Anne Discher
@adischer.bsky.social
Policy wonk trying to be less wonky. Also, dogs. Iowa captive.
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It is illegal to not follow a court order and it is just wrong to delay food assistance to children, seniors, veterans, working parents, and people with disabilities.
The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It is illegal to not follow a court order and it is just wrong to delay food assistance to children, seniors, veterans, working parents, and people with disabilities.
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Perhaps you've seen the news. State officials this month released new projections showing a continued — and worrying — drop in revenue. So many numbers, so much spin. How to make sense of it all? We're here to help. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Perhaps you've seen the news. State officials this month released new projections showing a continued — and worrying — drop in revenue. So many numbers, so much spin. How to make sense of it all? We're here to help. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Teaching a class this morning and pointed out that one reason work requirements for Medicaid is unnecessary is that people have incredibly strong incentives to work. Even to the point where we as a society might agree that they should not have to keep working.
It's expensive to be disabled. Those costs can keep people working past the point where it's in their best interest, including for aging adults. www.businessinsider.com/older-americ...
She's 93 and still job searching despite 14 broken arms and other injuries. She can't afford not to work.
America's oldest workers keep clocking in — many despite health issues and disabilities. And some can't afford to retire. We talked to nearly 200.
www.businessinsider.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Teaching a class this morning and pointed out that one reason work requirements for Medicaid is unnecessary is that people have incredibly strong incentives to work. Even to the point where we as a society might agree that they should not have to keep working.
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The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to:
▪️The plain language of the law
▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan
▪️Guidance from prior Administrations
We have the receipts:
▪️The plain language of the law
▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan
▪️Guidance from prior Administrations
We have the receipts:
SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past
The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
www.cbpp.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to:
▪️The plain language of the law
▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan
▪️Guidance from prior Administrations
We have the receipts:
▪️The plain language of the law
▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan
▪️Guidance from prior Administrations
We have the receipts:
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The reason that people are poor is that they do not have money. That's it, that's the skeet.
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The reason that people are poor is that they do not have money. That's it, that's the skeet.
In Central Iowa, DMARC network of pantries will be a lifeline: dmarcunited.org/donate/
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In Central Iowa, DMARC network of pantries will be a lifeline: dmarcunited.org/donate/
This week, I presented at a church forum in Cedar Rapids on coming SNAP and Medicaid cuts. A women in the audience literally teared up thinking about families in her community and how they would cope without SNAP next month. But, hey, sure, use it as a political weapon.
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 8:11 PM
This week, I presented at a church forum in Cedar Rapids on coming SNAP and Medicaid cuts. A women in the audience literally teared up thinking about families in her community and how they would cope without SNAP next month. But, hey, sure, use it as a political weapon.
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The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims
Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...
www.cbpp.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
If there’s one thing everybody agrees on, it’s that the tax cuts the Legislature has passed over the last handful of years were definitely going to reduce state revenue. That was the line yesterday from REC members, who met to sign off on new revenue projections.
Iowa's fiscal outlook continues to worsen.
Robin Opsahl of Iowa Capital Dispatch reports on yesterday's meeting of the Revenue Estimating Conference. The state is expected to bring in about $1.3 billion less in revenue than spending approved for FY2026.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/17/p...
Robin Opsahl of Iowa Capital Dispatch reports on yesterday's meeting of the Revenue Estimating Conference. The state is expected to bring in about $1.3 billion less in revenue than spending approved for FY2026.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/17/p...
Panel predicts 9% drop in Iowa state tax revenue in current fiscal year
Robin Opsahl: The new projections have increased the expected gap between the state’s income and spending to $1.3 billion for FY 2026.
www.bleedingheartland.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If there’s one thing everybody agrees on, it’s that the tax cuts the Legislature has passed over the last handful of years were definitely going to reduce state revenue. That was the line yesterday from REC members, who met to sign off on new revenue projections.
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We estimate that ACA marketplace enrollees will see their out-of-pocket premiums increase by 114% if enhanced tax credits are not extended. That translates to an average premium increase of $1,016 per enrollee.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We estimate that ACA marketplace enrollees will see their out-of-pocket premiums increase by 114% if enhanced tax credits are not extended. That translates to an average premium increase of $1,016 per enrollee.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Popular superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district abducted by ICE
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Popular superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district abducted by ICE
I truly have no words.
September 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I truly have no words.
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LOOK AT THIS CHART.
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH DIDN'T DROP THE CHILD POVERTY RATE IN 2021.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DID. SNAP. THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. MEDICAID.
CHILD POVERTY RATES ARE GETTING WORSE AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE NOW CUTTING SNAP AND MEDICAID TO GIVE THE RICH TAX BREAKS.
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH DIDN'T DROP THE CHILD POVERTY RATE IN 2021.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DID. SNAP. THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. MEDICAID.
CHILD POVERTY RATES ARE GETTING WORSE AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE NOW CUTTING SNAP AND MEDICAID TO GIVE THE RICH TAX BREAKS.
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
LOOK AT THIS CHART.
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH DIDN'T DROP THE CHILD POVERTY RATE IN 2021.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DID. SNAP. THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. MEDICAID.
CHILD POVERTY RATES ARE GETTING WORSE AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE NOW CUTTING SNAP AND MEDICAID TO GIVE THE RICH TAX BREAKS.
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH DIDN'T DROP THE CHILD POVERTY RATE IN 2021.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DID. SNAP. THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. MEDICAID.
CHILD POVERTY RATES ARE GETTING WORSE AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE NOW CUTTING SNAP AND MEDICAID TO GIVE THE RICH TAX BREAKS.
My funniest friend nails it.
September 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My funniest friend nails it.
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happy labor day
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
happy labor day
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The Republican tax and spending law cuts federal Medicaid spending in rural areas by $137 billion over a decade, much more than the temporary $50 billion rural health relief fund.
August 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Republican tax and spending law cuts federal Medicaid spending in rural areas by $137 billion over a decade, much more than the temporary $50 billion rural health relief fund.
So we will cut food assistance that helps families obtain healthy food? [blinks in confusion]
Brooke Rollins: "Medicaid is bankrupting almost every state ... we have to do a better job through our nutrition programs of ensuring that those communities have access to health foods, so on the backend we have programs that are not bankrupting our government."
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So we will cut food assistance that helps families obtain healthy food? [blinks in confusion]
Said some stuff. Pretty mad and sad.
Our statement on passage of the federal reconciliation bill
www.commongoodiowa.org/policy-areas...
www.commongoodiowa.org/policy-areas...
House, Senate slash health and food assistance for Iowans
Iowa members of the House and Senate backed budget legislation that barely passed but will cut health care and nutrition for millions of Americans and thousands of Iowans, all to make huge, debt-drivi...
www.commongoodiowa.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Said some stuff. Pretty mad and sad.
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
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The U.S. is debating the federal budget bill, which will cut thousands of Iowans off #Medicaid and SNAP, right now. How many people are at risk of losing health care and food assistance in your county?
Explore our interactive data tool here: www.commongoodiowa.org/data/medicai...
Explore our interactive data tool here: www.commongoodiowa.org/data/medicai...
July 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The U.S. is debating the federal budget bill, which will cut thousands of Iowans off #Medicaid and SNAP, right now. How many people are at risk of losing health care and food assistance in your county?
Explore our interactive data tool here: www.commongoodiowa.org/data/medicai...
Explore our interactive data tool here: www.commongoodiowa.org/data/medicai...
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Senate Republicans made a horrible House bill even worse. House Republicans should step back & find the courage to say no to any bill that would raise costs & take health coverage & food assistance away from people struggling to afford the basics.
July 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Senate Republicans made a horrible House bill even worse. House Republicans should step back & find the courage to say no to any bill that would raise costs & take health coverage & food assistance away from people struggling to afford the basics.
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Senate Republicans saw the impacts of the House bill and chose to double down. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Senate Republicans saw the impacts of the House bill and chose to double down. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Iowa is home to two of those House Rs who could make all the difference.
July 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Iowa is home to two of those House Rs who could make all the difference.
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States' ability to fully pay this amount determines whether low-income families can still get SNAP. But how is any state supposed to plan & budget for a huge unfunded mandate that can also vary by *hundreds of millions of dollars* year-to-year based on miniscule fluctuations in one program metric?
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
States' ability to fully pay this amount determines whether low-income families can still get SNAP. But how is any state supposed to plan & budget for a huge unfunded mandate that can also vary by *hundreds of millions of dollars* year-to-year based on miniscule fluctuations in one program metric?