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Asian Group
I Handed Zatōichi's Katana Cane to a Samurai Master and THIS Happened
By YoshidaYui - 4 min ago
I Handed Zatōichi's Katana Cane to a Samurai Master and THIS Happened
By YoshidaYui - 4 min ago
Liberal YouTubers
trump Denies Falling Asleep; claims his Super Computer Brain is just taking it all in - Meidas
By MagaSmash - 4 min ago
trump Denies Falling Asleep; claims his Super Computer Brain is just taking it all in - Meidas
By MagaSmash - 4 min ago
World History
On this day, May 2, 1952, the de Havilland Comet went into service.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 6 min ago
On this day, May 2, 1952, the de Havilland Comet went into service.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 6 min ago
Liberal YouTubers
Tennessee Brando: Marjorie Taylor Greene IMPLODES The GOP AGAIN
By catbyte - 8 min ago
Tennessee Brando: Marjorie Taylor Greene IMPLODES The GOP AGAIN
By catbyte - 8 min ago
General Discussion
Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds
By littlemissmartypants - 14 min ago
Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds
By littlemissmartypants - 14 min ago
General Discussion
Bernie Sanders: 'This may be Biden's Vietnam'
By Mr. Sparkle - 75 replies @ 15 min ago (Milestone)
Bernie Sanders: 'This may be Biden's Vietnam'
By Mr. Sparkle - 75 replies @ 15 min ago (Milestone)
Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights
Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds
By littlemissmartypants - 16 min ago
Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds
By littlemissmartypants - 16 min ago
Michigan
Hollier may struggle with 13th District ballot due to petition signature issue (Detroit Free Press Opinion)
By MichMan - 19 min ago
Hollier may struggle with 13th District ballot due to petition signature issue (Detroit Free Press Opinion)
By MichMan - 19 min ago
General Discussion
Christopher Gregor allegedly ran his 6 year old son to death (this is really tough to watch)
By Swede - 21 min ago
Christopher Gregor allegedly ran his 6 year old son to death (this is really tough to watch)
By Swede - 21 min ago
The DU Lounge
How do you eat your pizza---tip to crust, crust to tip, folded or flat. knife and fork? I eat it tip to crust, folded..
By debm55 - 25 replies @ 27 min ago (Milestone)
How do you eat your pizza---tip to crust, crust to tip, folded or flat. knife and fork? I eat it tip to crust, folded..
By debm55 - 25 replies @ 27 min ago (Milestone)
Latest Breaking News
Student-loan borrowers in public service will now have to wait until July for their debt relief forms to be processed
By BumRushDaShow - 30 min ago
Student-loan borrowers in public service will now have to wait until July for their debt relief forms to be processed
By BumRushDaShow - 30 min ago
General Discussion
Let's hope this won't be the next song Lara Trump massacres
By highplainsdem - 31 min ago
Let's hope this won't be the next song Lara Trump massacres
By highplainsdem - 31 min ago
General Discussion
How Corporations Enable Property Crime--And Use it to Fuel a Self-Serving Panic
By WhiskeyGrinder - 31 min ago
How Corporations Enable Property Crime--And Use it to Fuel a Self-Serving Panic
By WhiskeyGrinder - 31 min ago
Atheists & Agnostics
At what age did you become an atheist/agnostic? And what brought that about?
By Bundbuster - 25 replies @ 36 min ago (Milestone)
At what age did you become an atheist/agnostic? And what brought that about?
By Bundbuster - 25 replies @ 36 min ago (Milestone)
Oregon
Oregon Faith Healing Parents Arrested Just For Letting Their Two-Day-Old Infant Die
By mahatmakanejeeves - 37 min ago
Oregon Faith Healing Parents Arrested Just For Letting Their Two-Day-Old Infant Die
By mahatmakanejeeves - 37 min ago
General Discussion
An open question to MAGAmurica regarding this banana republic we supposedly live in
By Shermann - 37 min ago
An open question to MAGAmurica regarding this banana republic we supposedly live in
By Shermann - 37 min ago
General Discussion
UK: Boris Johnson turned away from polling station for forgetting voter ID under rules he introduced
By RandySF - 42 min ago
UK: Boris Johnson turned away from polling station for forgetting voter ID under rules he introduced
By RandySF - 42 min ago
General Discussion
Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine
By muriel_volestrangler - 42 min ago
Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine
By muriel_volestrangler - 42 min ago
General Discussion
OMG! My only sister who had a once of sanity? Well throw the baby out with the bath water!
By imanamerican63 - 25 replies @ 45 min ago (Milestone)
OMG! My only sister who had a once of sanity? Well throw the baby out with the bath water!
By imanamerican63 - 25 replies @ 45 min ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
We Can't Afford Public Libraries But Check Out This Sick NYPD Media Production Celebrating the American Flag
By WhiskeyGrinder - 46 min ago
We Can't Afford Public Libraries But Check Out This Sick NYPD Media Production Celebrating the American Flag
By WhiskeyGrinder - 46 min ago
General Discussion
Cher in relationshiop with a man 39 years her junior. . . .
By BigDemVoter - 25 replies @ 51 min ago (Milestone)
Cher in relationshiop with a man 39 years her junior. . . .
By BigDemVoter - 25 replies @ 51 min ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says
By Coventina - 53 min ago
Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says
By Coventina - 53 min ago
General Discussion
Mike Luckovich-The Republican Party will support/vote for TFG no matter what happens
By LetMyPeopleVote - 53 min ago
Mike Luckovich-The Republican Party will support/vote for TFG no matter what happens
By LetMyPeopleVote - 53 min ago
General Discussion
Right-Wing Legal Group Files Lawsuits to Access Voter Rolls in Minnesota and Wisconsin
By RandySF - 56 min ago
Right-Wing Legal Group Files Lawsuits to Access Voter Rolls in Minnesota and Wisconsin
By RandySF - 56 min ago
General Discussion
Fitness influencers swear by the 'carnivore diet'--it's 'basically a terrible idea,' doctor says
By Coventina - 56 min ago
Fitness influencers swear by the 'carnivore diet'--it's 'basically a terrible idea,' doctor says
By Coventina - 56 min ago
Latest Breaking News
Trump warns he may not accept Wisconsin election results
By riversedge - 25 replies @ 58 min ago (Milestone)
Trump warns he may not accept Wisconsin election results
By riversedge - 25 replies @ 58 min ago (Milestone)
Latest Breaking News
Maryland estimates bridge replacement cost at $1.7 bln - $1.9 bln
By BumRushDaShow - 59 min ago
Maryland estimates bridge replacement cost at $1.7 bln - $1.9 bln
By BumRushDaShow - 59 min ago
General Discussion
Bill to Combat Antisemitism on Campuses Prompts Backlash From the Right
By sl8 - 1 hr ago
Bill to Combat Antisemitism on Campuses Prompts Backlash From the Right
By sl8 - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Thought these were very interesting graphs regarding economic stats, Joe B vs tRump
By a kennedy - 1 hr ago
Thought these were very interesting graphs regarding economic stats, Joe B vs tRump
By a kennedy - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
LIVE: Jill Biden hosts Teacher of the Year state dinner at White House
By peppertree - 1 hr ago
LIVE: Jill Biden hosts Teacher of the Year state dinner at White House
By peppertree - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
UK polls close in local elections with Rishi Sunak braced for Tory losses
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
UK polls close in local elections with Rishi Sunak braced for Tory losses
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
FTC documents oil industry executive colluding to raise gas prices
By Nevilledog - 1 hr ago
FTC documents oil industry executive colluding to raise gas prices
By Nevilledog - 1 hr ago
The DU Lounge
Post a "hard-to-answer" question about a rock musician/band & see if anyone knows the answer
By red dog 1 - 125 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Post a "hard-to-answer" question about a rock musician/band & see if anyone knows the answer
By red dog 1 - 125 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
We fear they will win. Yet, they don't fear us, the majority.
By Cyrano - 1 hr ago
We fear they will win. Yet, they don't fear us, the majority.
By Cyrano - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Bernie Sanders: 'This may be Biden's Vietnam'
By Mr. Sparkle - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Bernie Sanders: 'This may be Biden's Vietnam'
By Mr. Sparkle - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Maryland
New Key Bridge estimated to be completed by fall 2028, cost up to $1.9B, officials say.
By elleng - 1 hr ago
New Key Bridge estimated to be completed by fall 2028, cost up to $1.9B, officials say.
By elleng - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Jessica Valenti: Florida Agency Releases Dangerous Abortion 'Rules'
By Nevilledog - 1 hr ago
Jessica Valenti: Florida Agency Releases Dangerous Abortion 'Rules'
By Nevilledog - 1 hr ago
Virginia
A campaign is calling on UVa's rector to resign. But who is funding it?
By mahatmakanejeeves - 1 hr ago
A campaign is calling on UVa's rector to resign. But who is funding it?
By mahatmakanejeeves - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Michael Moore won't be remembered for his movies *
By Oopsie Daisy - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Michael Moore won't be remembered for his movies *
By Oopsie Daisy - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #16-11: The Ministry Of Un-American Warfare Edition
By Top 10 Idiots - 1 hr ago
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #16-11: The Ministry Of Un-American Warfare Edition
By Top 10 Idiots - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
UNESCO Awards Press Prize To Palestinian Journalists In Gaza
By David__77 - 1 hr ago
UNESCO Awards Press Prize To Palestinian Journalists In Gaza
By David__77 - 1 hr ago
Latest Breaking News
Judge denies ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman's request to reactivate law license while he fights disbarment
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago
Judge denies ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman's request to reactivate law license while he fights disbarment
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
[Have you ever heard of this before?!] DIGITAL DISGUISE: MYSTERIOUS LED TRUCK INCIDENT ON CAL POLY HUMBOLDT CAMPUS YESTE
By LauraInLA - 1 hr ago
[Have you ever heard of this before?!] DIGITAL DISGUISE: MYSTERIOUS LED TRUCK INCIDENT ON CAL POLY HUMBOLDT CAMPUS YESTE
By LauraInLA - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
MO: Republican who led inquiry of Dean Plocher (R) may be subject of new ethics complaint
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
MO: Republican who led inquiry of Dean Plocher (R) may be subject of new ethics complaint
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
Latest Breaking News
Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago
Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago
Omaha Steve's Labor Group
Labor News & Commentary April 28, 2024 new DOL rule bolsters labor protections for farmworkers on temporary visas
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago
Labor News & Commentary April 28, 2024 new DOL rule bolsters labor protections for farmworkers on temporary visas
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania moves to join states that punish stalkers who use Bluetooth tracking devices
By FakeNoose - 1 hr ago
Pennsylvania moves to join states that punish stalkers who use Bluetooth tracking devices
By FakeNoose - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Stunning moment late today as recording is played of conversation between Trump & Cohen before the election
By kpete - 2 hrs ago
Stunning moment late today as recording is played of conversation between Trump & Cohen before the election
By kpete - 2 hrs ago
Latest Breaking News
Apple announces largest-ever $110 billion share buyback as iPhone sales drop 10%
By Mr. Sparkle - 2 hrs ago
Apple announces largest-ever $110 billion share buyback as iPhone sales drop 10%
By Mr. Sparkle - 2 hrs ago
Forum Spotlight: Pets
Looks like my cat is done punishing me!Don't be like Kristi--do the right thing. Dog trainer speaks out.
Almost a perfect afternoon on the deck....until Skippa started a fight with my sneakers.
Latest Breaking News
Student-loan borrowers in public service will now have to wait until July for their debt relief forms to be processed
30 min ago - Business Insider
30 min ago - Business Insider
Judge denies ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman's request to reactivate law license while he fights disbarment
1 hr ago - CNN Politics
1 hr ago - CNN Politics
Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
1 hr ago - Washington Post/AP
1 hr ago - Washington Post/AP
Ryan Nichols, Capitol rioter who confessed on video in the third person, gets five years
2 hrs ago - nbc news
2 hrs ago - nbc news
East Texas veteran who assaulted police on Jan. 6 Capitol gets nearly 7 years in federal prison
2 hrs ago - KYTX CBS 19
2 hrs ago - KYTX CBS 19
Trump pleads with Mar-a-Lago judge to toss case because Dr. Deborah Birx wasn't prosecuted for her 'boxes' of docs
3 hrs ago - Law & Crime
3 hrs ago - Law & Crime
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
3 hrs ago - AP
3 hrs ago - AP
Biden says "order must prevail" on college campuses, but National Guard should not intervene in protests
6 hrs ago - CBS News
6 hrs ago - CBS News
University of Nebraska joins wave of campus protests in support of Palestine, Gaza
9 hrs ago - Nebraska Examiner
9 hrs ago - Nebraska Examiner
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens must remain jailed, appeals court rules
10 hrs ago - AP
10 hrs ago - AP
Presidential debate commission defends schedule after Trump campaign pushes for new dates
11 hrs ago - NBC News
11 hrs ago - NBC News
Blinken presses Hamas to seal cease-fire with Israel, says 'the time is now' for a deal
12 hrs ago - AP
12 hrs ago - AP
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions in hush money trial as key witness resumes testimony
12 hrs ago - ABC News/AP
12 hrs ago - ABC News/AP
Mar-a-Lago judge sets new hearing over 'grand jury matters' and materials in ongoing sealing and redaction battles
12 hrs ago - Law & Crime
12 hrs ago - Law & Crime
Trump admits he told Secret Service to take him to Capitol on Jan 6 in rambling campaign rally
13 hrs ago - UK Independent
13 hrs ago - UK Independent
US imposes sanctions on more than a dozen companies in China for support of Russia's war in Ukraine
20 hrs ago - CNN Politics
20 hrs ago - CNN Politics
Vendor that mishandled Penn. virus data to pay $2.7M in federal whistleblower cas
20 hrs ago - ABC News/AP
20 hrs ago - ABC News/AP
Israel allows trucks from newly reopened Erez crossing into Gaza after U.S. pressure
23 hrs ago - Reuters
23 hrs ago - Reuters
9th Circuit reprimands California judge who handcuffed, berated crying 13-year-old girl
23 hrs ago - San Francisco Chronicle
23 hrs ago - San Francisco Chronicle