President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will serve up more barriers for families to enroll in school meal programs, like SNAP. Iowa school leaders are bracing themselves—hoping they can help make sure their students will have full stomachs so they can learn.

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For Grandmother Elizabeth in Des Moines, the start of each new day means the start of fresh food worries—they’re always something she regularly loses sleep over.

“Food is something so many people take for granted, but for us, it is something I have to plan, stretch, and worry over constantly.”

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The boycott will take place from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, the busiest shopping days of the year. Instead of these major retailers, the organizers are encouraging shoppers to spend their money at local small businesses.

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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Selzer’s legal representation, is also representing her in the lawsuit brought by Trump. The organization believes that case will reach the same conclusion.

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The lawsuit is virtually identical to one filed by President Donald Trump, with both claiming the poll was fraudulent and “fake news.” The court decided in this case that the subscriber’s claims did not have any legal standing, and instead made such claims using “mere buzzwords and speculation.”

While SNAP recipients likely won’t see that money on their EBT cards that soon, the order will bring relief to the 42 million Americans and 1 in 12 Iowans who rely on the program to feed themselves and their families.