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As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk REPUBLICANS SILENT!

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  REPUBLICAN SILENT AS KIDS GO HUNGRY!  BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER DESTROYED HEALTHCARE TO FUND TAX CUTS FOR  WEALTHY AND EXPLODED DEBT AND DEFICIT!  $40 TRILLION DEBT THAT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY!  TRUMP'S ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION! As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk Juliana Kim September 03, 2026 Seventh-graders sit together in the cafeteria during their lunch break at a public school in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 2023. (AP) When Republican lawmakers secured cuts to the United States' largest food assistance program last year, Paige Shoemaker DeMio wasn't worried about children going hungry just at home — but at school. "Anytime we're hearing about cuts to SNAP or Medicaid, we're worried about what's going to be the domino effect of this," she says. Shoemaker DeMio is a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank. She usually focuses on K-12 education, b...

They Took 1 Billion Dollars from Kids and Farmers. We’re Taking Their Seat VOTE APRIL 1ST!

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    As a teacher, I have seen firsthand how food insecurity affects kids. I’ve watched children come into my classroom hungry, struggling to concentrate because they haven’t had enough to eat.   That is why when I learned that MAGA Republicans, under Trump’s leadership, cut 1 billion dollars from food bank and school meal funding, all while giving tax breaks to billionaires, I was not just upset – I was enraged.     Food insecurity is not a partisan issue.   Every child deserves to be able to eat at school . Every family deserves the security of knowing they can feed their loved ones without making impossible choices. But instead, MAGA’s priorities have been clear: take from the most vulnerable in our society and give tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.   It is wrong. It is unjust. And it is unforgivable. When we turn our backs on our children, our families, and our farmers, we are turning our backs on what makes this country great: our shared valu...