Ife Finch Floyd
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Tracy, 57, from GA, received this notice showing her #ACA marketplace premium rising from $82 to $1,616/month if premium tax credit enhancements expire — nearly a $19k increase next year. For her, that means choosing between coverage and essentials.
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tracy, 57, from GA, received this notice showing her #ACA marketplace premium rising from $82 to $1,616/month if premium tax credit enhancements expire — nearly a $19k increase next year. For her, that means choosing between coverage and essentials.
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In normal times today would have been a jobs day. But these are not normal times and BLS won't release labor market data for JOLTS until December 9 and jobs on Dec 16. And we will never have household survey data for October, no unemployment rate for that month, not ever.
www.epi.org/blog/without...
www.epi.org/blog/without...
Without today’s jobs report, next-best data indicate a weakening labor market
In normal times, today would have been a jobs day. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been forced to delay the release until December 16 due to the lingering impacts of the Trump admini...
www.epi.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In normal times today would have been a jobs day. But these are not normal times and BLS won't release labor market data for JOLTS until December 9 and jobs on Dec 16. And we will never have household survey data for October, no unemployment rate for that month, not ever.
www.epi.org/blog/without...
www.epi.org/blog/without...
The Trump Administration should ensure full SNAP benefits are paid out to SNAP clients. See more from @tyjonescox.bsky.social
It is a relief that the Administration is finally agreeing to do the bare minimum and follow the law by using the #SNAP contingency reserve to partially fund November SNAP benefits & nutrition assistance in Puerto Rico & American Samoa.
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Trump Administration should ensure full SNAP benefits are paid out to SNAP clients. See more from @tyjonescox.bsky.social
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A federal judge chided the Trump administration for withholding food benefits during the shutdown, saying it "erred" in its interpretation of the law
Judge Chides Trump Administration For Withholding Food Benefits, Sets Monday Deadline
The judge said the administration "erred" in its interpretation of federal law.
www.huffpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A federal judge chided the Trump administration for withholding food benefits during the shutdown, saying it "erred" in its interpretation of the law
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Trump Administration has taken multiple affirmative steps to raise--not lower--families' costs including over the last month:
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump Administration has taken multiple affirmative steps to raise--not lower--families' costs including over the last month:
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NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
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DHS has clarified that SNAP recipients can use their EBT card with any unspent SNAP benefits in November. However, the Nov. SNAP benefits will be suspended until federal funds are available. If you are in need of food, you can find a local food bank at bit.ly/48PHvsm
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
DHS has clarified that SNAP recipients can use their EBT card with any unspent SNAP benefits in November. However, the Nov. SNAP benefits will be suspended until federal funds are available. If you are in need of food, you can find a local food bank at bit.ly/48PHvsm
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🚨75% of voters - and 69% of Republicans - are very concerned about the rising costs of health care premiums.
But Republicans would rather shut down the government than protect working families from rising health care costs.
But Republicans would rather shut down the government than protect working families from rising health care costs.
October 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🚨75% of voters - and 69% of Republicans - are very concerned about the rising costs of health care premiums.
But Republicans would rather shut down the government than protect working families from rising health care costs.
But Republicans would rather shut down the government than protect working families from rising health care costs.
The latest from Valerie Wilson at @epi.org
What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers? www.epi.org/blog/whats-b...
What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers? www.epi.org/blog/whats-b...
What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers?
For the last five years, I’ve given the same answer in response to questions about any one-month increase in the Black unemployment rate. Given the relatively small sample size used to calculate the n...
www.epi.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The latest from Valerie Wilson at @epi.org
What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers? www.epi.org/blog/whats-b...
What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers? www.epi.org/blog/whats-b...
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The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.
What to Know about SNAP Program Changes - Capital B News - Atlanta
People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.
atlanta.capitalbnews.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.
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Some #SNAP participants will begin to see their food assistance reduced or eliminated due to the Republican megabill, based on a memo from USDA on Friday outlining how states must begin implementing one of the new law’s SNAP cuts. fns.usda.gov/snap/admin/e...
fns.usda.gov
September 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Some #SNAP participants will begin to see their food assistance reduced or eliminated due to the Republican megabill, based on a memo from USDA on Friday outlining how states must begin implementing one of the new law’s SNAP cuts. fns.usda.gov/snap/admin/e...
Georgia neighbors, Migrant Equity Southeast is working to support the families impacted by the ICE raid on the Hyundai plant and other warehouses in the area. See what you can do to support MESE 🔽 www.instagram.com/p/DONAsQqDHZ...
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September 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Georgia neighbors, Migrant Equity Southeast is working to support the families impacted by the ICE raid on the Hyundai plant and other warehouses in the area. See what you can do to support MESE 🔽 www.instagram.com/p/DONAsQqDHZ...
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HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...
www.hhs.gov
July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...
📢GA Voters, check you registration status 👇
Check whether your Georgia voter registration is on the cancellation list. @ajc.com created a tool where you can type in your name, birth year, zip code and county to find out: www.ajc.com/politics/202...
July 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📢GA Voters, check you registration status 👇
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Where do the economic opportunities for Georgians lie within the state budget? Find out in our annual budget primer. gbpi.org/georgiabudge...
Georgia Budget Primer
The Georgia Budget Primer examines state spending related to health, education, human services and criminal legal systems in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
gbpi.org
July 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Where do the economic opportunities for Georgians lie within the state budget? Find out in our annual budget primer. gbpi.org/georgiabudge...
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$200 million in Georgia alone. Board members scrambling to decide whether to wait it out via their fund balance or start cutting positions. So illegal and mean.
learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/states-...
From the Learning Policy Institute, showing the impact of the administration's reckless decision to withhold billions of critical education dollars. Vermont and DC are set to see over 20% of their federal school funding yanked. Over 10% in every state.
From the Learning Policy Institute, showing the impact of the administration's reckless decision to withhold billions of critical education dollars. Vermont and DC are set to see over 20% of their federal school funding yanked. Over 10% in every state.
States Face Uncertainty as an Estimated $6.2 Billion in K–12 Funding Remains Unreleased: Here’s the Fiscal Impact by State
States face uncertainty as $4.8 billion in K–12 federal funding remains unreleased. If the U.S. Department of Education doesn’t distribute these funds by July 1, state educational agencies will need p...
learningpolicyinstitute.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
$200 million in Georgia alone. Board members scrambling to decide whether to wait it out via their fund balance or start cutting positions. So illegal and mean.
We must protect and defend SNAP and Medicaid! Say NO to the largest cuts in the programs’ histories! 2M Georgians have Medicaid to see the doctor & 1.4M get help affording the high cost of groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 1/
July 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We must protect and defend SNAP and Medicaid! Say NO to the largest cuts in the programs’ histories! 2M Georgians have Medicaid to see the doctor & 1.4M get help affording the high cost of groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 1/
Food banks will not be able to meet the need if #SNAP is slashed under Congressional proposals
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s SNAP Cuts Would Strain Food Banks Amid Rising Food Insecurity
Food banks do not have the capacity to alleviate the spike in hunger that would be created by cuts to SNAP.
www.americanprogress.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Food banks will not be able to meet the need if #SNAP is slashed under Congressional proposals
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Senate proposal for #SNAP would still cut hundreds of billions from the program by shifting costs to the states.
Senate Ag’s proposal would require most states to pay a portion of food benefit costs for the first time, leaving them w/ two options: significantly reduce the # of ppl receiving food assistance or some states ending #SNAP entirely. More from @Katie_Bergh: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Research Note: Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposal Risks Deep Cuts to Food Assistance, Some States Ending SNAP Entirely | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
States, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs.
www.cbpp.org
June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Senate proposal for #SNAP would still cut hundreds of billions from the program by shifting costs to the states.
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There has been a lot of talk about the big budget bill awaiting Senate discussion. In our newest release, expert Danny Kanso breaks down who the bill benefits, and where it will leave the country in thirty years. Read more: bit.ly/400myFA
The House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Would Significantly Increase National Debt, Primarily Benefitting Top Earners, While Cutting Health Care and Food Assistance - Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
*The following information reflects the legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025. The content of this policy brief will be updated as the budget reconciliation ...
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June 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There has been a lot of talk about the big budget bill awaiting Senate discussion. In our newest release, expert Danny Kanso breaks down who the bill benefits, and where it will leave the country in thirty years. Read more: bit.ly/400myFA
While much attention on SNAP is focused on the terrible proposed changes at the fed level, clients' benefits are still being stolen. One feature meant to protect SNAP recipients is seldom used, because many clients aren't aware of it.
www.11alive.com/article/news...
www.11alive.com/article/news...
Georgia security lock feature for SNAP benefits seldom used
Georgia rolled out a security lock feature for SNAP cards in December in an effort to curb benefit theft. Six months later, only 6% of households are using it.
www.11alive.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
While much attention on SNAP is focused on the terrible proposed changes at the fed level, clients' benefits are still being stolen. One feature meant to protect SNAP recipients is seldom used, because many clients aren't aware of it.
www.11alive.com/article/news...
www.11alive.com/article/news...
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CBPP's Zoe Neuberger posted a thread on X outlining the harmful cuts to WIC in the House Republicans' newly released agriculture appropriations bill: x.com/zoeneuberger...
June 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
CBPP's Zoe Neuberger posted a thread on X outlining the harmful cuts to WIC in the House Republicans' newly released agriculture appropriations bill: x.com/zoeneuberger...
Check me out Politically GA Washington Wednesdays. I discussed the #SNAP provisions in the House-passed bill that would increase food insecurity in Georgia and the rest of the country.
Listen to our Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd dive deep into what the SNAP cuts included in Trump's budget bill could mean for everyday Georgians and the food on their table. (She comes in around 15:37) open.spotify.com/episode/04yp...
Food Stamps and Fiscal Fights
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May 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Check me out Politically GA Washington Wednesdays. I discussed the #SNAP provisions in the House-passed bill that would increase food insecurity in Georgia and the rest of the country.