Open Thread | Heritage Foundation report suggests ‘marriage camps,’ sparking outcry

YA THINK?

This is all about control.
This is about stripping women of their autonomy.

Funny, how none of their solutions include things like..
Free Daycare
Paid Maternal and Paternal leave for the first year of the child
Subsidies for extracurricular activities for children
Plans to help parents get a better work/life balance, so that they could spend more meaningful time with the family
Making things AFFORDABLE so that people believe that they can AFFORD to have a child
Supporting more higher educational opportunities, instead of the Department of Education, attempting to reclassify entire groups of jobs that are dominated by women as ‘ non-professional’, thus limiting the financial resources of women to get into said professions.

Heritage Foundation report suggests ‘marriage camps,’ sparking outcry
Kate PerezKate Perez
USA TODAY
Updated Feb. 11, 2026, 3:35 p.m. ET

Social media users are denouncing the idea of “marriage bootcamps” as “ridiculous” and “demographic control” online after an unadopted policy plan from the conservative think tank that helped create Project 2025 proposed the camps as a way to boost birthrates.

The online report, titled “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years,” published Jan. 8 by The Heritage Foundation, lays out ways the group says the United States can “restore the family home,” including through monetarily incentivizing couples to have children and stay married, among other efforts.

The report has since drawn some criticism online, much of it aimed at the “marriage bootcamps” outlined in the plan that would end with people who participated in the program taking part in a communal wedding.

What’s in the Heritage Foundation report? Call for more marriage, babies.
In its report, the Heritage Foundation calls on the Trump administration and Congress to consider a plethora of proposed actions that they say would help reverse the declining birth rate in the United States, which they call “America’s family crisis.”

🤔🤔🤔

And for those who say that we are being hysterical and melodramatic….

You said the same thing to us about Project 2025, and we see how that turned out.😒😒🙄🙄

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27 Responses to Open Thread | Heritage Foundation report suggests ‘marriage camps,’ sparking outcry

  1. rikyrah says:

    CLAP CLAP CLAP

    NEXTA
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    86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer refuses to turn his fields into an AI data center even for $15M

    Mervin Raudabo was offered $60K per acre but refused to destroy the farms he’s been running for over 60 years.

    Instead, he sold development rights to a conservation fund for $2M — the land will stay farmland forever.
    https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2024827627056378071?s=20

  2. rikyrah says:

    Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth)
    @adamscochran
    If you’re keeping track, this is the 53rd scheme by a Trump official to profit from government policy or stealing from the American tax payer.
    https://x.com/adamscochran/status/2024887628592509068?s=20

    Meet Kevin
    @realMeetKevin
    🚨 Howard Lutnick’s family firm bought up the rights to tariff refunds for 20-30 cents on the dollar after Liberation Day last year.

    Today, the Supreme Court struck the tariffs down. For every $100 invested, Lutnick’s sons just made 3-5x.

    Welcome to Crony Corrupt America.
    https://x.com/realMeetKevin/status/2024880571336507885?s=20

  3. rikyrah says:

    The Bulwark
    @BulwarkOnline
    Trump: “I am allowed to cut off any and all trade…I can destroy the trade, I can destroy the country, I’m even allowed to impose a foreign country destroying embargo…I can do anything I want to do to them…I’m allowed to destroy the country, but I can’t charge a little fee.”
    https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/2024915268854563311?s=20

  4. rikyrah says:

    Trump bashes decision, admonishes justices who ruled against tariffs

    In his remarks in the White House briefing room, Trump denounced the Supreme Court decision striking down his tariffs and admonished the six justices who ruled against them.

    Trump called the decision “deeply disappointing” and said he’s “ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country.”

    He praised the three conservative justices who dissented.
    “I’d like to thank and congratulate Justices Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh for their strength and wisdom and love of our country, which is, right now, very proud of those justices,” he said.

    He added about the justices who struck down the tariffs, “They’re against anything that makes America strong, healthy and great again. They also are a, frankly disgrace to our nation, those justices, they’re an automatic no.”

  5. rikyrah says:

    Aaron Rupar

    ‪@atrupar.com‬

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    Trump: “I can do anything I want to do to them … I’m allowed to destroy the country.”
    https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mfcqup6e4d2v

  6. rikyrah says:

    Phil Lewis

    ‪@phillewis.bsky.social‬

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    In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth

    Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
    https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3mfazj3yoks2v

    Rivka
    ‪@rivka888.bsky.social‬

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    A lot of people get upset when we say that Western societies are built around enabling white people to continue to oppress black people, but every day there are examples proving this right.
    8:12 PM · Feb 19, 2026
    https://bsky.app/profile/rivka888.bsky.social/post/3mfazugzdxk2m

    Forest Goddess
    ‪@a-reynolds.bsky.social‬

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    Examples like this:

    “Black people make up more than half of the Americans who’ve lost property through eminent domain since World War II, despite making up at most 14% of the country, according to several analyses.”
    8:39 PM · Feb 19, 2026
    https://bsky.app/profile/a-reynolds.bsky.social/post/3mfb3dwyj3k2j

  7. rikyrah says:

    uh huh
    uh huh

    Ragnarok Lobster
    ‪@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social‬

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    People are still falling all over themselves to defend AOC shitting the bed in Munich instead of acknowledging she had no real purpose for being there other than upping her own personal profile.
    8:58 AM · Feb 20, 2026
    https://bsky.app/profile/eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social/post/3mfceoqvlb224

  8. rikyrah says:

    DD Geopolitics
    @DD_Geopolitics
    🚨🇺🇸 LUTNICK SWINDLES AMERICA AGAIN!!

    The Supreme Court just ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal. Guess who’s about to make a fortune off it?
    Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm now run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s sons, has been buying up the rights to tariff refunds from U.S. importers at pennies on the dollar.

    Here’s how the scheme works:
    → U.S. companies paid billions in tariffs that are now ruled illegal
    → Cantor approaches those companies and says: “I’ll give you 25 cents now for every dollar you’re owed in refunds”
    → Companies take the quick cash rather than wait years for the legal process
    → When the refunds come through, Cantor collects the full dollar

    Lutnick “divested” from Cantor by handing it to his twenty-something sons and placing his equity in a trust for those same sons. He paid zero capital gains tax on the transfer.

    As Commerce Secretary, Lutnick has direct visibility into the government’s legal strategy, how their lawyers rate their odds, and what arguments they’ll make. His family’s firm is betting against the very tariffs his boss created.

    They bought at 25 cents on the dollar, and after today’s SCOTUS ruling, those rights could be worth 80–90 cents.

    The potential payout could be in the billions. This is insider trading with extra steps.
    https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2024886862452851042?s=20

  9. rikyrah says:

    Steve Benen

    ‪@stevebenen.com‬

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    Pastor Doug Wilson wants to ban women from voting and end First Amendment protections for minority faiths he doesn’t like.

    Hegseth invited this fringe Christian nationalist to the Pentagon yesterday to lead an official prayer event.

    How is this not a scandal?
    http://www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
    https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3mf5orub4xk2t

  10. rikyrah says:

    Mike Nellis
    ‪@mikenellis.bsky.social‬

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    🔥 NEW VIDEO: Trump is dealt a body blow by SCOTUS—striking down his illegal tariffs. With new economic data showing the economy is in deep trouble, Trump looks more and more like a lame-duck president every single day. I break it all down here ⬇️
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Wp...
    https://bsky.app/profile/mikenellis.bsky.social/post/3mfco5vsgvs2m

  11. rikyrah says:

    Robert Welch II
    @WelchRobII
    You know who doesn’t attack black Democrats? Chuck Schumer
    8:43 PM · Feb 19, 2026

  12. rikyrah says:

    NR_Garrett
    @NR_Garrett
    I see a lot of far left people talking shit about Hakeem Jeffries but when he brings the goods you don’t see them giving him credit AT ALL all.

    It’s blatantly transparent why they don’t like him even though he’s been mostly effective at his job I wish they would honest about it
    https://x.com/NR_Garrett/status/2024890726450860033?s=20

  13. rikyrah says:

    Antoine Hardy
    @Slangdini
    They really are looking at black ppl who receive benefits ..and taking them off the list as citizens .

    The targeting of black women jobs in government and dei in academia is phase 1…& this phase 2.

    https://x.com/Slangdini/status/2024863092140630519?s=20

    LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻
    @LongTimeHistory
    ICE kicks woman off of Social Security—a U.S. citizen who’s never traveled more than 40 miles from home.

    “I’ve never even left Dallas County—let alone the country,” she said. “I am not an immigrant.”

    She is disabled—and relies on social security as only source of income.

    59-year-old Ramona Rakestraw was born in 1966 at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

    Despite this she received a letter stating: “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.”

    Kidney disease first sent her to dialysis at age 28 and she received a transplant—30 years later she was diagnosed with cancer.
    https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/2024844839473336347?s=20

  14. rikyrah says:

    No repudiation from the GOP about this:

    Right Wing Watch
    ‪@rightwingwatch.bsky.social‬

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    Nick Fuentes says that “women are made to be fucked”: “Women are either mothers, whores, or nuns. No other options. There are no female philosophers. There are no female inventors. There are no female generals or billionaires. They are mothers, whores, nuns. End of list. That’s what you can be.”
    https://bsky.app/profile/rightwingwatch.bsky.social/post/3mfac3vtlis2i

  15. rikyrah says:

    Steve Vladeck

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    The extent to which Justice Kavanaugh has become the most reliable third vote for the Trump administration says quite a lot about both him and the other three candidates.
    9:58 AM · Feb 20, 2026
    https://bsky.app/profile/stevevladeck.bsky.social/post/3mfchztwtds2j

  16. rikyrah says:

    Justin Baragona

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    CNN’s Kristen Holmes reports that Trump blew up during a meeting after learning of the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs.

    “He started ranting about the decision, not only calling it a disgrace, but started attacking the courts and at one point saying these effing courts, but using the actual language there”
    https://bsky.app/profile/justinbaragona.bsky.social/post/3mfcjrjdtis2r

  17. rikyrah says:

    Trystanto
    @Trystanto2
    Sources of
    @tempodotco
    at Indonesia’s MOFA claim that Indonesia’s decision to join the Board of Peace (BoP) is a prerequisite from the Trump Administration for it to agree to negotiate its tariffs on Indonesian exports to the United States
    11:50 PM · Jan 31, 2026
    https://x.com/Trystanto2/status/2017837886096478650?s=20

  18. rikyrah says:

    Chanteezy! ♉️💛
    @iamchanteezy
    I said it in my previous video. I will say it again.

    I came to the very conclusion that Texas State Rep James Talarico (if he wins the primary and is elected) will be the next Joe Manchin, Krysten Sinema and John Fetterman.
    https://x.com/iamchanteezy/status/2024483892325920809?s=20

    AL X , the deboosted democrata
    @thecorpmex
    If Jasmine was a white male with her solid experience vs Jame’s resume….we would not having these discussions about electability.

    She is tougher, more qualified and better suited to fight and beat the Texas GOP.
    7:26 PM · Feb 19, 2026
    https://x.com/thecorpmex/status/2024656982318199098?s=20

  19. rikyrah says:

    Tim
    @trouble_man90
    I have a theory that Biden was pushed out so fast because he wasn’t apart of the club. The way the elites, the media, Hollywood all ganged up on him felt suspicious to me. I believe other forces were at play.
    https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/2024663361623928955?s=20

  20. rikyrah says:

    Eyal Yakoby
    @EYakoby
    BREAKING: Afghanistan’s government has introduced a new code that allows beatings and bans women from escaping the violence.

    UN Women has not said a word.
    https://x.com/EYakoby/status/2024593785351491659?s=20

  21. rikyrah says:

    Candidly Tiff
    @tify330
    Reid Hoffman and Stephen Mandel are billionaires. Guess billionaires are cool as long as they help your campaign win. Y’all still don’t see the hypocrisy.
    https://x.com/tify330/status/2024857234715386021?s=20

  22. rikyrah says:

    Fly Sistah 🪷
    @Fly_Sistah
    The doctors who helped Jeffrey Epstein keep his “girls” sexually fit. Multiple doctors are revealed to have treated the girls Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficked, tested for STDs, prescribed birth-control pills & inoculated against HPV.
    https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/2024761233178607870?s=20

    🪷 A Harris Democrat✊🏾
    @sephius1999
    Like I’ve said Epstein could not have done all he did without a network of power around the world, which includes politicians, doctors, lawyers, law enforcement, celebrities, and school administrators.
    https://x.com/sephius1999/status/2024836062451728423?s=20

  23. rikyrah says:

    Kyle Griffin

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    Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST TRUMP’S GLOBAL TARIFFS ENACTED UNDER A FEDERAL LAW MEANT FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
    9:03 AM · Feb 20, 2026

    Kyle Griffin

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    Chief Justice Roberts: “The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope. In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it.”
    https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3mfcfmvdbi22l

  24. rikyrah says:

    Fly Sistah 🪷
    @Fly_Sistah
    Hmph. So Texas is handing out Republican ballots when voters come in to vote for Rep Jasmine Crockett? Why would they intentionally do that to a first time primary voter?
    https://facebook.com/share/v/1F6zyYFxMs/

    https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/2024844436933361679?s=20

  25. rikyrah says:

    Fifty Shades of Whey
    @davenewworld_2
    It’s wild to me that nobody’s talking about these Johnson & Johnson rulings. There’s almost 70,000 active lawsuits related to this. J&J keeps trying to claim “bankruptcy,” which is insane because they’re a corporate behemoth worth billions of dollars. It’s downright criminal.
    https://x.com/davenewworld_2/status/2024783441682669889?s=20

  26. rikyrah says:

    Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊

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