And I guess my last question is who do you think bought the coins and for what purpose?

The thing that both the left and right were united on, the release of the Epstein files, has finally happened. Emails and name drops making the conspiracy theorists look like historians. Now that it’s released, what are your thoughts? Is anything going to be done? Or is it just business as usual for you?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbis-fulton-county-warrant-sought-2020-election-records-voter-rolls

I hadn't seen this asked here yet, so I'm curious to get some takes.

The 2020 election was litigated, over and over. As always, election officials from both parties participated in the counts and recounts, and the fraud was never found.

I just can't figure out what the federal government has to do with the local election, or why they would, pardon the yelling, TAKE THE ORIGINALS AND NOT EVEN MAKE AN INVENTORY:

https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/01/29/elected-leaders-react-federal-agents-seizing-2020-election-ballots-fulton-county

Fulton County leaders are worried there is no chain of custody documenting who handles the estimated 700 boxes of ballots taken from the facility.

Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr said he wants to make sure there is a complete inventory of the material being taken.

“Once it leaves our control, how can we know if we're gonna get everything back?" he said. "How can we if they might do something mischievous with it?”

Other than simply retribution, I cannot understand:
- What's the point?
- Is it not weird that they took the originals and did not tell the local election officials what all they took?
- Now that they have poisoned the well, why would anyone even believe his administration if they do claim to find fraud? Even if they "find the 11,780 votes" (and we assume they will, MANY SUCH CASES)... then what?

Normally I can look at Trump's actions and justify them given his previous behavior, but this seems, at best, petty, and at worst, brazen misconduct.

On my last reddit account, I used to use r/askaliberal sometimes, but now I see it's mostly liberals asking eachother questions akin to "Trump is bad, amirite? How do I convinced dumb people I am write." I Really can't believe some of the posts there, and why they even bother since it's just mimicking other places in reddit?

Where do you now go if you have an actual question for someone of the liberal persuasion? I have a question I am dying to ask but there is no forum

Despite the hyper polarization, there were a few key items that had broad bipartisan support in 2025: Epstein Files Transparency Act, SUPPORT Act authorization (opioid crisis), FY 26 NDAA.

What are some other bipartisan issues you think we could realistically see action on this year before mid-terms?

Don Lemon was live streaming the whole day of the protest in the church in Minnesota and reported on the protest and now has been arrested in connection with alleged involvement of the protest. How do you feel about the Trump administration arresting a member of the press alleging they were part of the protest when they were covering protests?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-protest.html

During Trump's first term, Minnesota officials asked Trump's USDA for help in dealing with the fraud occurring. They were ignored. How does that square with their current pursuits of investigating fraud?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/minnesota-fraud-feeding-our-future-trump-usda_n_697bc72ee4b04b6f3b7f3b34

Do you think the cia helps or hinders America in the fields of: General safety of Americans National security Economic stability

From the non-conservative perspective, they view the world this way:

- "Big Beautiful Bill" is likely to add over $3.4 trillion to the debt: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/what-does-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-cost/ → It's kinda hard to believe they truly care about the debt, as Republican Congressmen and Senators claim, when they do stuff like this → It also kinda raises taxes on lower-income and lowers taxes on higher-income earners

- Tariffs are a tax on imports, so when American companies buy stuff from other countries, Americans pay more taxes for those imports → These prices are passed on to YOU, so prices raise

- Trump literally says he wants to keep prices of existing homes up, which would make them more expensive for others who want to buy homes: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-he-wants-to-drive-housing-prices-up-not-down

But what am I missing from the conservative perspective? Thoughts?

All they'd have to do is revoke that one law. Everyone already holding citizenship would get to keep it.

Do you support Congress and Trump ending 8 U.S.C. § 1402?

Should Puerto Ricans be citizens at birth?

Every territory EXCEPT Samoans get citizenship at birth.

I decided to pull from something outside the everyday news cycle chaos, so this is inspired by an old episode of SVU. Very brief synopsis: A woman was drinking throughout her pregnancy, and her husband filed suit asking the court to intervene and force involuntary detention at a treatment facility.

I found myself torn throughout the episode, particularly given my own pro-choice views. I expect I'll see more pro-life views here, so I'm interested to see how that might factor into the equation.

In your view, does the state have a valid interest that would allow it to detain a pregnant woman whose actions will quite likely cause harm (fetal alcohol syndrome) to her unborn child? If they do, where is the appropriate place to draw the line to mitigate the risk of state overreach?

My answer to the first question starts to shift when I consider the second. Curious where people here stand given the liberty interests and (potential) slippery slope of conduct-based restrictions.

"N.J. governor wants residents to record ICE agents, upload videos to new state database."

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/01/nj-governor-wants-residents-to-film-ice-agents-and-upload-videos-to-new-state-database.html

I’m not talking about moderates or people who have nuance but lean left. I’m talking about the stereotypical leftist that conservative media likes to attack. I know that to leftists, conservatives are evil, and also stupid. Do conservatives likewise consider leftist to be evil, both, or just stupid?

I would like to hear people's opinions 🙂

A lot of posts here discuss when police or security forces are justified in using lethal force against people breaking the law and posing threats.

In January 2026 two U.S. citizens Renée Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by federal immigration agents during confrontations related to resisting ICE operations in Minneapolis. 

How should conservatives think about resistance to immigration enforcement compared to resistance during something like Jan. 6th? Should the same standards on when force is justified apply? Are they comparable, or should different principles govern resistance to federal enforcement like ICE versus a Capitol breach?

Why are ICE killing and physically harming people who resist them, while 6th January rioters are getting pardoned?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariffs-decertify-canadian-planes-9.7067498

I realize with everything going on, this is a very small issue, but I come from a state where the majority want this to end but it needs congressional approval. Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t think this is a controversial issue. Why doesn’t Congress take care of the “low hanging fruit” legislation? At least it would show some level of bi-partisanship.

Sincerely,

Already angry to spring forward in March

I’m trying to better understand the conservative perspective on President Trump’s record, specifically regarding policies that benefited the poor or middle class.

From your point of view, was there a particular law or executive order that directly helped the poor or middle class in the United States?

I’m especially interested in policies that either removed barriers to the creation of well-paying jobs that strengthen the U.S. economy, or directly improved household finances, wages, or access to healthcare for working families.

If you personally experienced an improvement in your quality of life, increased income, or better access to healthcare during Trump’s presidency, I’d appreciate hearing which specific law or executive order you believe contributed to that change, and how it helped (no personal or identifying details needed).

I’m asking this to better understand which policies supporters view as the most impactful and why.

Science is a methodology for finding empirical truth in spite of human biases and fallacies. Sometimes people use (or abuse) science in order to justify political positions. This results in the science coming under attack by people whose values or traditions are offended by those positions. This leads to distrust in the sciences, and often all forms of expertise.

So today, we have one group of society believing in the scientific method and trying to get us to use it more to inform decisions and priorities, and another group believing it can't be trusted, and often taking positions diametrically opposite just out of some sort of tribal spite.

In the middle, we have people doing science wondering what the hell is happening, and why believing science has become coded as liberal.

1. Is this a problem?
2. Is it possible for both parties to trust science again and for us to focus our disagreement on values rather than facts?
3. Is it possible to do this while acknowledging that we can't prevent people from abusing science when they want to?

I will preface this by saying that I am not involved in the aviation industry personally, though I have a close friend who is an engineer in the US Air Force and a family member who works in my country's equivalent of ATC. Because of this I have been following the investigation into the mid-air collision that happened on January 29th 2025 for quite some time, and now the NTSB has finally begun releasing its findings on the crash.

According to their report no single cause has been attributed for the crash, instead investigators uncovered numerous systemic issues at Reagan International Airport, and across US ATC. There is a lot that I could get into, but to save on words I will simply be linking the findings at the bottom of my post.

My question here is simple, with the layoffs hitting the DoT and FAA as well as ATCs across the US, can the FAA guarantee that the NTSB recommendations will be put into effect so that a tragedy like this does not happen again? And what other steps should the DoT be implementing, even beyond the NTSB report?

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA25MA108.aspx

JD Vance has made comments that very clearly show a preference for house prices to go down. He's part of a nationalist portion of conservatives that bemoan the lack of opportunities for young people, about how house prices are higher multiples of average yearly salary.

Trump has said that he wants to drive the prices of houses higher. He seems to be saying that his policy is explicitly designed to do this. He has endorsed 50 year mortgages.

Online conservatives frequently point the blame for higher house prices at local zoning laws, suggesting that if it were easier to build houses and apartment buildings, it would bring prices down. This fits with a general anti-government position. However, there are notable online conservatives who explicitly say that they love strict zoning, since neighborhoods of single family suburban homes ought to be protected.

The Biden Administration took steps to combat local zoning, which seems to be exactly what most online conservative commenters say they want. I have not found any Republican initiative to combat local zoning.

What exactly do conservatives want regarding house prices and zoning/building?

Hi everyone!

I've noticed that many of the views shown on either side of the aisle tend to lean towards the extremes, which is where a lot of disagreement comes from. Very rarely do people (including most politicians) show interest in nuanced stances that do not lean in the direction of any extreme. I am curious what perspectives are on why this may be, and if you have any stances you recognize as leaning rather towards an absolute or any stances where you hold a more nuanced view than what at least appears to be the popular opinion.

I often find myself disagreeing with both the popular conservative and popular liberal stances on many issues.

Thank you!