"Saving America by Saving the Family"

While ICE invades blue cities and Trump parades around Europe talking about Greenland, the Heritage Foundation are the ones doing the real work of policymaking. And that’s terrifying because have you ever read anything by the Heritage Foundation?

The report they released on January 8, 2026 reads like Handmaid’s Tale fan fiction and yet, we know that these are the ideas that influence most conservative politicians in federal government. So we really should be reading these things.

For now, at least read through my initial unedited notes with verbatim excerpts organized by category like, “Handmaid’s Tale,” “Who’s To Blame? and “Wait. WHAT.”

(My own thoughts are highlighted as block quotes in italics throughout.)

“To end America’s family crisis, policymakers and civic leaders should treat restoring the family home as a matter of justice, driven by two truths. The first is that all children have a right to the affection and protection of the man and woman who created them. The second is that the ideal environment in which to exercise this right is in a loving and stable home with their married biological parents. In contrast, the default in American culture today is to put the desires of adults over the needs of children. Children are too often called to sacrifice what is due to them—the presence of their mom and dad under the same roof for the entirety of their childhood.”