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About the upcoming transition to general election season [View all]
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A word about the ongoing Democratic presidential primaries [View all]
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DU General Election Season Begins Soon: What You Need To Know [View all]
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We are making some changes to the moderating/jury system. (THIS IS IMPORTANT.) [View all]
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We have made an adjustment to DU's "No bigotry/insensitivity" rule: please read [View all]
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Democratic Underground was vandalized by a script attack on Wednesday afternoon 5/17 [View all]
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Pay what you want. Pay how you want. Becoming a DU Star Member is now much easier. [View all]
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*** DU will be down for an extended period of time starting Saturday 12/12 @ 8PM ET *** [View all]
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Are you interested in serving as the Host of a Group? (Done.) [View all]
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DU's General Election Season postponed until Monday June 20 [View all]
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Democratic Underground will go dark at 3am ET January 18 to protest SOPA and PIPA [View all]
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A note for those who are worried about DU's security tomorrow [View all]
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REMINDER AND UPDATE: Five hidden posts and you can't post [View all]
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The latest version of Democratic Underground, aka DU4, is now open for early access beta testing! [View all]
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You asked for it! The Democratic Primaries forum opens TODAY! [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from January - April 2019 [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2013 [View all]
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It's the end of the Democratic presidential primary on Democratic Underground [View all]
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Tuesday is election day! Here's what DU members need to know. [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from May - August 2019 [View all]
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According to the DU Terms of Service, general election season has begun. Don't expect big changes. [View all]
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IMPORTANT: Today's update failed and we have had to restore a backup, but we did not lose data [View all]
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From now until 3/20/2021, you have the option to change your DU username [View all]
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There was a software glitch affecting about 250 threads in General Discussion [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July-October 2012 [View all]
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We are going to be deleting some DU Groups. And we need your help to figure out which ones. [View all]
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Expect occasional downtime over the next week or so while we upgrade our security [View all]
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DU upgrades for the New Year (including the much-requested "Auto-trash by keyword" function) [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from January - April 2013 [View all]
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Tips for Surviving Primary Season on Democratic Underground [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from August - November 2019 [View all]
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Can you spare a moment to help a DUer with their research project? (And help DU!) [View all]
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Downtime for Democratic Underground on Monday, February 26th [View all]
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PSA: If you joined DU between 2001 and mid-2003, you now have a proper join date [View all]
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You Asked For It: Automatic Post Formatting Buttons and Smilies [View all]
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The DU4 beta is now open again, this time for all registered DU members [View all]
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Trash this forum: Completely remove a particular forum or group, so you never see it again. [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July - October 2020 [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from December 2015 - March 2016
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The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate supporter groups are live!
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2020
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from December 2020 - March 2021
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Elad has programmed a holiday gift for DU -- (limited) Mastodon embedding is now available
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from May - August 2015
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The General Discussion: Primaries forum is now open. Here's what you need to know.
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from March - June 2016
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We're back! But you may experience some temporary issues -- here's what you need to know right now
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