Laravel 5.1 Routes.Php Thinks I Am Not Authorized? - php

Question

so I have an ajax call to a contoller which is logging me in, I know this is working because of Auth::check($user) and the returned cookie data, such as the laravel session cookie.
However, my problem is in my routes.php, I still can't get to the authorized only pages, and keep hitting the welcome view.
My routes.php:
use App\punsmodel;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('google' , [
'as' => 'verify.index',
'uses' => 'verify#verifyIdToken'
]);
if (Auth::guest()) {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});
} else {
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('mainview');
});
Route::get('mainview', function () {
return view('mainviewMolly');
});
});
}
My controller:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Email;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Google_Client;
use Auth;
use App\User;
class verify extends Controller
{
public function verifyIdToken(Request $request)
{
$user = User::where('name', 'Molly')->first();
Auth::login($user);
if (Auth::check($user))
{
return response()->json(['Logged In' => "Yes!"]);
}
}
}
So I do an ajax request to the above controller, which works as I get the json response that says I was logged in, however then when I refresh the homepage, I still get the welcome page not the mainview. Why is this the case?
My ajax request:
$.ajaxSetup({
headers: {
'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
}
});
$.ajax({
method: "POST",
url: "http://mysite.come/google",
data: { email: profile.getEmail(),
id: id_token }
}).done(function() {
$("#google").text("You Are Indeed Who I Thought You Were! :)");
}).fail(function() {
$("#google").text("You Are Not Who I Thought You Were, Please Go Away!");
setTimeout(function() {
window.location = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random";
//}, 4000);
}, 9999999000);
})