More unbelievable #gaslighting:
#JDVance made the argument that #Trump is “a genuine humanitarian,” & said “he just wants the killing to stop.”
Right, the guy deporting #children with #cancer who are #UScitizens, sending #asylum seekers to #CECOT & now #Libya, separating #families, canceling #funding to combat #InfectiousDisease & to make heart pumps for #babies w/ heart defects, yeah he’s a real #humanitarian. Go fuck yourself JD.
#Threats against #judges & their #families “are ultimately threats to constitutional government. It’s as simple as that,”US Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, chair of a #security cmte for the federal #judiciary’s policy arm, said.
The judiciary has emerged as a powerful constraint on a range of #Trump’s initiatives, from dismantling #FederalAgencies to #deporting migrants & targeting #LawFirms. As Trump defies court orders, #legal scholars warn the country may already be in a #ConstitutionalCrisis
As #Trump & his allies call for #judges to be impeached or attack them as “radical left” political foes, the #families of judges are being singled out for #harassment.
Since Trump returned to power, at least 60 judges or appeals courts have slowed or blocked some of his admin’s initiatives. Reuters spoke w/ 12 federal judges who raised concerns about the #security of their own families or of the relatives of colleagues handling Trump-related cases.
#Boasberg & #McConnell are among at least 11 federal #judges whose #families have faced threats of #violence or #harassment after they ruled against the new #Trump admin, a Reuters investigation found.
The broadsides are part of an #intimidation campaign directed at federal judges who have stood in the way of Trump’s moves to dramatically expand #PresidentialAuthority & slash the federal govt.
These #judges ruled against #Trump. Then their #families came under attack.
As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with #threats & #harassment.
[Note: This story contains offensive language]
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/
"The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and child care policy, according to a spreadsheet mistakenly made public this week.
The document listed more than 150 research projects under consideration for termination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
Read #Trump's #budget proposal & its cover letter by #OMB director / #Project2025 architect #RussVought.
#Senate Democratic Leader #ChuckSchumer (NY) on Friday called Trump’s 2026 budget a “gut punch” to #families.
The budget proposes a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory benefit programs.
Finland plans to require 3-year residency to receive child home care benefits
If the proposal passes, both parents must have lived in Finland, the EU or EEA for at least three years in order to be eligible for the benefit.
Smart, Successful And Stressed Mums
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/smart-successful-and-stressed-mums/
We Don't Have Time For This
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/we-dont-have-time-for-this/
"Now, the Jackson family, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, announced on Tuesday that they have sued the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), challenging several policies that they argue undermine due process rights and violate state and constitutional law."
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/texas-cps-mila-jackson-newborn-lawsuit/
Some people (notably, conservatives) want women in the US to "have more babies".
The problem, of course, has to do with how the US manages families and childcare. Here's just one variable: childcare costs.
Check out the cost of daycare by state.
#Women #Families #Babies #ChildcareCosts
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-daycare-costs-by-state/
[aside: someone recently accused me of hypocrisy because I was against #Trump’s #FamilySeparation policy & also for so-called nontraditional #families, they said the fact that I am not against #divorce, exclusively man/woman marriage & children, made me a hypocrite. What I have to say to that:
[This time around, #Trump isn’t just separating & jailing #immigrants, he’s separating & jailing families who are long time residents.]
THE #IMMIGRANT FAMILIES JAILED IN #TEXAS
#Children have long been put in migrant #detention if they were apprehended at the #border. Today, lawyers have found, #families are being removed from stable lives in the #UnitedStates.
#immigration #law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #EthnicCleansing
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-immigrant-families-jailed-in-texas
Some #Trump admin leaders have already begun enacting policies that promote larger #families. Most notably, Transportation Secy Sean Duffy—who is a father of 9 & has 10 siblings—published a memo early this year pledging to prioritize #funding in areas w/higher than average birth & marriage rates. Several analysts within the dept say the policy could result in less money for large, urban transit, & more for highways & car-share services in rural areas [white suburbs].
#MaleSupremacy #law #freedom
Much of the movement is built around *promoting* [dictating] a very specific idea of what constitutes a #family — one that includes #marriage between a #man & a #woman, & leaves out many #families that don’t conform to traditional #gender roles or family structures. In contrast to the intense emphasis on cost cutting so far during #Trump’s second term, this focus on families could result in spending more money to back a *new* set of priorities.
600 #CHILDREN KILLED IN A MONTH!!! 0NE MONTH!!!
...AND THESE #NUMBERS DONT EVEN ACCOUNT FOR THE #ELDERS SHOT, #GRANDMOTHERS RUN OVER BY TANKS, #MOTHERS AND #FATHERS BURNED IN THEIR TENTS, OR #YOUNG #MEN BURNED ALIVE IN THEIR #PATIENT BEDS, OR THE ENTIRE #FAMILIES BOMBED AND #MURDERED DURING #PRAYERS EARLY AF IN THE MORNING!!!
THIS ISNT A FUCKING #WAR!!!
THIS IS #TERRORISM FLAT OUT!!!
Shhh! Don' tell anybody, but we are in the process of a ground-up redesign of our website to make our film-based learning resources easier for everyone to find.
In the meantime, we're aware that it can be hard to find things on our site. We'd love to help you find what you need.
Take a look around our library yourself. If you'd like help finding anything by film length, student age, subject, theme, activity, or anything else, drop us a note on Mastodon or through the contact section of our site, and we'll do our best to find you the very thing.
Also, if you're using resources as a grandparent, parent or babysitter, or otherwise outside a formal learning environment, we'd love to hear what you're using and how it works for you. Drop us a note here in the Fediverse or contact us through our site. /5
https://journeysinfilm.org/library/
#Parenting #Families #Childcare #Education #MediaLiteracy @parenting
Finally, we've just launched a new series of free creative prompts based on super-short films that are bite-sized for kids' attention spans.
Watch a film that's as short as one minute, then springboard off a prompt for reflection, journaling, discussion or creative writing.
We offer prompts for a super short films across a range of subjects and themes, suitable for kids of al ages. (Yes, the films and prompts are all free.) /4
https://journeysinfilm.org/articles/watch-and-write-new-classroom-warm-up-tool/
@education @film #Parenting #Families #MediaLiteracy #Childcare #Babysitting #Homeschooling #Education #ShortFilm
