Hungry: Trump regime & MAGA are starving America’s children

Hungry: Trump regime & MAGA are starving America’s children

Starving America’s children does not make America great again

By Lynda Carson - September 17, 2026

More than an astounding 1.2 million children have lost their SNAP food benefits from the federal government and the Department of Agriculture since last July. Children are starving in America.

How does one explain to over 1.2 million starving children in America that they lost their SNAP food benefits so that the fascist convicted felon President Donald J. Trump and the Republicans can cover the cost of massive tax breaks given to the rich in America, through the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed by Congress, that was supported by the National Police Union of the Fraternal Order of Police, and the Christian Evangelists supporting Trump.

That’ right! The cops are eager, wiling and able to round up any of the usual suspects, including children, who may try to steal a little bit of food from the local grocery stores because they are starving, and have been cut off from their SNAP food benefits.

A few headlines below may help to put the spotlight on what has been happening in our country in recent hours, and days lately about hungry children and others losing their food in America, the so-called richest country in the world.

ABC7 New York, SNAP food aid enrollment drops 13% in 12 months as President Trump's provisions in 'big beautiful bill' take hold.

Griffin Daily News, SNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch.

PBS, More than 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits since last July. Experts explain why.

NPR, As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk.

ABC7 Bay Area, SNAP recipients lose benefits as new rules take effect; San Francisco launches program to help people satisfy work requirement.

Federal News Network, Low wages — not refusal to work — driving more eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid.

Prescott Daily Courier, Arizona dropped 3 million SNAP calls; half a million lost benefits.

Black Enterprise, Amazon Workers Depend On Food Stamps As Labor’s Share Of The Economy Hits A Record Low.

News12 | Brooklyn, ’We're really going to struggle.' Food banks warn of latest federal cuts to SNAP benefits.

timesunion.com, Commentary: SNAP changes could threaten universal school meal programs.

Futurism, Amazon Has Become Pathetically Reliant on Food Stamps to Power Its Empire.

wpr.org, Rural Americans feel the sting of sweeping federal food aid restrictions.

washingtonpost.com, With more Amazon workers on SNAP benefits, company offers Whole Foods discounts.

Oregon Capital Chronicle, Nearly 170 Oregon families reported losing food purchased with SNAP because of summer fires.

NJ.com, What many SNAP recipients eat could be restricted by new bill.

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas SNAP application backlog skyrockets as families lose benefits.

Nebraska Examiner, Drop in Nebraskans receiving public food assistance hastens, drawing concern at hearing.

KSNT 27 News, 9,000 in Kansas exit SNAP program as error rate penalties loom over the state.

KOLN | Lincoln, NE, Lawmakers hear concerns over SNAP benefit losses, WIC access and diaper shortages in Nebraska.

Cardinal News, About 120,000 fewer Virginians have SNAP, while food prices rise and food pantries race to keep up with demand.

Cambridge Day, Cambridge braces for SNAP and MassHealth Cuts.

WKRN News 2, Tennessee could face up to $243M annual SNAP bill under new federal rule.

kgw.com (34 minutes ago), Federal judge rules against Trump administration, calling SNAP restriction rollout 'arbitrary and capricious'

ABC News, Millions dropped from SNAP food assistance as funding faces September uncertainty.

KJZZ, DES says it has boosted call center capacity after dropping 3 million calls from SNAP applicants.

Albany Herald, Dougherty schools plan task force as SNAP changes raise concern over free meals.

WWLP, Massachusetts could lose restaurant option for some SNAP recipients under proposed bill.

cbpp.org, SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented.

The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge Allocates $500,000 for Benefits Assistance to Combat Cuts to SNAP, MassHealth.

WMBF, Thousands of South Carolinians lose SNAP benefits after federal changes.

The Hill, New bill would restrict SNAP benefits in 9 states. Here’s what could be cut.

The Rapidian, Our Community Responds: Food Security and SNAP Cuts in Kent County.

Capitol News Illinois, Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users.

St. Louis American, SNAP decline squeezes St. Louis.

WILX, Lansing restaurant owner says proposed SNAP change could hurt recipients.

WAVY.com, Congress may cut off Virginia SNAP benefits by $94M.

WUNC News, As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk.

That’s right. These are very grim times we find ourselves in. Hunger in America has gone beyond the pale with millions of children going hungry. Meanwhile, the Republicans are pushing for billions of dollars more for the pentagon and the war against Iran, while demanding that bibles should be read in school classrooms, and the Ten Commandments should be displayed in school classrooms, at the same time they are starving children throughout America.

It’s not only children going hungry, so are families, seniors, those with disabilities, veterans, and employed workers because wages in this country are so low that full time employed persons need SNAP food benefits to survive on.

And with so much hunger happening in plain sight, just try to imagine what the hunger crisis is like that is happening in America’s orphanages, the children’s detention centers, adult prisons, jails, and ICE detention centers, with people going hungry.

Meanwhile in our country, musicians are struggling to keep their wages from being cut at the San Francisco Opera, the UN believes the U.S. has committed war crimes in Iran, often the food is not safe to eat, people are dying from the measles, covid is on the rise, AI may kill us off in a few years or less, Trump is messing around with our elections, ICE detention centers are not safe for migrants, and AI data centers are sucking up our drinking water, while forcing our utility rates to rise beyond the ability of poor people to pay their utility bills as PG&E’s propaganda is flooding the airwaves.

Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com

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