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US states to get $608 million from FEMA to build migrant detention centers
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Borderland: The Line Within
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What Elon was doing in Autumn of 2022:
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Did you notice during Trump's press conference with Powell that they had to put a little sticker near the top of the
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I lost my Darling Wife this morning.
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U.S. citizen arrested by ICE after routine traffic stop as agents are accused of racial profiling. - FIVE MINUTE NEWS
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Latest Breaking News
Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns
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Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
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Music Appreciation
Old Friends - Simon and Garfunkel
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Foreign Affairs
Cambodia & Thailand Start Conflict - Joe Blogs
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Making the Case: Five Alarm Trumpster Fire - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (with Rep. Jamie Raskin)
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Murdoch DOUBLES DOWN on Trump DESTRUCTION over Epstein - Legal AF
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Bennie Thompson GRILLS Kristi Noem on Due Process Violations & FEMA Collapse Plan - Liberal Lens
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Music Appreciation
Theme From a Summer Place - Percy Faith
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Education
A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism
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Trump has DISASTER Landing in Scotland...BLOWS UP in Presser - Meidas Touch
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Voters Fell for Zohran Mamdani. The Democratic Establishment Will Be Harder to Convince
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Two Democratic Governors Will Redraw Maps If Texas Does
By applegrove - 1 hr ago - Last reply 39 min ago

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I would love to see Eliot Spitzer return to politics
By applegrove - 41 min ago - Last reply 41 min ago

Latest Breaking News
LA archbishop, business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids News
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(Sigh) yeah 😏
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Bill Clinton was the best president in my life time,
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Reflections of a Boomer
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Epstein Victim: He Said He Has Me on Video -- Where's the Transparency? - The Bulwark
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It was hot last night at the Jersey shore. I was invited to my step-daughter's house on Barnagat Bay -- supper,
By 3Hotdogs - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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***VIDEO *** Braceros program during WWII to encourage Mexicans to come here for jobs
By Figarosmom - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Can you win the Nobel Peace Prize for starving children?
By Pototan - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Cable News Clips
'Praying for it to end': Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation - All In - MSNBC
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A spooky similarity
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Teen Beauty Queens Say Donald Trump Walked in on Them Changing When They Were as Young as 15
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South Park responds:
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Bill Clinton was the best president in my life time,
By speak easy - 50 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)

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From Bluesky
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Scottish Protesters HUMILIATE Trump on His $10 Million Golf Tour - Really American
By Rhiannon12866 - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Am 78, my timeline of Watergate and now - 1972 McGOVERN, 1974 Watergate hearings
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We mapped Jeffrey Epstein's social network. Here's what we found.
By usonian - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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teen US citizen secretly recorded ICE arrest: "You've got no rights" "Goddamn! Woo! Nice!" "$30,000 bonus"
By Demovictory9 - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
ABC Reporter Fired After Criticizing Stephen Miller Goes Scorched Earth on 'Vicious' Trump Advisor
By BumRushDaShow - 9 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Second whistleblower comes forward on Emil Bove:
By applegrove - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Cable News Clips
Trump's attempt to deflect focus from Epstein case - Washington Week PBS
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Mass Deportations Could Backfire on the Economy
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Cable News Clips
Trump's Epstein controversy shows no end in sight - Washington Week PBS
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Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab
By Celerity - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Pam Bondi Announces a Ghost Investigation
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The Difference between a 23YO American in 1980, and a 23YO American in 2025
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Veterans
Police HANDCUFFED Me for Mowing Veteran's Lawn for FREE!
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So how did this cat give him directions to his house?
By Figarosmom - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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A bit of Brit humour:
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This is from Hawk's podcast but it's so cute
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Paddleboarder Saves Shark With Fishing Rope Stuck In His Teeth
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Tourism Just Collapsed - These 10 U.S. States Are in Crisis (2025)
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Kermut the Frog's obit to Ozzy
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****PROPOSAL:
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Weird News
Serial butt sniffer arrested in California
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I fear a Maxwell pardon will cost us midterms
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What shithole prosecutor goes to the convicted perp for information and not the victims of the crime?
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Satire:
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Classical Music
Dame Cleo Laine
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Trump Voters FAFO - July 24, 2025 - Raw News And Politics
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"Trump flew Madam Maxwell and the model south to the sunshine state", Sunday Mirror 11/23/1997"
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Ohio
There is a growing movement in Ohio to eliminate property taxes.
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Minnesota rejects DOJ's request for state's voter rolls
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Toilet malfunction in our half bath downstairs, sometimes...
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Humor
It is to laugh - The needs of many to laugh outweigh the needs of a few to sulk.
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Hulk Hogan's Death Plunges Hooters' Future Into Uncertainty
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Watching The Phoenician Scheme. Not sure if it's stupid or brilliant. I'm leaning toward stupid! 🚨Possible Spoilers🚨
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Media is calling them "under-aged Women" and not children?
By Eliot Rosewater - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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Newsmax again:
By applegrove - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Trump administration sues New York City over 'sanctuary city' policies
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How do I ask a question about a Reichwing talking point...
By Orrex - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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Chances Epstein information is buried with Ivana?
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Trump MOCKED Relentlessly as TV Goes SCORCHED EARTH - Mary Trump Media
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Trump's Way - a parody
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This is US News:
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Basketball
Paige Bueckers Makes WNBA History Against Golden State Valkyries
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Just for fun-the fastest motorcycle race ever.
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"UNDERAGE WOMEN" is an oxymoron. "UNDERAGE GIRL" is redundant.
By niyad - 17 hrs ago - Last reply 3 hrs ago

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So where are the calls for Trump to resign?
By ThoughtCriminal - 7 hrs ago - Last reply 3 hrs ago

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Tea App hacked days after becoming top free app on Apple's App Store - over 72,000 images leaked
By usonian - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 3 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
Ethics panel orders AOC to pay $3,000 for 'tax the rich' Met Gala attendance
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Forum Spotlight: Washington

Sustainable jet fuel company plans multibillion-dollar plant in Longview
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Microsoft CEO addresses layoffs in memo to employees amid strong earnings
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WA sues contractor to prevent sharing of food stamp data with feds
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Latest Breaking News

US states to get $608 million from FEMA to build migrant detention centers
1 min ago - Reuters

LA archbishop, business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids News
46 min ago - National Catholic Reporter online

Minnesota rejects DOJ's request for state's voter rolls
2 hrs ago - Minneapolis Star Tribune via MSN.com

Rep. Mike Kelly reprimanded by House ethics panel over wife's stock purchase tied to steel company
6 hrs ago - TribLive/AP

9th Circuit rejects rule requiring foster parents to 'respect' LGBTQ children
7 hrs ago - Law & Crime

House, Senate panels differ on future of hate crime grants
7 hrs ago - Roll Call

Maxwell had limited immunity during meetings with deputy AG: Sources
8 hrs ago - Yahoo News

New Jersey Democrats slam Trump gambit to install Habba as US attorney without approval
8 hrs ago - Courthouse News Service

"I witnessed war crimes" in Gaza, former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
8 hrs ago - BBC

Judge throws out Trump's lawsuit against Illinois over sanctuary policies
8 hrs ago - Politico

Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
8 hrs ago - Reuters

Deportation flights from Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center have begun, DeSantis says
9 hrs ago - AP

Ethics panel orders AOC to pay $3,000 for 'tax the rich' Met Gala attendance
9 hrs ago - NBC News

ABC Reporter Fired After Criticizing Stephen Miller Goes Scorched Earth on 'Vicious' Trump Advisor
9 hrs ago - MEDIAite

Judge says Trump admin 'unequivocally' acted unlawfully in unilaterally shuttering youth job training program
10 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns
10 hrs ago - BBC

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: 'You've got no rights.' He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
10 hrs ago - The Guardian

Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since high court decision
10 hrs ago - AP

Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led 'Sharpiegate' inquiry
10 hrs ago - CNN Weather

With a Single Image, U.S. Deportation Narrative Is Challenged
11 hrs ago - New York Times

Boston Teamsters to Waymo: Hit the Brakes
11 hrs ago - Teamsters

EU regulator green lights an injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission
11 hrs ago - AP

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
11 hrs ago - Reuters

Donald Trump Doesn't Rule Out Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell
11 hrs ago - Huffington Post

Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War
11 hrs ago - Washington Post

14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds
12 hrs ago - Politico

Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools
12 hrs ago - AP

Texas Democrats visiting California and Illinois as redistricting fight continues
13 hrs ago - CBS News

Trump administration latest: DOJ meets with Epstein associate for second day
14 hrs ago - CNN

Kim Davis refused same-sex marriage license in 2015. Now she wants to cancel gay marriage.
14 hrs ago - USA Today

Democrats pressure Schumer, Senate to hold line on GOP spending bills
16 hrs ago - The Hill

Trump heads to Scotland for 'working visit' focused on golf properties, meeting with Starmer
17 hrs ago - ABC News

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez enters 2026 governor race, calls Trump a 'maniac'
17 hrs ago - AP

Report: Texas AG Ken Paxton claimed three homes as primary residence
18 hrs ago - msn/CBS Texas

Prosecutor who handled high-profile Capitol riot cases sues government over his firing
18 hrs ago - The Independent

Trump orders crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide
19 hrs ago - Reuters

San Diego judge orders Trump administration to reinstate services to separated migrant families
19 hrs ago - San Diego Union-Bulletin

Trump administration sues New York City over 'sanctuary city' policies
20 hrs ago - AP

Tens of thousands flee their homes as Thailand and Cambodia clash
20 hrs ago - AP

Dr. Oz under fire after declaring war on the sick: 'Won't tolerate it anymore'
20 hrs ago - Raw Story

IRS considers eliminating ability to file your taxes in language other than English
21 hrs ago - The Independent

'Whites-only' community seeks Missouri expansion
21 hrs ago - The Hill

Trump yanks Habba's nomination for U.S. attorney, enabling her to serve in acting capacity
22 hrs ago - CBS News

Man Plans To Sue Trump Administration For Sending Him To El Salvador Prison
22 hrs ago - Huff Post/AP

Colorado clerks voice alarm at murky 'official' push to access voting machines
23 hrs ago - The Guardian

Justice Elena Kagan urges judges not to be intimidated by increase in threats
Yesterday - NBC News

Trump presses Powell to cut rates during tense visit to Fed
Thursday - Reuters

Republicans plan to use threat of third Trump impeachment as key issue to boost their standing in midterm races
Thursday - The Independent

DOGE-proof: Congress moves to protect nuclear weapons workers from layoffs
Thursday - USA Today

Supreme Court blocks North Dakota redistricting ruling that would gut key part of Voting Rights Act
Thursday - AP

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