#letthemeatcake One of the key provisions of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” enacted on July 4, 2025, was a major cut to nutrition assistance for low-income Americans, known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The SNAP cuts amounted to about $18.7 billion annually — about as much as the federal government spent in one week of the Iran War. Although the deepest SNAP cuts have yet to take effect, the impact of these cuts has already been devastating, particularly for children.
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Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War
A police intel document warned corporate bodyguards that “challenges faced by the middle and lower classes” might spur attacks on wealthy CEOS.Glen Stellmacher (The Intercept)
The President Is Perfectly Fine If You Starve
The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda.
By Alain Stephens
"For the first time in modern American history, its leader is intentionally starving his own people."
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/go…
#StarveThePoor #LetThemEatCake
#GuillotineTime #SNAPCuts #TrumpSucks #EatTheRich #HungerGames #USPol
The #Trump admin said in a second filing with the court that the money it is provisioning for #SNAP — derived from an emergency reserve — would cover “50% of eligible households’ current allotments,” meaning that many #LowIncome families could once again be in dire straits in a matter of days or weeks.
The govt communicated its intentions in a filing with a federal court, which had required an update by Monday. In the filing, the #DOJ said that the admin would “fulfill its obligation to expend” money in an emergency account for #SNAP, so that states could “calculate the benefits available for each eligible household.”
In doing so, the #Trump admin said it would not tap additional funds that might have allowed low-income beneficiaries to receive full payments in November.
The #USDA planned to freeze payments to #SNAP starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown. The USDA has a $5 billion contingency fund for the program, but the #Trump admin reversed an earlier agency plan to use that money to keep SNAP running. #Democrats argue that the admin could also use a separate fund of about $23 billion.
The situation leaves millions with uncertainty about how they will feed themselves.
Again with the "peanuts". #WasteFraudAbuse #LetThemEatCake
#Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade:
“Peanuts compared to the value of doing it,” Trump said of the cost. “We have the greatest missiles in the world. We have the greatest submarines in the world. We have the greatest army tanks in the world. We have the greatest weapons in the world. And we’re going to celebrate it.” nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm…
Trump defends high cost for military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value'
President Donald Trump said he plans to hold several events to celebrate U.S. military victories this year, including a “big, beautiful” military parade in Washington, D.C.Nnamdi Egwuonwu (NBC News)
“According to a recent poll, more than 70 percent of Britons under the age of 50 are indifferent to the coronation. Even so, a staggering 250 million pounds ($315m) of magicked-up taxpayer money will be spent on this single day even as thousands of nurses, doctors, teachers and other key public workers have been told for months there is no money in the coffers to offer them a meaningful pay rise.”
aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/…
#monarchy #uk #inequality #letThemEatCake
With Charles III coronation, colonialism is coming home to roost
From a plundered economy to a police force ready to crush protests, Britain today looks like its colonies once did.Priyamvada Gopal (Al Jazeera)