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Realize on food stamps too there can be now no new people signed up.
People apply every day.
Shutdown has to be resolved or right back in a few weeks how do you pay-do you pay-next month's benefits?

We're still not fully funded for this month.
About half funded and several days late before many get benefits.

So food banks are doing all can.
Remember they're already stretched thin due to recent government funding cuts.

Trump could find funds to redirect if it was a priority to him to fully fund this month.

The Attorneys General of 21 Democratic states unite to slam the MAGA Education Department with a massive lawsuit over Trump's corrupt changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness student debt relief program.
Our courtrooms have become a battlefield against fascism...
“Public Service Loan Forgiveness was created as a promise to teachers, nurses, firefighters, and social workers that their service to our communities would be honored,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
“Instead, this administration has created a political loyalty test disguised as a regulation. It is unjust and unlawful to cut off loan forgiveness for hardworking Americans based on ideology. I will not let our federal government punish New York’s public servants for doing their jobs or standing up for our values,” she added.
The suit stems from a rule change last week by the Trump administration which states that anyone engaged in so-called "unlawful activities" will be ineligible for relief under the PSLF program. The program provides relief to government workers or nonprofit employees by forgiving their loans after 10 years of payments.
The administration has defined "unlawful activities” as “abetting illegal immigration” or supporting gender transition for minors. Of course, it's unlikely to end there. "Unlawful activities" are increasingly being defined by this president as anything that he disagrees with politically. His ultimate goal is to punish everyone who refuses to mark lockstep with the MAGA agenda.
In their lawsuit, the states argue that the rule will be used disproportionately to target Trump's political enemies. They suggest that it will be exploited to go after “teachers in states with inclusive curricula, health professionals providing gender-affirming care, or legal aid attorneys representing immigrants, could suddenly lose PSLF eligibility through no fault of their own.”
The states involved in the suit are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, as well as D.C.

Been a crazy day here. Worked on supper menus.

"...SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed..."

"...This sounds really innocuous, but Teen Vogue just axed their whole politics desk — everybody working on it has been laid off. This is devastating: it was a publication with a lot of reach and it was consistent in how it spoke out against this administration..."

"..I grew up being told, 'The older you get, the more conservative you become.'

I'm discovering that the older I get, the more I want our society to be tolerant, charitable, kind, and peaceful, and to ensure that everyone has what they need to survive and thrive.."

The youth in Europe and America are turning more to the right.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/s/rwEAy4m2XS

It's not even sustainable, from a cultural perspective.  Places in Europe, Mohammed is the top boys baby name.  It was in England and Wales.  That's not the only place.