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Liberal YouTubers Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 2/17/2026 106,868 155

Environment & Energy Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world's reefs 187,786 553

Cable News Clips 'Not sustainable.' Companies prepare price hikes while Trump claims victory over affordability - The 11th Hour - MS NOW 66,815 96

Foreign Affairs The Day Moscow Couldn't Hide The Damage - Jason Jay Smart 55,216 218

LGBT Civil Rights and Activism Taylor Lorenz: AI Companies Are Funding Anti-LGBTQ Laws 2,068 166

Veterans Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings 12,394 163

National Security & Defense Coast Guard Brass Secretly Fume at ICE Barbie Over Jaw-Dropping Order 17,346 139

Health MD Enshittification 38,785 271

Economy USA Debt Crisis - Joe Blogs 101,699 391

Democrats Coasting Into Irrelevance -- Tom Sullivan 7,980 160

Media Alternative radio for the person looking for progressive radio 5,429 137

Israel/Palestine Israel's plan to install West Bank regulations denounced as illegal 'mega land grab' 145,357 234

Religion Found This Discussion on Reddit 328,360 317

Women's Rights & Issues Laura Flanders & Friends: Epstein, Trump & How Misogyny Fuels Fascism 17,013 273

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Amtrak is Betting its Future on this Train 4,775 100

Activist Headquarters DHS funding has lapsed. Here's what you need to know. --- INDIVISIBLE 4,910 255

Pro-Choice 'The Moral Property of Women': Mifepristone, Fibroids and the Stakes of Suppressed Science 3,816 134

Occupy Underground Golden Age... for evictions? Evictions soar in Oregon, Atlanta area, and funds for eviction prevention in Maine run out 11,129 317

Omaha Steve's Labor Group Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first unionization (AP) 17,869 261

Cannabis Fungus Found in Bat Poop Kills Two New York Men Who Used the Excrement to Help Grow Marijuana Plants {old news} 12,311 312

Gun Control Reform Activism Not all computer code protected as speech, US appeals court finds in ghost gun case 14,561 195

Civil Liberties US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 6,518 244

Single Payer Health Systems Let's check on that "Golden Age"... "Debt collection lawsuits are rising in U.S. states." Oh. 1,115 92

Gun Control & RKBA New Colorado red flag law expansion -- allowing more people to seek a gun-removal order -- clears first hurdle 214,062 369

Education Are America's Students Falling Behind? - PolyMatter 15,380 249

Race & Ethnicity Protective Fictions: James Baldwin's Warning and the Church of the Founders - Tad Stoermer 1,302 83

Social Security & Medicare Starting sign up for Medicare. 2,062 133

Congress "You Better BELIEVE That Accountability Is Coming" 5,216 116

Disability Autism Barbie 1,854 107

Drug Policy ibogaine: Conservative and Christian? US right champions psychedelic drugs 3,613 118

Election Reform One to share, Podcast from Christopher Titus 3,113 189

Poverty Christmas in Appalachia, The Permanently Poor - A CBS News Special Report, 1964 1,320 109

Campaigns Give now to help Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher DEFEAT Lauren Boebert and flip this seat blue! 8,399 138

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