William Lindsey Oct 29

""MAGA uses hunger as a political weapon. Starving children is a new low.

Donald Trump, like autocrats around the globe, is weaponizing food supply. He is prepared to let more than 40 Million Americans go hungry to pressure Democrats to capitulate on the shutdown and accede to his plan to snatch health insurance away from tens of millions of people."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #hunger #children #SNAP #USDA #cruelty
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/maga-uses-hunger-as-a-political-weapon

MAGA Uses Hunger as a Political Weapon

Starving children is a new low

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 29

"The official website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claims that on November 1, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding. ...

But 'the well' has not 'run dry' on SNAP. The program has a reserve of about $6 billion that could fully fund SNAP for several more weeks."

~ Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #hunger #children #SNAP #USDA #cruelty
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https://popular.info/p/choosing-to-let-kids-go-hungry

Choosing to let kids go hungry

The USDA asserts that Democrats are blocking funding to secure “health care for illegal immigrants” and funding for “gender mutilation procedures.” All of these claims are false.

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 29

"The USDA’s current position is that these funds 'are not legally available to cover regular benefits' and can only be used to provide nutrition assistance in response to a national disaster or other emergency.

This, however, directly contradicts guidance that the USDA issued on September 30 which explicitly states that contingency funds can be used for regular benefits."

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Show threadAdam RosenbergOct 29
@wdlindsy It's really sad but when you're 38 trillion dollars in debt, people stop taking your checks!
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 29
@boig The connection between choosing to starve your own people and national debt is what, precisely? Nothing I've read anywhere shows that the decision to withhold food support to US citizens is because the country's checks are not being honored elsewhere. Sounds like a red-herring argument that supports the cruelty of a fascist regime.
Show threadAdam RosenbergOct 29
@wdlindsy America is out of money. When you have this much debt, and no way to pay it off, you have trouble getting low-cost loans. There's going to be some belt-tightening, sad to say!
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 29
@boig Have you looked at the military budget and the budget for ICE lately? America is not out of money. It chooses where its money goes, as Republicans did with the big, beautiful bill that massively moves wealth up to the already obscenely rich and lavishes grossly disproportionate funds on ICE while removing food support and healthcare coverage for millions of citizens.
Show threadAdam RosenbergOct 29
@wdlindsy How much money does SNAP require? What about Obamacare? HUD? ICE is not cheap but even if we paid nothing there, America would still be broke. I'm sad to say it because I believe in care for the poor and heartbroken. We are out of bucks though!
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

@boig The richest nation in the world, which can lavish billions and billions on ICE and the military and give enormous tax cuts to the super-rich, is out of money, but which can't find money to assure that its citizens don't go hungry is out of money?

Do tell.

Oct 29 at 9:33pmWeb