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Houston oncologist exposes the lies of Big Pharma :
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Jon Stewart DESTROYS what's left of Peggy Noonan's credibility
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My daughter has just finished her abstinence-only sex ed at school
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Cleared of charges after explosion, Florida teen gets full scholarship to space academy
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren supports new bill to break up big banks. Do you agree with her?
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Obama places a brilliantly phrased dagger to the heart of the Bush administration in speech today
By kpete - 3 hrs ago - 79 recs

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Undercover cop begs autistic kid to break the law, then arrests him
By RainDog - 6 hrs ago - 66 recs

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Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced For 28 Years For Selling Kids to the Prison System
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What if the wars were never about terrorism, what if they were always about money & Corporate Greed?
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Thursday Toon roundup 1- More OK
By n2doc - 16 hrs ago - 53 recs

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Apple avoids taxes, then complains US schools are lousy
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Elephant stomps on a poacher who tried to shoot him
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President Obama's prom photo
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Report: How the Government TARGETED Occupy
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Senate Accepts Deal to Kick Formerly Incarcerated Off Food Benefits
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"In less time than it takes to boil an egg" Chicago closes 50 schools.
By madfloridian - 9 hrs ago - 45 recs

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Thursday Toon roundup 2- The worm in the apple
By n2doc - 16 hrs ago - 45 recs

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Thursday Toon roundup 4- Obama listens to Tricky Dick
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Latest Breaking News
Obama calls on Congress to repeal the Bush-Cheney AUMF (military authorization)
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Politics 2013
House Republicans Destroy the GOP by Voting to Raise Student Loan Interest Rates
By Tx4obama - 9 hrs ago - 42 recs

General Discussion
Thursday Toon roundup 3- Congress
By n2doc - 16 hrs ago - 41 recs

Environment & Energy
Scientists: Frog and toad declines signal of ‘collapse of the world’s ecosystems’
By xchrom - 7 hrs ago - 40 recs

General Discussion
It's Amazing What We Choose To Shelter
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Dog Standing Guard Over Victim Reunited With Her Owner
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Magnets, how do they work? A new safe, effective treatment for oil-soaked wildlife.
By TalkingDog - 15 hrs ago - 37 recs

Barack Obama
"The Voice of this woman is someone we should listen to"
By grantcart - 8 hrs ago - 36 recs

Good Reads
Obama Masterfully Uses Code Pink Heckler To Make His Case That GITMO Must Be Closed
By Tx4obama - 7 hrs ago - 33 recs

General Discussion
Thursday Toon roundup 5- The Rest
By n2doc - 16 hrs ago - 33 recs

Good Reads
CONFIRMED: Fox News Hack James Rosen Is A Political Operative, Not A Journalist
By Galraedia - 5 hrs ago - 32 recs

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Revealed: Assange ‘rape’ accuser linked to notorious CIA operative
By Fire Walk With Me - 10 hrs ago - 32 recs

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How Our Massive Homeland Security Apparatus Does the Bidding of the Big Banks
By xchrom - 17 hrs ago - 32 recs

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Annual income of richest 100 people enough to end global poverty four times over
By HiPointDem - 19 hrs ago - 32 recs

Video & Multimedia
Pic Of The Moment: Michele Bachmann Details New GOP Plan To Repeal Affordable Care Act
By EarlG - 10 hrs ago - 31 recs

General Discussion
Retiring principal: ‘It is harder for us to be nice to kids’
By Brickbat - 2 hrs ago - 30 recs

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Eight Men (NO WOMEN) Consider House Bill To Restrict Women's Reproductive Rights
By cynatnite - 12 hrs ago - 30 recs

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Screwed by climate change: 10 cities that will be hardest hit
By marmar - 13 hrs ago - 30 recs

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23 of 29 deputies laid off, voters turn down tax to fund cops. no one to send as man breaks into wo
By Liberal_in_LA - 23 hrs ago - 29 recs

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Westboro hacked
By OneGrassRoot - 14 hrs ago - 28 recs

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Text Leaked, Shows U.S. Trade Officials Have Agreed to Terms That Undermine Obama Domestic Agenda
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Latest Breaking News
Phthalates: Study links chemicals widely found in plastics, processed food to elevated blood pressur
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Tornado victim impaled through leg was taken to hospital not covered by her insurance
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3D printed pitbull uses AR15 to prop open door for female bicyclist fleeing drone attack.
By Lizzie Poppet - 11 hrs ago - 26 recs

Science
Rare Dance of the Planets in late May
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General Discussion
Saw this on a car today - late, yes - but wit doesn't get old that fast
By Mira - 21 hrs ago - 26 recs

Video & Multimedia
Fox's Tesla Re-Coil
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Barack Obama
Carole king’s got a friend….
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General Discussion
‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq, regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’
By Purveyor - 23 hrs ago - 24 recs

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Here we go again: I-5 bridge over Skagit River (Washington) collapses; cars in water
By Brickbat - 54 min ago - 21 recs

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Recreating a photo shoot years later, Hilarious!
By Logical - 4 hrs ago - 21 recs

Latest Breaking News
I-5 bridge over Skagit River collapses, cars with people in water
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The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History
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Latest Breaking News
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts
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3-D printer helps save dying baby
By The Straight Story - 22 hrs ago - 20 recs

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Imams Visit Auschwitz, Nazi Death Camp, Pray For Holocaust Victims
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Latest Breaking News
Pope Francis says atheists can do good and go to heaven too!
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General Discussion
I am a newbie that joined DU last November.
By narnian60 - 7 hrs ago - 18 recs

Politics 2013
Another Republican Governor Reverses Course On Obamacare
By Cha - 20 hrs ago - 18 recs

Politics 2013
Hey Madea Benjamin - BITE ME
By ZRT2209 - 7 hrs ago - 17 recs

General Discussion
Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages
By Triana - 14 hrs ago - 17 recs

General Discussion
Dead Children Were Asphyxiated!
By littlemissmartypants - 22 hrs ago - 17 recs

Science
If Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn
By n2doc - 2 hrs ago - 16 recs

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America’s Corrupt Justice System: Federal Private Prison Populations Grew by 784% in 10 Year Span
By marmar - 6 hrs ago - 16 recs

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Incredible photos show butterflies that feed off the tears of turtles in the Amazon
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Smiles absolutely guaranteed. Kitty Demands Some Petting and Love
By snagglepuss - 10 hrs ago - 16 recs

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Oklahoma Republicans prove that they have their priorities in order.
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Environment & Energy
This solar panel printer can make 33 feet of solar cells per minute
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General Discussion
A DAMN FINE ANALOGY
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(long OVERDUE) OFFICIAL freshwest appreciation thread
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Latest Breaking News
Heckler repeatedly interrupts Obama speech
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Top 400 taxpayers pay an 18% rate; down from 51% in 1955.
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Toon re Fox News interest in Military Sex Abuse
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Video & Multimedia
Google Spies On You Everywhere
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Video & Multimedia
Obama Plays It Cool As Code Pink Disrupts His Speech.
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Latest Breaking News
Jerry Brown: News media ignoring climate change
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LGBT
Reddit Users Attempt to Shame Sikh Woman -- Get Righteously Schooled
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General Discussion
MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ SLAMS GOP Chair For INSINUATING Obama Is Involved In IRS Scandal
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Environment & Energy
Documents Show Exxon Lied in Aftermath of Tar Sands Pipeline Rupture
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The Growing Global Challenge to Monsanto's Monopolistic Greed
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The legacy of Andrew Wakefield continues
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When the purity of beer is threatened, fracking has to stop.
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