Leran
@leran.bsky.social
Thinking a lot about humanity, anti-hunger policy, the Overton window, and what I'm going to eat next.
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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.
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.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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.
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.
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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.
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.
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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.
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.
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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.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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.
At 11:54 p.m. ET, the First Circuit *denied* the Trump administration's request for a stay pending appeal in the SNAP case.
#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.
#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.
SNAP
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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.
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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.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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.
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?”
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“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.
Taken literally, the Attorney General is saying that President Trump’s agenda is to deliver only partial SNAP benefits instead of full benefits.
This of course makes sense given that President Trump recently enacted the largest SNAP cuts in history.
This of course makes sense given that President Trump recently enacted the largest SNAP cuts in history.
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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
We need a reset of our priorities, America
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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
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.
SNAP fuels our families, our communities, our country.
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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.
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.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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.
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.
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“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-...
projectbread.org/news/hunger-...
Hunger Is Not a Choice, But Inaction Is
Project Bread and Advocates Rally at the State House to Demand Action be taken to Fund November SNAP benefits amidst shutdown
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October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“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-...
projectbread.org/news/hunger-...
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The Massachusetts rainy day fund has 8.6 billion in it right now. Look around @massgovernor.bsky.social - it's raining.
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Gov. Healey says there's "no way" Massachusetts would be able to make up for lost SNAP funding from the federal government.
www.cbsnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Massachusetts rainy day fund has 8.6 billion in it right now. Look around @massgovernor.bsky.social - it's raining.
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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
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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"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.
Our co-lead principal investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts, speaks about the upcoming SNAP funding lapse on the steps of the Massachusetts State House.
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"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.
Our co-lead principal investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts, speaks about the upcoming SNAP funding lapse on the steps of the Massachusetts State House.
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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!
October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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!
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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.
Our lawsuit is about government HELPING the people rather than causing more harm.
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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.
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...
projectbread.quorum.us/campaign/145...
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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...
projectbread.quorum.us/campaign/145...
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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.
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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.
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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.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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.
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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...
Rally for SNAP at the State House | Upcoming Event
SNAP can't stop during the government shutdown! RSVP to join Make Hunger History for a Rally for SNAP on the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025
projectbread.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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...
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BREAKING: CRAIG, DELAURO STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE UNLAWFULLY STEALING FOOD BENEFITS FROM AMERICANS
October 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: CRAIG, DELAURO STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE UNLAWFULLY STEALING FOOD BENEFITS FROM AMERICANS
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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...
makehungerhistoryma.org/get-involved...
Make Hunger History Coalition
SNAP can't stop during the government shutdown! RSVP to join Make Hunger History for a Rally for SNAP on the State House on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 12pm. Massachusetts families can't wait!
makehungerhistoryma.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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...
makehungerhistoryma.org/get-involved...
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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.
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.
Punchbowl reports “White House officials determined they do not have the authority” to use contingency reserves —billions of $ that Congress provided for use when SNAP funding is inadequate— to fund Nov. SNAP benefits. But, that’s not what USDA’s now-deleted shutdown plan says:
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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.
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.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Starving a child is political violence…and this is 100% preventable.” @pressley.house.gov on the upcoming SNAP benefits cliff.