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Maybe you can relate...
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When we treat animals with kindness, kindness finds its way back to us.
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George Conway is reporting that Barron Trump is changing his last name.
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Some Republicans are fighting to end Trump administration's decision to cap loans for nursing students
By BumRushDaShow - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 2 min ago

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Pinyon Peak Fire Lookout (Elev. 9950 feet)
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In light of the Christmas Night "action" in Nigeria, how I feel about TACO and Hogsbreath ...
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Happy Holidays to the DU photo community
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Merry Christmas Everyone! ❤️
By littlemissmartypants - 11 hrs ago - Last reply 15 min ago

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Secret A.I. Man. Short version.
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Florida Man Busted Voting Twice For Trump - Raw News And Politics
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 16 min ago

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BREAKING: US launches 'powerful strikes' against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump
By Gaugamela - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 20 min ago

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Indiana State Senator Can't Wait for the 2026 UFC Event at the White House
By Coldwater - 56 min ago - Last reply 20 min ago

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Zuckerberg, the neighbor from hell
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 21 min ago

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, to EVERYBODY HERE!
By calimary - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 22 min ago

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🎄 MACY'S CHRISTMAS PARADE 1927🎄 🛷
By appalachiablue - 22 min ago - Last reply 22 min ago

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I just took Jack Cocchiarella off my youtube list
By PurgedVoter - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 22 min ago

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Europe Is Preparing for War: Will Trump's Venezuela Invasion Start WWIII? - Thom Hartmann
By Rhiannon12866 - 22 min ago - Last reply 22 min ago

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Methinks Rapin' Grampy doth protest too much...his lastest Epstein screed is REALLY, REALLY disturbing.
By Miles Archer - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 24 min ago

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As Christmas comes to an end, I wanted to post 2 of the funniest SNL Christmas skits ...
By aggiesal - 24 min ago - Last reply 24 min ago

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Gen. Billy Mitchell proved that Battleships..
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Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
By Omaha Steve - 42 min ago - Last reply 27 min ago

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Everyone got the gag here. I don't think she's long for this White House."
By malaise - 9 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

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A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot
By Omaha Steve - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

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a question on the wrist cheat sheets that NFL QB's wear. How do they work?
By OAITW r.2.0 - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 31 min ago

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Robert Reich's Bluesky posts today
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Nat King Cole - Stardust
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Lonely Trump, 79, Endures Awkward Christmas Eve Dinner
By Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 34 min ago

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How AI works
By canetoad - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 35 min ago

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Trump tells 10-year-old child he made sure 'a bad Santa' is not 'infiltrating' the US
By orleans - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 36 min ago

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Pope Leo's Christmas Message to MAGA 'Christians'
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I had a truly great Christmas 🎄
By underpants - 1 hr ago - Last reply 41 min ago

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Trump kicks off Christmas Day with over 100 posts attacking Somalis, praising the economy and alleging voter fraud
By douglas9 - 10 hrs ago - Last reply 42 min ago

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Governor Newsom Press Office ‪@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov‬ WOW! LOOK AT THE PLAQUE UNDER TRUMP'S PHOTO
By riversedge - 10 hrs ago - Last reply 44 min ago

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One of my gifts today was from Sanity Clause.
By yellow dahlia - 1 hr ago - Last reply 45 min ago

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Well, I have some news
By sakabatou - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 46 min ago

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THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - DONE SOMEBODY WRONG 🎸🐈‍⬛
By appalachiablue - 47 min ago - Last reply 47 min ago

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Zelenskyy: coming weeks may be 'intensive' as peace plan is negotiated with the US - Associated Press
By Rhiannon12866 - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 48 min ago

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🚨Ghislaine CAUGHT PLOTTING with Trump as COVER UP EXPOSED - Meidas Touch
By Rhiannon12866 - 50 min ago - Last reply 50 min ago

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North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine
By Omaha Steve - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 50 min ago

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It is to laugh - Christmas Night Joke - Check your deliveries carefully!
By 3825-87867 - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 51 min ago

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FIVE Legal Developments That Are Terrible for Trump! - Glenn Kirschner
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Look DU! Teacher says when Trump posts
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Illegal immigrants.
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Respighi's 'Trittico botticelliano: II. L'adorazione dei Magi'
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Spurious News: Trump contracts with shipyard to build his battleship without consent of Congress!
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'We're being blindsided': Federal charity drive suffers historic losses under Trump
By BumRushDaShow - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods
By BumRushDaShow - 20 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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What's for Dinner, Sun., Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2025
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"You're My Present This Year": An Oral History of the Folgers Incest Ad
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Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
By mahatmakanejeeves - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Jimmy Kimmel's 2025 holiday video address to UK Channel 4 viewers
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Did You Get Everything You Wanted From Santa, IN BED? -- Wonkette
By erronis - 12 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, to EVERYBODY HERE!
By calimary - 25 replies @ 1 hr ago (Milestone)

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Trump: "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his
By demmiblue - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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ICE Barbie And Trump Actually Just Tried It - Really American and Raw America
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🎄Christmas 100 Years Ago, Detroit, Mich., 1920s In Color, Remastered with Sound
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for KING + COUNTRY Little Drummer Boy (LIVE)
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Anyone else having trouble loading the game on Amazon Prime?
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Skating Away - Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson - Live In Concert 📯
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HS* Trump INCRIMINATES Himself In Epstein Christmas POST!
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Merry Christmas to all DUers who celebrate!
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😍Zelenskyy MOVINGLY CONGRATULATED Ukrainians on Christmas! EMOTIONAL WORDS swept the web - War & Politics 24
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Small Kindnesses - Danusha Lamris
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I've driven this area many times and
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You know who *really* "loved Epstein, Bucky??
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Black Man Spy Christmas Special with Jessica DeCou aka Veronica and the BabyBoo - Malcolm Nance
By Rhiannon12866 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Ukrainian Christmas 'New Joy Has Arisen', arr. for violin and orchestra
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Fears drive state policy in Russia - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD
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Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years - Jimmy Kimmel
By highplainsdem - 10 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
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Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence
By BumRushDaShow - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Let's talk about free horses and Trump's billionaire ballroom... - Belle of the Ranch
By TexasTowelie - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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I got called a name today,
By kozar - 13 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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Peggy Lee - Is That All there Is
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'We'd Be Cooked': GOP Strategists Fear Trump-Backed MyPillow CEO Could Doom Minnesota Election
By BumRushDaShow - 10 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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US Treasury unveils brand new Trump-Epstein $1 coin (NewsThump)
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As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled
By BumRushDaShow - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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U.S. anniversary coins won't feature any Black Americans or notable women
By LetMyPeopleVote - 8 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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That's why they call us the "Left"
By orangecrush - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 2 hrs ago

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T-rump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18
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Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
By mahatmakanejeeves

Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena
By mahatmakanejeeves

Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
By mahatmakanejeeves

Latest Breaking News

Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
42 min ago - AP

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations
2 hrs ago - AP

'We're being blindsided': Federal charity drive suffers historic losses under Trump
3 hrs ago - Raw Story

As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled
4 hrs ago - WFPL Louisville, KY/NPR

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
5 hrs ago - AP

Some Republicans are fighting to end Trump administration's decision to cap loans for nursing students
5 hrs ago - The Independent

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering
7 hrs ago - AP

Gavin Newsom drops Christmas troll of Trump with video mocking Epstein files redactions
8 hrs ago - Independent

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank
8 hrs ago - AP

'We'd Be Cooked': GOP Strategists Fear Trump-Backed MyPillow CEO Could Doom Minnesota Election
10 hrs ago - MEDIAite

Just 38 bills were passed by Congress this year as Trump consolidates power in Washington
11 hrs ago - The Independent

US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump's 'Billionaire First' agenda
12 hrs ago - The Guardian

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack
12 hrs ago - AP

Chicago Faith Leaders Say ICE Facility Denied Them Entry on Christmas Eve
13 hrs ago - Newsweek

Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence
14 hrs ago - AP

North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine
14 hrs ago - AP

White House orders military to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuela oil
15 hrs ago - Reuters

More House Republicans are leaving Congress to run for governor than in decades amid frustration over 'toxic environment
16 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Trump takes NORAD Santa calls from kids. Here's what he said.
17 hrs ago - USA Today

White House Offered '60 Minutes' Dubious Statement Over Axed Segment
17 hrs ago - Daily Beast

A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot
18 hrs ago - AP

A small group of Republican 'extortionists' has usurped Mike Johnson's power: WSJ
18 hrs ago - Raw Story

Tina Peters asks Colorado appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, release her from prison
19 hrs ago - AP

Crockett: 'I see the government shutting down' in January
19 hrs ago - The Hill

FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods
20 hrs ago - msn/The Hill

Trump admin says transgender and nonbinary plaintiffs in passport marker case are trying to 'escape the consequences of
20 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Pediatrics group sues HHS for cutting funds for children's health programs
21 hrs ago - AP

A blast in Gaza wounds a soldier and Israel accuses Hamas of ceasefire violation
Wednesday - AP

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's
Wednesday - AP

Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
Wednesday - AP

'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over
Wednesday - raw story

After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
Wednesday - AP

USPS plan to open hubs to rivals may cost agency its biggest customer: Amazon
Wednesday - Scripps News

Trump Admin Lawsuit Aims To Flood DC With AR-15 Rifles For 'Common Use'
Wednesday - crooksandliars.com

White House orders US forces to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for next two months
Wednesday - Reuters

DOJ announces 'a million more documents' related to Jeffrey Epstein on Christmas Eve
Wednesday - Raw Story

Democrats Urge Trump To Reverse Recall Of Nearly 30 Ambassadors
Wednesday - Huffington Post

ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
Wednesday - NPR

Trump Declares Networks That Are 'Negative' Towards Him Should Have Their TV Licenses 'Terminated'
Wednesday - MEDIAite

Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers
Wednesday - AP

Southern California drivers urged to reconsider Christmas travel as heavy rain and winds roll in
Wednesday - AP

19 states and D.C. sue HHS over effort to ban transgender care for minors
Wednesday - CBS News/AP

Map Shows Range of China's Ship-Killer Missiles Targeting US Territory
Wednesday - newsweek

Botched Epstein redactions trace back to Virgin Islands' 2020 civil racketeering case against estate
Wednesday - CNN Politics

Judge sides with Trump over his $100K visa fee
Wednesday - Politico

Trump's Commerce Secretary Claims 'All' Americans 'Are Going To Earn 4.3% More Money' Because the Economy Grew by 4.3%
Wednesday - MEDIAite

Global 'mistakenly' posted '60 Minutes' segment, CBS News says while issuing takedown order
Wednesday - CTV News

Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
Wednesday - msn/Axios

Judge green lights New York's driver's license law, rejecting a Trump administration challenge
Wednesday - ABC News/AP

Exclusive: Justice Department scrambling to find holiday volunteers to redact the Epstein files, internal DOJ email says
Wednesday - CNN Politics

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