Opinion Today we are all Nostradumasses (the unofficial 2026 predictions thread)

[Alpha_T83]

By the end of the year it is obvious that Russia can no longer continue the war long-term, and will not achieve its aims.

Bitcoin will crash to 40-60k USD.

Trump becomes a lame duck president after the midterms, and his lieutenants start resigning and abandoning ship.

 

[Satsui Ryu]

Not much actual legislation will occur. Dems will break the dominant position the GOP has in the legislative branch in the midterms solidifying Trump's lame duck status. Epstein will continue to be the main topic of the news as the whole thing will be dragged out forever and because of this the US will be peppering random targets around the world with bombs to take attention away from the topic.

 

[HereticBD]

Russia/Ukraine war ends

Epstein files produce nothing of note

US economy surges

Dems barely squeak out a House victory, leaving them as perplexed as Republicans were in 2022

Blue Jays lose to the Dodgers in the World Series on a blown call. Toronto riots like the Philly fans they are

Israel officially takes control of Gaza

GTA VI gets delayed again

 

[Deaths Head]

Don Johnson still won’t get his money back .

 

[LangfordBarrow]

My prediction: TDS will continue through 2028.

I don't think quite that long. Just into 2027, when Trump is impeached, after a '26 Blue Wave leads to a Democrat supermajority in both the House and Senate.

 

[toasty]

This had the potential to be a cool thread and engaging, but you are ridiculously obsessed with Trump man. It's an illness. I was gonna engage up until point 4 then thought, nah can't be arsed with this guy.

fair criticism renaissance man....here are some non trumpian predictions in the hope you will now be arsed.

Underwater mining and warfare will be a huge focus of the tech sector. The need for rare earth minerals and the fact they are laying on the bottom of the ocean has not gone unnoticed - "Underwater nodules, also called polymetallic or manganese nodules, are potato-sized mineral concretions found on deep ocean floors, rich in manganese, nickel, copper, and cobalt, vital for batteries and renewable tech, forming extremely slowly (millimeters per million years) around a core, serving as unique habitats for deep-sea life, and are a focus of deep-sea mining interest despite environmental concerns.

Andruil, lead by Palmer Luckey, will become a huge defense player via expertise in drone warfare

The Jaguars will make the super bowl this year but get destroyed by the rams in a boring rout

BTC will stay range bound between 100 and 75K. Being relatively flat to negative two years in a row will lessen interest in it. ALT coins will be down for the year and the outflows of $'s will be steady and significant

Somone earlier said Biden will pass and that struck me as very likely.

Ukraine will cede territory to Russia for peace. What happens from there I have no clue.

@idrankyourbeer will replace @Andy Capp as president of the war room after a spirited race against @HereticBD

 

[Andy Capp]

1) One or more countries will either leave or get kicked out of the EU

2) Alberta will make a serious attempt to leave Canada

3) Israel & Iran will go at it once more, and Israel will go crying to Uncle Sam again like last time when they got their asses whooped

4) US will stage a bunch of coups in Asia to try & start proxy wars to put pressure on China

5) Trump will fall victim to the Zelensky handshake curse

Define "serious" in this context, please. They had to weaken the rules for referenda just to get started. If the measure is almost certain to fail (IMHO) can it be considered serious?

Anyway, I agree that it's likely the referendum will occur, unfortunately.

 

[fedoriswar37]

Define "serious" in this context, please. They had to weaken the rules for referenda just to get started. If the measure is almost certain to fail (IMHO) can it be considered serious?

Anyway, I agree that it's likely the referendum will occur, unfortunately.

The federal government owns most of their national parks. Poorly thought put separation plan by Alberta who probably just wants to ruffle feathers more then anything.

 

[Fluffernutter]

Herein lies madness

Who here has the guts post what you think will happen in 2026?

0- Epstein files will lead to absolutely 0 arrests or convictions as the redactions will flow all year and conspiracy after conspiracy theory will abound but fuck all will come from all of it due to a subservient DOJ

1- G Max gets her sentence commuted....Trump will go with the hey it ain't a full pardon excuse when he hand waves it away

2- Blue Wave midterms due to Trump fatigue

3- Trump will not be president on 1/1/27. Not sure if illness, cognitive decline or impeachment will be the reason but his 200 post Christmas Truthing including the one about having our last Merry Christmas, makes me think that he knows something and as a narcissist he can't imagine anyone being happy without him in power.

4- Trump will add at least two impeachment attempts to his already impressive world record, putting it so far out of reach that it will be renamed Trumpeachment and his record will never be threatened let alone broken

5- The Trump family's many investment scams will continue their relentless march to $0 These include stocks DJT ABTC PEW and Crypto Trump, WLFI and Melania coins. Check the charts for all of them in 2025 this is not so much a prediction as just an anti momentum play

6- Toasty will get at least 1 vote in next year's WR awards thread, perhaps best non-human poster, or most likely to come out of his fetal position.

Yours?

Fuck, I got Trump fatigue just reading that.

1) We will see a statistical increase in student athlete graduation rates due to NIL.

2) 5% of colleges will close this year due to lack of enrollment and funding

3) Skydance wins the bidding war with Netflix over WB.

4) corporations that develop AI will start getting government bailouts

5) utility prices continue to soar (see #4)

6) Penn State continues their winning streak on the mat.

7) water conservation become more intense at the micro level. We will see less lawns being planted in yards.

8) Dems win back the House, no matter how much gerrymandering goes on.

9) i will not have seen the movie that wins best picture Oscar

10) The Mariners finally make the World Series

 

[Andy Capp]

The federal government owns most of their national parks. Poorly thought put separation plan by Alberta who probably just wants to ruffle feathers more then anything.

A segment of the Alberta population has wanted to be Texas-North for decades. The current government is continually striving to pander to these morons to stay in power despite knowing the damage that would be done should the measure pass, however unlikely that may be. It's playing with fire for political gain and it's disgusting.

It's not about rustling feathers; it's about making disloyal morons happy to vote conservative just because they've swallowed their fill of ragebait about the federal government.

 

[jimmas99]

Fuentes will become the new thought leader of the right, and his views on race and related issues are likely to enter the GOP mainstream.

 

[PBAC]

AI will allow new indy creatives to directly compete with major blockbuster movies ending the sequel, spinoff, adaptation cycle

 

[Anewt]

A online cult will form lauding our ai overlords. Filled with bots and some dumb people

Japan arms vessels with offensive weapons again.

Australia creates more online law and digital ids. Some countries follow suit.

Comet will be confirmed to strike the moon or earth in 2032

Xi ping will announce his succesor

Australia knocks usa put of groupstage in world cup. Hilarity ensues

Netanyhu and right wing coalition fail in retaining power

Ukraine russia in peace deal.. nobody is happy or "wins"

And the most likely

Rich get richer. Poor get poorer

 

[Absolut]

Scotus will outlaw interracial marriage. Majority opinion written by Thomas, the shortest ever, will just have a picture of Ginni.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

-The economy will continue to do great

-Wages will shoot through the roof

-The Marines will go into the inner cities and totally waste all the ne'er do wells

-The 80 million illegals will get expelled

-Spanish will only be heard when you travel to a Spanish-speaking country

 

[Other]

Not a prediction, just wishful thinking....

I hope Kool-aid makes a comeback in 2026

 

[curryjunkie]

Fuentes will become the new thought leader of the right, and his views on race and related issues are likely to enter the GOP mainstream.

i sure hope not, his views have already entered the mainstream though, i think the GOP will lose members to the far right after losing in 28, much like the tories did in the UK after getting kicked out, now the looney reform party seems to be the major opposition to labour, it depends how badly trump fucks things up though, jd vance isnt getting the oval office unless trump dies suddenly before his term ends or gets seriously ill, thats my main prediction.

 

[KnightTemplar]

- Trump will hit Iran again. Probably with greater force than last year. This will inevitably lead to conflict spreading throughout the Middle East, and a rise in terror attacks in the West.

- The British Government will lurch from one scandal/crisis to another. Reform will become the party of choice for many former Tories, while the Greens will scoop up disaffected left-wing voters.

- The former Prince Andrew will die under suspicious circumstances. Officially, his death will be ruled a suicide brought on by the strain of the Epstein Files.

- Speaking of which: not a single person who abused the girls Epstein trafficked will go to jail.

- Political violence will increase in the US, with assassination attempts of both Republicans and Democrats. Both sides will, of course, blame the other while denying any culpability themselves.

- Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods, blizzards etc will become more commonplace. LA will suffer more devastating wild fires.

- Massive earthquakes in Asia, with China and Japan suffering the worst damage. Three Gorges Dam collapses, causing massive flooding. San Francisco is hit by, "the Big One".

- A peace agreement will be signed by Russia and Ukraine, ending the war but pleasing neither side. Shortly afterwards, Putin will fall out of a window...

- King Charles will abdicate on grounds of ill health. Prince William becomes King.

- Another Pandemic. Efforts to impose more Lockdowns will be met with violent resistance.

- Terror attack during the FIFA World Cup.

- Democrats sweep the Midterms. Angry and increasingly isolated, unable to shake the Epstein allegations, Trump decides to go for broke and orders the release of all US Military files pertaining to UFO's. This conclusively proves that not only did the US Government know about intelligent Alien life, they've actually met and signed treaties with them.

- An Islamic terror attack on the Vatican kills the Pope along with many other innocent victims. In retaliation, extremist Catholics carry out attacks on innocent Muslims, kicking off a cycle retaliatory violence.

 

[UberHere]

Major economic crash by the end of the year.

Between all the layoffs and healthcare cuts…. Bubbles will burst

 

[Rhood]

1. Minimum wage will remain at $7.25/hr until 2028 or 2030

2. Inflation will rise again in 2026
Minimum wage workers will have to work 2 hours in order to pay for a combo meal at McDonald's. Forget about eating at Five Guys, because eating a combo meal in 2026 after another inflation rise will cost an entire shift pay.

3. Health Insurance premiums skyrocket, which encourages other companies not related to the healthcare industry to raise prices higher too. This is the domino effect.

4. The Heritage Foundation will find new & creative ways to keep fucking America over & over again.

5. A Charlie Kirk statue will be built somewhere in America, followed by a Charlie Kirk memorial built as a tourist attraction.

6. Trump's face will be chiseled into Mt. Rushmore