Tag: SNAP
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EPA to Furlough More Employees as Shutdown Continues; Graham Predicts Government “Will Reopen Today”
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 9, 2025) — On today’s “Sunday Morning Futures” hosted by Maria Bartiromo, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin declared another major layoff to come on November 21 if the government does not full reopen via congressional appropriations. Last month, Zeldin reported furloughs of 4,000 employees. On October 31, Government Executive reported the new…
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Reverse the Sociopathology: Restoring EBT, Accountability, and a Working Government
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Oct. 27, 2025) — The Crisis and Its Mirror Forty-one million Americans depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for stability and sustenance. If EBT cards stop reloading, it will be more than a technical failure—it will be a moral one. The public will see only empty…
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Tillis Won’t Seek Re-election after Trump Announces “Primary” Effort
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 29, 2025) — The day after President Trump announced an effort to seek a primary challenger to U.S. Senator Tom Tillis (R-NC), the two-term senator declared he will not seek reelection. “Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against ‘Senator Thom Tillis,’” Trump posted on TruthSocial at…
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Feeding Disease: The Case for Ending Government-Sponsored Sugar Addiction
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Mar. 23, 2025) — Imagine the government handing out coupons for cigarettes in the 1980s, even after the Surgeon General’s warning became a cultural touchstone. Now imagine we’re doing the dietary equivalent — today, knowingly — and funding it with public dollars. Welcome to SNAP in the age…
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Ganim Touts Accomplishments of First Six Months of Mayor’s Initiative on Re-entry Affairs (MIRA)
DOZENS OF RETURNING CITIZENS PLACED IN JOBS POST INCARCERATION; NEW PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCHED BETWEEN AREA BUSINESSES, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, AND CONNECTICUT STATE GOVERNMENT TO CREATE REAL 2nd CHANCES from Dalmarys Matos (475) 225-5434, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (Feb. 7, 2017) — Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today is touting the substantive accomplishments of the Mayor’s Initiative on Re-entry Affairs…
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Ted Cruz and The Republicnauts
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2013 (Oct. 20, 2013) — “The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.” — Will Durant “The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority with big guns, acting against a divided majority with small guns, but rudderless.” — Ron…
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The Post & Email Will Not be Blackmailed
WHY IS THE TRUTH A THREAT? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 17, 2013) — On Thursday morning, The Post & Email received the following unsolicited email apparently sent by William L. Bryan, founder of The Fogbow: From: Bill Bryan <foggy@thefogbow.com> Subject: We published that you’re the Food Stamp Birther Blogger Message Body: Such an honest newspaperwoman!…
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What is the Truth about November Food Stamp Benefits?
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS LEAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD ALLOTMENTS DURING SHUTDOWN by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 16, 2013) — In early August, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities announced that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), administered by the USDA and formerly known as “food stamps,” would reduce benefits to virtually all families which had received a…