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.

"The wealthier a household was in 1990, the quicker its wealth has accumulated in the years since. While the top 1% grew its share of total household wealth, all other U.S. wealth groups have seen their shares decrease."

https://archive.is/20250430155240/https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increase-bc13874a h/t @John

#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.

[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:

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.