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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We remember those taken by violence and we name the truth behind that violence:
a political movement determined to erase transgender people from public life.
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#TDOR #TransLivesMatter #ProtectTransKids #ALpolitics
We remember those taken by violence and we name the truth behind that violence:
a political movement determined to erase transgender people from public life.
🧵
#TDOR #TransLivesMatter #ProtectTransKids #ALpolitics
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We remember those taken by violence and we name the truth behind that violence:
a political movement determined to erase transgender people from public life.
🧵
#TDOR #TransLivesMatter #ProtectTransKids #ALpolitics
We remember those taken by violence and we name the truth behind that violence:
a political movement determined to erase transgender people from public life.
🧵
#TDOR #TransLivesMatter #ProtectTransKids #ALpolitics
A federal judge just ordered Alabama to use a fairer map in the Montgomery area for the 2026 Senate race.
Translation: the state can’t rig the lines however it pleases.
It’s one more reminder that courts, not our politicians, are the ones protecting voters.
#FairMaps
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Translation: the state can’t rig the lines however it pleases.
It’s one more reminder that courts, not our politicians, are the ones protecting voters.
#FairMaps
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U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco orders Alabama to use new State…
U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ordered Alabama use a new State Senate redistricting map for 2026. | Alabama News
1819news.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A federal judge just ordered Alabama to use a fairer map in the Montgomery area for the 2026 Senate race.
Translation: the state can’t rig the lines however it pleases.
It’s one more reminder that courts, not our politicians, are the ones protecting voters.
#FairMaps
1819news.com/news/item/u-...
Translation: the state can’t rig the lines however it pleases.
It’s one more reminder that courts, not our politicians, are the ones protecting voters.
#FairMaps
1819news.com/news/item/u-...
Alabama will move heaven and earth to protect a football program’s win record.
But fans passing out in the stands?
Dozens of heat calls a game?
Concrete at 130°?
We get cooling stations and a “hydrate” reminder.
Game times and TV money stay untouched.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
But fans passing out in the stands?
Dozens of heat calls a game?
Concrete at 130°?
We get cooling stations and a “hydrate” reminder.
Game times and TV money stay untouched.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums - Inside Climate News
Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country.
insideclimatenews.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Alabama will move heaven and earth to protect a football program’s win record.
But fans passing out in the stands?
Dozens of heat calls a game?
Concrete at 130°?
We get cooling stations and a “hydrate” reminder.
Game times and TV money stay untouched.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
But fans passing out in the stands?
Dozens of heat calls a game?
Concrete at 130°?
We get cooling stations and a “hydrate” reminder.
Game times and TV money stay untouched.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
Fairhope voters rejected the censorship slate this summer.
The state went around them and took $20K from the library.
Local control is only sacred until a community uses it.
#Libraries #Censorship #LocalControl #ProtectLibraries #BannedBooks
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/17/c...
The state went around them and took $20K from the library.
Local control is only sacred until a community uses it.
#Libraries #Censorship #LocalControl #ProtectLibraries #BannedBooks
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/17/c...
'Confused, angry:' APLS revokes Fairhope Public Library's remaining 2025 state funds amid dispute | Alabama Reflector
The library forfeited about $22,000, roughly half of the state aid, because it was not in compliance over books in the teens section.
alabamareflector.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fairhope voters rejected the censorship slate this summer.
The state went around them and took $20K from the library.
Local control is only sacred until a community uses it.
#Libraries #Censorship #LocalControl #ProtectLibraries #BannedBooks
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/17/c...
The state went around them and took $20K from the library.
Local control is only sacred until a community uses it.
#Libraries #Censorship #LocalControl #ProtectLibraries #BannedBooks
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/17/c...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Join us by emailing UnmuteAlabama@gmail.com!
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Veterans Day always brings a mix of pride and reflection. I served because I believe in the people behind this flag, all of us.
Happy Veterans Day to my fellow veterans.
Now, no one ask how many years ago this picture was taken. That's classified!
#VeteransDay #UnmuteAlabama
Happy Veterans Day to my fellow veterans.
Now, no one ask how many years ago this picture was taken. That's classified!
#VeteransDay #UnmuteAlabama
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Veterans Day always brings a mix of pride and reflection. I served because I believe in the people behind this flag, all of us.
Happy Veterans Day to my fellow veterans.
Now, no one ask how many years ago this picture was taken. That's classified!
#VeteransDay #UnmuteAlabama
Happy Veterans Day to my fellow veterans.
Now, no one ask how many years ago this picture was taken. That's classified!
#VeteransDay #UnmuteAlabama
The shutdown “deal” keeps the lights on by turning off the help families need to afford care.
Eight Dems joined Republicans to drop ACA subsidies from the bill.
It’s a short-term fix with long-term pain.
#ACA #CostsUpCareDown
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Eight Dems joined Republicans to drop ACA subsidies from the bill.
It’s a short-term fix with long-term pain.
#ACA #CostsUpCareDown
democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-...
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES VOWS TO FIGHT ON
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:House Democrats have consistently maintained that bipartisan legislation that funds the government must also decisively ...
democraticleader.house.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The shutdown “deal” keeps the lights on by turning off the help families need to afford care.
Eight Dems joined Republicans to drop ACA subsidies from the bill.
It’s a short-term fix with long-term pain.
#ACA #CostsUpCareDown
democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-...
Eight Dems joined Republicans to drop ACA subsidies from the bill.
It’s a short-term fix with long-term pain.
#ACA #CostsUpCareDown
democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-...
The latest Unmute Alabama newsletter just dropped.
Stories that matter. Talking points that help.
Grab a cup of coffee and catch up → docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stories that matter. Talking points that help.
Grab a cup of coffee and catch up → docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The latest Unmute Alabama newsletter just dropped.
Stories that matter. Talking points that help.
Grab a cup of coffee and catch up → docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stories that matter. Talking points that help.
Grab a cup of coffee and catch up → docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Power and poverty.
In the poorest state in America, families pay the highest residential electric bills and haven’t had a public hearing on rates in 43 years.
That’s not oversight. That’s captivity.
#AlabamaPower #ALPolitics
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
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In the poorest state in America, families pay the highest residential electric bills and haven’t had a public hearing on rates in 43 years.
That’s not oversight. That’s captivity.
#AlabamaPower #ALPolitics
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country - Inside Climate News
In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
insideclimatenews.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Power and poverty.
In the poorest state in America, families pay the highest residential electric bills and haven’t had a public hearing on rates in 43 years.
That’s not oversight. That’s captivity.
#AlabamaPower #ALPolitics
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
In the poorest state in America, families pay the highest residential electric bills and haven’t had a public hearing on rates in 43 years.
That’s not oversight. That’s captivity.
#AlabamaPower #ALPolitics
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
Tho the feds will pay half of Nov’s SNAP benefits after a court order, that still leaves thousands of Bama families short and hungry.
ALDems are calling on Ivey to call a special session so we can use emergency funds to keep families fed.
#UnmuteAlabama
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ALDems are calling on Ivey to call a special session so we can use emergency funds to keep families fed.
#UnmuteAlabama
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Alabama Democrats call for special legislative session to fund SNAP | Alabama Reflector
Alabama Democrats called on Gov. Ivey Monday to call a special session to help feed more than 726,000 Alabamians who lost food assistance.
alabamareflector.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Tho the feds will pay half of Nov’s SNAP benefits after a court order, that still leaves thousands of Bama families short and hungry.
ALDems are calling on Ivey to call a special session so we can use emergency funds to keep families fed.
#UnmuteAlabama
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ALDems are calling on Ivey to call a special session so we can use emergency funds to keep families fed.
#UnmuteAlabama
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/03/a...
Tuberville is warning about “Sharia law” again.
Alabama already has a law banning something that never existed here.
This is about scaring people who’ve never met a Muslim into thinking their neighbors are a threat.
#UnmuteAlabama
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Alabama already has a law banning something that never existed here.
This is about scaring people who’ve never met a Muslim into thinking their neighbors are a threat.
#UnmuteAlabama
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'Wake up, America. They're here, they're on our shores': Tuberville…
During an interview with OANN's "Weekly Briefing," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) reiterated his reasoning for his push to impose a Sharia law ban…
1819news.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tuberville is warning about “Sharia law” again.
Alabama already has a law banning something that never existed here.
This is about scaring people who’ve never met a Muslim into thinking their neighbors are a threat.
#UnmuteAlabama
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1819news.com/news/item/wa...
Alabama already has a law banning something that never existed here.
This is about scaring people who’ve never met a Muslim into thinking their neighbors are a threat.
#UnmuteAlabama
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1819news.com/news/item/wa...
J.D. Vance says Trump is making the shutdown ‘as unpainless as possible.’
Tell that to the families losing SNAP, the kids missing Head Start, and the federal workers missing paychecks.
‘Unpainless’ depends on who you ask.
Tell that to the families losing SNAP, the kids missing Head Start, and the federal workers missing paychecks.
‘Unpainless’ depends on who you ask.
'Trump has tried to do everything that he can to make it as unpainless as possible.'
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
J.D. Vance says Trump is making the shutdown ‘as unpainless as possible.’
Tell that to the families losing SNAP, the kids missing Head Start, and the federal workers missing paychecks.
‘Unpainless’ depends on who you ask.
Tell that to the families losing SNAP, the kids missing Head Start, and the federal workers missing paychecks.
‘Unpainless’ depends on who you ask.
Head Start classrooms in AL, GA, and FL are closing.
Teachers furloughed. Kids losing meals. Parents losing childcare.
This is what “Families First” looks like during a Trump shutdown: Kids w/no school.
The GOP pulled the rug out from families trying to stand on it.
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Teachers furloughed. Kids losing meals. Parents losing childcare.
This is what “Families First” looks like during a Trump shutdown: Kids w/no school.
The GOP pulled the rug out from families trying to stand on it.
aldailynews.com/some-head-st...
Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues
The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation's neediest children out of preschool.
aldailynews.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Head Start classrooms in AL, GA, and FL are closing.
Teachers furloughed. Kids losing meals. Parents losing childcare.
This is what “Families First” looks like during a Trump shutdown: Kids w/no school.
The GOP pulled the rug out from families trying to stand on it.
aldailynews.com/some-head-st...
Teachers furloughed. Kids losing meals. Parents losing childcare.
This is what “Families First” looks like during a Trump shutdown: Kids w/no school.
The GOP pulled the rug out from families trying to stand on it.
aldailynews.com/some-head-st...
They say they’re “streamlining government.” What they’re really cutting are second chances. For people in recovery, for families trying to rebuild, for communities that still believe in care.
#UnmuteAlabama
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Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump.
An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.
www.thebulwark.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
They say they’re “streamlining government.” What they’re really cutting are second chances. For people in recovery, for families trying to rebuild, for communities that still believe in care.
#UnmuteAlabama
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#UnmuteAlabama
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🩺 450,000 Alabamians will face higher premiums this year, some doubling overnight.
💰 A couple in their 60s could owe $2,100 more every month.
That’s not “tightening belts.”
That’s a boot on families’ necks. 👢
#GetBackToWrok
💰 A couple in their 60s could owe $2,100 more every month.
That’s not “tightening belts.”
That’s a boot on families’ necks. 👢
#GetBackToWrok
November 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🩺 450,000 Alabamians will face higher premiums this year, some doubling overnight.
💰 A couple in their 60s could owe $2,100 more every month.
That’s not “tightening belts.”
That’s a boot on families’ necks. 👢
#GetBackToWrok
💰 A couple in their 60s could owe $2,100 more every month.
That’s not “tightening belts.”
That’s a boot on families’ necks. 👢
#GetBackToWrok
November is Native American Heritage Month.
A good time to ask: whose stories built this country, and whose do we still leave out?
#NativeAmericanHeritage
A good time to ask: whose stories built this country, and whose do we still leave out?
#NativeAmericanHeritage
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
November is Native American Heritage Month.
A good time to ask: whose stories built this country, and whose do we still leave out?
#NativeAmericanHeritage
A good time to ask: whose stories built this country, and whose do we still leave out?
#NativeAmericanHeritage
Two judges, in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, just ruled the Trump administration can’t suspend November SNAP benefits.
The courts called it what it is: illegal.
You can’t call food aid “mandatory” and then treat it like a suggestion.
#UnmuteAlabama
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
The courts called it what it is: illegal.
You can’t call food aid “mandatory” and then treat it like a suggestion.
#UnmuteAlabama
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Trump admin ordered to distribute SNAP benefits, using contingency fund
A pair of rulings both found the effort to suspend SNAP payments is likely illegal, with one judge issuing a TRO on Friday. Also: Appeals court rejects court's Bovino check-in order.
www.lawdork.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Two judges, in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, just ruled the Trump administration can’t suspend November SNAP benefits.
The courts called it what it is: illegal.
You can’t call food aid “mandatory” and then treat it like a suggestion.
#UnmuteAlabama
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
The courts called it what it is: illegal.
You can’t call food aid “mandatory” and then treat it like a suggestion.
#UnmuteAlabama
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Southern Company: $1.7 billion in profit.
PSC: more rate hikes and “fuel-cost adjustments.”
Alabama families: doing the math at the grocery store.
We keep tightening our belts while the utilities never miss a meal.
#UnmuteAlabama
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PSC: more rate hikes and “fuel-cost adjustments.”
Alabama families: doing the math at the grocery store.
We keep tightening our belts while the utilities never miss a meal.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/so...
Southern Company announces $1.7 billion profit in third quarter of…
Southern Company revealed another large profit in a quarterly earnings report released on Thursday for July to September. | Alabama News
1819news.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Southern Company: $1.7 billion in profit.
PSC: more rate hikes and “fuel-cost adjustments.”
Alabama families: doing the math at the grocery store.
We keep tightening our belts while the utilities never miss a meal.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/so...
PSC: more rate hikes and “fuel-cost adjustments.”
Alabama families: doing the math at the grocery store.
We keep tightening our belts while the utilities never miss a meal.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/so...
Democrats don’t have a messaging problem.
We have an imagination problem.
Stop Cosplaying the Right
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We have an imagination problem.
Stop Cosplaying the Right
unmutealabama.substack.com/p/stop-cospl...
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Democrats don’t have a messaging problem.
We have an imagination problem.
Stop Cosplaying the Right
unmutealabama.substack.com/p/stop-cospl...
We have an imagination problem.
Stop Cosplaying the Right
unmutealabama.substack.com/p/stop-cospl...
SNAP benefits just stopped for 752,000 Alabamians, 331,000 of them kids.
The Senate skipped town Thursday. The House hasn’t been in session since September.
This isn’t “gridlock.” It’s abandonment.
🧵Keep reading!
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The Senate skipped town Thursday. The House hasn’t been in session since September.
This isn’t “gridlock.” It’s abandonment.
🧵Keep reading!
aldailynews.com/shutdown-wil...
Shutdown will stretch into next week as SNAP benefits lapse
The pain of the government shutdown will be widely felt in Alabama this weekend as food aid begins to lapse.
aldailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
SNAP benefits just stopped for 752,000 Alabamians, 331,000 of them kids.
The Senate skipped town Thursday. The House hasn’t been in session since September.
This isn’t “gridlock.” It’s abandonment.
🧵Keep reading!
aldailynews.com/shutdown-wil...
The Senate skipped town Thursday. The House hasn’t been in session since September.
This isn’t “gridlock.” It’s abandonment.
🧵Keep reading!
aldailynews.com/shutdown-wil...
Alabama suspended methane monitoring after a fatal home explosion above a coal mine.
“Clean, beautiful coal” shouldn’t mean families buried under rubble.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #ClimateJustice #alpolitics
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“Clean, beautiful coal” shouldn’t mean families buried under rubble.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #ClimateJustice #alpolitics
insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out - Inside Climate News
Joe Pizarchik, who led the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement from 2009 to 2017, says Alabama’s move in the wake of a fatal 2024 home explosion increases risks to residents l...
insideclimatenews.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Alabama suspended methane monitoring after a fatal home explosion above a coal mine.
“Clean, beautiful coal” shouldn’t mean families buried under rubble.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #ClimateJustice #alpolitics
insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
“Clean, beautiful coal” shouldn’t mean families buried under rubble.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #ClimateJustice #alpolitics
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Two people are dead after a Montgomery shootout.
The state’s response?
Crack down on alcohol giveaways.
Not guns. Not violence.
Beer.
Only in Alabama.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/ab...
The state’s response?
Crack down on alcohol giveaways.
Not guns. Not violence.
Beer.
Only in Alabama.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/ab...
ABC Board calls on lawmakers to consider restrictions on free…
State lawmakers should consider passing legislation to restrict giveaways of alcohol at large events by “public entities” and allowing the state to…
1819news.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Two people are dead after a Montgomery shootout.
The state’s response?
Crack down on alcohol giveaways.
Not guns. Not violence.
Beer.
Only in Alabama.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/ab...
The state’s response?
Crack down on alcohol giveaways.
Not guns. Not violence.
Beer.
Only in Alabama.
#UnmuteAlabama
1819news.com/news/item/ab...
Born here means you belong here.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is backing Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the promise in the 14th Amendment that says everyone born on U.S. soil is an American.
#UnmuteAlabama
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is backing Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the promise in the 14th Amendment that says everyone born on U.S. soil is an American.
#UnmuteAlabama
🧵Keep reading!
'Constitution not a loophole for illegal immigration': Marshall backs…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is backing President Donald Trump’s move to ban birthright citizenship for those born in the U.S. to illegal…
1819news.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Born here means you belong here.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is backing Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the promise in the 14th Amendment that says everyone born on U.S. soil is an American.
#UnmuteAlabama
🧵Keep reading!
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is backing Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the promise in the 14th Amendment that says everyone born on U.S. soil is an American.
#UnmuteAlabama
🧵Keep reading!
Alabama’s food banks are calling the shutdown a disaster.
Starting Saturday, 752,000 Alabamians, half a million kids, 300,000 older adults or people with disabilities, and 24,000 veterans, won’t receive SNAP food assistance.
Food banks were already stretched thin after earlier federal cuts.
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Starting Saturday, 752,000 Alabamians, half a million kids, 300,000 older adults or people with disabilities, and 24,000 veterans, won’t receive SNAP food assistance.
Food banks were already stretched thin after earlier federal cuts.
🧵
Alabama food banks expect ‘unprecedented’ demand as SNAP benefits halt
Food banks are preparing for hundreds of thousands of Alabamians to need meals when SNAP benefits pause next month.
aldailynews.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Alabama’s food banks are calling the shutdown a disaster.
Starting Saturday, 752,000 Alabamians, half a million kids, 300,000 older adults or people with disabilities, and 24,000 veterans, won’t receive SNAP food assistance.
Food banks were already stretched thin after earlier federal cuts.
🧵
Starting Saturday, 752,000 Alabamians, half a million kids, 300,000 older adults or people with disabilities, and 24,000 veterans, won’t receive SNAP food assistance.
Food banks were already stretched thin after earlier federal cuts.
🧵