Day: August 7, 2026

4 Million And Counting

The most vulnerable members of our society have lost the benefits that we hard won in decades past.  Donny and his entourage have seen that food aid especially has been cut and in some cases fazed out.

Let’s look at the stats for hunger in the US….

Key findings from the ERS report:

  • 1 in 7 households (13.7 percent) in America experienced food insecurity, or lack of access to an affordable, nutritious diet, in 2024.
  • 14.1 million children lived in households that experienced food insecurity in 2024, a slight increase from the 13.8 million children reported in 2023.
  • More single-parent households headed by women experienced food insecurity at 36.8 percent, nearly 2 percent higher than 2023 (34.7 percent).
  • Rates of food insecurity remained high for Black (24.4 percent) and Latinx (20.2 percent) households. The rate for Black households was more than double the 10.1 percent rate for White, non-Latinx households.
  • Households in the Southern region continued to experience the highest rates of food insecurity at 15.0 percent.
  • Food insecurity was significantly higher in urban areas (16.0 percent) and rural areas (15.9 percent) compared to suburban areas (11.9 percent).

The newest figures are very disturbing…..

Over 4 million people have already lost access to food aid under the Trump administration’s new SNAP mandates, and experts warn the worst is yet to come. According to NPR, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has seen a sharp decline in participation since last July, with preliminary data showing enrollment dropped by 11% between then and April. That translates to 5 million fewer people receiving food stamps each month.

The changes stem from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping tax and spending package that reworked SNAP’s eligibility rules and funding structure. The White House framed the overhaul as a way to trim a “bloated” program that had strayed from its mission of providing “temporary help.” But critics argue the new rules are already pushing vulnerable families into deeper food insecurity, with children bearing the brunt of the cuts.

Starsky Wilson, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, called the speed of the decline alarming. “There are some supports that are still staged to go away later this year,” he said. “So there could be an even greater sense of desperation among children and their families as we come to the end of this year.”

https://www.themarysue.com/over-4-million-people-have-already-lost-food-aid-under-trumps-new-mandates-but-the-most-devastating-cuts-are-still-hiding-in-the-fine-print/

Anyone who does not see how tragic those figures are then they do not deserve to call themselves an American.

It is a sin to allow people to go hunger when we have the ability but not the desire to make things better.

That is a pathetic stat from a pathetic leader and his admin….and they pretend to be christian…all I can saw about that is….MY ASS!

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Cuba In The Crosshairs

Since the Cuban revolution there has been a US embargo of goods and services to Cuba in an attempt to bring the new Castro government to its knees.

In 60+ years this dynamite plan has done little to end the current admin on the island nation.

Plus the cost of this plan is in the billions per year….that’s right I wrote….BILLIONS.

The Trump Administration’s indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro, the deployment of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and warships, and recent measures pressuring countries not to supply oil to Cuba are all intended to force regime change on the island. These policies are part of the United States’ long-standing campaign against the Cuban government, codified in 1962 with the U.S. embargo on Cuba, and have created what could be described as Cuba’s “New Special Period,” comparable to the original “Special Period” in the 1990s after the loss of support from the Soviet Union. The Cuban revolution against the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship has survived 64 of its 67 years under what U.S. officials call an “embargo.” Cubans call it “el bloqueo” (the blockade), arguing that its impact has been just as physically isolating as a military blockade. Suffering aside, the amount of money that the United States has spent on enforcing this policy of economic isolation—the longest blockade in history—could instead have been used to address pressing social needs throughout the United States. This raises the question: Was the blockade worth the cost? And if so, for whom?

According to Doctors Without Borders’ “The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law,” a blockade is an act of war that seeks to isolate an adversary, disrupt economic activity, and prevent the movement of vital supplies. Under an embargo, a country prohibits its own companies or subsidiaries from engaging in business with another country, rather than interfering with third parties. Through what is essentially a broader economic blockade, the United States has intermittently prevented Cuba from commerce with other nations. As President Donald Trump has become even more strident, the United Nations has criticized his administration’s policy of imposing tariffs on any country that sends oil to Cuba as a serious violation of international law. Earlier this year, a military blockade was evident as “the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a tanker full of Colombian fuel oil en route to Cuba within 70 miles of the island,” according to the New York Times. The U.S. government knows that a blockade is an act of war, according to Connecticut.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/06/the-costs-of-the-us-blockade-on-cuba/

This whole big idea is about as successful as our idiotic war on drugs…..waste of time, effort and money.

I hope Cuba is keeping an eye on what Donny and the Boyz are planning.

What about the newest thing about Cuba?

The Cold War is getting a quiet sequel in the Caribbean, reports the New York Times. The CIA has formed a classified Cuba task force aimed at stepping up pressure on Havana to make economic, political, and leadership changes sought by US President Trump, according to officials briefed on the move. The unit is pulling in case officers, analysts, cyber specialists, and covert influence operators, and is backed by a broader intelligence shift that just elevated Cuba to a top-tier US spying priority alongside China, Iran, and Russia, the sources say.

Unlike the CIA’s Bay of Pigs-era task force, this one isn’t authorized to train armed proxies or run lethal missions. Its goal, sources say, is to expose and exploit fractures within Cuba’s ruling elite and encourage the rise of leaders more open to Washington’s demands. Cuban officials, for their part, denounce the effort as familiar “espionage, subversion and destabilization.” Adam Entous’ piece in the Times traces how this new campaign grew out of past cooperation, Trump’s hard line, and the administration’s broader regional strategy—read the full article for more. Sources who spoke to Politico similarly say the Trump administration is pushing for Cuba’s communist regime to fall entirely, or reform.

Like I said….Cuba in the crosshairs.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”