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More chaos and cruelty in SNAP. A short 🧵. On Thursday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered USDA to issue full SNAP benefits for November by Friday, using unneeded extra funds in the child nutrition account. Several states responded by starting work on issuing full benefits. 1/
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Follow @davidasuper.bsky.social for the latest on #SNAP from a law and policy POV
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NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits because of the way the Trump administration has implemented a court order, which required it to preserve the program during the shutdown.
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Some SNAP Recipients May Not Receive Food Stamps Under White House Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits because of the way the Trump administration has implemented a court order, which required it to preserve the program during the shutdown.
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.
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As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
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When I worked at Wells Fargo, my coworkers were on SNAP.
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
When I worked at Wells Fargo, my coworkers were on SNAP.
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We are deeply concerned about where the economy is headed and about OBBBA SNAP policy. And we come with RECEIPTS.
Read alllllll about it here:
www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
Read alllllll about it here:
www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are deeply concerned about where the economy is headed and about OBBBA SNAP policy. And we come with RECEIPTS.
Read alllllll about it here:
www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
Read alllllll about it here:
www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
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"She ran into a deer in upstate NY. This set off a chain of events which culminated in clear collaboration between ICE & police. ICE is trying to deport her."
This story is all too common in immigrant communities. We need our NYS leaders to protect us from Trump's cruel deportation agenda. #NY4All
This story is all too common in immigrant communities. We need our NYS leaders to protect us from Trump's cruel deportation agenda. #NY4All
Another Voice: New York for All Act would help stop ICE from terrorizing families - NYCLU
By: Luba Cortés and Zachary Ahmad
www.nyclu.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"She ran into a deer in upstate NY. This set off a chain of events which culminated in clear collaboration between ICE & police. ICE is trying to deport her."
This story is all too common in immigrant communities. We need our NYS leaders to protect us from Trump's cruel deportation agenda. #NY4All
This story is all too common in immigrant communities. We need our NYS leaders to protect us from Trump's cruel deportation agenda. #NY4All
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Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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“We’ve been through different iterations with immigration, but now is probably the most extreme I’ve seen in terms of trepidation from our clients.” Hannah Shapiro, Supervising Attorney at Legal Aid
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump's Immigration Agenda Is Making Things Even Worse For Domestic Violence Victims
The threat of detention or deportation by ICE has left many survivors too scared to seek help from police or the legal system.
www.huffpost.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“We’ve been through different iterations with immigration, but now is probably the most extreme I’ve seen in terms of trepidation from our clients.” Hannah Shapiro, Supervising Attorney at Legal Aid
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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The government has declared that Head Start is not basic education as required under Plyler v. Doe and is therefore a "welfare program" barred by the 1996 Clinton welfare reform bill, despite the government having since 1998 taken a completely different position on what the law means.
HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...
www.hhs.gov
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The government has declared that Head Start is not basic education as required under Plyler v. Doe and is therefore a "welfare program" barred by the 1996 Clinton welfare reform bill, despite the government having since 1998 taken a completely different position on what the law means.
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President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill" into law — and its attacks on immigrants' health, safety, and rights threaten to destabilize our communities for generations.
Read our latest resource to learn more about anti-immigrant policies in the OBBB Act: www.nilc.org/resources/th...
Read our latest resource to learn more about anti-immigrant policies in the OBBB Act: www.nilc.org/resources/th...
The Anti-Immigrant Policies in Trump’s Final “Big Beautiful Bill,” Explained
Learn how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashes access to health care, nutrition, and tax credits, expands immigration enforcement, and harms low-income and immigrant communities—putting the U.S. eco...
www.nilc.org
July 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill" into law — and its attacks on immigrants' health, safety, and rights threaten to destabilize our communities for generations.
Read our latest resource to learn more about anti-immigrant policies in the OBBB Act: www.nilc.org/resources/th...
Read our latest resource to learn more about anti-immigrant policies in the OBBB Act: www.nilc.org/resources/th...
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I don't center electoral politics in my work, but the NYC mayoral race and Mamdani's campaign commitment to collaborative action captivated me. So I wrote about it.
linasrivastava.medium.com/the-new-guar...
linasrivastava.medium.com/the-new-guar...
The New Guard
When collective leadership lays a path to democratic renewal
linasrivastava.medium.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don't center electoral politics in my work, but the NYC mayoral race and Mamdani's campaign commitment to collaborative action captivated me. So I wrote about it.
linasrivastava.medium.com/the-new-guar...
linasrivastava.medium.com/the-new-guar...
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There is not evidence of systemic fraud, waste, or abuse of Medicaid on the patient side. Any journalist covering this should be making this clear when confronted with BS conservative narratives that emanate from racist “welfare queen” tropes and not any semblance of legitimate data.
June 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There is not evidence of systemic fraud, waste, or abuse of Medicaid on the patient side. Any journalist covering this should be making this clear when confronted with BS conservative narratives that emanate from racist “welfare queen” tropes and not any semblance of legitimate data.
Sad day for our democracy.
June 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sad day for our democracy.
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Read our new study to see the deadly harms of this disastrous budget: www.citizen.org/news/congres...
Congress’ Medicaid Cuts Projected to Cause More than 16,500 Adult Deaths Annually: New Harvard/CUNY/Public Citizen Study - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The massive Medicaid cuts called for in the Trump Budget Bill passed by the House on May…
www.citizen.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Read our new study to see the deadly harms of this disastrous budget: www.citizen.org/news/congres...
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“Americans are clear that everyone has a high expectation of privacy regarding their personal information — and SNAP applicants do not cede that expectation in exchange for receiving vital support to meet their basic needs.” kansasreflector.com/2025/06/03/u...
USDA pauses request for personal data of SNAP recipients while lawsuit proceeds • Kansas Reflector
The Trump administration paused its demand for SNAP personal data after a lawsuit was filed.
kansasreflector.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“Americans are clear that everyone has a high expectation of privacy regarding their personal information — and SNAP applicants do not cede that expectation in exchange for receiving vital support to meet their basic needs.” kansasreflector.com/2025/06/03/u...
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Another absolute must read from @sifill.bsky.social - this time, about the state of policing in America, on the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
All over the world lawless, brutal policing is seen as a mark of eroded democracy.So why isn’t America’s ongoing, century-old problem of police racism & brutality part of our democracy discourse? Here’s my take on the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Police Brutality Is Part of Our Democratic Crisis
So Why Is It Left Out of Democracy Discussions?
open.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Another absolute must read from @sifill.bsky.social - this time, about the state of policing in America, on the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
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See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
A Terrible Idea
Dean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders
www.justsecurity.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
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ICE abducted a man with a learning disability leaving a hospital after a medical emergency asking for help. They didn’t care that he was a U.S. citizen. They just lied and said he wasn’t.
This isn’t “border security.”
It’s white supremacy.
popular.info/p/us-citizen...
This isn’t “border security.”
It’s white supremacy.
popular.info/p/us-citizen...
U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false
Jose Hermosillo was held in a detention facility for undocumented immigrants for 10 days. In his first media interview, he tells his story.
popular.info
April 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
ICE abducted a man with a learning disability leaving a hospital after a medical emergency asking for help. They didn’t care that he was a U.S. citizen. They just lied and said he wasn’t.
This isn’t “border security.”
It’s white supremacy.
popular.info/p/us-citizen...
This isn’t “border security.”
It’s white supremacy.
popular.info/p/us-citizen...
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More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.
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🚨 There are zero statewide laws protecting New York’s immigrant communities from arrest, detention or deportation by ICE. That's why we MUST pass the New York for All Act.
We will never stop fighting for immigrant New Yorkers.
📍 Nassau County, NY
We will never stop fighting for immigrant New Yorkers.
📍 Nassau County, NY
April 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🚨 There are zero statewide laws protecting New York’s immigrant communities from arrest, detention or deportation by ICE. That's why we MUST pass the New York for All Act.
We will never stop fighting for immigrant New Yorkers.
📍 Nassau County, NY
We will never stop fighting for immigrant New Yorkers.
📍 Nassau County, NY
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Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting next week.
New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds
A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting next week.
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This was what Judge Millett was getting at today in the D.C. Circuit oral argument. If the government doesn't have to give you notice or a hearing before removing you from the country, what's to stop them from removing you - literally you, the person reading this - from the country tomorrow?
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This was what Judge Millett was getting at today in the D.C. Circuit oral argument. If the government doesn't have to give you notice or a hearing before removing you from the country, what's to stop them from removing you - literally you, the person reading this - from the country tomorrow?
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Opinion: Former Fordham Law School dean Matthew Diller says President Donald Trump’s actions targeting the legal profession will force attorneys to consider their role in upholding democracy.
Lawyers Must Not Stay Quiet in Face of Trump Attack on Firms (1)
Opinion: Former Fordham Law School dean Matthew Diller says President Donald Trump's actions targeting the legal profession will force attorneys to consider their role in upholding democracy.
news.bloomberglaw.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Opinion: Former Fordham Law School dean Matthew Diller says President Donald Trump’s actions targeting the legal profession will force attorneys to consider their role in upholding democracy.
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I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
www.whitehouse.gov
March 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...