"More than 40 million low-income food assistance beneficiaries are expected to receive less help with grocery bills — or no help at all — in the coming days. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding, which Congress has already allocated for emergency scenarios":
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5572490-usda-snap-funding-impasse/
#hunger #cruelty #politics
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal: "The Trump administration is refusing to fund SNAP during this Republican shutdown, they're threatening to cancel backpay for federal workers, and now they're wasting food slated for food banks. They want the American people to be poorer and hungrier."
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal: "The Trump administration is refusing to fund SNAP during this Republican shutdown, they're threatening to cancel backpay for federal workers, and now they're wasting food slated for food banks. They want the American people to be poorer and hungrier."
#hunger #mismanagement #cruelty #politics #poverty copy: @renewedresistance
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"Trump's Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard":
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-cuts-texas-food-banks/
#hunger #mismanagement #cruelty #politics #poverty copy: @renewedresistance
"Trump's Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard":
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-cuts-texas-food-banks/
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Jesse Lee: "I can’t think of a worse or more revealing moment for Trump than obsessing over a gold-plated ballroom, and literally just pocketing $250 million in tax dollars from the Department of Justice, while he *chooses* to let millions of struggling families starve."
#mismanagement #hunger #cruelty #TrumpShutdown #politics copy: @renewedresistance
Jesse Lee: "I can’t think of a worse or more revealing moment for Trump than obsessing over a gold-plated ballroom, and literally just pocketing $250 million in tax dollars from the Department of Justice, while he *chooses* to let millions of struggling families starve."
#mismanagement #hunger #cruelty #TrumpShutdown #politics copy: @renewedresistance
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"Critics called Trump out for partying abroad while Americans at home suffer due to the partial shutdown of the federal government ― especially as millions of people could lose access to critical food benefits next week. 'Donald Trump is literally dancing in Asia while 40 million people lose access to food,' Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dancing-gavin-newsom_n_68ff09b7e4b0fb1b9514ec44?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
#mismanagement #hunger #cruelty #politics copy: @renewedresistance
"Critics called Trump out for partying abroad while Americans at home suffer due to the partial shutdown of the federal government ― especially as millions of people could lose access to critical food benefits next week. 'Donald Trump is literally dancing in Asia while 40 million people lose access to food,' Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dancing-gavin-newsom_n_68ff09b7e4b0fb1b9514ec44?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
#mismanagement #hunger #cruelty #politics copy: @renewedresistance