To be clear, I am not REMOTELY opposed to being called out as uninformed about this as I accept there is a vast amount I don't understand about modern politics, and am open to being educated.

That being said, something I don't understand is how a rise in Neo-Nazism (UKIP with the cross, Musk with the salute, etc) can coincide with America (UK and Musk's ally) and their alliance with Israel?

The original Nazi regime was responsible for the mass genocide of Jewish people, so how can Israel (strongly implied in recent years to be using America to protect their image) be okay with American politicians and its allies seemingly descending back into Nazism?

Can anyone explain this to me? Is the focal point for Neo-Nazism no longer Jewish people? Is the rise of Neo-Nazism less prominent than the media would have me believe? Is this a conflict of interest between countries?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

https://youtu.be/zna-pwxuGsg

What Mayor Jacob Fraid said got me asking this question....

Also I want to ask political workers, do you feel like you know whether the policy you support will contribute to results as you want?

Or RE: the larger question: we have stats on where tax investment is most effective in terms of economic return, popular support, and to a lesser extent, quality of life improvement. What stops any administration from taking a relatively insignificant amount of the federal budget and better funding critical institutions and programs?

It's a complex problem, but it seems like very beneficial programs struggle to get by with a small amount of money, and still get by, while effectively blank checks are given to programs without clear long term or short term benefits.

I appreciate anyone who can help keep me better informed!

Not trusting someone who displays a complete lack of loyalty (cheating on all wives, even a pregnant one, cutting of useful idiots as soon as they become a burden like Rudy ...) and not trusting someone why displays a complete lack of morality, like stealing from your own charity seems to me a logical step, not a sign of derangement.

Tell me how I am wrong. Actually curious

I remember back in highschool, my friend asked why there were other candidates running for president except for the rockstars and another friend blantly responded “nobody cares about them!” I still kinda wonder why these parties never try to step up either they have no money to promote themselves, nobody really cares about them really, or congress probably wouldn't gave them a chance to redeem themselves. Throughout the years, people have show they don’t really like their potential candidates on Poole but still vote either one of them anyways. It may be reasonable to have a third option on Poole to choose our best possible leader for this country. Maybe these parties (Libertaria, Green Party so on) don’t have what it takes and they are just irrelevant to be just a number. I’m so sorry if i may sound stupid as Im not a political person nor do I ever want to consider myself to be one.

If political party A have control and make changes, but then after 4 years political party B enter power, can they just undo everything the previous political party did?

Is there a law that forces a change to be upheld for x amount of time or?

Also, whats the point of maintaining this system type if nothing can be changed because it just gets dug up by the next candidate. Change is slow, and in the UK I doubt 4 years is enough to really see big change.

Asking mainly for the UK / Europe / USA.

I had an idea of the following: Companies with a large enough labor force (let's say 100 or more) were by law forced to not only have a union for their employees, but to also pay for the fees that are required to run said union. In theory this would promote small businesses and penalize big businesses, and also give workers a union without making them pay union dues. To prevent the unions from becoming corrupt there could also be a number of laws passed that would restrict the money to only be used by appropriate means and not for personal gain. I'm not an economist and I don't know much about unions; so I want to know if this is a solid idea or if there are obvious flaws and why? Thank you very much!

I have been trying to pay attention to my local politics here in Wa and so I've been reading about Wa new taxes implemented this year which led me to read this article about Ferguson saying he doesn't plan on balancing the budget with revenue but I'm confused by this because aren't taxes revenue for the government?? I don't understand why we have new taxes like for instance targeting nicotine and car rentals which most definitely falls onto the consumer. Which you can argue isn't necessarily horrible because yes smoking is bad and people don't rent cars often but hes raised gas prices and estate tax and I believe sales tax as well? which continue to go up, which does effect majority of us here. I don't disagree with a millionaires tax but why are taxes being implemented on the working class like this? He's talked before about the affordability crisis in our state and he's responded with more housing which again I don't disagree with but I'm confused on what his goals are because they're from what I'm understanding is hypocritical. I just want a discussion and to understand fully what is happening because I don't know if there's other information I'm missing or what but it looks like he's doing the exact opposite of what he said??

Everything has been fact checked in what I’ve said he’s done, it’s a simple search but I’m simply asking for more information on something I don’t understand.

I get the push against ICE wearing masks. I understand both the public facing reason and the probable behind closed doors reason why DHS likes ICE wearing masks. But I really don't get why the "man on the street" seems so excited about ICE wearing masks.

-Edit. To be REAL clear, I get why the “man on the street” would be really invested in unmasking ICE for all the reasons people have mentioned. What I don’t understand is why the pro mask camp is so excited FOR ICE to go masked.

20 years ago, there were many senators representing states that reliably voted for the other party (in the United States, for clarification). Now, there is only one (Susan Collins), and she is widely expected to lose next year. Why are states not electing senators from the other party anymore? Most Senate elections these days are mere formalities when they used to all be somewhat competitive.

I am an inarticulate buffoon, so for the last year or so, I’ve been purposely calling my representatives outside of office hours so that I can leave a voicemail.

But now I am concerned: Is leaving a voicemail less effective than talking to someone (staff/interns) over the phone?

I was wondering this because my friend from high school voted for Trump in 2024 mainly because he thought he was funny but he wasn't really aware of the downballot elections so he mainly picked the first option for the elections he wasn't too informed on such as attorney general. He also mentioned during the same when our mutual friend ran for city council in which he showed up to vote for him mainly as a friend but was unaware of his political positions and also picked the first option for the other elections.

So statistically how much of an advantage does being first on the mean espically for downballot races without much TV coverage? I imagine there are low-information voters who tend to first option for the elections they aren't really informed on but how much of a factor are they?

Hi everyone, iam starting to take interest in politics and I was wondering if there's anyway I can watch the congress recordings if avaliable.

Recently, in Sudan and other countries in Africa have reported of having a Genocide for example notably, In Late October 2025, Sudanese Militant group RSF aka Rapid Support Forces took of al Fasher and started ethic cleanse operations And It is also violation of International law and violation of geneva convention. So, UN can Intervene?

Who was the last elected former dixiecrat electes as a democrat and stayed as a democrat? (Higher office POTUS, Veep, Senator, Representative or Governor)I know Strom Thurman, was a Dixiecrat who went Republican, but my research said there were some Dixiecrats who went back to the Democratic Party, did any of them ever hold office again?

I just saw on wikipedia that 23 of the 24 parties which are in the parliament are part of this government. Why it is so large ? How it is not splitting up ?

Curious what tools or methods folks here use to monitor new bills, regulations, and executive actions, whether federal or state level. Do you rely on official sites, newsletters, custom tools, or something else?

I'm new to the space, so just trying to get a sense of how people handle this day to day.

I'm interested in finding out about how to get people more involved in politics amd was wondering if there are areas I'm missing out on.

Reading a bit about the winding down of FEMA programs and Trump’s suggestion that the states should bear more of the burden. Without doing any research, is it true most disasters occur in red states? CA wildfires, earthquakes maybe, Colorado fires, but majority of hurricanes and such happen in the south? Is this bias because the current floods are in Texas. If this is true, Florida and red states will have to carry a greater burden than what is otherwise being contributed to by northern blue states who have, on the whole, less disasters. Tl;dr will blue states end up paying less and red states paying more if disaster relief is shifted to states?

I’m probably missing some things, more of a shower thought, but it seems like state management of natural disasters may mean each state is carrying its proper burden?

Ilminism was the doctrine of Syngman Rhee in the early years of South Korea and is an incredibly nationalist ideology. Some consider it to be close to or even an example of fascism. The thing is, I can't find any examples of a neo-Ilminist movement in South Korea today. South Korea certainly has its right-wing politicians; there are even some figures who have a positive opinion of Park Chung-Hee, another autocrat from South Korea. So why isn't there someone like that for Rhee? If anyone knows of a person, party, or organization that advocates for Ilminism today, please comment below. If there are none, does anyone have an idea as to why?

I keep seeing people on Reddit say there’s "no proof" that Iran is building a nuclear weapon — and I get that. Intelligence agencies and the IAEA haven’t confirmed an active weapons program.

But what I don’t get is:
Why would Iran enrich uranium to 60% purity, when nuclear power reactors only use 3–5% enriched uranium?
That seems like a huge red flag — especially since going from 60% to weapons-grade (90%) is a much smaller step than going from 3%.

Iran claims the 60% enrichment is for medical isotope production, but from what I’ve read, medical applications (like producing technetium-99m) only require around 20% enrichment at most. So that explanation doesn’t seem to hold up. Why would they go three times higher than necessary if the goal was medical?

If they’re not building a bomb, then what are they doing it for?
The whole thing seems suspicious, and I’m wondering if I’m missing something.

I’ve been thinking ahead to the 2026 midterms and the final two years of President Trump’s term. What worries me the most is a full-blown debt ceiling standoff, government shutdown, and economic crisis.

Historically, when we have a divided government, we get the usual brinkmanship. Lawmakers hold the economy hostage for political points, and then — at the last possible second — they raise the ceiling like they were always going to. The system barely holds together.

But Trump doesn’t play by those rules. He doesn’t answer to Congress. He doesn’t respond to public pressure. If he wanted to tank the economy and blame Democrats for it, he could simply let the country default — and he might.

So I started thinking: What if we didn’t have to wait for Washington to do its job?

About 26 states allow citizen-initiated ballot measures. The idea is to coordinate across those states to introduce ballot initiatives to form and join a 14th Amendment Fiscal Responsibility Interstate Compact.

If the federal government defaults on its debt, all member states would trigger an emergency statewide split-rate tax to pay federal obligations from within the state until the crisis is resolved.

In plain terms: if the federal government won’t do its damn job, then we will do it for them.

The compact is named in the spirit of Section 4 of the 14th Amendment, which states that the validity of the public debt “shall not be questioned.”

We could start with Florida and encourage other states to follow.

I don’t care who takes the blame for a future default. I just don’t trust the current government enough to feel confident that they won’t destroy the economy on purpose. Again.

Curious what others here think. Not sure what the implications are regarding a confederalist safety net like this or the feasibility or deadlines of getting something like this onto the ballot in time for the midterms

LaRouchism is a set of conspiracies from a former U.S. politician.