The white nationalist group Patriot Front marched today in DC.
What do you think of Patriot Front and white nationalist or white supremacist groups like them? Do you think they are good representations of either MAGA or of the right more broadly? Are you glad they exist? Or do you wish they’d just go back under a rock?
If so, what would you have done differently?
Question is in the tittle.
In the 2020 Presidential election I voted for Trump, but when Biden became president I wasn't too concerned because he seemed like a moderate Leftist (at least from what I saw when he was Vice President). Fast forward a year into his term as President and I was furious at what he done between the Afghan withdrawal and allowing the Ukraine War to begin, which caused gas prices to skyrocket and general inflation to become worse due to his other policies. I was remembering the blissful $2/gallon of gasoline in late 2020 (which I now realize was due to the pandemic rather than Trump's policies).
By the end of Biden's term the economy had bounced back and gasoline was back down to reasonable prices. I will concede that while he had destroyed the USA in many ways he was able to lead the country back to decent economic standing.
Trump has implemented tariff's that have spiked prices. I am waiting to give my input on whether they are failures or successful until we can see the long term ramifications of them. The same goes for the Iran war, which caused massive fuel costs to increase, and personslly, as someone who drives for a living, it put me on the edge of bankruptcy. Perhaps it was justified, but time will tell. Maybe Iran was truly ready to nuke us. I will defer my input until many years have gone by. The Iraq war seemed justified at the time but now we generally regret it.
Who had a worse economy: Trump or Biden?
Outside of Trump, who do you admire, and why?
Politics is still out there happening, but in this little corner of the sub we will leave it behind momentarily and talk about other aspects of our lives.
Bonus question for everyone! How are you celebrating Independence Day?
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Talk about anything except politics, other subreddits, or r/AskTrumpSupporters. Rules 2 and 3 are suspended.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo
What are your thoughts on Trump profiting over $1 billion from the crypto industry?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-poland-attack-nato-ukraine-b3008157.html
Do you believe this analysis to be feasible?
Is Putin being emboldened by the US position on Ukraine?
What response should NATO have should this come to pass?
Should it change anything with regard to Ukraine support?
A few questions there, merely to prompt, feel free to answer or just give your own general thoughts.
As in the title.
What policy/position/opinion do you most agree with the democrats on? (Or perhaps are even further left than them on.)
Have the republicans/other conservatives moved closer or further away from your position in the last decade?
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein told to 'just say aye' in awkward Senate committee moment > During a Senate Appropriations Committee markup of bills Thursday morning, Feinstein seemed to stumble on a vote. Instead of saying the expected response of “aye” or “nay,” she began to deliver a speech expressing her support of the measure: “I would like to support a ‘yes’ vote on this. It provides $823 billion ...” > > About 15 seconds into Feinstein’s speech, an aide whispered in her ear. Committee chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., then told Feinstein: “Just say aye.”
A Congresswoman With Dementia Stopped Coming to Work. The DC Press Corps Never Noticed.
> In 2023, a small website called The Dallas Express picked up a startling allegation: Texas Rep. Kay Granger, one of the most powerful GOP members of Congress, was struggling with dementia. > > For months, she’d been living in an assisted-living facility in Texas that also includes memory care. A reporter was sent to the facility. “We fully expected them to just basically escort him out,” Putnam said. “But no, they sent a representative out and they acknowledged it.”
Missing US congressman explains mysterious four-month absence
> A Republican congressman who missed dozens of votes while on unexplained medical leave has said he was in hospital for depression during his 142-day absence. > > "I was given the diagnosis of depression," New Jersey's Tom Kean said in remarks on the House floor after returning to work on Tuesday. "It is physical, it is emotional and, until you've experienced it yourself, it is difficult to fully understand how powerful this illness can be."
Mitch McConnell Was Found Unconscious Before He Was Rushed to Hospital
> Senator Mitch McConnell was found unconscious before he was rushed to the hospital last month. > > Punchbowl News reports that the former Senate majority leader, who is retiring after his current term ends in January, lost consciousness at his Washington, D.C., home at 8:36 a.m. on June 14, before a dispatcher sent over an Advanced Life Support ambulance. Journalist Desiree Townsend posted a recording of the call from the emergency dispatcher Tuesday afternoon to X.
What are your thoughts on these situations where a sitting member of Congress maintains their seat while either being severely mentally impaired or physically absent for months?
Should an absence of X days automatically unseat the Congressperson and trigger a special election for their replacement? What would you like such a rule to be?
The Supreme Court ruled today that birthright citizenship is legal, so if you're born in the US, you're a citizen. News reports are labeling this as going against what Trump wants, and I've looked at some previous comments on this reddit page and it appears that a lot of you guys are against it too. If you're against that, what do you think should determine citizenship, and why?
This is mostly about birthright citizenship and mail in ballots, but I’d be happy to hear about any of the recent rulings. Do you agree or disagree with any specifically? Why do you feel that way?
I apologize if you disagree with the specific news articles, they were easy to find without clear paywalls and I wanted to have easy reference for these two decisions.
Birthright citizenship
Mail in ballot
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/supreme-court-mail-in-ballots-election-ruling
Are you okay with the Trump family continuing to cash in on government deals? Or even the lutnick family? Please see the synopsis and link below
“The Trump administration cut a billion-dollar tungsten deal with Kazakhstan. Tungsten is the metal we need for missile warheads, fighter jets, and computer chips. Trump himself got on the phone to close it. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick worked it from the inside, sending letters, leaning on the Kazakh president, lining up as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing.
Within weeks of those negotiations, investors tied to a firm partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump took a 20% stake in an entity connected to the very same Kazakhstan project their father was negotiating. Around that same time, Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm run by Lutnick’s own sons, raised $210 million for a partner in the deal and pocketed the fees.
The fathers set the policy. The sons cashed in.
Six days after the Trump sons and their partners moved their money, Lutnick signed the final deal.
The reporting found one or both families have financial ties to at least 14 companies working with the government on critical mining deals.
The total federal funding flowing toward those companies tops $8.9 billion.”
I don’t know how to share the gift article without the original X post which shows opinions within the context, but here it is. https://x.com/mikelevin/status/2071290309799989427?s=46&t=fuW3GEgqxbZPjXYsbWeyzw
With the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter officially overturning the 91-year-old precedent set in Humphrey’s Executor (1935), the court has solidified that the President possesses broad constitutional authority to terminate the heads of most independent regulatory agencies (such as the FTC) at will. Combined with recent legal movements regarding the status of career civil servants, the line between traditional cabinet departments and "independent" agencies has largely blurred.
Historically, Congress designed these independent agencies to sit slightly outside direct presidential politics. While they are technically part of the Executive Branch—where Article II vests all executive power in the President—they were intentionally insulated for specific reasons.
A few major historical examples of why agency independence was considered vital:
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC): When Congress created the FTC in 1914, it wanted a bipartisan body to enforce antitrust laws and protect consumers. The goal was to ensure that massive corporate mergers or monopoly investigations were handled based on market economics and legal merits, rather than whether a corporation’s CEO was a major campaign donor to whoever happened to sit in the White House.
The Federal Reserve: The nation’s central bank is tasked with managing monetary policy, interest rates, and inflation. Economists have long argued that if a President could fire a Fed Chair at-will, they might pressure the Fed to artificially lower interest rates right before an election to boost the economy short-term, leading to severe, destructive long-term inflation. (Note: The Supreme Court did grant a temporary carve-out keeping Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook protected for now while lower court litigation proceeds).
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) & SEC: These bodies act quasi-judicially. They referee complex disputes between labor/management and police Wall Street fraud. Congress intended their staggered, bipartisan terms to prevent a total flip in enforcement rules every four years, providing stability for the American economy.
The legal counter-argument—which the current Supreme Court majority agreed with—is that a "headless fourth branch" of government answerable to nobody violates the separation of powers. The Unitary Executive theory dictates that because the President is ultimately accountable to the voters, any subordinate exercising executive power must be accountable to the President.
Questions for Supporters:
Do you believe there is still a legitimate role for "independent" agencies, or should every federal entity operate directly under the at-will control of the Executive?
If agencies like the FTC, SEC, or the Federal Reserve lose their independence entirely, are you concerned about economic instability when enforcement rules completely shift from administration to administration?
How do you balance the democratic need for presidential accountability with the practical need for non-partisan, technical expertise in running specialized government functions?
As the war in Ukraine slogs along well into its fifth year (four years and change), both sides are struggling but still arguably making some inroads.
On one hand, Russia still maintains a population advantage, and is arguably still pushing forward, albeit slowly, in places such as Konstantinivka. Their more recent infiltration tactics seem to at least ostensibly be working to break the deadlock in the static front lines.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w2g0ewk95o
On the other side of the equation, Ukraine has been taking more territory than it lost last month, and has been effectively isolating Crimea while hurting Russia’s oil production, leading to fuel restrictions across many parts of Russia.
So, back to the question at hand. It feels as though the war will reach a terminal phase at some point in the next year or two - how are you feeling about it? Are you surprised or impressed at Ukraine still holding out? Do you think they’re doomed? How do you feel about Putin? Are you happy that the US pulled most of its support of Ukraine when it did, or do you wish we’d support Ukraine more? Any other thoughts you have on the topic?
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BBC - "A Texas education panel has approved plans to make Bible stories mandatory for all five million public school students in the state, sparking a row about separation of church and state.
The required readings, which don't come into effect until 2030, include Bible passages about Adam and Eve and from the book of Exodus, where God speaks to Moses through a burning bush."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8m2xkg84o
DALLAS (AP) - "Texas’ education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories, widening conservative efforts to bring Christian teachings into U.S. classrooms.
The state-mandated list of assigned reading — which includes Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and excerpts from the New Testament — appeared to be among the first of its kind of the nation and will take effect starting in 2030."
Fox - "The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list Friday that includes passages from the Bible, marking the latest effort by conservative officials to expand Christian teachings in public schools.
The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-5, with one abstention, to approve the required reading list for the state's more than 5 million public school students."
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116818397307589675
What do you think about trump changing the US passport to include a photo of himself on top of the Declaration of Independence? Should every president do this? Do you believe there is any symbolism in the composition?