More than 1.4 million federal employees missed their first full paychecks on Friday as the government shutdown enters its fifth week. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture warns that food aid to 42 million people could be cut off starting November 1, as the Trump administration refuses to use a $5 billion contingency fund to maintain SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as food stamps. Gina Plata-Nino from the Food Research and Action Center says the loss of SNAP benefits will have cascading impacts as credit card debt soars, rent payments are delayed and food banks get overrun. “We are going to see a decrease in people’s well-being,” says Plata-Nino.

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More than 1.4 million federal employees missed their first full paychecks on Friday as the government shutdown enters its fifth week. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture warns that food aid to 42 million people could be cut off starting November 1, as the Trump administration refuses to use a $5 billion contingency fund to maintain SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as food stamps.

Gina Plata-Nino from the Food Research and Action Center says the loss of SNAP benefits will have cascading impacts as credit card debt soars, rent payments are delayed and food banks get overrun. “We are going to see a decrease in people’s well-being,” says Plata-Nino.

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  • Alloi@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 months ago

    as a person from canada watching all this go down, im truly surprised nobody has actually attempted a real assassination on trump. or his adminisration.

    everybody just shares memes, records violence, and protests peacefully. no offense, i know all of that has its place. but if thats all the american people are willing to do, then fascism is going to win. and its going to make the first full blown technocratic authoritarian state, complete with imperfect “AGI” surveillance, and an automated police force, and military. once thats in effect, theres really no saving the US, it just becomes a different culture, and gains a new identity, new laws, etc.

    they are starving people to make them desperate. which will 1: make some people violent, and 2: make others more likely to be thankful for what they have, and not act up. and 3: once even a couple acts of violence out desperation come to light, the media is going to blast it 24/7 and trump will innact the insurrection act. completely destroying the remnants of democracy in the process. this is pretty much the plan, they are hoping the american people will remain managable until the ink is dry, but its on the american people to push through the fascism, and make everyone responsible feel the wrath of righteous frontier justice for their tyranny, just like their 2nd amendment that they constantly go on about dictates is within the american peoples rights.

    but even if he died, or is dead, or stroked out in a room somewhere, they will use deep fakes and body doubles until their is no longer a use for his image. i fuckin guarantee it.

    time to start shooting back. just make you’re shots count. that goes for every front of this class war. be it protest, or something more potent.