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Democrats, Think Long & Hard About This Thread. I Have.
By gab13by13 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 sec ago

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ACA popularity up at 57%:
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Gold Coast 4: Back to Nigeria! 🌞
By justaprogressive - 29 sec ago - Last reply 29 sec ago

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I must be easily amused. I've been staring at this for over 5 minutes.
By LuckyCharms - 26 min ago - Last reply 32 sec ago

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I love to watch musicals, . My favorites are Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.What are your favorite/favorites?
By debm55 - 19 hrs ago - Last reply 1 min ago

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New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 12 min ago - Last reply 1 min ago

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The ironies of RUBIO's *font* dictates - (the font itself is covered in a different thread. )
By UTUSN - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 min ago

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BOMBSHELL: Russia Was Planning a Massive Terrorist Attack on Europe and the U.S. in 2024
By Just_Vote_Dem - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 1 min ago

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Prices are up on almost everything
By malaise - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 min ago

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Huh?
By Floyd R. Turbo - 40 min ago - Last reply 1 min ago

Movies
Are there any decent new Christmas movies?
By bif - 1 hr ago - Last reply 2 min ago

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Steven Cheung enjoys WHINE with his CHEESE as he fumes over CNN turning down Pee Wee German's "gracious offer"
By Miles Archer - 1 hr ago - Last reply 2 min ago

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Bernie Sanders on data centers:
By applegrove - 38 min ago - Last reply 3 min ago

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GEORGIA DEMOCRATS FLIP STATE HOUSE SEAT FROM RED TO BLUE
By RandySF - 16 hrs ago - Last reply 3 min ago

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Perhaps we should tap the brakes on wanting to label Trump with any specific age-related diagnosis?
By Tommy Carcetti - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 3 min ago

Cable News Clips
Trump Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt's Nephew's Mother Released from ICE Jail, Faces Deportation
By Uncle Joe - 4 min ago - Last reply 4 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Cry for Cha-Ka? Absolutely the Fuck Not.
By sop - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 4 min ago

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US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
By Miles Archer - 1 hr ago - Last reply 4 min ago

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Trump's 'Absolutely Crazed' Threat To Those Who Question His Health Sparks Outrage
By ProudMNDemocrat - 50 replies @ 5 min ago (Milestone)

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Trump's 'Absolutely Crazed' Threat To Those Who Question His Health Sparks Outrage
By ProudMNDemocrat - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Baseball
Orioloes scoop up Pete Alonso on 5-year, $155-million deal
By True Dough - 15 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Weather Watchers
COLD here in southern MD.
By elleng - 6 min ago - Last reply 6 min ago

Pets
Suggestions for cat names
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So,This Is What Happened Last Night
By Coolgoober - 7 min ago - Last reply 7 min ago

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The Rude Pundit: These Murderous Motherfuckers and Our American Soul
By babylonsister - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 7 min ago

Cooking & Baking
Cooking On Pennies XX: More Italian Delights From "Genaro's Cucina" 🌞
By justaprogressive - 41 min ago - Last reply 7 min ago

Foreign Affairs
Ukraine Attacks Another Russian Tanker! Dashan Hit Multiple Times in Black Sea! - Suchomimus
By TexasTowelie - 7 min ago - Last reply 7 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Exclusive: Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts
By demmiblue - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 7 min ago

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Anniversaries and Posting Milestones (December 10, 2025)
By EarlG - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 8 min ago

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Trump slams 'stupid people,' defends economic record in Pennsylvania rally
By BumRushDaShow - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 8 min ago

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Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop
By marmar - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 8 min ago

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Michigan Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr, alleging 'abuse of authority'
By demmiblue - 1 hr ago - Last reply 9 min ago

Latest Breaking News
After claiming that Covid shots killed children, FDA says it is also looking at other age groups
By BumRushDaShow - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 9 min ago

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The Dodo Got A VERY Cute Update To This Viral Story
By catbyte - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 9 min ago

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MaddowBlog-The top 10 problems with Trump's bailout for U.S. farmers
By LetMyPeopleVote - 55 min ago - Last reply 9 min ago

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HHS changes transgender former official Rachel Levine's name on portrait
By LetMyPeopleVote - 23 min ago - Last reply 10 min ago

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"there's a new serif in town"
By mahatmakanejeeves - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 10 min ago

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Third federal judge grants request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein-related court records
By BumRushDaShow - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 10 min ago

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Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from 'filthy' countries
By PSPS - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 11 min ago

Pets
Today my Sophie dog turns 10!
By Diamond_Dog - 11 min ago - Last reply 11 min ago

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MaddowBlog-In prior remarks, Hegseth and Bondi also said troops must disobey illegal orders
By LetMyPeopleVote - 12 min ago - Last reply 12 min ago

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Stephen Miller Slammed Over Stock Sales Right After Big Trump Deal
By Eugene - 1 hr ago - Last reply 13 min ago

Music Appreciation
LTD with Jeffery Osburn "Love to the World".
By The Polack MSgt - 13 min ago - Last reply 13 min ago

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Lese-majeste
By DavidDvorkin - 33 min ago - Last reply 14 min ago

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More Dem Victories Yesterday
By lame54 - 34 min ago - Last reply 14 min ago

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The most powerful stories of 2025 were collective; Women moving as one.
By applegrove - 1 hr ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
By In It to Win It - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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ME-SEN: Poll: Janet Mills favored over Graham Platner in Maine 2026 Democratic US Senate primary
By RandySF - 41 min ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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What was the best toy or toys Santa gave you? Mine was a metal gas station where the cars could go up a curved slide and
By debm55 - 23 hrs ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants: 50% of usa 2025 science Nobels are immigrants
By BlueWaveNeverEnd - 19 min ago - Last reply 17 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Earliest known evidence of human fire-making dating back 400,000 years is discovered in the UK
By highplainsdem - 1 hr ago - Last reply 17 min ago

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Democrats, Think Long & Hard About This Thread. I Have.
By gab13by13 - 25 replies @ 19 min ago (Milestone)

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Republican Women Suddenly Realize They're Surrounded by Misogynists
By Coventina - 20 hrs ago - Last reply 19 min ago

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Tax prosecution plunge:
By applegrove - 21 min ago - Last reply 20 min ago

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Pro Choice groups back Janet Mills over Graham Platner for Senate...
By PeaceWave - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 20 min ago

Cable News Clips
Will the International Community Act? Preschool Massacre & "Large Piles of Bodies" in Sudan
By Uncle Joe - 56 min ago - Last reply 21 min ago

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Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years
By BumRushDaShow - 10 hrs ago - Last reply 22 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
And you thought the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal was bad. Southern Baptist are competing to be worse.
By lees1975 - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 22 min ago

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Pro Choice groups back Janet Mills over Graham Platner for Senate...
By PeaceWave - 25 replies @ 25 min ago (Milestone)

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Democrats Make a Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures
By RandySF - 30 min ago - Last reply 26 min ago

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Here's why Black farmers likely won't see benefits of Trump's $12B farmers relief
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Shouldn't Trump Be In The Brig Right Now
By Coolgoober - 1 hr ago - Last reply 26 min ago

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Dog wakes up from surgery.....
By applegrove - 26 min ago - Last reply 26 min ago

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Cruise passenger was served 33 drinks, pepper sprayed and restrained before he died, lawsuit says
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Christmas beef prices
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"House Armed Services chairman prepared to end investigation into follow-up boat strike"
By D. Spaulding - 41 min ago - Last reply 28 min ago

Cable News Clips
Zelensky: We do not have the strength to retake Crimea - CNN
By TexasTowelie - 1 hr ago - Last reply 29 min ago

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George Takei on Human Rights Day:
By applegrove - 32 min ago - Last reply 32 min ago

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AI Models Analyze Trump's Latest Rant
By RandySF - 32 min ago - Last reply 32 min ago

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We Asked AI Models to Analyze Trump's Latest Bizarre Rant. Verdict: 'Profound Narcissistic Vulnerability'
By douglas9 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 32 min ago

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After ten years, everyone still trying to understand, rationalize, and explain the actions of a narcissistic psychopath
By kentuck - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 33 min ago

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After ten years, everyone still trying to understand, rationalize, and explain the actions of a narcissistic psychopath
By kentuck - 25 replies @ 33 min ago (Milestone)

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The con artist and MAGA hold disdain for over half the population and I'm certain I'm not the only one who is sick of it
By Quiet Em - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 33 min ago

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I love to watch musicals, . My favorites are Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.What are your favorite/favorites?
By debm55 - 25 replies @ 34 min ago (Milestone)

Liberal YouTubers
Is Trump Ending Birthright Citizenship?
By GoLeft TV - 1 hr ago - Last reply 34 min ago

Photography
the great monkey photo dump of December 2025...
By Gato Moteado - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 35 min ago

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VA-05: Tom Perriello (D) Makes a Comeback
By RandySF - 35 min ago - Last reply 35 min ago

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ICE tries to put a detention center on tribal land. It doesn't go well.
By catbyte - 1 hr ago - Last reply 36 min ago

Michigan
Californians Try To Pronounce Michigan Towns
By catbyte - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 36 min ago

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BREAKING: Drug-abusing Afrikaner Immigrant rages over people not born in America having influence in American elections
By Miles Archer - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 36 min ago

Forum Spotlight: Humor

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for the evening. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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🎅 Rude-olph 🎅
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Wednesday's Condensed News Cartoons
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Latest Breaking News

Supreme Court weighs role of IQ scores in debate over execution of disabled people
1 hr ago - ABC News

Earliest known evidence of human fire-making dating back 400,000 years is discovered in the UK
1 hr ago - Independent

Michigan Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr, alleging 'abuse of authority'
1 hr ago - The Guardian

Pacific Northwest braces for more heavy rain, after powerful storm caused flooding, rescues
1 hr ago - AP

DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
2 hrs ago - The Washington Post

Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles
2 hrs ago - AP

Third federal judge grants request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein-related court records
2 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Exclusive: Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts
3 hrs ago - Reuters

Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
3 hrs ago - Reuters

Elon Musk says DOGE 'somewhat successful' but would not do it again
3 hrs ago - USA Today

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
4 hrs ago - The Guardian

Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
4 hrs ago - NBC News

House to vote today on must-pass defense policy bill
5 hrs ago - CBS News

After claiming that Covid shots killed children, FDA says it is also looking at other age groups
5 hrs ago - CNN Health

Trump slams 'stupid people,' defends economic record in Pennsylvania rally
6 hrs ago - USA Today

Trump trade rep changes China soybean purchase timeline, cites 'discrepancy'
6 hrs ago - CNBC

Machado Won't Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says
7 hrs ago - New York Times

Virginia House speaker projects optimism on redistricting push in light of Supreme Court ruling
7 hrs ago - Politico

Top senator says US has 'miserably failed our children' as experts warn of 'egregious' new online threats
7 hrs ago - ABC News

Georgia Ordered To Continue Hormone Therapy For Transgender Inmates
8 hrs ago - Huff Post/AP

Johnson quietly cut provisions about Afghan relocation from NDAA
8 hrs ago - msn/Politico

Senate expected to vote on rival health care plans as ACA subsidies near expiration
9 hrs ago - Scripps News

Trump DOJ probes state's entire prison system in new plot to free jailed MAGA acolyte
9 hrs ago - Raw Story

Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years
10 hrs ago - AP

Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from 'filthy' countries
13 hrs ago - AP

Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
14 hrs ago - 404 Media

Nobel Prize for Venezuelan Dissident Draws Criticism
15 hrs ago - New York Times

Justice Department confirms in court filing it may prosecute Comey again
16 hrs ago - CNN

Education Dept. officially kills Biden-era student loan repayment plan
16 hrs ago - USA Today

Senator launches probe of investment groups buying up trailer parks
16 hrs ago - NBC News

Paramount chief reportedly promised Trump 'sweeping changes' at CNN as part of Warner Bros. takeover
17 hrs ago - The Independent

H-1B Visa Update: Appointments Canceled Amid 'Operational Constraints'
18 hrs ago - Newsweek

Environmental groups demand national moratorium on new data centers over climate concerns
18 hrs ago - Scripps News

Sonia Sotomayor silences Supreme Court chamber with blistering challenge to Trump lawyer
19 hrs ago - Raw Story

Greene says Johnson 'sidelines' GOP women and 'doesn't take us seriously'
19 hrs ago - The Hill

Honduras president alleges 'electoral coup' under way amid Trump 'interference'
20 hrs ago - The Guardian

Democrats push to ban Trump's plan to put himself on a new $1 coin
20 hrs ago - The Independent

Group seeking to put Missouri's GOP-drawn congressional map before voters submits signatures
20 hrs ago - NBC News

Trump Admin Issues New Threat to Chicago
20 hrs ago - Newsweek

Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers
21 hrs ago - msn.com

Starbucks workers and unions in 10 countries to protest in support of US baristas
21 hrs ago - BBC

Trump tells India to stop 'dumping rice' on US or face new tariffs
21 hrs ago - The Independent

Netflix faces consumer class-action lawsuit over $72bn Warner Bros deal
22 hrs ago - The Guardian/Reuters

Advocacy groups sue Trump administration seeking release of legal memo justifying boat strikes
23 hrs ago - NBC News

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia's world-first social media ban begins
23 hrs ago - The Guardian/US

'Dishonors the decades-long bipartisan commitment': Democrats slam Trump for his European takedown
23 hrs ago - Politico

Trump backtracks on releasing boat strike video, distances himself from controversy
23 hrs ago - ABC News

FIFA president Infantino accused of rules breach over Trump
23 hrs ago - ESPN News Services

Ex-employees of US Justice Department blast 'destruction' of civil rights unit
Yesterday - Reuters

U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in just below 7.7 million
Yesterday - Yahoo! Finance/AP

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