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Science
Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo
By Judi Lynn - 16 min ago - Last reply 27 sec ago

General Discussion
CCSF union president violated policies in antisemitic rant, investigation finds
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Am I the only geezer who has The Association's
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The difference between cats and dogs
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General Discussion
The new MAGAt buzzword
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Latest Breaking News
Layoff plans ticked up last month, with employers citing AI
By mahatmakanejeeves - 47 min ago - Last reply 2 min ago

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Wordle 1748 (Thurs, 4/2) ***SPOILERS***
By MissMillie - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 2 min ago

Latest Breaking News
CBS News chief Bari Weiss set to remake network's iconic 60 Minutes: report
By BumRushDaShow - 16 hrs ago - Last reply 2 min ago

Anthropology
Ancient Maya Wetlands Reveal Settlement That Thrived Amid "Collapse"
By Judi Lynn - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 3 min ago

General Discussion
INSPIRED BY the Bullwark, I declare Trump to be a LUNATRON. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
By Miles Archer - 8 min ago - Last reply 3 min ago

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Is he dead yet?
By Orrex - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 3 min ago

Environment & Energy
Iowa Already Faces Massive Problem In Nitrate Pollution In Water; Warming is Making That Pollution Even Worse
By hatrack - 30 min ago - Last reply 3 min ago

General Discussion
Lawsuit filed on behalf of DSCC, DNC, DCCC, DGA, and Schumer and Jeffries, to block Trump latest EO targeting voting
By bigtree - 9 hrs ago - Last reply 4 min ago

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Trump May Not Turn Over Official Records
By babylonsister - 4 min ago - Last reply 4 min ago

General Discussion
OOOH. OOOH! Grampy unleashes a MASTEFUL zinger against the SCOTUS: "Kangaroo Court!!!" THAT will show them! USA!
By Miles Archer - 4 min ago - Last reply 4 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Trump: Government will have to 'force ourselves' on LA for World Cup
By BumRushDaShow - 4 hrs ago - Last reply 4 min ago

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Good morning my DU family,
By JMCKUSICK - 46 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Anthropology
Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age
By Judi Lynn - 1 hr ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Trump's dig at Macron that his 'wife treats him badly' sparks anger in France
By BlueWavePsych - 53 min ago - Last reply 5 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Lewis Black on Prediction Markets: You Can Bet on Anything! - The Daily Show
By TexasTowelie - 41 min ago - Last reply 9 min ago

General Discussion
Trump struggles to read. Could be worse, we could have had a woman president.
By Swede - 34 min ago - Last reply 10 min ago

General Discussion
Let's Talk Turkey About This Fucking War
By gab13by13 - 10 min ago - Last reply 10 min ago

Latest Breaking News
House GOP Bolts in Record Numbers Ahead of Midterm Bloodbath
By BumRushDaShow - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 11 min ago

General Discussion
North Carolina's electoral future may hinge on rural Black voters who feel ignored by Democrats
By Omaha Steve - 18 hrs ago - Last reply 12 min ago

General Discussion
Futures Dow -635
By spanone - 12 min ago - Last reply 12 min ago

Latest Breaking News
ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned
By mahatmakanejeeves - 31 min ago - Last reply 13 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief
By BumRushDaShow - 56 min ago - Last reply 15 min ago

General Discussion
Trump: "This is true investment in your children's and grandchildren's future" unlike education, health care, child care
By Swede - 15 min ago - Last reply 15 min ago

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They know they have to cheat to win
By Swede - 25 min ago - Last reply 16 min ago

Environment & Energy
Western US Cities Cutting Water Use & Irrigation; Half Of 120 Western Ski Resorts Closed Early Or Never Opened This Year
By hatrack - 16 min ago - Last reply 16 min ago

Environment & Energy
After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections For For Plastic Waste Recycling
By hatrack - 21 min ago - Last reply 17 min ago

General Discussion
Elk shed hunt canceled after researchers find mineral cure for CWB
By magicarpet - 17 min ago - Last reply 17 min ago

General Discussion
"Lies, Lies, Lies...!"
By QueerDuck - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 19 min ago

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Here's something that blew my mind -
By cab67 - 11 hrs ago - Last reply 20 min ago

General Discussion
Oops!. "'I came, I saw, I conquered:' Tr-mp set to claim victory in Iran at primetime address" Politico Goofed big time.
By usonian - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 20 min ago

National Security & Defense
USS Nimitz visits Panama on grand farewell tour
By nitpicked - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 22 min ago

Latest Breaking News
'On a whole other level': rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists
By riversedge - 11 hrs ago - Last reply 24 min ago

Environment & Energy
Yale Study: Cancer Rates Between 4% And 8% Higher In CA/IA/TX Counties Where People Live Near CAFOs
By hatrack - 26 min ago - Last reply 26 min ago

Liberal YouTubers
Not Complicated. Lincoln Project
By MagaSmash - 27 min ago - Last reply 27 min ago

General Discussion
Just in less then 12 hrs after Trump spoke his nonsense.....
By imanamerican63 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 28 min ago

Jewish Group
CCSF union president violated policies in antisemitic rant, investigation finds
By lapucelle - 29 min ago - Last reply 29 min ago

Photography
***SUBMISSIONS Thread for APRIL PHOTO CONTEST: DU Travels***
By mnhtnbb - 21 hrs ago - Last reply 30 min ago

Photography
Sunset glow.
By George McGovern - 8 hrs ago - Last reply 32 min ago

General Discussion
(0645) Dow futures slump 500 points as oil surges after Trump address on U.S.-Iran war
By nitpicked - 1 hr ago - Last reply 32 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Oil jumps over 4% after Trump says U.S. to keep up attacks on Iran
By blue-wave - 9 hrs ago - Last reply 33 min ago

Loners
The No. 1 Habit That Destroys Adult Friendships, By A Psychologist
By littlemissmartypants - 1 hr ago - Last reply 34 min ago

Latest Breaking News
30 congressional leaders caught in Scotland -- using taxpayer money amid shutdown
By BumRushDaShow - 5 hrs ago - Last reply 36 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
FACT FOCUS: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran
By Dulcinea - 48 min ago - Last reply 37 min ago

General Discussion
Trump Has Discussed Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi
By demmiblue - 1 hr ago - Last reply 37 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Trump calls America 'stupid' after abruptly leaving Supreme Court debate
By UpInArms - 15 hrs ago - Last reply 41 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Trump's MAGA allies have a new plan for mass deportations. It could splinter the coalition.
By Dulcinea - 41 min ago - Last reply 41 min ago

Loners
How to make the most of your alone time
By littlemissmartypants - 1 hr ago - Last reply 44 min ago

General Discussion
Repercussions and reverberations of failed Team trDUMP,...
By magicarpet - 45 min ago - Last reply 45 min ago

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Trump has a social media toddler tantrum after attending SCOTUS birthright citizenship hearing
By Miles Archer - 19 hrs ago - Last reply 45 min ago

General Discussion
Zbigniew Brzezinski with a word of warning about Iran in 2012.
By OGBuzz - 49 min ago - Last reply 46 min ago

World History
Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago
By muriel_volestrangler - 46 min ago - Last reply 46 min ago

Cable News Clips
NASA's Artemis II launches astronauts on historic mission around the moon - The Beat - MS NOW
By Rhiannon12866 - 9 hrs ago - Last reply 48 min ago

Baseball
2026 predictions, anyone?
By Auggie - 25 replies @ 48 min ago (Milestone)

Editorials & Other Articles
Trump may have given Iran a $500 bln money spinner
By littlemissmartypants - 6 hrs ago - Last reply 49 min ago

Editorials & Other Articles
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
By Dulcinea - 50 min ago - Last reply 50 min ago

General Discussion
4.9 earthquake in the Bay Area.
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MaddowBlog-'I don't care about that': Trump moves the goal posts on Iran's uranium stockpile
By LetMyPeopleVote - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 55 min ago

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Sorry But I Went Through The Entire Front Page Of DU
By gab13by13 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 55 min ago

Latest Breaking News
New sculpture of Trump with his 'Golden Dome' is up at National Mall and was created by Ben & Jerry's co-founder
By BumRushDaShow - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 59 min ago

Anthropology
Archaeologists Discovered an Ancient Projectile Inscribed With a Threatening Meshttps://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prodsage
By Judi Lynn - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
AI models will secretly scheme to protect other AI models from being shut down, researchers find
By highplainsdem - 8 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Librarian loses job for doing her job - consider a donation to her GoFundMe
By Iris - 8 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Trump is slurring, lying, and rambling right out of the gate
By Celerity - 11 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
Washington planning commission to vote Thursday on Trump's ballroom project
By mahatmakanejeeves - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Shawn Harris : I'm pulling my hair out!!!
By Omaha Steve - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Foreign Affairs
Iran expands war effort with child recruitment, HRW warns - DW News
By TexasTowelie - 3 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

General Discussion
How to take down a US F-35 over Iran? Chinese engineer's prophetic tutorial goes viral
By David__77 - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Foreign Affairs
"Too Late Now": Putin Completely Rejects the Ceasefire. Belarus Prepares for War. - The Russian Dude
By TexasTowelie - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Liberal YouTubers
TRUMP CALLS AMERICA "STUPID" - 4.2.26 -Countdown
By MagaSmash - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Wisconsin
Area schools closed again April 2, 2026---weather related --mid Wisconsin.......
By riversedge - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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Eastern Bluebirds
By Donkees - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Latest Breaking News
Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul saying it would be "disastrous"
By BumRushDaShow - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Who's watching the Artemis rocket launch? N/t
By malaise - 14 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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I'm out of hospital, hard time adjusting.
By kozar - 2 hrs ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

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GA-SEN: Inside the blame game roiling Georgia's GOP Senate primary
By RandySF - 1 hr ago - Last reply 1 hr ago

Forum Spotlight: Science

Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo
By Judi Lynn

NASA Artemis II Launch (9min video) - And off to the Moon!!
By KelleyKramer

Link to NASA feed of Artemis II launch
By QED

Latest Breaking News

ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned
31 min ago - New York Times

Layoff plans ticked up last month, with employers citing AI
47 min ago - Yahoo! Finance

Trump's dig at Macron that his 'wife treats him badly' sparks anger in France
53 min ago - France24

Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief
56 min ago - The Guardian

Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul saying it would be "disastrous"
1 hr ago - NPR

Washington planning commission to vote Thursday on Trump's ballroom project
1 hr ago - Reuters

Ballroom commission changed documents at White House's request
1 hr ago - Washington Post

Trump ally testifies in trial over secret Venezuela lobbying effort
1 hr ago - AP

New sculpture of Trump with his 'Golden Dome' is up at National Mall and was created by Ben & Jerry's co-founder
2 hrs ago - The Independent

U.S. Justice Department Sues Idaho for Failure to Produce Voter Rolls
2 hrs ago - KIVI-TV Boise, ID

House GOP Bolts in Record Numbers Ahead of Midterm Bloodbath
3 hrs ago - Daily Beast

American commandos join Ecuadorian troops in mission targeting alleged narco-terrorists
3 hrs ago - CBS News

US Lifts Sanctions on Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodrguez
4 hrs ago - US News & World Report/AP

Trump: Government will have to 'force ourselves' on LA for World Cup
4 hrs ago - USA Today/Reuters

30 congressional leaders caught in Scotland -- using taxpayer money amid shutdown
5 hrs ago - Raw Story

Trump says US has plenty of jet fuel for Europe, market disagrees
6 hrs ago - Reuters

AI models will secretly scheme to protect other AI models from being shut down, researchers find
8 hrs ago - Fortune

Paranoid Pentagon Pete wants lasers to protect him from drones
8 hrs ago - msn

DNA links Ted Bundy to murder of 17-year-old Utah girl, sheriff says
9 hrs ago - Reuters

Oil jumps over 4% after Trump says U.S. to keep up attacks on Iran
9 hrs ago - Reuters

'On a whole other level': rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists
11 hrs ago - the guardian

'Clears this bar easily': Trump-appointed judge allows lawsuit challenging FOIA office closure to move forward
12 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Trump has discussed ousting Attorney General Pam Bondi, sources say
12 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Hundreds rally for birthright citizenship at supreme court: 'We are an immigrant nation'
12 hrs ago - The Guardian

DHS scraps Noem policy requiring secretary's review of all contracts above $100,000
13 hrs ago - CBS News

Vindman raises $8.2M for Democratic Florida Senate bid
14 hrs ago - Politico

As Trump weighs appeal of vaccine ruling, Kennedy supporters push for fight
14 hrs ago - Reuters

Nurul Amin Shah Alam's Death Was a Homicide
14 hrs ago - Mother Jones

Schumer on Trump mail-in voting order: 'This too will fail'
15 hrs ago - The Hill

Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records
15 hrs ago - Axios

Republican leaders agree to advance funding deal to end DHS shutdown
15 hrs ago - The Guardian

LISTEN: John Sauer Says 'I Think So' When Asked if Native Americans Are Birthright Citizens
15 hrs ago - MEDIAite

Trump calls America 'stupid' after abruptly leaving Supreme Court debate
15 hrs ago - The Independent UK

IEA, IMF and World Bank to coordinate response to Middle East war's impact
15 hrs ago - Reuters

CBS News chief Bari Weiss set to remake network's iconic 60 Minutes: report
16 hrs ago - The Independent

Iran president to release open letter to American people in coming hours -- spokesperson
16 hrs ago - Times of Israel

Trump admin presents new plan to slash two thirds of consumer watchdog workforce
16 hrs ago - Reuters

A speech from a British monarch returns to Capitol Hill as US-UK tensions simmer
17 hrs ago - AP News

Luigi Mangione's federal trial delayed until October in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
17 hrs ago - AP News

Retail sales rise 0.6% in February, but impact of Iran war threatens to derail spending
17 hrs ago - ABC News/AP

'Communion': Is JD Vance preparing 2028 presidential run with release of new book?
18 hrs ago - yahoo.com

GOP sources see Trump shifting to back Senate bill funding most of DHS
18 hrs ago - The Hill

Victim's father says he met suspect dozens of times before Texas Killing Fields arrest
18 hrs ago - KHOU 11

Trump isn't immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 rally speech incited riot, judge says
19 hrs ago - AP

Sheridan School District closed as teachers begin strike Wednesday
19 hrs ago - 9 News

Amazon's Cloud Business in Bahrain Damaged in Iran Strike, FT Reports
19 hrs ago - Reuters

Trump bolts from Supreme Court early as conservative justices skeptical of his arguments
20 hrs ago - Raw Story

Rudy Giuliani loses every single argument in bid to dismiss sexual harassment and rape lawsuit filed by former assistant
20 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Trump's lawyer faces pushback early on in Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship
21 hrs ago - Associated Press

IRS CEO defiant as Washington asks who's running things
21 hrs ago - Politico

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