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General Discussion
US history ended for some in the mid 1800s:
By applegrove - 3 sec ago

General Discussion
Were Nazi judges prosecuted at Nuremberg?
By maxrandb - 32 sec ago

Texas
Commissioners Approve New Election Software
By RandySF - 1 min ago

Mississippi
Two qualify in Justice Court Judge special election
By RandySF - 4 min ago

Sports
It's football time again!!!! Watching the NFL network start of the NFL Season.....
By a kennedy - 6 min ago

Foreign Affairs
You Won't Believe What China Just Did; Xi Challenges US-led Order; Mexico-China - China Update
By TexasTowelie - 6 min ago

General Discussion
Newsom's latest ALLCAPS:
By applegrove - 6 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Hundreds of economists sign open letter backing embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook after Trump attacks
By BumRushDaShow - 8 min ago

Cable News Clips
Jasmine Crockett Discusses Testimony From Epstein Victim Who Just Spoke Out For 'Very First Time' - Forbes Breaking News
By Rhiannon12866 - 8 min ago

Alabama
Chickasaw mayor out, runoff election set
By RandySF - 9 min ago

General Discussion
Ha!
By applegrove - 10 min ago

General Discussion
@SenKatieBritt Just left the Oval Office where I stood side-by-side with @POTUS when he announced Space Command returni
By riversedge - 11 min ago

Vermont
VT-SOS: Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D) announces 2026 re-election campaign
By RandySF - 12 min ago

General Discussion
** PBS WETA Ch 26 (DC area) Nixon. NOW
By elleng - 15 min ago

Georgia
Guntersville mayoral race to be settled by runoff election on September 23
By RandySF - 16 min ago

General Discussion
Nancy Mace: Yes, I left the Oversite meeting early.
By sheshe2 - 17 min ago

General Discussion
Samsun Urgent Care (Santa Barbara) workers post pics mocking patients' bodily fluids left after obgyn procedures
By crimycarny - 18 min ago

Cable News Clips
Trump loses 'police state' case on Nat. Guard! Ari Melber reports on 'illegal' smackdown - The Beat - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 19 min ago

General Discussion
Rudy Giuliani Awarded Presidential Medal Of Incest
By Zorro - 20 min ago

The DU Lounge
The Knickerbockers - Lies Rare 1966 Live Clip
By Chasstev365 - 20 min ago

Georgia
Here are the candidates for November elections in Richmond and Columbia counties
By RandySF - 20 min ago

Music Appreciation
Story of Passover from Exodus !! Creeping Death .
By stonecutter357 - 21 min ago

General Discussion
Nancy Mace makes it about herself:
By applegrove - 21 min ago

General Discussion
The 4 marquee elections of 2025: From the Politics Desk
By RandySF - 24 min ago

Foreign Affairs
SCO summit turns into Putin's propaganda show - Break the Fake - TVP WORLD
By TexasTowelie - 25 min ago

Music Appreciation
Lies (Bigger and Better 12-inch)
By ZDU - 27 min ago

General Discussion
Am I the only one that feels like we are literally in a Twilight Zone episode?
By Whyisthisstillclose - 25 replies @ 28 min ago (Milestone)

Nevada
CLARK COUNTY DA STEVE WOLFSON (D) ANNOUNCES BID FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2026
By RandySF - 29 min ago

General Discussion
A red flag in something JB Pritzker said:
By Chasstev365 - 29 min ago

Poetry
a dying mind
By Godot51 - 31 min ago

Washington
How the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry route will get an electric upgrade
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 31 min ago

General Discussion
"Paige Against The Machine" - Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, Democrat running in PA-08
By In It to Win It - 32 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Trump's Dangerous Plan to Put Troops on Our Streets
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 33 min ago

Florida
Miami officials say legal battle is over. Election is back on for November
By RandySF - 33 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Judge Rules Trump's Deployment Of Military To LA Is Illegal; Orders Him To STOP! - Glenn Kirschner
By Rhiannon12866 - 33 min ago

General Discussion
Jesus f'ing Christ PBS
By 4bonhoffer - 33 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
The Toll Comes Due: Trump, Epstein, and the GOP's Summer Cover-Up
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 35 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Amazon must face US nationwide class action over third-party sales
By BumRushDaShow - 35 min ago

Texas
Beaumont City Council approves $98K contract for Austin-based bond election consultant
By RandySF - 35 min ago

Oregon
Here's how to tell if your Oregon election mail comes from an official source
By RandySF - 38 min ago

Music Appreciation
Oasis Salutes John McEnroe, 'Naughty' Mancunians at Second New Jersey Show on Reunion Tour (another Billboard rave)
By highplainsdem - 40 min ago

Alabama
Prichard's election blunder
By RandySF - 41 min ago

Cable News Clips
BREAKING: Congress releases more than 33,000 DOJ Epstein documents - The Beat - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 42 min ago

General Discussion
These Chicago residents welcome extra help fighting crime but don't want Trump to send the National Guard
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 44 min ago

General Discussion
VA-11: Special election in Virginia next week to fill Rep. Connolly's seat
By RandySF - 45 min ago

Arkansas
AT-LARGE SEAT UP FOR GRABS IN SALIDA SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
By RandySF - 47 min ago

General Discussion
The Right's Dark 'Woke' Fantasy
By Brenda - 49 min ago

Arizona
Arizona Senate president threatens to sue secretary of state over elections manual
By RandySF - 50 min ago

Movies
Chaplin's Great Dictator speech is what we need to hear again and again
By BigmanPigman - 51 min ago

Cable News Clips
'She should be in high school': Los Angeles honors student caught up in Trump's mass deportations - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 53 min ago

General Discussion
The Epstein files just released are less than one percent of the files
By senseandsensibility - 54 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Sad News, he's ALIVE - Romano
By MagaSmash - 58 min ago

Michigan
'Questionable pasts' of candidates hang over key Detroit City Council race
By RandySF - 59 min ago

General Discussion
Question: Why would a professional contractor throw trash out an upper-level
By niyad - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
What should Chicagoans say to the masked ICE folk? (Poll)
By struggle4progress - 1 hr ago

Cable News Clips
Nicolle on Trump's Chicago lies: 'If they were on solid ground they wouldn't be lying so much' - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
MI-SEN: Senate hopeful Stevens wrongly claims endorsement by Berrien Co. official
By RandySF - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Pop Quiz: When was the last time a southern state invaded another state?
By deminks - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
FYI: CO has mail-in, in-person, and early voting, you lying sack of shit.
By niyad - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Erin Burnett is wiping the floor with trump right now
By senseandsensibility - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Surprise announcement ...
By marble falls - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
VA-GOV: Poll Sponsored by Right-Wing Group Has Abigail Spanberger Up 12 Points
By RandySF - 1 hr ago

Cable News Clips
'I refuse to play a reality game show with Donald Trump': Gov. JB Pritzker on Chicago threats - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
🚨🇺🇸 EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED IN DELIBERATELY DIFFICULT FORMAT: 33,295 INDIVIDUAL IMAGE FILES
By riversedge - 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
McGovern Hammers Comer Over Epstein Files Dump - '97% of Which Is Already Out in Public'
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Illinois lieutenant gov: Trump 'wants to manufacture a crisis' in Chicago
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
September 2 1945
By VGNonly - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Pennsylvania Democrats Attract Some Buzz in the Party's Bid to Take Back the US House
By RandySF - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
"Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
By bigtree - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
CNN anchor embarrasses White House counterterrorism chief over false transgender mass shooter stats
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Netanyahu Faces High-Level Opposition to His Stance on Gaza Truce
By marble falls - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
NJ-04 Registered nurse joins Democratic field to flip New Jersey's reddest House district
By RandySF - 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
Durbin on Trump's Threat to Deploy Military to Chicago: Dangerous, Illegal, and Unconstitutional - Senator Dick Durbin
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
NJ-GOV: The New Jersey governor's race is here. America is watching.
By RandySF - 1 hr ago

Cable News Clips
33,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released by House panel
By MagaSmash - 1 hr ago

The DU Lounge
ALARM alarm ALARM.
By AllaN01Bear - 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
IHIP: Dumb or Dumber for the next President of the United States?
By MagaSmash - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Judge Apologizes to Conservative Justices in Case Over N.I.H. Cuts
By dalton99a - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
BREAKING: Trump just blamed the video of people throwing items out of the White House Windows on AI. Problem: The Whi
By riversedge - 25 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
What Pritzker expects in Chicago in coming days
By struggle4progress - 1 hr ago

Forum Spotlight: Environment & Energy

Energy secretary's crusade against wind and solar gets even dumber
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

Cruise industry group sues to challenge Hawaii's tourism tax designed to deal with climate change
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

Met Office - Summer 2025 Was UK's Hottest Summer On Record; All Top 5 Hottest Summers Have Been Since 2020
By hatrack

Latest Breaking News

Hundreds of economists sign open letter backing embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook after Trump attacks
8 min ago - The Independent

Amazon must face US nationwide class action over third-party sales
35 min ago - Reuters

McGovern Hammers Comer Over Epstein Files Dump - '97% of Which Is Already Out in Public'
1 hr ago - MEDIAite

Congress releases first batch of Epstein files
1 hr ago - NBC News

A red state community bet on carbon capture. Trump is blocking it
1 hr ago - The Detroit News/Washington Post

Grand jury refuses to indict second person accused of threatening President Trump
2 hrs ago - WUSA9

RFK Jr. Stands Behind His Conspiracy Theories Amid Demands for Resignation
2 hrs ago - daily beast

Pentagon deletes post after accidentally revealing Trump's big mystery announcement
2 hrs ago - Raw Story

With discharge petition, Massie continues crusade for release of Epstein files
3 hrs ago - Roll Call

US military 'conducted a lethal strike' on alleged 'drug vessel' in southern Caribbean, Rubio says
3 hrs ago - CNN

Former Biden aide: Admin not 'transparent' about Trump's absence from public spotlight
3 hrs ago - The Hill

Proud Boys members call for Pam Bondi's resignation for seeking to dismiss their $100 million lawsuit
3 hrs ago - CBS News

Courts have halted Pa. Attorney General's Office cases after a ransomware attack
4 hrs ago - Philadelphia Inquirer

US manufacturing contracts for sixth straight month amid tariff drag
4 hrs ago - Reuters

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
5 hrs ago - AP

Releasing Epstein files can 'bring the country together,' says Rep. Ro Khanna
5 hrs ago - NPR

Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
5 hrs ago - The Guardian

Appeals court sides with EPA in climate grant terminations fight
6 hrs ago - Politico

Mount Holyoke workers strike for fair wages and conditions
6 hrs ago - WWLP

Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
7 hrs ago - The Guardian

D.C. grand jury declines to indict another defendant amid Trump's crime crackdown
7 hrs ago - NBC News

Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book
7 hrs ago - CNN

California ad wars heat up ahead of November vote on new congressional maps
8 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested over posts on transgender issues
8 hrs ago - The Guardian

Trump set to move Space Command headquarters to Alabama from Colorado, sources say
9 hrs ago - Reuters

Gérard Depardieu to face trial over rape and sexual assault allegations
10 hrs ago - BBC

More than 85 climate experts call Energy Department report on greenhouse gases "not scientifically credible"
10 hrs ago - CBS News

Josh Hawley's 'huge win' already wreaks pain on voters in his home state
10 hrs ago - Raw Story

Trump's LA Troop Deployment Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules
11 hrs ago - Bloomberg News

Powerball jackpot rises to an estimated $1.3 billion after no winning ticket sold
11 hrs ago - AP

Schumer warns of growing chance of government shutdown
11 hrs ago - The Hill

Belgium moves toward recognizing a Palestinian state, drawing Israeli rebuke
11 hrs ago - AP News

InfoWars Host Quits After Being Branded 'Too Anti-Trump'
11 hrs ago - Newsweek

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for 'conspiracy' over protest against Ice
12 hrs ago - The Guardian

Maduro says Venezuela ready to respond to US military presence in the Caribbean
12 hrs ago - AP News

Kraft Heinz to split a decade after megafood merger
12 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

Republicans fret about inflation's impact on 2026 midterms
12 hrs ago - Axios

Pennsylvania Democrats attract some buzz in the party's bid to take back the US House
13 hrs ago - AP

Chicago Labor Day protest opposes Trump policies, ICE operations
13 hrs ago - CBS News

Confederate statue that residents protested every weekend for 3 years is removed in North Carolina
14 hrs ago - The Independent

Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch
15 hrs ago - msn/WSJ

Former CDC directors say RFK Jr.'s actions should alarm every American'
15 hrs ago - USA Today

Exclusive-US Considering White House Adviser Yared for IMF Post, Sources Say
15 hrs ago - US News and World Report/Reuters

'Big betrayal': Trump accused of breaking campaign promises by major union
16 hrs ago - Raw Story

Exclusive: Fed should be independent but has made mistakes, Treasury Secretary Bessent says
17 hrs ago - Reuters

Funding cuts to Afghanistan obstruct earthquake response
23 hrs ago - Reuters

Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party's Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year
Yesterday - New York Times

Hundreds of 'Workers Over Billionaires' Labor Day rallies take place across US
Yesterday - The Guardian

New crisis for aviation industry as trainer shortage hits air traffic controllers
Yesterday - The Independent

Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated 'Dances with Wolves' Actor, Dies at 73
Yesterday - Variety

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