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Caitlin Gilbert
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@washingtonpost.com data reporter👩🏻‍💻
neuroscience/genomics PhD 🧠
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He goes on to say: “If President Trump and Bobby Kennedy are able to take soda and twinkies off of food stamps, the food deserts would disappear because the food deserts are driven by the incentives of SNAP.”

Many states are now banning using SNAP for soda/candy/etc: www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Bans on using SNAP funds for soda, candy and other foods take effect in some states Jan. 1
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to enact new waivers prohibiting purchase of certain foods through the SNAP program.
www.pbs.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Caller from AR asks about how to get “whole foods” in food deserts and Means responds with:
“Just to confirm your question is how can lower income Americans possibly not poison their kids” and “well, ma’am, I think American mothers don’t want to be poisoning their kids”
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
this is deeply relatable and would add being very pregnant has made this an actual daily war, I’m just rotisserie-chickening every few minutes to get vaguely comfortable 😔
January 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Caitlin Gilbert
More details on the specific vaccines and what has changed
January 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Yes I posted the link to the data repo in my thread! Lots of caveats, data notes, and all sourcing there.
January 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
We did, and included this chart in the story; there was a slight correlation re GOP v Dem margin/voters, and tbh pretty much no correl at the county-level for other demographic features I looked at. The big difference I saw was btwn states that allow non-medical exemptions and those that don’t.
January 1, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Herd immunity is so so so important to protect everyone who can’t get vaccinated (including all babies under 6 months-1 yr w/r to measles), those who are immunocompromised, or anyone whose vax immunity has waned.
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM