r/AskUS

Massie just lost his primary for trying to release the files that Trump promised he would release a day after Trump settled a lawsuit for 1.7 billion for a leaked tax return that he claimed he would release. For a guy who claims he had no ties to Epstein, he sure is angry that people are looking into those close to Epstein. Are Republicans the party of protecting pedophiles?

So ever since Roe has been overturned in 2022, abortion has been heavily restricted in a lot of states.

Is there any hope of nationwide legalization of abortion if democrats win in 2028?

I know that congress cannot really force states to remove abortion bans due to federalism but is there any way to do it?

Expand the court? Use funding as a leverage like with the drinking age?

You see it in some movies, English guy starts speaking and suddenly the girls appear out of nowhere. When I was younger I was convinced I should move to the US to have more luck with dating.

Is this even a thing??!

I heard someone started selling bootleg MAGA merch on etsy before the previous election. Made a killing.

It’s a conflict of interest and it’s blatant corruption. He is clearly part of this fucked up Ponzi scheme:

Is it because there’s no one to hold them accountable? Is it because they are pedophile billionaires and those that work for them?

In full transparency, I’ve checked out of political media because it wasn’t good for me so I want to hear from the people. I believe it was last year when they were releasing files in chunks and Reddit was digging into them. Any new findings/arrests/investigations or have we abandoned it?

Trump dropped his legal suit against the IRS, but immediately agreed to a one billion dollar settlement. This billion dollar settlement comes from taxpayer money, i.e., your money and my money. This slush fund, he says, will be used to reimburse individuals who were supposedly wronged by the Biden justice department. In other words, people like the January sixth insurrectionists/rioters, who Trump already pardoned, can now receive cash for their 'inconvenience'. Expect to see people like Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Mark Meadows applying for some of that free money! How can this possibly be right? Corruption at its finest? What say you?

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I moved to the USA (Michigan) from Eastern Europe about two years ago and have heard countless stories about teenagers aged 14-18 regarding under-age drinking and border-line alcoholism.

It's really very sad to heard 17yr old teens say "yeah I've been sober from alcohol for 1 year" or drugs, or whatever else. But it's mostly alcohol I hear.

Is it really this big of a problem everywhere in the US, or is this a problem just in my area? I've seen many videos online with teens getting arrested about this matter as well.

It seems very weird to me because I compare it to the Balkans, where I'm from, and although kids drink from a very early age (a sip at like 5-6 years old, a beer at 12, and properly going out for drinks at 14-15+), no one is really addicted to it and they're bored of it when they reach their early 20s.

Is it the fact that alcohol is difficult to obtain in the US if you're under 21 and it makes it appealing for kids to drink, or is it another problem?