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Single Payer Health Systems Medical bills are too arbitrary to be a part of credit reports. Oregon lawmakers pass bill to keep medical debt off 1,037 91

Environment & Energy EPA Pushes Back Reporting Deadline For 16 Toxins, Including Known Carcinogens, By Nearly A Year 183,161 549

Foreign Affairs Central Bank of Russia 'Deeply Concerned'. Military Innovations Become Obsolete - The Russian Dude 50,180 212

Veterans Who's Winning the Multibillion Dollar Battle Over Veterans Benefits? 12,097 160

Health Is Going to the Bathroom 'Just in Case' Bad for You? 37,422 267

Liberal YouTubers Seth Meyers - Trump Warns Protests Against His Military Parade Will Be Met with "Very Big Force" - Monologue 6//11/2025 77,058 141

Cable News Clips Trump hypes U.S., China trade framework despite lingering questions about implementation - The 11th Hour - MSNBC 50,186 88

Israel/Palestine Gaza aid group: Hamas operatives killed 5 of our local staffers in attack on bus 143,924 227

Economy The market for houses must be good in Central Michigan. 100,652 387

Civil Liberties About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 5,681 237

Omaha Steve's Labor Group NJ Transit engineers approve 7-year contract after strike 17,261 257

National Security & Defense Ukraine's defense industry says the fight against Russia has shown it that the West's approach to weapons is all wrong 16,828 135

Media 60 minutes host Scott Pelley issues dire warning over multimillion-dollar CBS settlement with Trump 5,221 136

Religion Southern Baptists target porn, sports betting, same-sex marriage and 'willful childlessness' 327,980 315

Gun Control & RKBA Maryland Supreme Court upholds gun possession ban in some non-felony cases 213,995 368

Activist Headquarters ACLU training for No Kings Protest. 4,290 242

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Amtrak to suspend Heartland Flyer service by Oct. 1 if state of Texas does not secure funding for service 4,493 98

Cannabis Blowing Smoke Bubbles with Weed 12,090 310

Election Reform About how Trump & Elon stole the November 2024 election 3,103 187

Pro-Choice 'One-Two Punch': Trump Administration Blocks Lifesaving Abortion Care and Announces Mifepristone Safety 'Review'--All in 3,770 134

Congress Senate Republicans revise ban on state AI regulations in bid to preserve controversial provision 5,145 114

Race & Ethnicity Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism (Aporia) 1,286 81

Education Trump cannot proceed with gutting US Education Department, court rules 15,240 248

LGBT Civil Rights and Activism Do you feel safe and validated (on the whole) on DU? If not, how can we help? 2,010 166

Campaigns Scorned Elon Turns Off Republicans' Cash Gusher for Midterms 8,381 138

Democrats Maddow Blog-Trump wants investigations into Springsteen, Beyonc, Oprah and Bono 7,950 158

Drug Policy New bill aims to allow research to catch up with US's increasing cannabis consumption 3,605 118

Social Security & Medicare Scam alert. 1,922 129

Disability Disability Advocates Sue Social Security and DOGE To Stop Service Cuts 1,810 107

Occupy Underground Time to check in with the richest Americans vs the poorest Americans 11,102 314

Gun Control Reform Activism Sandy Hook Promise Prevents A Mass School Shooting In Indiana 14,558 195

Poverty One-of-a-kind hospice for the homeless is focus of new documentary - ABC News 1,313 109

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