The Iowa Hunger Coalition is hosting a Day of Action to Protect SNAP Choice on Monday, March 24 - learn more and RSVP here: www.iowahungercoalition.org/2025/03/22/p...

I've been participating in the #snapchallenge25 since Sunday but have been bad about posting updates, so here goes.

This week, my family of three is limited to $18/day for all food and beverages (the average daily SNAP benefit is roughly $6/day).

Here's how it's been so far:

HSB 216, which would severely limit which foods Iowans could purchase with SNAP, has a subcommittee this Wednesday, February 26, at 12pm.

Yesterday, Iowa House HHS Chair introduced HSB 216, which seeks to enact sweeping food restrictions for SNAP. This bill pushes the false notion that low-income Iowans cannot be trusted to make the best food choices for their families.

this is the same basic dynamic as the way the media refuses to call him fascist or say Musk gave a Nazi salute: the thing that is being done has implications that cannot be faced, so it cannot be said to be happening

1st week of the Iowa legislature has wrapped up - thankfully to date we've only seen good bills introduced i/r/t hunger and food access

SSB 1012 - $1 million for Double Up Food Bucks

HF 59 - Grocer reinvestment fund and fruit and vegetable processing grant

SF 58 - Healthy School Meals for All

In December 2023, Sen. Chuck Grassley co-authored a letter with Rep. Chip Roy, calling for cutting SNAP benefits in the Farm Bill. The average Iowa SNAP household would have their monthly benefits slashed by over $70.

www.iowahungercoalition.org/2023/12/18/i...

So I asked why it was even worth engaging with her if the programming was disrespectful and inaccurate.

This was the response.

Americans historically opposed government welfare b/c of racism (not wanting to help Black people).

New study shows: anti-Black racism has decreased, w/ within-person changes predicting more support for redistribution policies.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#PrejudiceResearch

One of the Republican proposals to pay for extending Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy is to cut SNAP. This would slash benefits by $70/month for the average Iowa SNAP household. All while hunger and food insecurity continue to climb.

washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

The Iowa Hunger Coalition is circulating a sign-on letter for organizations calling on Gov. Reynolds to participate in Summer EBT in 2025. Nonprofits, faith communities, businesses, local govs, school boards, etc. - all are welcome to sign. Deadline 12/13.

www.iowahungercoalition.org/summer-ebt/

The Iowa Hunger Coalition is circulating a sign-on letter for organizations calling on Gov. Reynolds to participate in Summer EBT in 2025. Nonprofits, faith communities, businesses, local govs, school boards, etc. - all are welcome to sign. Deadline 12/13.

www.iowahungercoalition.org/summer-ebt/

Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.

And Jesus entered the temple and said to the money changers, "You are an important part of the local economy and I'm looking forward to working with you"

My op-ed in today's Des Moines Register

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...

NEW: Trump selects Russ Vought, architect of Project 2025, to lead White House budget office

Vought helped Trump craft plans to purge the Justice Department, deploy the military to quash civilian unrest, & massively expand presidential power over spending

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

USDA has rejected Iowa's Summer EBT "waiver request" to operate a meal box program. Gov. Reynolds says the state will re-submit the request to the Trump administration.

www.thegazette.com/state-govern...

life right now is chaotic good

the sky is bluer on the other side