"Unless the government shutdown ends this week, which seems basically impossible, federal support for SNAP will be cut off this Saturday.

Here are four things you should know about the imminent hunger games."

1. "This is a political decision — specifically, a Republican decision."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #groceries #children
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger-games-begin

"For 42 million people who rely on SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, it means the loss of grocery assistance when food banks are already stretched thin."

~ Linda Qiu and Eileen Sullivan

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #groceries #children
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-shutdown-snap-food-stamps-aid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w08.mwBY.K6pAZTRnJvs3&smid=url-share

"By law, the Department of Agriculture must maintain a reserve to pay SNAP benefits during times that there are unusual stresses on the system, and there is $6 billion sitting there in the treasury for just that purpose.

But the 'law' doesn’t matter to Trump, and that is another part of his despair campaign."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #groceries #children
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"Over the weekend, he had the USDA announce about the SNAP program on its website that “the well has run dry” and “there will be no benefits issued on November 1.”

That is not true."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #groceries #children
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/for-trump-our-despair-is-the-point

2. "The pain from lost food aid will, if anything, hurt Republican voters worse than Democrats."

3. "Despite what Republicans believe, SNAP recipients aren’t malingerers."

4. "Food stamps are an investment in the future."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #groceries #children
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"Unless the government shutdown ends this week, which seems basically impossible, federal support for SNAP will be cut off this Saturday.

Here are four things you should know about the imminent hunger games."

1. "This is a political decision — specifically, a Republican decision."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #groceries #children
/1

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger-games-begin

"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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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/breaking-saturday-afternoon-news

"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?”

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
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“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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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25-2025

"Forty-two million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which could soon run out of funds.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration refuses to use emergency funds to help."

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
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“'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."

#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."

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
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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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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/breaking-saturday-afternoon-news

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"Right now, the U.S. economy has a lot in common with Wile E. Coyote.

Like the hapless Looney Tunes predator, Donald Trump’s economy went charging off a cliff after his April 2 'Liberation Day' tariffs, which—despite endless tweaks, revisions, abrupt extensions, and equally abrupt reversals—are gradually settling into a new status quo in which the costs of global trade are far higher than before."

~ A. Egger

#Trump #economy #tariffs #inflation #prices #groceries
/5

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tariff-pain-knocking-at-your-door

"Trump’s tariffs are congealing around the economy, making all international trade that much more sluggish and costly. The result is a straightforward hit to prosperity. Prices will rise, growth will slow, interest rates will stay elevated."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #inflation #prices #groceries
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"Trump’s tariffs are congealing around the economy, making all international trade that much more sluggish and costly. The result is a straightforward hit to prosperity. Prices will rise, growth will slow, interest rates will stay elevated."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #inflation #prices #groceries
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"Right now, the U.S. economy has a lot in common with Wile E. Coyote.

Like the hapless Looney Tunes predator, Donald Trump’s economy went charging off a cliff after his April 2 'Liberation Day' tariffs, which—despite endless tweaks, revisions, abrupt extensions, and equally abrupt reversals—are gradually settling into a new status quo in which the costs of global trade are far higher than before."

~ A. Egger

#Trump #economy #tariffs #inflation #prices #groceries
/5

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tariff-pain-knocking-at-your-door