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"In the dead of night, Donald Trump slipped out of the White House and boarded Air Force One for a trip to Asia. Twenty-four days into a government shutdown of his own making, Trump became the first president in American history to leave the country during an active shutdown. Millions of federal workers remain furloughed or unpaid."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
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"Food lines stretch from Boston to Milwaukee. We haven’t seen images of food lines like this since, well, the last time Trump was president. And while families wonder how they’ll put dinner on the table, Trump is off ranting about tariffs and lying about Ronald Reagan from 35,000 feet.
According to CNN, 1.4 million federal employees are currently either on unpaid leave or working without pay. Across the country, hunger is rising."
“'Food lines like we saw during COVID are back,' I reported. 'Hunger in America is on page one of multiple news outlets.' In Tennessee alone, 690,000 people are facing a lapse in food assistance. In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel warns that 700,000 could lose access to the state’s FoodShare program. In Massachusetts, one million residents risk losing their food aid."
“Not only will the loss of SNAP create more hunger in the richest country on earth, it will also rip a hole in local economies just as people’s health insurance premiums skyrocket."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
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"And yet, at the same time the Department of Agriculture says it cannot spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, the administration easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina.
What are we doing here?”
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