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SNAP Benefits: 3 Million Could Lose Food Stamp Benefits
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in announcing the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register. His agency estimates the change would likely save $2.5 billion a year.
But proponents of the current system say it helps low-income families who work but have huge child care, housing and other expenses that leave them with insufficient money to buy food. States now have the flexibility to not cut off benefits as soon as a family’s gross income exceeds a certain level, but to more slowly phase out the food aid. The current program also automatically qualifies 265,000 schoolchildren for free lunches. Under the administration’s proposal, those children would have to apply separately to continue to get those meals.
SNAP Benefits: Trump Administration Wants To Change Who Qualifies : NPR
There is no amount of spin about saving money and so-called integrity that can change cold, stark facts. The facts are that Trump wants to pull the rug out from under people struggling to feed their families and put obstacles in the way of feeding hungry school children.
Trump files suit to prevent the release of his tax returns
Trump files suit to prevent the release of his tax returns – CNNPolitics
Weh, weh, weh… All the way home.
Winners and losers in the Trump-Pelosi budget deal
Pelosi maneuvered deftly through the negotiations to secure a deal that won Democrats one of their top priorities: a significant increase in domestic spending.
…Pelosi also managed to break the “parity” principle that has defined budget negotiations for the better part of a decade. Under the principle, defense and nondefense spending is supposed to match dollar for dollar.
But in this deal, the increase in defense spending is $5 billion less than the increase in nondefense spending. That’s important for Pelosi, whose caucus includes progressives balking at greater and greater defense spending.
…If Mnuchin emerged as a winner, Trump’s acting chief of staff was the loser.
Mulvaney saw himself sidelined in the budget negotiations after calling for deep cuts to nondefense spending. Even congressional Republicans balked at Mulvaney’s proposal, which would have brought back automatic spending cuts known as the sequester.
Winners and losers in the Trump-Pelosi budget deal | TheHill
hmmm
Food stamps, free school lunches targeted by Trump’s USDA
Food stamps, free school lunches targeted by Trump’s USDA | The Sacramento Bee
Trump hates children. Not all children. Not just brown children. All poor, working class, and middle class children.
Soulless monster.
Tensions Between Bernie Sanders and MSNBC Boil Over
Officials in Sanders’ campaign contend that leading up to the 2020 election, the network is one of several cable news outlets directly contributing to a media climate where false claims go unchecked and requests for progressive voices on-air are frequently turned down.
Tensions Between Bernie Sanders and MSNBC Boil Over
The campiagn makes some fair points.
Can’t help but wonder though, why is it that so-called progressives -supposed focused on promoting a progressive agenda- always go after those closer to them on the ideological spectrum instead of folks who clearly are the enemies/opponent in the fight?
It’s either about getting things done for getting attention for oneself. …And a lot of progressives seem ready, willing, and eager to tank the possibility of getting things done in favor of getting the spotlight shone on them.
#NAderalloveragain
The nagging problem with the Al Franken case (Opinion)
More than a year after Franken resigned from the US Senate, his story has been resurrected, this time by the highly-regarded journalist Jane Mayer in the New Yorker. She adeptly uncovers the journalistic failures and apparently less-than-legitimate motivations of Leeann Tweeden, the first woman to accuse Franken of harassment.
…Tweeden is a right-wing operative, and the story — and photo — broke via media outlets that didn’t do any real fact-checking or give Franken a right of response.
The nagging problem with the Al Franken case (Opinion) – CNN
Get it right, and stop twisting the narrative to suit your agenda. There’s plenty of actual real material out there that actually supports your point! The kiss was in the script long before Tweeden became part of the performance.
And a side point, if you want to support the #MeToo movement, stop conflating the Al Frankens and the Garrison Keilers with the Harvey Weinsteins. If you can’t do that, you are giving the Weinsteins of the world a pass. Which is it? #MeToo? Or #MakingItAllAboutMeGettingAttention?
Black visitors were repeatedly targeted during proposal by staff members at Angry Orchard location in New York
“Call the police!’’ a second security guard shouted. “I saw you steal it!”
Hamlet demanded that security review any camera footage immediately.
Media outlets are so chickenshit these days. Get it right, you spinleess hacks. The couple didn’t simply claim. They were!
Scranton-area late lunch bills, foster care: Philadelphia CEO denied
The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a CEO’s offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday.
Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District $22,000 to wipe out bills that generated the recent warning letter to parents.
Scranton-area late lunch bills, foster care: Philadelphia CEO denied
The Scranton School Board made clear that, for them. is not about the money, it’s about harassing parents and flexing power that is not theirs to wield.
Monitor and ACLU sue Concord over ‘covert’ police equipment
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and the Concord Monitor are suing the city of Concord to court over a secret type of technology used by police.
A $5,100 line item in this year’s police department budget was set aside for “covert communications equipment.” City officials have argued that they can’t say what the equipment is and what it does – or even which company offers it – because of a nondisclosure agreement with the vendor.
“Using taxpayer money to fund secret police equipment is deeply troubling. The public has a right to know what the City of Concord and its police department spend their money on, and why the city wants to keep this secret equipment hidden from public view,” ACLU attorney Henry Klementowicz. “This right-to-know request is at the very heart of what the law was designed to do: promote transparency.”
…“Concord’s effort to keep secret its contract for services and the vendor’s privacy and refund policies should be rejected,” the suit states. “While the nature of equipment the city has purchased is not clear, what is clear is that the city has entered into a non-disclosure agreement with an unnamed vendor that requi res the city to take steps to prevent disclosure of important information to courts, grand juries, and defense counsel.”
Monitor and ACLU sue Concord over ‘covert’ police equipment
mmmhmmm
Angry Orchard in Walden removes manager after racial bias allegations
Angry Orchard in Walden removes manager after racial bias allegations
“Remove” and “replace” is not the same as firing.
Grow a spine AO/Boston Beer Co or admit you’re OK with racial discrimination.
#boycottangryorchard
ICE came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
The neighbors who lent their assistance “reported that they were worried and outraged because some had known the family for more than a decade,” the TIRRC statement said.
Several people recorded and live-streamed the incident on social media.
“They told local media outlets that ICE ‘picked the wrong community on the wrong day,'” the statement said. “What happened this morning shows how deeply rooted immigrants are in our community.”
TIRRC’s statement said the ICE agents had “no judicial or criminal warrant to apprehend” the man, who was within his rights to remain in the van.
“ICE doesn’t have the authority to enter your home or private property without a warrant signed by a judge,” the TIRRC statement said. “The majority of the time, ICE only has an administrative warrant — not a judicial one.”
ICE came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
mmmhmmm
NYPD cops get drenched by buckets of water
NYPD cops get drenched by buckets of water
1. Water is not cement. (what is up with cops crying cement lately???!)
2. If you want respect, show respect.
Louisiana police officer suggests Ocasio-Cortez should be shot in Facebook post.
Louisiana police officer suggests Ocasio-Cortez should be shot in Facebook post.
I’m suggesting a certain officer needs a few needs in general population at OPP because if his views and attitudes can’t be straightened out, maybe his ass can.
New Hampshire Lawmaker: ‘Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist’
New Hampshire Lawmaker: ‘Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist’ | HuffPost
Jeezus Krrreyest Werner, if it’s too much trouble to get a soul, can you at least get a clue?
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