Gallego says repealing Arizona's near-total abortion ban now would be too little, too late
Sunday - NBC News
Sunday - NBC News
Trump seeks to use NY hush money trial to delay criminal case over classified document handling in FL
Sunday - CNN Politics
Sunday - CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine this week
Sunday - Associated Press
Sunday - Associated Press
'Correct a black mark in US history': former prisoners of Abu Ghraib get day in court
Sunday - The Guardian
Sunday - The Guardian
Top Democrat slams Trump's latest abortion position: 'Women are not going to be conned'
Sunday - ABC News
Sunday - ABC News