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Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39 (satire)
By milestogo - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 38 sec ago

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What ever happened to the DUzys?
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All By Himself: John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize
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Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.
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GOP defense hawks in Congress slam Trump budget as inadequate
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Suddenly the "My Subs" tab keeps lighting up.
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Mandatory Friday Mike Malloy thread! TGIF!
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Draft Dodgers do not deserve a military parade
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Humor
Breaking News
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Scientists Brought Dire Wolves Back From Extinction...Sort Of
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Editorials & Other Articles
Americans didn't vote for less stuff that costs more
By Zorro - 9 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

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BRILLIANT 2023 short film on Jimmy Buffett, Tom McGuane, Jim Harrison & Richard Brautigan in Key West in the 1970s
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The White House seeks sharp spending cuts in Trump's 2026 budget plan
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Latest Breaking News
Texas attacks fluoride toothpastes as "dangerous," probes makers
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Ruth Buzzi, 'Laugh-In' Comedian, Dies at 88
By The Grand Illuminist - 37 min ago - Last reply 9 min ago

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2,000 Pound Creature Swims Up To Free Diver
By catbyte - 1 hr ago - Last reply 9 min ago

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Trump administration plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencies
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I moved to this little beach town 55 years ago.
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Judge permanently blocks rump's Perkins Coie executive order
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Music Appreciation
RUN DMC - Walk This Way (Official HD Video) ft. Aerosmith
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Liberal YouTubers
Vaush: Elon Musk's AI GOES WOKE And Rises Up Against Him (aka "Why rightwingers dislike Grok")
By 0rganism - 11 min ago - Last reply 11 min ago

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Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS
By orangecrush - 23 min ago - Last reply 11 min ago

Cable News Clips
'Start over!' Rep. Jasmine Crockett on thwarting Trump and how most DC Dems don't get it (Ari intv) - The Beat - MSNBC
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Trump is planning 'purge' of White House staff after ousting Waltz, report says
By Eugene - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 12 min ago

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Ruth Buzzi, who played a purse-wielding spinster on 'Laugh-In,' dies at 88
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 1 hr ago - Last reply 14 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Wisconsin governor says he's not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago - Last reply 14 min ago

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Judge rules Trump executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional
By mahatmakanejeeves - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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The US Taxpayers Set to Compensate the Family of Ashli Babbitt
By Norbert - 1 hr ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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US steps back from peace talks, saying it won't mediate between Russia and Ukraine
By BumRushDaShow - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 17 min ago

Washington
DOGE cuts decimate youth program in rural Snohomish County
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 28 min ago - Last reply 17 min ago

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Straight Up and Down - Brian Jonestown Massacre (Boardwalk Empire opening)
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US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears
By Nevilledog - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 17 min ago

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Melanie D'Arrigo: "NPR receives $3 million/year in federal funding. PBS receives $85 million. The military-themed
By applegrove - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 21 min ago

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Why young voters flocked to Canada's Conservatives (BBC)
By pstokely - 1 hr ago - Last reply 21 min ago

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Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American boy, mother
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 1 hr ago - Last reply 22 min ago

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Is Trump's America still a democracy? Ruth Ben-Ghiat, autocracy scholar, on the Prospect Podcast
By AStern - 27 min ago - Last reply 23 min ago

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"Stop the Cuts, Save the People": Rep. Jasmine Crockett Calls Out Economic Hypocrisy - Rep. Jasmine Crockett
By Rhiannon12866 - 23 min ago - Last reply 23 min ago

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Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks at Forty (live on TNN's Texas Connection in 1991 with Jerry Jeff Walker & Greg Taylor)
By highplainsdem - 32 min ago - Last reply 23 min ago

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I can tell a lie, but I sure can't sing one - Dave Van Ronk. Tin Angel...
By NNadir - 23 min ago - Last reply 23 min ago

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President William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.
By Swede - 1 hr ago - Last reply 23 min ago

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I was invited to go on Turtle Patrol
By surfered - 24 min ago - Last reply 24 min ago

Latest Breaking News
'Do not expect white smoke': Carney lowers expectations for first Trump sit-down
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago - Last reply 24 min ago

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Trump Revokes PBS Funding After Antique Grandfather Clock Receives Meager Appraisal
By Zorro - 1 hr ago - Last reply 25 min ago

Cable News Clips
Trump says economy will be "okay" in the long-term if there is a short-term recession
By IronLionZion - 54 min ago - Last reply 26 min ago

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Cardiac stress test came out normal
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Editorials & Other Articles
Democrats should heed Canada's win against Trump
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 27 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
How The Government Is Quietly Repurposing Everyone's Data For Surveillance
By ancianita - 1 hr ago - Last reply 29 min ago

Music Appreciation
A Passage To Bangkok - Exit... Stage Left - Rush
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Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as 'enemy combatants'
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To my felloew Americans
By William769 - 20 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

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2026, I simply don't trust the voters to turn over Congress to the Dems.
By edhopper - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

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Senate Republicans raise red flags about Trump's private dinner with his meme coin holders
By BumRushDaShow - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

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Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
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Fetch
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A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
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Always be watching for what is not spoken of.
By MineralMan - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 34 min ago

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Canada Freezes US Travel as Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, and Flair Slash Routes to Major Cities Including San Francisco,
By Swede - 35 min ago - Last reply 35 min ago

Latest Breaking News
DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt
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Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
By mahatmakanejeeves - 1 hr ago - Last reply 37 min ago

Cable News Clips
'Biden's economy but Trump's jobs report': Trump administration wants it both ways on the economy - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 52 min ago - Last reply 38 min ago

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Friday Talking Points -- 100 Daze
By ChrisWeigant - 40 min ago - Last reply 40 min ago

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100 Days. The Best is Yet To Come.
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'All-out assault': Trump proposes largest cuts in National Park Service history, 40% funding cut and some of its land
By Demovictory9 - 41 min ago - Last reply 41 min ago

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Trump's OWN Judge Says NO MORE - Talking Feds
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 42 min ago

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Trump team makes desperate bid to solve air traffic controller crisis
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 55 min ago - Last reply 42 min ago

TV Chat
Ha, ha, ha, ok....so sorry, watching Farmer takes a Wife....on FAUX
By a kennedy - 42 min ago - Last reply 42 min ago

Music Appreciation
Yes - Changes (Live At The Apollo 2017)
By BootinUp - 44 min ago - Last reply 44 min ago

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Microsoft hikes Xbox prices worldwide as gaming industry faces tariff uncertainty
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 1 hr ago - Last reply 45 min ago

Cable News Clips
'New candidate for biggest blunder': Nicolle Wallace on the latest tariff price hikes set to hit - Deadline - MSNBC
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 46 min ago

Science
A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine
By Rhiannon12866 - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 48 min ago

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Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, May 2, 2025
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Music Appreciation
The Wizard - Black Sabbath
By BootinUp - 49 min ago - Last reply 49 min ago

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Yay, I won a small raffle!
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AOC weighs another bid for powerful House committee as old guard exits
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 52 min ago - Last reply 52 min ago

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For One Texas County, Arresting Migrants Made Big Money
By Celerity - 54 min ago - Last reply 54 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
The Worst First 100 Days - The Lincoln Project
By Rhiannon12866 - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 54 min ago

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Does he have the authority to tell CPB what to do, who to fund?
By question everything - 1 hr ago - Last reply 55 min ago

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LANL plans to release highly radioactive tritium to prevent explosions. Will it just release danger in the air?
By womanofthehills - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 55 min ago

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Wisconsin governor says he's not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest
By Eugene - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 56 min ago

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Indoctrination.
By Swede - 58 min ago - Last reply 58 min ago

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NBC News: IL man gets 53 years for killing 6 yr old Palestinian boy and wounding his mother
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Chicago Tribune: 17 students injured in school bus collision on Southwest Side, police say
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a sweet jb story-
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Latest Breaking News

Ruth Buzzi, 'Laugh-In' Comedian, Dies at 88
37 min ago - Variety

Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
1 hr ago - Associated Press, via NBC News

'Do not expect white smoke': Carney lowers expectations for first Trump sit-down
1 hr ago - Politico

"Whole Foods lost, the workers won": NLRB officer sides with union in certification fight
1 hr ago - Salon

Wisconsin governor says he's not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest
1 hr ago - AP

GOP defense hawks in Congress slam Trump budget as inadequate
2 hrs ago - The Hill

DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt
2 hrs ago - ABC News

Senate Republicans raise red flags about Trump's private dinner with his meme coin holders
2 hrs ago - NBC News

Judge rules Trump executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional
2 hrs ago - CBS News

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years
3 hrs ago - CBS News/AP

Trump administration plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencies
3 hrs ago - Washington Post

Florida National Guard to Become Immigration Judges Under Proposal
3 hrs ago - Newsweek

7 people are dead after a truck and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say
4 hrs ago - Associated Press, via WTOP

US steps back from peace talks, saying it won't mediate between Russia and Ukraine
4 hrs ago - The Independent

Kennedy Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
4 hrs ago - NYT

Google Plans to Roll Out Its A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13
4 hrs ago - NYT

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems
4 hrs ago - AP

Republicans Consider Shifting Cost Of Food Benefits To States, With Cuts Likely
5 hrs ago - Huff Post

Apple partnering with startup Anthropic on AI-powered coding platform, Bloomberg News reports
5 hrs ago - Reuters

Texas attacks fluoride toothpastes as "dangerous," probes makers
5 hrs ago - Ars Technica

Oil and gas supplier says Tesla is 'refusing to pay' $2 million in past-due bills - and that chaotic staffing has only
5 hrs ago - Independent

Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
5 hrs ago - The Guardian

USDA agrees to not freeze Maine nutrition funds over transgender athletes
5 hrs ago - Reuters

Freshman House Democrats call on Johnson to prioritize lowering prices
6 hrs ago - The Hill

Bipartisan push to ban lawmakers from trading stocks gets a boost from Trump
6 hrs ago - NPR

Democratic senators call for investigation into Elon Musk's foreign deals involving Starlink
7 hrs ago - NBC News

Donald Trump Declares Two New Days of Celebration
7 hrs ago - Newsweek

Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza, organizers say
7 hrs ago - AP

Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case
8 hrs ago - NY Times

Abbe Lowell starts firm to take on Trump -- and hires renegade ex-Skadden associate
8 hrs ago - Business Insider

Dems launch pressure campaign to sink Trump's budget bill
9 hrs ago - Axios

Trump Administration Proposes Cutting $6 Billion From NASA's Budget
9 hrs ago - Bloomberg News

US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears
9 hrs ago - CNN

UAW Members Strike at Lockheed Martin, as Company Announces $1.7 Billion in First Quarter Profits
10 hrs ago - UAW

Senate votes to overturn EPA rule that limits 7 hazardous air pollutants
10 hrs ago - CBS News

Top House Armed Forces Dem: Waltz confirmation will be an 'in-depth look at Signalgate'
11 hrs ago - The Hill

Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions
12 hrs ago - AP

Trump repeats that the government will revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status
12 hrs ago - CNN US

U.S. payroll growth totals 177,000 in April, topping expectations
13 hrs ago - CNBC

US consumer watchdog asks court to scrap medical debt regulation
13 hrs ago - Reuters

Some in GOP want big cuts to food assistance in Trump's tax bill. Committee chairs say no.
13 hrs ago - Washington Post

Bernie Sanders joins May Day protesters in Philly to rally for workers and immigrants, and against Trump
14 hrs ago - Philadelphia Inquirer

Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon and national Republicans scoff at Dem candidates for 2026
14 hrs ago - Nebraska Examiner

Trump Says 'Internet People' Like Musk 'All Hated Me' and 'Now They're Kissing My Ass'
14 hrs ago - MEDIAite

'The opposite of diversity is segregation': Judge castigates Trump over anti-DEI policies, but says he cannot intervene
15 hrs ago - Law & Crime

President Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
15 hrs ago - CNN

Updated Covid vaccines for the fall may be in jeopardy under Kennedy's new rules
15 hrs ago - NBC News

U.S. Labor Unions Demand 'Brother' Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Return From El Salvador
16 hrs ago - Huff Post

White House has 'no specific timeline' to release Epstein files despite Trump's promises
16 hrs ago - The Independent

Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept.
17 hrs ago - New York Times

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