+++Again a short day….my hospital visit starts at 0800 with labs, doctors then treatment….all that will run into the afternoon….I will not be writing much more since I will feel like crap…..I will take the rest of the day to recover because I will be up to my butt again come Friday with my chemo….please enjoy your day and this post…..I shall return in force tomorrow.+++

That is a famous quote from the French Revolution the queen when asked about the food shortages had that to say about the starving people….and now the situation is approaching critical here in the US.

That bill that Donny and his GOP thugs passed and he signed into law will work wonders for the states that gave this ‘person’ the most support….Red States….

What do Louisiana, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Alabama have in common?  For one thing, they’re red states. For another, they’re poor states. Each has among the top 10 highest percentages of residents on SNAP, or food stamps.

And finally, every one of their Republican lawmakers voted for President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” — which will result in the largest cut to SNAP in history, at $186 billion through 2034.

The bill doesn’t just cut federal SNAP spending. It also, for the first time, shifts much of that burden to the states. So state governments will need to raise taxes, cut spending, or further slash benefits to meet these added expenses. Others may eliminate their SNAP rolls entirely.

SNAP offers taxpayers a tremendous return on investment. “One study estimates that every SNAP dollar invested in children returns $62 in value over the long-term,” the Center on Policy and Budget Priorities reports.

So GOP lawmakers aren’t making these cuts because we can’t afford SNAP. They’re doing it to offset some of their deficit-busting tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. Taking food from kids to give billionaires a tax break? Talk about Robin Hood in reverse.

In an open letter to congressional leaders, 23 state governors — including the leaders of historically red states like North Carolina, Kansas, and Kentucky — call these SNAP cuts “unrealistic” and warn they will “result in too many Americans forced to survive rather than thrive.”

Red states will be among the hardest hit, but it’s a truly national problem. In 2023, the USDA found that 13.5 percent of U.S households were “food insecure,” meaning they have a “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods.” SNAP benefits currently serve more than 40 million Americans, almost half of them children.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/25/red-states-are-about-to-go-hungry-thanks-to-trump/

This is so sad.

I have spent a good portion of the last 5-6 years trying to understand why the states and its voters are so in love with Donny and his backward thinking policies.

What will it take to break the hold that these thugs have on the voter?

Someone please explain all this devotion.

Is this the reason that the GOP hates education….to keep these mindless fools from wanting more out of life?

If so I weep.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”