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Friday, June 05, 2026

House Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, voted Thursday to approve legislation that would slash nutrition assistance for millions of young children and pregnant and postpartum women, even as food prices continue to rise nationwide and earlier GOP cuts to federal aid take hold.

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As grocery prices continue to rise nationally, the House passed an appropriations bill that would cut $141 million in funding for a program that helps pregnant women and children purchase healthy foods.

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-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 8:15 PM · Jun 4, 2026

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Link on continuing US malnutrition restored: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-05 06:50 AM | Reply

"Under the legislation, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) would lose $141m in funding for fruit and vegetable benefits for the nearly 5.4m children and pregnant and postpartum women enrolled. Four House Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the measure, while five Republicans voted against it."

~snip~

Meanwhile to our north, earlier this year Canada PM Mark Carney took measures to make groceries and other essentials more affordable for Canadians. How lucky Canada and Mexico are to have compassionate and intelligent leadership in their legislative bodies and executive branches.

Link: Canada is doing better than Amerikkka on so many levels

Four Democrats!


US midterm elections are scheduled for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-05 06:53 AM | Reply

And to those four Democrats-- whoever you are -- that voted with the GOP to continue malnutrition with America's vulnerable people, GFY!


Nota Bene: In 2025 alone, the peace-loving hardworking American taxpayer sent wealthy, nuclear-armed Israel $12 billion in military funding to murder Palestinian children; that amount could have instead paid for 1,982,488 American families with one year's free groceries.

US midterm elections are scheduled for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-05 06:57 AM | Reply

The four Dems are Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Adam Gray (CA), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), and Don Davis (NC).

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-05 07:05 AM | Reply

Good Morning Doc Sarvis

Thanks for the granularity. I am afraid to look each of them up and see why they did this.

I trust you are well and reading something interesting.

I'm enjoying an Agatha Christie mystery before beginning a more serious tome.

Alternating between fiction and non-fiction, light and heavy, history or current events, works well for this poor kitty who contributes modest OPs to drudge.com.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-05 07:35 AM | Reply

If those babies want to eat, they should get jobs.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-05 12:49 PM | Reply

"pro-life," my ass.

#7 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-06-05 01:41 PM | Reply

The four Dems are Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Adam Gray (CA), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), and Don Davis (NC).
#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-05 07:05 AM

"Fourty quatloos for the human!"

I do wonder what was their price?

Washington disappointingly has greedy vipers legislating from the trees and crooked little police employing questionable surveillance techniques.

A transition is being hastened with datacenter installation.

#8 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-06-05 01:52 PM | Reply

As if they care one whit for anyone's children. Ghouls for sale predate upon those with the least power, we need populist legislation FIRST AND ONLY.

Status quo is an agenda that hastens the DNC plague barge further into the swamp, and I hope it burns violently along with it's Project 2025 supporters.

Billionaires deserve no safety, no sense of security so long as there are hungry children in the communities that surround their "assets".

Change is coming with a ferocity and purpose.

#9 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-06-05 01:59 PM | Reply

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