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General Discussion
Trump Celebrates Costello's Possible Testimony.......But Judge Merchan admonished him for "staring me down"....
By riversedge - 2 min ago
Trump Celebrates Costello's Possible Testimony.......But Judge Merchan admonished him for "staring me down"....
By riversedge - 2 min ago
Liberal YouTubers
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about Iran, a trench coat, and a helicopter....
By TexasTowelie - 3 min ago
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about Iran, a trench coat, and a helicopter....
By TexasTowelie - 3 min ago
General Discussion
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity
By Nevilledog - 75 replies @ 5 min ago (Milestone)
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity
By Nevilledog - 75 replies @ 5 min ago (Milestone)
General Discussion
Judge Merchan is ANGRY: MERCHAN ASKS FOR THE JURY TO STEP OUT
By kpete - 25 replies @ 7 min ago (Milestone)
Judge Merchan is ANGRY: MERCHAN ASKS FOR THE JURY TO STEP OUT
By kpete - 25 replies @ 7 min ago (Milestone)
Latest Breaking News
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg will resign following a scathing investigation that detailed a toxic workplace
By BumRushDaShow - 7 min ago
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg will resign following a scathing investigation that detailed a toxic workplace
By BumRushDaShow - 7 min ago
General Discussion
Just in case you feel bad about the Iranian president's death.....
By RandySF - 25 replies @ 8 min ago (Milestone)
Just in case you feel bad about the Iranian president's death.....
By RandySF - 25 replies @ 8 min ago (Milestone)
DU Community Help
I'm having trouble, again, using the paypal portal...
By Think. Again. - 8 min ago
I'm having trouble, again, using the paypal portal...
By Think. Again. - 8 min ago
General Discussion
The "Originalist" Justices Keep Getting History Spectacularly Wrong
By In It to Win It - 14 min ago
The "Originalist" Justices Keep Getting History Spectacularly Wrong
By In It to Win It - 14 min ago
General Discussion
tfg ranting like mad and repeatedly using CNN as support
By nolabear - 15 min ago
tfg ranting like mad and repeatedly using CNN as support
By nolabear - 15 min ago
General Discussion
Keep in mind the witnesses were more than just Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen.
By LiberalFighter - 20 min ago
Keep in mind the witnesses were more than just Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen.
By LiberalFighter - 20 min ago
The DU Lounge
Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Floor Is Guava!
By niyad - 22 min ago
Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Floor Is Guava!
By niyad - 22 min ago
General Discussion
Trump Trial/MSNBC: today was apparently the day the bat-signal went out for thugs to show up...
By Hekate - 25 min ago
Trump Trial/MSNBC: today was apparently the day the bat-signal went out for thugs to show up...
By Hekate - 25 min ago
Jewish Group
What It's Like Being Jewish at Harvard - WSJ Editorial
By question everything - 26 min ago
What It's Like Being Jewish at Harvard - WSJ Editorial
By question everything - 26 min ago
General Discussion
House Dems outraise House GOP with record April fundraising month
By RandySF - 29 min ago
House Dems outraise House GOP with record April fundraising month
By RandySF - 29 min ago
General Discussion
A Moral Justification for Civil Disobedience to Abortion Bans
By niyad - 32 min ago
A Moral Justification for Civil Disobedience to Abortion Bans
By niyad - 32 min ago
General Discussion
Nevada abortion rights groups submit signatures to advance ballot measure
By RandySF - 32 min ago
Nevada abortion rights groups submit signatures to advance ballot measure
By RandySF - 32 min ago
General Discussion
As we approach Memorial Day, I find myself looking for a bumper sticker that reads:
By Stinky The Clown - 34 min ago
As we approach Memorial Day, I find myself looking for a bumper sticker that reads:
By Stinky The Clown - 34 min ago
Women's Rights & Issues
A Moral Justification for Civil Disobedience to Abortion Bans
By niyad - 34 min ago
A Moral Justification for Civil Disobedience to Abortion Bans
By niyad - 34 min ago
General Discussion
Trump's legal team asks judge to dismiss case on the grounds that Trump is going to lose. nt
By Xipe Totec - 34 min ago
Trump's legal team asks judge to dismiss case on the grounds that Trump is going to lose. nt
By Xipe Totec - 34 min ago
General Discussion
Hey Garland, When You Lay Down With Dogs, You End Up With Fleas
By gab13by13 - 50 replies @ 35 min ago (Milestone)
Hey Garland, When You Lay Down With Dogs, You End Up With Fleas
By gab13by13 - 50 replies @ 35 min ago (Milestone)
Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity
Vatican cracks down on 'supernatural' occurrences in new apparition rules
By shrike3 - 37 min ago
Vatican cracks down on 'supernatural' occurrences in new apparition rules
By shrike3 - 37 min ago
Latest Breaking News
Nevada abortion rights groups submit signatures to advance ballot measure
By BumRushDaShow - 39 min ago
Nevada abortion rights groups submit signatures to advance ballot measure
By BumRushDaShow - 39 min ago
Editorials & Other Articles
To Defend Democracy, We Must Protect Bodily Autonomy
By niyad - 41 min ago
To Defend Democracy, We Must Protect Bodily Autonomy
By niyad - 41 min ago
Foreign Affairs
The funeral for Israeli hostage Shani Louk took place Sunday after her body was recovered
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 45 min ago
The funeral for Israeli hostage Shani Louk took place Sunday after her body was recovered
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 45 min ago
Editorials & Other Articles
Can a State Stop Abortion Travel? - WSJ Editorial
By question everything - 50 min ago
Can a State Stop Abortion Travel? - WSJ Editorial
By question everything - 50 min ago
General Discussion
Again defense attorney calls for dismissal of case
By LiberalFighter - 52 min ago
Again defense attorney calls for dismissal of case
By LiberalFighter - 52 min ago
Editorials & Other Articles
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children
By niyad - 54 min ago
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children
By niyad - 54 min ago
General Discussion
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children
By niyad - 55 min ago
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children
By niyad - 55 min ago
Women's Rights & Issues
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children
By niyad - 55 min ago
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children
By niyad - 55 min ago
Liberal YouTubers
Michael Cohen's testimony concludes: Trump's attorney scores 2 points; prosecutors score 98 points
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 57 min ago
Michael Cohen's testimony concludes: Trump's attorney scores 2 points; prosecutors score 98 points
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 57 min ago
General Discussion
DOJ files brief accusing right wing Georgia group of voter intimidation.
By RandySF - 57 min ago
DOJ files brief accusing right wing Georgia group of voter intimidation.
By RandySF - 57 min ago
General Discussion
Costello is a mob lawyer and "good friend" of Coffee Boy Rudy
By maxrandb - 58 min ago
Costello is a mob lawyer and "good friend" of Coffee Boy Rudy
By maxrandb - 58 min ago
Editorials & Other Articles
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Pro-Choice
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Women's Rights & Issues
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Judge Merchan is ANGRY: MERCHAN ASKS FOR THE JURY TO STEP OUT
By kpete - 1 hr ago
Judge Merchan is ANGRY: MERCHAN ASKS FOR THE JURY TO STEP OUT
By kpete - 1 hr ago
Editorials & Other Articles
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Pro-Choice
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Women's Rights & Issues
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Latest Breaking News
Judge Merchan to Robert Costello: "Are you staring me down?"
By Irish_Dem - 1 hr ago
Judge Merchan to Robert Costello: "Are you staring me down?"
By Irish_Dem - 1 hr ago
Editorials & Other Articles
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Women's Rights & Issues
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning)
By niyad - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Horse $#1+! Costello just testified that Trump didn't know about the hush money payment to Daniel!
By imanamerican63 - 1 hr ago
Horse $#1+! Costello just testified that Trump didn't know about the hush money payment to Daniel!
By imanamerican63 - 1 hr ago
The DU Lounge
So I have this strip surge protector that is plugged into the wall right next to my couch
By Maraya1969 - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
So I have this strip surge protector that is plugged into the wall right next to my couch
By Maraya1969 - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Latest Breaking News
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza
By BumRushDaShow - 25 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza
By BumRushDaShow - 25 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Latest Breaking News
Prosecution rests in whirlwind Trump hush money trial
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago
Prosecution rests in whirlwind Trump hush money trial
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Australian Man faces massive fine after bulldozing over mile of national park for driveway: 'It was just astounding "
By Demovictory9 - 1 hr ago
Australian Man faces massive fine after bulldozing over mile of national park for driveway: 'It was just astounding "
By Demovictory9 - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
UK: Labour MP Stella Creasy targeted with graphic and 'misleading' anti-abortion leaflets
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
UK: Labour MP Stella Creasy targeted with graphic and 'misleading' anti-abortion leaflets
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
Gov. Hobbs issues executive order expanding access to contraception in Arizona
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
Gov. Hobbs issues executive order expanding access to contraception in Arizona
By RandySF - 1 hr ago
Latest Breaking News
Biden reelection campaign hires Nebraska organizers to keep Omaha electoral college vote
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago
Biden reelection campaign hires Nebraska organizers to keep Omaha electoral college vote
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago
General Discussion
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity
By Nevilledog - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity
By Nevilledog - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)
Forum Spotlight: Weather Watchers
in northern ca we have a phenomina called the " delta breeze", natures ac has kicked in. enjoy whilst it lasts :)Waxing Gibbous, 88% visible
Southern MD sunset 5/19
Latest Breaking News
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg will resign following a scathing investigation that detailed a toxic workplace
7 min ago - CNN Business
7 min ago - CNN Business
Biden reelection campaign hires Nebraska organizers to keep Omaha electoral college vote
1 hr ago - Omaha World Herald
1 hr ago - Omaha World Herald
Exclusive: Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says
2 hrs ago - Reuters
2 hrs ago - Reuters
'We could have burnt that place to the ground': Jan. 6 rioter who was willing to 'die or do 20 years' enters guilty plea
3 hrs ago - Law & Crime
3 hrs ago - Law & Crime
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
4 hrs ago - ABC News/AP
4 hrs ago - ABC News/AP
Supreme Court refuses to hear case from parents who objected to school's transgender support plans in DC suburbs
6 hrs ago - CNN
6 hrs ago - CNN
America's largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden
8 hrs ago - NBC News
8 hrs ago - NBC News
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
9 hrs ago - ProPublica
9 hrs ago - ProPublica
Almost 2 months after it destroyed Baltimore's Key Bridge, the Dali cargo ship has been moved
9 hrs ago - CNN
9 hrs ago - CNN
US Pediatricians Group Reverses Decades-Old Ban on Breastfeeding for Those With HIV
9 hrs ago - US News and World Report/AP
9 hrs ago - US News and World Report/AP
Biden on Trump's next Supreme Court pick: 'Do you think he'll put anybody who has a brain?'
10 hrs ago - The Hill
10 hrs ago - The Hill
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza
10 hrs ago - CNN World
10 hrs ago - CNN World
"No survivors" found at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian agencies report
18 hrs ago - CNN
18 hrs ago - CNN
Schumer announces Senate to vote this week on previously blocked bipartisan border bill
19 hrs ago - CNN
19 hrs ago - CNN
Simone Biles wins US Classic ahead of hotly-anticipated Olympics return in Paris
21 hrs ago - UK Independent
21 hrs ago - UK Independent
Democrats argue Biden and his record will help him win backing of Black voters
22 hrs ago - USA Today
22 hrs ago - USA Today
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson won't pledge to accept result of 2024 presidential election
22 hrs ago - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
22 hrs ago - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Biden national security adviser, Saudi Arabia's crown prince discuss security deal
Yesterday - Politico
Yesterday - Politico
Ron Johnson presses for Secret Service to push protest zone farther from GOP convention
Yesterday - The Hill
Yesterday - The Hill
Rep. Elise Stefanik rebukes Biden and praises Trump in address to Israeli parliament
Yesterday - CBS News
Yesterday - CBS News
Democrats campaigning to suspend filibuster rule to pass abortion protections
Yesterday - ABC News/AP
Yesterday - ABC News/AP
Helicopter carrying Iran's hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy, mountainous region
Yesterday - Associated Press
Yesterday - Associated Press
Dali set to be refloated Monday, nearly 8 weeks after the Key Bridge collapse. Here's what to know
Yesterday - CBS News
Yesterday - CBS News
Biden urges Atlanta voters to stand up against Trump: 'He's running for revenge'
Yesterday - The Hill
Yesterday - The Hill
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past
Yesterday - AP
Yesterday - AP
'Michigan, we need you': First lady Jill Biden tells Detroit crowd women's rights at stake in election
Yesterday - The Detroit News
Yesterday - The Detroit News