"Yesterday air traffic controllers received their first ‘zero’ paycheck. For weeks, flights have been delayed across the country as air traffic controllers call in sick. Also across the country, states are bracing for food insecurity among the 42 million Americans who depend on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits when those payments don’t go out on time on November 1."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #AirTravel #AirTrafficControllers
/2

"The administration maintains it cannot distribute the $6 billion the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) holds in reserve to cover for November 1.”

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #AirTravel #AirTrafficControllers
/3

"This shutdown is on the cusp of becoming the longest in history. Several factors have contributed to the prolonged stalemate. The main reason is that Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session for more than a month to prevent members from negotiating with Democrats (and to prevent the release of the Epstein files)."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/4

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Donald Trump Would Rather Starve Children than Lower Health Care Costs

A cruel and cynical strategy to try end the shutdown

^{Dan Pfeiffer (The Message Box)}

"For the first time in history, the government will refuse to pay food benefits to the poorest Americans. The Trump administration is refusing to distribute payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program, which feed more than 40 million Americans. Children will go hungry in the most prosperous country on Earth."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/5

"To be clear, this is not simply a consequence of the shutdown. It’s a specific decision made by the Trump administration to exert political leverage. To Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, forcing poor children to go hungry is preferable to negotiating with Democrats over lowering health care costs for millions of Americans."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/6

"The government is shut down.

Millions are going to go hungry and lose their health care.

But Donald Trump is holding weekly meetings to discuss...his golden ballroom."

~ Adam Schiff

As Schiff notes, Trump's press person Karoline Leavitt has said the golden ballroom is his number 1 priority.

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom
/8

schiffnotes.substack.com/p/tru…

Trump's Top Priority? It's A Golden Ballroom

^{Sen. Adam Schiff (The Schiff Notes)}

"The government shutdown that’s been engineered by the Republican Party at the behest of Donald is wreaking havoc across federal agencies. I think that is exactly as intended, and the damage being done could be long lasting and possibly permanent. That, also, is exactly as intended."

~ Mary L. Trump

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #ICE
/9

marytrump.org/p/the-shutdown-c…

The Shutdown Chaos Donald Wants

And why Democrats have to stand their ground

^{Mary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)}

"They are perfectly comfortable allowing our children to go hungry and punish undocumented workers as long as the gestapo thugs at ICE keep getting funded. These are the priorities of the Republican Party. Let’s not pretend both sides are the same."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #ICE
/10

"Three-quarters of the way through 2025 (more than 300 days), the People’s House has met for a mere 87 days.

Let that number sink in. While Americans work, pay their mortgages, and ferry their kids to school, the 119th Congress—or at least the House of Representatives—is on track to be the most truant in modern history."

~ Jeff Nesbit

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/11

contrarian.substack.com/p/87-d…

87 days: The do-nothing Congress’s shutdown strategy

This historic level of inaction is not an accident, a bug, or a well-deserved vacation.

^{The Contrarian}

"This shutdown isn’t an accident; it’s a weapon. Federal workers are furloughed, contractors are unpaid, and community clinics are collapsing. The Trump administration calls it 'fiscal discipline.' I call it cruelty with a spreadsheet."

~ Michael Cohen

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/12

meidasplus.com/p/the-last-payc…

The Last Paycheck in America

As Washington burns and Silicon Valley feasts, millions of American workers are being erased; one layoff, one algorithm, one lie at a time.

^{Michael Cohen (Meidas+)}

"'The well has run dry.'

That is the current claim on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) website regarding funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). On November 1, 42 million people -- nearly 1 in 8 U.S. residents -- will lose their access to food assistance if the USDA does nothing to stop it."

~ Faithful America

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/13

act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/S…

SIGN: Release SNAP contingency funding now

On November 1, 42 million Americans stand to lose their SNAP benefits. Sign our Christian petition demanding that the USDA release emergency funding now.

^{Faithful America}

"That means millions of children and families will go hungry, not because the resources don’t exist, but because of the inaction and indifference of our government leaders.

The message on the USDA website isn't just offensive (and likely a violation of federal ethics laws)."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/14

"It's also a blatant lie. Until its quiet removal on October 1, the website included information on nearly $6 billion in SNAP contingency funds which exist

'to ensure that the state can also continue operations during a Federal Government shutdown.' But the Trump regime is hiding the truth to avoid releasing the funding."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare
/15

"The economic news is getting worse. Major companies are announcing mass layoffs, and it’s dominating the headlines, including in the Rust Belt. Food stamps are about to expire for millions. Consumer confidence keeps sliding."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #economy #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom
/16

newrepublic.com/article/202445…

Trump Ballroom Fiasco Takes Worse Turn as Economic Data Gets Brutal

As the ballroom story gets more damaging for Trump against a backdrop of terrible economic news, a progressive organizer explains how all this gives Democrats a big opening to regain crucial lost ground.

^{The New Republic}