Trump Administration Seeks to Strip 6.3 Million More People of SNAP Food Aid

A proposed rule change by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks to limit eligibility standards for some households with low incomes when it comes to automatic enrollment into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), sometimes referred to as the food stamps program. Currently, any household that receives cash or in-kind assistance from the Temporary Assistance for Needy…
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As Farmers Struggle, Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Profits Off High Gas Prices

As farmers grapple with soaring diesel and fertilizer prices and the Department of Agriculture yanks support for cheaper, renewable forms of energy, the agency’s chief, Brooke Rollins, is carrying millions in highly profitable oil and gas investments. In disclosure reports filed in July, Rollins indicated that she and her husband, Mark Rollins, an oil and gas industry executive…
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Trump Administration Quietly Moves to Strip Food Aid From Millions

The Trump administration is quietly pursuing a regulatory change that would strip federal nutrition assistance from an estimated 6 million low-income Americans — including nearly two million children — as it spends billions on an illegal, open-ended war on Iran that has killed more than a thousand people and plunged the global economy into chaos. The change sought by the US Department of…
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USDA Website Uses Transphobic Messaging to Blame Dems for Government Shutdown

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website features a new header message that informs users of the current shutdown and blames Democrats, immigrants and transgender people for prolonging the stalemate on funding the federal government — specifically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps. Several other government websites…
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