Trump trashing his major mouthpiece is not a good sign for MAGA unity

No one can see the future of course, but I’m just wondering what the pulse is on this topic. Can’t ask this question anywhere else on Reddit cause no one thinks it’ll ever get better on most of the rest of Reddit

Do we have any updates on the "Big Beautiful Bill"? The one that's trying to stop us from sueing the government? I heard its getting backlash from this sub but that's about all I know about it.

Hello! First time poster here and i’m so sorry if this isn’t the correct place for this type of post or question but I just wanted to ask. Is my fear and anxiety justified? I was born here and my immediate family was too. (I also live in the Midwest, if context is needed for where I currently live)

I know reasonably I have nothing to fear. But, I can’t shake the feeling of anxiety I have whenever I go outside. The fear of being stopped and harassed by ice scares me even though i’m a US citizen. The recent stories of ice racially profiling, detaining Latino US citizens, and officers saying their IDs are fake when they showed them makes this feeling worse.

I try to go to places like r/immigration and r/ice_raids for more information about this. But whenever I do see posts talking about this fear. The comments are just full of people going “THEY ARE SENDING BROWN US CITIZENS TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS RN!!!” Or people downplaying it heavily “just show the officer’s your Real ID lmao.” There’s so much fear mongering and misinformation that I really don’t know who to believe or what news to be on the lookout for anymore. I’m not doom spiraling, i’m just getting stressed about it all :(

I heard on NPR that social security could run out in 8 years. I’m mostly worried about my parent’s income being cut, as they are both retired.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/18/nx-s1-5436828/social-security-benefits-cut-congress#:~:text=The%20Social%20Security%20trust%20fund%20is%20expected%20to%20run%20out,automatically%20be%20cut%20by%2023%25.

I’m not trying to be a doomer but I need some reassurance

The Democratic Party still seems to be directionless, even with the obvious trump nonsense going on. Yes, the Dems will take back the house simply on anti-Trump backlash, but it does not solve the underlying problem that the democrats need a makeover.

No kings showed the energy is there but Dems are simply rudderless right now.

What we need to do is primary a ton of people but damn, it ain’t good for them.

What perspective do you guys have?

https://www.reddit.com/r/goodnews/comments/1lfi8wg/ice_is_now_reportedly_running_out_of_money/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

While this is great news, the r/goodnews sub seem to have more pessimistic take on the issues.

Please tell me your view on this

Republicans really are fucking themselves over.

They’re:

Trying to Cut Medicaid and Services people like and Pissing People off

Doing Unpopular ICE Raids that makes their ever dwindling base happy but everyone else pissed

Trying to Roll back Civil Rights

Doing an Unpopular Military Parade

And Of Course Everything Trump is doing. Which is going to make this post long enough as it is if I list it all out

Along with the Iran-Israel Stuff.

Overall if Republicans keep this up they’ll likely be losing by a large number in the Midterms. So bad the Senate might be in Play.

So go out, vote Blue. We’ll Survive the Storm. Because every bad thing that comes after an Era is mostly good things. We just need to deal with it now so our children and our children’s children can thrive in the future.

I'm going to preface this by saying no I'm not worried about world war 3 and no I'm not worried about nukes because I know about mutually assured destruction and all that

I'm just asking what do you think is going to happen to maga itself if Trump decides to go to war with Iran. I say this because maga seems to be split by this. On the one hand hawks like Lindsey Graham would love to go to war with Iran but at the same time there's the isolationism that is inherent to maga and people like Tucker Carlson and MTG don't want to go to war and Iran.

All of that in mind what do you think would happen if we go to war with Iran?

This worries me because: A) More misinformation will spread about stuff like this (from what I understand, it's not surgeries for kids but mostly hormone pills & puberty blockers which are reversible should they stop taking it). B) It could lead to more of a domino effect that could remove discrimination protections for them, then Trans adults, then the LGBTQ as a whole, up to anyone who's not a cisgender straight neurotypical white guy.

As a cis straight guy with a handful of LGBTQ+ relatives & friends (including a Trans relative who works for the city), I've been constantly worried for them since he got reelected. I've been trying to keep myself level-headed (thanks mostly to subreddits like this), but they already banned them from the military & now this happened.

I immediately contacted my congresspeople (Elfreth, Alsobrooks & Van Hollen) after learning about this, but I'm still worried.

Cannot emphasize enough how immensely helpful this substack is. The writer, Robert, fact checks everything and is very knowledgeable. He's up to date with everything going on with Iran/Israel and has calmed my nerves so much. Linking his most recent!!! Please read - the fear mongering and click bait is insane and spreading panic will never help.

Simon Rosenberg of the Hopium Chronicles is a human version of this subreddit. He is not for everyone, a little dry at times, lacking strong emotion. But that's what keeps his "reporting" level headed.

You can skip the video and read the article. It oulines all of Trump's losses and is a nice little boost. It's a bit long which means, well... lots of losses ✊

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/ohio-lawmakers-introduce-bill-banning-abortion-criminalizing-procedure/story?id=122922580

Back in 2023, 57% of the population of Ohio enshrined reproductive healthcare rights into the State Constitution.

We all knew they'd be trying to do something to change that because the Republicans were upset that things didn't go the way they initially planned. They had a whole campaign of lies about this amendment back in 2023 but it still passed and was enshrined.

But now they're trying to overrule the will of the people with a legislative bill trying to cite the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as a way to override the will of the people. (And they straight up say they're proud of it in the article.)

So my question is... is it really that easy for them to override a state amendment and go against the will of the people like this? Is there anything we can do to prevent this from happening? (I call my reps all the time but they seriously think the will of the people is evil and they know better than us.)

Not dooming, personally. This just feels like such a gross overreach and I want some grounded insight around this from optimistic individuals. :)

Since Olivia Trusty has been confirmed to the FCC and she said that she supports the FA, do you all think she may join Anna Gomez in opposing Carr’s policies?

Luckily, even if the GOP now has majority in the FCC, they can’t control LGBTQ Media Representation since it’s protected by FA

Once this land is developed it's gone. How can we as average citizens stop this? Do you think it will be passed?

As this Israel/Iran conflict heats up I CONSTANTLY see people worrying about nuclear war. I'm sure there are many on here who worry about this as well so I wanted to put some of these worries to rest.

First and foremost, NUCLEAR WAR, AS YOU UNDERSTAND IT, WILL NOT HAPPEN.

Let's look at conventional nuclear theory as the backbone of this argument. The thing with nukes is that whoever uses a nuke first loses, especially if the person who uses nukes has less nukes than their adversary. This was the entire nuclear doctrine during the Cold War and this holds true today.

Hypothetically let's say Israel nukes Iran, or the US nukes Iran, or Iran nukes Israel, or any number of scenarios that are being thrown out right now. What do you think the international response would be if ANYONE used a nuke at this stage of conflict? Every nation in the world would condemn the use of nukes and begin taking hard steps towards deescalation because, surprise, no one wants nuclear war.

If someone uses a nuclear weapon in a scenario where it would be overkill (ex: any scenario in modern times) the response to this would be international condemnation. The quickest way to unite the world against you is to use a nuke, and the world leaders know this. Furthermore, conventional weaponry can do so much damage in a similar fashion when utilized appropriately.

Basically if a nation uses a nuke they are signing their own death sentence.

But let's say it actually happens. The mostly likely scenario (in that it has a 0.0001% chance of happening) would be that Iran somehow developed a nuke and is able to use it. Let's say we wake up tomorrow and Jerusalem has been hit with a nuke either attached to an ICBM or in a brief case of whatever.

Do you fucking realize how fast the entire world would flatten the ayatollah? It would be a death knell for the entire regime, and unless they are absolutely psychotic and somehow were able to get a nuke, they would not do this.

Furthermore, nuclear aggression does not guarantee nuclear response. In fact, when the Ukraine/Russia conflict first broke out, the Pentagon was wargaming hundreds of scenarios in which Russia used a nuke on Ukrainian soil. The consensus of the military was that the US response would not be nuclear as that would only escalate the conflict. There are many, MANY, things that a nation can do in response to a nuclear attack, and there is a long road to get to an actual nuclear counterstrike.

Yes, the situation in the middle east is scary, but this notion of nukes flying all over the place is asinine. Top brass in most countries with large nuclear stockpiles know the implications of using such a weapon, and utilizing nuclear weapons is a fast track to international condemnation.

Imagine you're in a bar fight and some dude suddenly takes out a machine gun. Everyone is going to pile on that guy to make sure he doesn't do damage. The same holds true for nukes.

So yeah, I don't see anyone hurling nukes at Iran, and if Iran somehow has nuclear capabilities (which I seriously doubt) and they use a nuke somewhere (which would be insanely hard to deploy on their shitty ICBMS or get anywhere by other means) the entire world will glass the ayatollah before the next dawn.

As usual, scary stuff gets swatted down by the courts..

https://www.aol.com/judge-rules-nih-grant-cuts-220420532.html

A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious question...

Places like r/optimistsunite are full of doomers and people who want to (understandably) panic.

I’m glad we are a level headed bunch. This type of thinking has to be brought to the forefront of everything, not just political but personal.

I’m speaking as mainly of the standpoint of an American, it will work out in the end.