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Environment & Energy Fire at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing prompts evacuation orders. 179,939 544

Liberal YouTubers Grace Makes an Election Prognosticator Answer for His Wrong Prediction - The Daily Show 56,548 132

Civil Liberties Texas judge permits states' challenge against abortion pill rules to proceed 4,912 232

Cable News Clips Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager makes his case to be DNC Chair - CBS News 39,281 86

Foreign Affairs Full Collapse: China Arrests & Market Crash Underway; TikTok Saved?; RedNote; China's Economy - China Update 46,921 207

Israel/Palestine The Telegraph UK: Israel Conducted the Worst Bombardment of the 21st Century 142,701 223

Health Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder 36,420 264

Poverty One-of-a-kind hospice for the homeless is focus of new documentary - ABC News 1,313 108

Omaha Steve's Labor Group Labor News & Commentary January 14, Amazon accused of union-busting at Whole Foods & more 16,573 256

Economy Opinion: Is Trump's bitcoin embrace the biggest 'pump-and-dump' ever? 99,295 376

Activist Headquarters List of Right Wing Think Tanks 3,666 216

Education How dare women go to college? DeSantis' new university trustee pick will fix it. 15,092 247

Cannabis State to state variation. 11,970 310

Media Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes 5,044 132

National Security & Defense Man gets 2 years in US prison for aiding pushy effort to get ex-official to return to China 16,338 134

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Driving blind: NYC subways steered by 1930s tech, paper maps and a lot of hope 4,404 96

LGBT Civil Rights and Activism Church accused of hate crime after 'banning gay mayor from mass' 1,950 161

Veterans Wish I'd have known this back in 1971 11,920 155

Social Security & Medicare About Medicare Advantage plans, frustrated doctors, and an old gal who has changed her mind 1,736 123

Gun Control & RKBA Minneapolis mom charged with arming her teen son 213,919 367

Single Payer Health Systems Bipartisan Senate report slams private equity's "detrimental effects" on hospitals 979 90

Congress Trump's push for quick passage of 'one powerful bill' meets realities on Capitol Hill 5,046 113

Religion Clogging and Begetting 327,733 312

Democrats Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82 7,895 155

Election Reform Elections as 'Manhood Competitions': Feminist Political Scientists Reckon With Harris' Loss 3,079 186

Pro-Choice Here's What the Biden Administration Can Do About Abortion Before Trump Takes Office 3,747 135

Occupy Underground Consumers take notice of shrinkflation 11,005 312

Campaigns Elections have consequences. 8,363 137

Gun Control Reform Activism growing up in the 50s in Texas, we never had guns in our home. We felt safe. 14,547 195

Disability This 'morphing' wheel could allow wheelchairs to climb stairs - Reuters 1,723 104

Race & Ethnicity From 1996: Life on the Color Line 1,271 79

Drug Policy I don't recall hearing her say this, but... 3,600 117

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