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All expenses paid for. If you could spend the summer anywhere in the world, where would you go? Me--Ireland. And you?
By debm55 - 50 replies @ 43 sec ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
White House puts RFK Jr. on road ahead of crucial midterms
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 2 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Dwelling Within a Jennings's Apologia
By relogic - 6 min ago

General Discussion
Women have a unique ability to balance logic w/ empathy. That makes women BETTER leaders.
By LiberalArkie - 8 min ago

General Discussion
SpaceX's plan: Put all the data centers in space, then profit
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 10 min ago

General Discussion
Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers (Futurism, 6/21/26)
By highplainsdem - 11 min ago

General Discussion
"Revealed: Israel's curriculum for 'influencing public consciousness"
By moniss - 16 min ago

Foreign Affairs
Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 23 min ago

General Discussion
Starmer expected to announce departure on Monday as growing numbers of MPs back Burnham for PM
By Celerity - 23 min ago

General Discussion
Lindsey threatens that his alpha male role model is going to kick some ass
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 26 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Man falls to his death during rock concert at Madison Square Garden
By Omaha Steve - 28 min ago

General Discussion
🚨🚨 BREAKING: Iran's negotiators have LEFT the venue in protest of Trump's threats, per Tasnim. Trump is single-handed
By riversedge - 32 min ago

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Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media (The Guardian, 6/21/26)
By highplainsdem - 36 min ago

General Discussion
#AlgaeGate
By JustKay - 40 min ago

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Unknown Revolutionary War soldier identified
By struggle4progress - 44 min ago

General Discussion
The West Has Been Trying to Run the Middle East
By MineralMan - 47 min ago

General Discussion
Photo taken by the Reflecting Pool attacker & bicyclist David Hearn
By KS Toronado - 49 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
John Roberts: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past - Hysteria
By 2naSalit - 50 min ago

Connecticut
The Remains of 3 People Are Found in Foreclosed House After Its Sale
By mahatmakanejeeves - 51 min ago

General Discussion
Grifter and draft dodger t-rump will speak on the 4th of July. Private "Bone Spurs" would have been a Royalist
By wcmagumba - 55 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Black Rain in Moscow with Steve Schmidt and Ken Harbaugh - The Warning with Steve Schmidt
By 2naSalit - 55 min ago

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⚽️🩴🤣
By Floyd R. Turbo - 55 min ago

General Discussion
🚨🚨 BREAKING: Iran's negotiators have LEFT the venue in protest of Trump's threats, per Tasnim.
By demmiblue - 58 min ago

Foreign Affairs
US-IRAN NO DEAL CAST -DAY 115 w/Malcolm, Jacob & Wajeeh Malcolm Nance
By 2naSalit - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
The Iranian Foreign Minister makes Vance wait, then when he arrives he refuses to shake Vance's hand or greet him. The U
By riversedge - 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
Sen. Cory Booker says people should be 'very worried' about Trump and Israel upending peace in the Middle East
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago

Pets
My cat Holly is not a lap cat
By MIButterfly - 1 hr ago

Classic Films
TCM July 2026 At A Glance: Star of the Month, Dark Passage, Bringing Up Baby, Glen Or Glenda, Sea Of Love
By ificandream - 1 hr ago

Pennsylvania
Trump headed to Reading on Tuesday because I don't know why
By mahatmakanejeeves - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Elmo wants to be clear "don't make this a thing" - He's rooting for Team USA 🇺🇸⚽️
By underpants - 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
Let's talk about Trump reminding the GOP he's the king.... Belle of the Ranch
By 2naSalit - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
D.C, BUS COMPANIES - guaranteed money making tour. "THE 'EVERYTHING TURNS TO SHIT,' BUS TOUR."
By 3Hotdogs - 1 hr ago

Classic Films
TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 27: Harper, Forbidden Planet, Bullitt
By ificandream - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Jon Ossoff US Senate Georgia: Good morning
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
IHIP News:🚨 DISGUSTING BOMBSHELL Allegations Surface!! Trump THUGS Are THREATENING SURVIVORS?!
By MagaSmash - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
So what's so bad about using AI any way?
By werdna - 25 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)

Foreign Affairs
Putin Is Mortgaging Russia's Future to Pay for His War - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
By 2naSalit - 1 hr ago

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Anniversaries and Posting Milestones (June 21, 2026)
By EarlG - 1 hr ago

Weather Watchers
DC-area forecast: A fine Father's Day as we watch Monday storm chances
By mahatmakanejeeves - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period.
By AverageOldGuy - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)

Foreign Affairs
Ukraine had a HUGE Night! - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
By 2naSalit - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Happy Father's Day and Merry Solstice to all!
By mwmisses4289 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
The US-Israel War Machine Got It So Wrong - Former Israeli Negotiator, Daniel Levy meets Ash Sarkar
By Celerity - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
It's time for USONA, the United States of North America.
By usonian - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Trump will be ruining the annual 4th of July celebration on the National Mall, he announced a t-rump rally for it...
By wcmagumba - 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
'We are going to fight': Hotel workers strike at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago

Health
I guess my neuropathy has hit my hands pretty good.
By multigraincracker - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
They are building an AI Data Center in Appalachia...
By kentuck - 1 hr ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Trump's Iran deal is getting major blowback from everyone except the markets
By Dulcinea - 1 hr ago

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Greatest/Best of/Most Wonderful lists
By mwmisses4289 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Will Algaegate be Trump's (Green) Watergate?
By usonian - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Jonathan Capeheart has not grown into his job as a host on MSNOW.
By yellow dahlia - 2 hrs ago

Fiction
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 21, 2026?
By hermetic - 2 hrs ago

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'German Shepherd stuck in Basset Hound body'
By catbyte - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
BREAKING: New footage emerged of VANDALS driving their SUVs on the newly finished pond sealant, effectively ruining it!
By riversedge - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
If you didn't see it on ABC
By kairos12 - 2 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Sweat, tears and camaraderie as 20,000 runners take on world's largest ultramarathon
By Beringia - 2 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Senate's likely next No. 2 warns Trump if Democrats take the majority: 'It's going to be a fight' on key values
By BumRushDaShow - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Who wants to bet . . .
By AverageOldGuy - 2 hrs ago

Environment & Energy
Mauna Loa - Since The Week Starting 3/22 Through The Week Starting 6/14, We Have Been At/Above 430 ppm CO2
By hatrack - 2 hrs ago

Virginia
John Reid is losing it on social media.
By carrowsboy - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Now it's Netanyahu talking
By dalton99a - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
If we win the House, Senate and the Presidency...
By zanana1 - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period.
By AverageOldGuy - 25 replies @ 2 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Fuck Donald Eptrumpstein--the Crime Minister -- Day 518 thread
By lastlib - 2 hrs ago

Gardening
Apparently, you can't kill rhubarb
By chowmama - 2 hrs ago

Latin America
USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) San Antonio-class Flight I (Transitional) amphibious transport dock coming into Ocho Rios,
By malaise - 2 hrs ago

Environment & Energy
Montana County Commissioner Loses Election After Suggesting Long-Term Post-Coal Budget Planning
By hatrack - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
*** JUNE PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ***
By George McGovern - 25 replies @ 2 hrs ago (Milestone)

General Discussion
Best guess: Why is he hiding at camp David Medical? Strategy?
By lindysalsagal - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Algaezeera (Bluesky)
By orangecrush - 2 hrs ago

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While on a job at a customer's house yesterday, their dog...
By Orrex - 2 hrs ago

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Here's the Sunday LOL Animals!
By ralps - 2 hrs ago

Liberal YouTubers
Trump Picked the Wrong Fight. Here's Why.
By SamuelAdams - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
🤪 A wonderful bit of sarcasm this morning 😳😂
By underpants - 2 hrs ago

Oregon
Falsely charged with a crime, no way to fight it: inside Oregon's court crisis
By ihaveaquestion - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Protect Every Animal From Cruelty? Not in 2026, Oregon Democrats Say
By dalton99a - 3 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No - The Mishal Husain Show
By SouthBayDem - 3 hrs ago

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happy first day of summer and fathers day.
By AllaN01Bear - 3 hrs ago

Cable News Clips
Why Oil Didn't Hit $200 - Trumponomics
By SouthBayDem - 3 hrs ago

Forum Spotlight: Science

A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading
By littlemissmartypants

The Refracting Pool
By LessAspin

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak
By muriel_volestrangler

Latest Breaking News

Man falls to his death during rock concert at Madison Square Garden
28 min ago - AP

Sen. Cory Booker says people should be 'very worried' about Trump and Israel upending peace in the Middle East
1 hr ago - NBC News

'We are going to fight': Hotel workers strike at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
1 hr ago - 10 Philadelphia

Sweat, tears and camaraderie as 20,000 runners take on world's largest ultramarathon
2 hrs ago - The Guardian

Senate's likely next No. 2 warns Trump if Democrats take the majority: 'It's going to be a fight' on key values
2 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster's Clemency
3 hrs ago - New York Times

World's most sensitive radio telescope array set to be built in Nevada desert
3 hrs ago - NBC News

Polymarket Accused of Using Fake Winning Bets to Fuel Viral Growth
3 hrs ago - Yahoo! Finance, based on The Wall Street Journal.

Canada's policies force asylum seekers into US to face deportation, critics say
4 hrs ago - The Guardian

Fuel sales halted in occupied Crimea as Ukraine targets oil facilities
5 hrs ago - BBC

U.S., Iran delegations set to begin hashing out a permanent peace
6 hrs ago - MS NOW News

Newsom declares state of emergency for commercial fire in L.A.'s Boyle Heights neighborhood
7 hrs ago - NBC News

Texas Supreme Court denies request to save beach from SpaceX
7 hrs ago - The Independent

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Expected to Resign Monday: Report
8 hrs ago - Newsweek

Black Democrats push back on Wasserman Schultz's bid in Florida's 20th District
9 hrs ago - The Hill

Senate panel considers vote to shield special education from RFK Jr.'s agency
9 hrs ago - USA Today

'It's not science, it's coercion': health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine
10 hrs ago - The Guardian

Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained
11 hrs ago - New York Times

Extreme heat expected again at the Grand Canyon after 3 hikers die in heat-related incidents
14 hrs ago - AP

Counterterror police investigate after 5 hurt in Edinburgh attacks that appeared to target Muslims
16 hrs ago - AP

Netanyahu will try and undermine Trump's Iran peace plan despite president's warnings: report
17 hrs ago - The Independent

They have all the power': investigation finds that 93% of ICE arrests targeted Latinos
18 hrs ago - The Guardian

Former judges implore current judge to assert her 'inherent authority' and reject Trump's 'laughable' defenses
18 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Europe swelters under heatwave, France restricts alcohol consumption
19 hrs ago - Reuters

BREAKING NEWS: JD Vance Departs To Switzerland For Iran Talks
19 hrs ago - Forbes Breaking News

Zelenskyy confirms Ukraine drone strike on refining facilities in Russia
19 hrs ago - USA Today

Trump threatens to charge US tolls in Strait of Hormuz if final Iran deal not reached in 60 days
20 hrs ago - AP

Vance Says He Expects to Leave in Couple of Days for Iran Talks
21 hrs ago - Bloomberg

Female FBI agent's career stalled out after rebuffing male coworker's drunken advances, lawsuit says
22 hrs ago - The Independent

Cyclist arrested at Reflecting Pool is former Olympian who denies vandalism claims
23 hrs ago - Washington Post

Trump envoys arrive in Switzerland for Iran talks planned for Sunday
23 hrs ago - msn/Axios

At least 12 shot after SUV pulls up and opens fire on a crowd, Chicago police say
Yesterday - AP

Trump loyalist Jim Jordan linked to group that received 'dark money' from ICE detention contractor
Yesterday - The Guardian

Democratic states scramble to prevent potential Trump administration interference in their elections
Yesterday - CNN Politics

New global order: AI CEOs as heads of nation-states
Yesterday - Axios

China's Ministry of State Security Accuses 'Spy Turtles and Spy Fish' of Stealing Sensitive Marine Data
Yesterday - Gizmodo

Gasps as Trump's birthday bash leaves White House grounds in 'terrible' condition
Yesterday - Raw Story

Kennedy Center refuses to take tarps off where Trump's name was removed
Yesterday - msn.com

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire violations, Iranian media says after continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Yesterday - NBC News

President Trump blames vandals amid Reflecting Pool algae bloom
Yesterday - USA Today

Barack and Michelle Obama surprise first visitors to newly opened presidential center
Yesterday - AP

Dem senators call on FCC to pause Paramount-Warner Bros deal on national security grounds
Yesterday - The Hill

Israeli strikes kill 10 in Lebanon after truce, with prospect of U.S.-Iran talks unclear
Yesterday - Reuters

Planned Trump border wall near Texas national park could create flooding risk, suit says
Yesterday - The Independent

Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution
Yesterday - NBC News/AP

Kennedy Center says it isn't required to reschedule shows after judge blocks 2-year closure
Yesterday - Associated Press via WTOP

U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Trump Admin From Enacting New Plans To Slash Consumer Watchdog Staff
Yesterday - Huff Post/Reuters

Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at landmark conference in Ghana
Yesterday - The Guardian

'The World Woke Up': CEO of World's Largest Hedge Fund Warns Trump Stopping Global Investment In the US
Yesterday - MEDIAite

Africa CDC chief says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response, vaccine
Yesterday - AP

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