@saimaakhtar.bsky.social
she/her. not a process person. coffee. attorney @nclej.bsky.social . parent. opinions and shares are my own. everyone needs to eat every single day to be an alive person.
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09.11.2025 14:16 โ ๐ 14127 ๐ 4062 ๐ฌ 298 ๐ 196Exactly this
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Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
08.11.2025 04:04 โ ๐ 8297 ๐ 3027 ๐ฌ 304 ๐ 318
Here's the promised longer explainer:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Look! Government can do beneficial things that actually take care of citizens and help people if that is the choice it makes. Maybe Congressional Republicans could watch and learn.
07.11.2025 02:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Delightful!!
05.11.2025 11:24 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nice work CO!
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The far-right weirdos who say we have no obligation to care for one another are in the minority.
Most people donโt want our government to suddenly stop feeding the hungry.
Most people want to live in a society where we care for, and feed, each other.
www.jphilll.com/p/yes-the-go...
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
31.10.2025 18:28 โ ๐ 1436 ๐ 564 ๐ฌ 15 ๐ 32๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
30.10.2025 12:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As one of the 42 million being starved, I can only compare this to my grandparents and family who were starved in concentration camps & the horror they experienced. What is going on in our country is an absolute disgrace! We are a Democracy NOT club autocracy. My grandparents taught me: NEVER AGAIN!
30.10.2025 12:37 โ ๐ 161 ๐ 75 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 2Just feed people. It's really that simple.
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@drstaceypatton.bsky.social hit the nail on the head with the recent substack talking about the profound injury hunger causes.
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/starving-y...
They found money to pay the ICE thugs, but not to feed the kidsโฆ
fortune.com/2025/10/22/g...
The Trump Administration Has the Power and Legal Obligation To Pay SNAP Benefits During the Shutdown-- seriously.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
This administration's USDA is a fountain of disappointment and embarrassment.
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: โThe greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depressionโ
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This is an older NPR story, but sadly apropos for this moment. Cutting off people's food benefits fuels crisis and will give this Administration yet another opening that they are looking for to crack down and militarize against Americans.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
#SNAP Food Stamps will end November 1st. 1 in 8 Americans receive #FoodStamps. For every dollar the gov't. spends, the #economy benefits up to $1.50, which will go away. The impact will be that the price of #groceries will increase. This woman makes sense! 1min
www.youtube.com/shorts/AOC6C...
The current administration and Congress created this crisis and are willing to starve people to maintain control because hunger breeds desperation and dehumanizes people. We don't have to be grateful if they are threatening to kill people and then choose not to pull the trigger. That's just abuse.
25.10.2025 10:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 03. Donate and help where you can, but it won't cover this big of a shortfall.
4. Feds must release contingency funds. It won't cover everything, but much of the November issuance.
5. If the president magically finds funds to "save" the program, that's not heroic and we don't owe gratitude.
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This is correct.
1. SNAP benefits across the country will not issue in November because of the shutdown.
2. Neither states nor food banks can make up a shortfall of this magnitude ~ $8B to issue benefits to 44M Americans for the month.
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Just Feed People.
www.cbpp.org/blog/the-tru... The Trump Administration Can and Should Take Available Steps to Ensure SNAP Participants Get November Food Benefits
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19.10.2025 16:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โThere are no kings in America.
Only gilded men we can topple
Again and againโ
#NoKingsinAmerica
A photo of a person in a frog costume holding sings that read โYouโre Firedโ (alongside a drawing of Godzilla) at the No Tyrants protest in Tokyo, Japan.
A photo of over a dozen people standing on steps at the No Kings protest in Melbourne, Australia. There are multiple โNO KINGSโ signs and a person in a frog costume is at the front of the protest.
A photo of over a dozen people at the No Tyrants protest in Barcelona, Spain. A person in a frog costume is holding a sign that reads โI STAND WITH OREGON/EL PUEBLO UNIDO/ABOLISH ICE/NO TYRANTS.โ
A photo of dozens of people at the No Kings protest in Frankfurt, Germany. A person in a frog costume is shown walking alongside a person in a unicorn costume.
We have frogs everywhere. #NoKings
18.10.2025 12:37 โ ๐ 2709 ๐ 702 ๐ฌ 52 ๐ 67stopping courts from *trying to force the rule of law on the goof in the w.h.
18.10.2025 12:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0workers, starving people and stopping courts from tryidestroung to force the rule of law on the goof in the w.h.
It's not mutual fault. It's still Rs trying to destroy the country. Head out of the sand time is now.
is not the source of this problem. It's defensive practice. You can't negotiate a rational resolution with a person or group who don't want a rational resolution.
Rs in Congress made clear they are good with mass destruction of our country. They're good with firing tens of thousands federal 3/
as the only semi effective check in the administration are out of operating funds.
Critical parts of our safety set like SNAP are unable to meet the basic food needs of millions without funding.
Dems holding out for an agreement that doesn't destroy basic health access for millions 2/
