#American Families

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Question: If you win in November, can you commit to prioritizing legislation to make child care more affordable? And if so, what specific piece of legislation will you advance?

Trump: "Well I would do that and we are sitting down. You know, I was somebody - we had Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka was so impactful on that issue. It's a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about - that, because look, child care is child care, couldn't - you know, there's something - you have to have it in this country. You have to have it. But when you talk about those numbers, compared to the kind of numbers I'm talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels they are not used to. But they'll get used to it very quickly. And it's not going to stop them from doing business with us. But they will have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers we are talking about, including child care, that it's going to take to care. We are going to have, I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all the other things that are going on in our country. Because I have to stay with child care. I want to stay with child care. (What's that crazy self talk???) But those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I am talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just - that I just told you about. We're going to be taking in trillions of dollars. And as much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it's, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we will be taking in. We are going to make this into a incredible country that can afford to take care of its people. And then we will worry about the rest of the world. Let's help other people. But we are going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It's about make America great again. We have to do it because right now, we are a failing nation. So, we'll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question. Thank you." Link to video

uh huh, m'hmm... WTF??? Trump knows nothing about American families or child care. He's so disconnected and demented. Trump is not fit for office.

JD's answer on child care wasn't much better. It was basically "Get Grandma to do it" and "Deregulate it".

Fun Fact - US Deficit: the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2024 is $1.9 Trillion. Adjusted to exclude the effects of shifts in the timing of certain payments, the deficit amounts to $2.0 trillion in 2024 - Congressional Budget Office dot gov

Import Tariffs: increase the price of goods and services in domestic markets by applying a tax on imported goods that is paid by the domestic importer. To cover the increased costs, the domestic importer then charges higher prices for the goods and services. Are Americans ready for Trump's $10 banana? Those 'trillions' he's talking about from "countries sending product into our country" will increase the price of those products !!!

We are already struggling with Shrinkflation, Greedflation and the cost of living. This con man is not fit for office. Vote Blue

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The family is the institution in which children have their earliest education, their earliest experiences in the learning of languages, the nurturance of cognitive, emotional, and motor competences, the maintenance of interpersonal relationships, the internalization of values, and the assignment of meaning to the world. Furthermore, the family is the institution within which children first develop ... their educative styles - their characteristic ways of engaging in, moving through and combining educative experiences over the lifespan. Given the changes in the structure, composition, and character of American families since World War II, and particularly during the past two decades, one would have reason to expect a far greater range and diversity of early education - to wit, a far greater range and diversity of languages, competences, values, personalities, and approaches to the world and to its educational opportunities.

Popular Education and its Discontents by Lawrence A. Cremin (©1990) Chapter 2: The Cacophony of Teaching

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Scattershot Friday

I must admit that I’ve grown bored with the persecution in New York. I’m still paying attention to at least as much as Megyn presents. But I also find that I have little to add to what she says, So if you want to know what I think, Check her out. My main conclusion is that Michael Cohen, like Melvin Bragg, and several others are lying scumbags whom I wouldn’t trust to sweep the floor. President…

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Man unintentionally teaches his Corgi sign language! 😊 Follow me for more smart puppers!

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Hey I just realized I don't think I know any American irl who doesn't have an immigrant ancestor within living memory and want to see if that's a me thing or just an average situation

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JASON GETS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG

i get there have been a few dogs in the batman years, but i feel like Jason deserves his own.

He names it something pretty basic like Rusty or Max but the best bit is that like Jason, a streak of the dog's shaggy hair is white and he has his own red jumper to keep him warm because Jason might be a murderer but he's not a villain goddamnit!

Jason completely forgets to mention he got a dog, so the entire batfam is under the impression Jason either got a very clingy boyfriend, or it was a codeword for something else. Either way, they were too baffled to question it.

Jason, after patrol: sorry guys, I can't go back to the cave...yeah Max is waiting for me and I don't think I can resist his cute face

Tim and Duke: ahahaha yeah...*what the fuckkkk*

Or

Jason, on the phone to Stephanie: That's cool, anyways- MAX NO!! get away Jesus he keeps getting his face in my crotch so annoying...anyways-

Steph, slightly traumatised: uhm..haha

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Justin Horowitz at MMFA:

Project 2025 advisory board members have attacked or outright called for the end of no-fault divorce, the option to dissolve a marriage without having to prove wrongdoing by a partner. Research highlighted by CNN found “no-fault divorce correlates with a reduction in female suicides and a reduction in intimate partner violence,” including “an 8 to 16% decrease in female suicides after states enacted no-fault divorce laws.” Project 2025 is backed by a nearly-900 page policy book called Mandate for Leadership, which extensively outlines potential approaches to governance for the next Republican administration, including replacing federal employees with extremists and Trump loyalists and attacking LGBTQ rights, abortion, and contraception. The Heritage Foundation’s proposals have a track record of success — the first Trump administration implemented 64% of Mandate’s policy recommendations. Project 2025 is also supported by a coalition of over 100 conservative organizations, many of which have spent years promoting critiques of no-fault divorce as “destructive” for society — or even blaming it for enabling a “culture of death.” According to a Media Matters review, at least 22 Project 2025 advisory board members have made similar comments targeting, restricting, or eliminating no-fault divorce. Additionally, MAGA and far-right media figures have pushed for the removal of no-fault divorce laws across the country, and several local Republican parties in Texas, Nebraska, and Louisiana have called for the dissolution of no-fault divorce in some capacity.

Project 2025 partner organizations, including the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, Family Research Council, and The Heritage Foundation, have called for significant restrictions or an outright ban on no-fault divorce.

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The Heritage Foundation is the sponsor of Project 2025.

We have been screaming about this.

VOTE BLUE.

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retirement

update: now a completed fic

idk if this is dumb but i’ve been thinking about this for a while

a sxf au in which a depressed worse for wear twilight retired due to an injury of some sort. then he’s asked to protect a young girl wise rescued while they catch her captors. cue healing father/daughter dynamic and stuff.

i’d like to see twilight actually act like twilight, rather than some mask he’s putting on.

just two people trying to escape their past and find happiness.

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Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.

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