The one other this is hanger and sadness

Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.

Trying out the Substack thing and sharing my thoughts on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans including some recommendations on how we can truly ensure everyone has access to "real food". lnkd.in/ee7_ztvw

I'll leave it the experts in nutrition science to comment on the make-up of the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but a friendly reminder that the DGA isn't worth anything if we don't increase supports like SNAP, boost funding for child nutrition programs, raise wages, and bring down prices.

Started The Painful Truth about Hunger in America. Couldn’t agree more w @marianachilton.bsky.social: “Responsibility for hunger in America lands in wallets, laps, hearts, and minds of the wealthy, who create inequality for their own profits. To solve it, we have to focus on ending inequality.”

My name is Leran and I wholeheartedly endorse @salaambhattiva.bsky.social. (FWIW)

It’s the guns.

Malicious incompetence

This is petty, but Brooke Rollins is who I would cast as Cruella Deville in a community theatre production of 101 Dalmatians. She has the look and the vibe. Also, this is illegal and absurd.

The shutdown was an excuse, not a reason, to go after SNAP. SNAP recipients have to re-apply either every 6 months or year. Onerous process, with almost no fraud. There are no shutdown-related requirement for SNAP renewal. But it would predictably result in low-income families going hungry.

Aside from the fact that SNAP participants already have to periodically recertify for benefits — usually every 6 or 12 months — SNAP rules also prohibit states from arbitrarily shortening a household's certification period to force them to reapply early.

Huge thanks to @projectbread.org for stepping up to help families impacted by President Trump's SNAP benefits freeze. Our team worked quickly to get benefits back on EBT cards — so if you’ve got funds, go get those groceries. And if you still need help, ask. You are not alone.

This spending bill is a fundamental betrayal of the people, and I voted NO. Shame on every member of Congress who voted to deny a child their medication or to tear away life-saving cancer treatment. The people deserve so much better, and this fight isn't over.

I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.

So we’ll know by Wednesday just what extreme this administration wants to take to starve people and punish states for trying to help them.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

“We have to eat. This money will not last. They are taking away funds they already provided. I don't even know exactly who ‘they’ are. What happens in December? What about January? Do I have to make this food last all winter?”

I don’t see any reason not to take this literally.

The world’s first trillionaire. To put that in perspective a trillion dollars could fund SNAP for the whole United Stated for TEN years. We need a reset of our priorities, America

Even if you’re a callous billionaire, this is not good for our society. This is not good for business. This gets no one “back to work”. SNAP fuels our families, our communities, our country.

It's heartening to see so many people and organizations speak up about the importance of SNAP this week. In this dark moment, I'm picturing you all as candles in this hurricane. I hope we can keep this energy so that we can make SNAP stronger, better, and immune from politics in the future.

“Do not look at us as numbers. Look at us as human beings. We are parents fighting every day to keep our families standing. SNAP is not a charity. It’s justice.” — Iris, a mother from Chelsea, spoke Tuesday at the State House Rally for #SNAP. 💪🍎 projectbread.org/news/hunger-...

The Massachusetts rainy day fund has 8.6 billion in it right now. Look around @massgovernor.bsky.social - it's raining.

The rally to support #SNAP in #Boston today. Heartwarming to hear stories of people working so hard to provide help for their communities. Heartbreaking to hear a mother not knowing how she'll feed her kids & could not even do a pizza party for one child's birthday today. #mapoli

"We owe young children something better than preventable harm. We owe them food, not excuses." Our co-lead principal investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts, speaks about the upcoming SNAP funding lapse on the steps of the Massachusetts State House.

Today, we stood alongside anti-hunger advocates at the Massachusetts State House to demand the immediate restoration of SNAP benefits to ensure that no one goes hungry!

A choice for kitchen tables to go empty right before the holidays. A choice to let kids go hungry. A choice to stretch our elders' already fixed incomes. Our lawsuit is about government HELPING the people rather than causing more harm.

Hunger is a political choice. Letting it happen is violence. We won’t let them cut SNAP benefits without a fight. Take action: projectbread.quorum.us/campaign/145...

We are at the Massachusetts State House to rally for SNAP! Dr. Diana Cutts, our co-lead principal investigator, will be speaking today about the urgency of funding the program.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Massachusetts families are at risk of going hungry come November if SNAP isn’t funded — and we need you to stand with us! 💥 RSVP to Rally for SNAP on the State House steps Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 12 p.m. Let’s make our voices impossible to ignore. projectbread.org/events/rally...

BREAKING: CRAIG, DELAURO STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE UNLAWFULLY STEALING FOOD BENEFITS FROM AMERICANS

Join the Make Hunger History coalition on Tuesday 10/28 on the State House steps for the Rally to Save SNAP. 1 million people in MA will not get benefits because of the TRump shutdown. It is a $240 million economic hit and the human toll is higher. #mapoli makehungerhistoryma.org/get-involved...

41 MILLION people are facing a Thanksgiving month without money for food, while contingency funding for SNAP benefits sits unused. Just a month ago, OMB said that SNAP's contingency fund should fund benefits in a shutdown. Now, new reporting says the White House has changed their minds.

“Starving a child is political violence…and this is 100% preventable.” @pressley.house.gov on the upcoming SNAP benefits cliff.

I have never felt so angry or defeated, but I also know that when we come together we can accomplish amazing things like making all school meals free in Massachusetts. Join us in making noise so we can prevent this devastating manmade crisis hitting families in just 8 days. #ProtectSNAP

Hope

What a weird trick for Halloween

USDA: We're not updating the website because of the shutdown. Also USDA: But here's a memo implementing harmful cuts to SNAP posted during the shutdown. Cool cool cool.

I loathe that we need GoFundMe campaigns for this type of thing, but Randy is a real one. Kind, dedicated, smart, funny, and deeply a good person. If you have a few dollars or well wishes please send them his way

So is the new plan to base our measurement of food insecurity on the vibes of insulated, men like this guy? youtu.be/L51G6L_HVns?...

1 in 3 people living in Massachusetts face food insecurity. We can all agree we need to solve hunger. But the MAHA Commission strategy is not it. Instead of real solutions, we see proposals that undermine choice and dignity for food-insecure families. #foodsecurity #antihunger #endhunger

The MAHA Commission has over 99 ideas, but a real plan to improve healthy lifestyles ain’t one. What a wasted opportunity to make meaningful change for America’s children.

And there still never has been.

My coworker just abruptly told me that I’m a lot like Elmo. And I’ve never felt less seen in my life.

Short sighted legislation that is bad policy and (if we are focused) is bad politics. “The grocery store employs 15 people, maybe more, and if we lose the grocery store, what do those people do? It’s not just about people shopping at the grocery store. It has a ripple effect.”

I’m nostalgic for when Kylie Jenner almost solved everything with a Pepsi