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Today in "oh my word, fuck you":
OH MY WORD, FUCK YOU USDA #SNAP
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5606715-agriculture-secretary-snap-reapply/
#nowListening
State of the Bay: Congresswoman Lateefah Simon / Feeding the Bay with #SNAP in Flux / Musician Meklit Hadero
#podcast episode webpage: https://www.kalw.org/show/state-bay/2025-11-10/congresswoman-lateefah-simon-feeding-the-bay-with-snap-in-flux-musician-meklit-hadero
Media file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s2/audio/2025/11/stateofthebay-2025-nov-10-trimmed.mp3
Federal workers: The government shutdown may have ended, but we know that many of you are still dealing with its lasting repercussions.
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The #USDA is requiring #SNAP recipients to reapply for benefits. They already do so every six months. If pain is the point, why not make them apply every month?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/trump-usda-snap-participants-reapply-benefits-00651874
Today in "oh my word, fuck you":
OH MY WORD, FUCK YOU USDA #SNAP
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5606715-agriculture-secretary-snap-reapply/
Did anyone suggest eating the rich yet? #capitalism #anticapitalism #eattherich #feedthepoor #poverty #snap #foodstamps #foodbank #foodbanks #activism #anarchism #socialism
Did anyone suggest eating the rich yet? #capitalism #anticapitalism #eattherich #feedthepoor #poverty #snap #foodstamps #foodbank #foodbanks #activism #anarchism #socialism
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
…The threat of Mei’s dismissal has sparked concerns & outrage among other USDA workers & members of the Federal Unionists Network, who argue that the move is part of a concerted effort by the #Trump admin to chill #speech among federal employees.
At the time Mei spoke to MSNBC, the information she shared was publicly available through a variety of news articles & guidance from anti-hunger advocates, think tanks & organizations.
#USDA itself, in a memo dated Sept30, explained that #SNAP funding would lapse because of the #shutdown & that the #OMB would use contingency reserves to pay for benefits past Oct. That memo, however, was scrubbed from the agency’s website later in Oct, once the #Trump admin began arguing against tapping contingency funds to pay for benefits.
In the MSNBC interview, host Chris Jansing also explained that Mei was speaking as herself & a #union leader, not a USDA employee.
#law #labor #FreeSpeech
The next day, #USDA informed Mei that the process to remove her from her position had begun. In correspondence reviewed by WaPo, an official in the USDA human resources dept told Mei that she will be let go 30 days after the #shutdown ends. The agency accused Mei of discussing USDA programs & funding “without prior approval.”
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
…The threat of Mei’s dismissal has sparked concerns & outrage among other USDA workers & members of the Federal Unionists Network, who argue that the move is part of a concerted effort by the #Trump admin to chill #speech among federal employees.
At the time Mei spoke to MSNBC, the information she shared was publicly available through a variety of news articles & guidance from anti-hunger advocates, think tanks & organizations.
In the 4-min interview, Mei said she & her co-workers are “anxious because we’re hearing about the risk potentials & office closures that are looming over #USDA as this #shutdown kind of drags on.” She also explained that funding for key #FoodAssistance programs, including #SNAP — which feeds ~42M Americans monthly — would probably be available in October, but that “things might get a little dicey if this drags on into November.”
[gee such a fireable offense!]
The next day, #USDA informed Mei that the process to remove her from her position had begun. In correspondence reviewed by WaPo, an official in the USDA human resources dept told Mei that she will be let go 30 days after the #shutdown ends. The agency accused Mei of discussing USDA programs & funding “without prior approval.”
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
The employee, Ellen Mei, a program specialist at the #Food & #Nutrition Service who is furloughed, was interviewed on MSNBC on Oct 2, during the early days of the #shutdown, to talk about how the impasse in Washington would impact her team, as well as the work they do. Mei is also president of the National Treasury Employees #Union’s Chapter 255, which represents employees at #USDA’s Food & Nutrition Service in the Northeast.
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
In the 4-min interview, Mei said she & her co-workers are “anxious because we’re hearing about the risk potentials & office closures that are looming over #USDA as this #shutdown kind of drags on.” She also explained that funding for key #FoodAssistance programs, including #SNAP — which feeds ~42M Americans monthly — would probably be available in October, but that “things might get a little dicey if this drags on into November.”
[gee such a fireable offense!]
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
The employee, Ellen Mei, a program specialist at the #Food & #Nutrition Service who is furloughed, was interviewed on MSNBC on Oct 2, during the early days of the #shutdown, to talk about how the impasse in Washington would impact her team, as well as the work they do. Mei is also president of the National Treasury Employees #Union’s Chapter 255, which represents employees at #USDA’s Food & Nutrition Service in the Northeast.
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
These #politicians and their #poverty #porn posts of eating on "$6/person/day", when they have *clearly* never actually had to live on a tight #budget, let alone a #SNAP #FoodStamps budget.
Last night, I bought 12 chicken drumsticks for $0.99/lb, or $4.27 for 4.31 lbs (1.955 Kg) of drumsticks. That's enough meat for six adult portions, and the skin and bones make their own sauce while you cook them.
No one is walking away from my table #hungry or disappointed and dissatisfied.
This is important to understand:
The problem is not that the federal government doesn't have the money to pay #SNAP benefits. Tax revenue hasn't stopped coming in during the shutdown. There is plenty of money.
The problem is that the the #Trump administration and the corrupt #SCOTUS are just fine with upending precedent and rewriting laws to give Trump and the #GOP more power, but not with interpreting existing law in a completely reasonable way to feed starving children.
#politics #USPol
This is important to understand:
The problem is not that the federal government doesn't have the money to pay #SNAP benefits. Tax revenue hasn't stopped coming in during the shutdown. There is plenty of money.
The problem is that the the #Trump administration and the corrupt #SCOTUS are just fine with upending precedent and rewriting laws to give Trump and the #GOP more power, but not with interpreting existing law in a completely reasonable way to feed starving children.
#politics #USPol
These #politicians and their #poverty #porn posts of eating on "$6/person/day", when they have *clearly* never actually had to live on a tight #budget, let alone a #SNAP #FoodStamps budget.
Last night, I bought 12 chicken drumsticks for $0.99/lb, or $4.27 for 4.31 lbs (1.955 Kg) of drumsticks. That's enough meat for six adult portions, and the skin and bones make their own sauce while you cook them.
No one is walking away from my table #hungry or disappointed and dissatisfied.
Does anyone have a detailed breakdown of what's in the funding bill? (But higher than the text itself)
All I found was on #SNAP was "will fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, through Sept. 30, 2026."
Curious when the #OBBB Payment Error Rate scoring system was supposed to go in effect. In other words, did Senate D's get 9 months of relief for recipients and state budgets or not?
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/31/nx-s1-5593039/snap-ebt-food-stamps-oregon
From @alexdecampi.bsky.social
"USAians, if you don’t already know about Too Good To Go, you should check it out.
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food"
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/too-good-to-go-end-food-waste/id1060683933
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