The LuLac Edition #5, 418, August 19th, 2025

 

GOODBYE SNAP BENEFITS: NEW FOOD STAMP RULES WILL DENY ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF VETERANS, WORKING POOR, UNEMPLOYED AND KIDS  STARTING IN 2026

Well that headline seems to say it all doesn’t it? Apparently the Trump administration seems to be hellbent on making sure everyone is screwed  in the SNAP program. They when and scream about fraud and waste but ignore the billions of dollars Trump is spending on gold in the oval and the conflict of interests he and his kids have in their businesses.  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal assistance program in the United States that provides food assistance to low-income individuals and families. The main goal is to help recipients purchase nutritious food to maintain a balanced and healthy diet. However, the program has been the subject of debate over its work requirements and recently, new regulations have changed the rules.

It turns out that a program that has benefited thousands of citizens across the country has now taken a turn and will update some of the requirements to access payments. The changes will directly affect veterans and people who are unemployed, so it is important to be aware of what is coming in 2026.

A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has raised alarm bells by projecting that a large number of US citizens will stop receiving food stamps from the SNAP program each month

The figure, which includes families with children, is the direct result of a law pushed by President Donald Trump that expands work requirements. The measure, which for the first time requires certain parents, older adults and other beneficiaries to comply with a work mandate, comes at a critical time, with food prices soaring and food banks struggling to meet growing demand.  om 2026, six more states in the United States will implement new restrictions to prevent food stamps from being used to buy junk food.

This measure aims to take care of children's nutrition, as this aid is mainly intended for them, in this way it seeks to improve public health and promote more nutritious food among the beneficiaries, however, it has not been exempt from criticism. And there will be a lot of it because of the cuts in food assistance at the time of higher costs due to the tariffs and all the perks being afforded to the rich via the big, beautiful bullshit in the bill. (MARCA, LuLac)

 

THE HOW & WHY 

 

 

OF WHAT YOU CAN DO

Here is a link of what you or a loved one need to know regarding SNAP.

https://clsphila.org/highlights/snap-rules-in-pennsylvania-are-changing/

 

 

DID HE REALLY HIRE

“THE BEST PEOPLE?”

Uh Oh!!!!1

During all of his campaigns, the President proclaimed that he would hire the best people. Well it appears in Alaska, those people let him down when they left copies of government document on a printer.  Here are my questions:

a.  Why weren’t these made in preparations for the trip? Surely the food had to be ordered for the grand buffet, did they not prepare?

b.  Again, were they just doing this on the fly with no outline or plan?  

c.  Wasn’t there at least one staffer curious enough to see where the hell the originals were?

d.  If you can’t get the basics down, how are you going to end a war with a KGB agent that was more prepared than you?

e.  I wonder when Trump will call NPR fake news for reporting it?

Government documents with details about meeting schedules and seating charts − as well as an extravagant menu and reminder to pronounce President Vladimir Putin's name "POO-tihn," were accidentally left in a hotel printer in Alaska amid President Donald Trump's meeting with the Russian leader.

The documents with State Department markings, reported by NPR, were discovered in the printer in an Anchorage hotel around 9 a.m., hours before Trump's summit with Putin at a nearby military base.

To show you how bad his gross incompetence was, guess who told NPR? Hotel guests shared the pages with NPR. The documents laid out the precise locations and meeting times of the summit at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, as well as phone numbers of government employees and the menu for a planned three course lunch that did not occur, including which chairs the presidents would use. (USA Today, LuLac)