Food Banks Struggle to Meet Demand as SNAP Cuts Rip Through Communities | Drudge Retort

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Food Banks Struggle to Meet Demand as SNAP Cuts Rip Through Communities

Food banks across the US, from New Mexico to Oregon to Illinois, are seeing massive increases in demand as the unprecedented federal nutrition aid cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law last summer take hold, stripping benefits from millions of Americans amid elevated grocery costs"a recipe for disaster. An estimated 4.5 million people, including roughly 1.5 million children, have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits since the Trump-GOP budget law took effect last year, enshrining around $200 billion in cuts -- the largest in the program's history -- as well as new work reporting requirements that are expected to put millions more at risk of losing aid. The large-scale loss of benefits and expectations of even more hardship in the near future have heavily strained local food banks.

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You mean those states who were skimming the money off the top of the SNAP bennies?

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 12:15 PM | Reply

Starving sailors and infants makes the fat sack of---------- positively giddy.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-15 02:53 PM | Reply

"You mean those states who were skimming the money off the top of the SNAP bennies?"

Yeah, yer just a fuggin' idiot.

Fug off with yer bull manure.

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-08-15 02:58 PM | Reply

......

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-15 03:12 PM | Reply

Meanwhile, the serial------------ wants to add golden seals on his ballroom.

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#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-15 04:08 PM | Reply

May I suggest getting a job?

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 10:29 PM | Reply

@#6 ... May I suggest getting a job? ...

...and if, as millions of Americans are discovering, a job does not provide the needed income to put food on the table for the family.

What is your current alias' next suggestion?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-15 10:36 PM | Reply

"I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."
- Donald Trump

"I will never apologize for higher gas prices tied to the conflict with Iran."
- Donald Trump

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 10:45 PM | Reply

What is your current alias' next suggestion?

He has no solutions.

He pledged fealty to Trump and there's nothing else to be said.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 10:48 PM | Reply

What is your current alias' next suggestion?
#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-15 10:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

Maybe learning a skill or trade? Hell, maybe an Only Fans account may be a fit. Ditch the nose-ring and bright purple hair for better results.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 10:50 PM | Reply

"I will never apologize for higher gas prices tied to the conflict with Iran."
- Donald Trump

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 10:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

Gas isn't any higher now than it was under Biden after losing 4 refineries. Why would he apologize?

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 10:52 PM | Reply

Why would he apologize?

Because he's directly responsible for the price of gas.

Also. The SPR is at its lowest because Trump is desperately trying to offset the cost of his war.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 11:01 PM | Reply

"Gas isn't any higher now than it was under Biden"

Yeah.

That was a BRUTAL two weeks. Positively brutal.

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Because he's directly responsible for the price of gas.
Also. The SPR is at its lowest because Trump is desperately trying to offset the cost of his war.
#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 11:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

OK but it isn't any higher than when Biden was President, and I didn't hear Biden apologize for draining the SPR or for the prices on fuel. What changed?

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 11:03 PM | Reply

"Why would he apologize?"

Not refilling the SPR before going to war??? If you weren't such a hack, you call Trump a raetard.

#15 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:03 PM | Reply

That was a BRUTAL two weeks. Positively brutal.

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:01 PM | Reply | Flag

Hair on fire. I'm paying less than I paid 3 years ago.. Now, that's pennies, but still less.

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 11:04 PM | Reply

Not refilling the SPR before going to war??? If you weren't such a hack, you call Trump a raetard.

#15 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

LMMFAO

Refilling it for an imbecile who drained it to sway midterm elections?!?! You are retarded... STFU

#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 11:05 PM | Reply

Got Damn You fuckers are losers.

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 11:07 PM | Reply

" I didn't hear Biden apologize for draining the SPR or for the prices on fuel."

That's because he refilled as much as he could of what he sold, buying it back at a lower price, until he'd exhausted the existing funding authority.
factually.co

Why is it you never mention those salient facts???

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:09 PM | Reply

Meanwhile:

Peak Biden Era (June 2022): Around $5.02 per gallon, driven by post-pandemic demand and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Don't worry with a response Turds.

You have nothing to offer.

You're an irrelevant moron.

Just dumb.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 11:14 PM | Reply

" I'm paying less than I paid 3 years ago."

Nice cherry-pick, during the brutal times!

"Now, that's pennies, but still less..."

Thanks for proving my point: In the brutal times, it was, basically...this.

Back to the cherry orchard...now go two months forward from three years ago. What were you paying?

Oops.

#21 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:17 PM | Reply

"Refilling it for an imbecile who drained it to sway midterm elections?!"

No, refilling it at a lower price than the sale. That's called a PROFIT.

Are you a money moron?

#22 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:18 PM | Reply

"Are you a money moron?"

I'm going to have to conclude YES, unless you mention every time Biden "drained" the SPR, he made a profit on the refill.

Unlike Trump, who, if he refills the SPR, will do it for a loss.

And you? You'll slurp it all up.

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:21 PM | Reply

"You fuckers are losers."

What a riot. You can't even identify a LOSS, or applaud a PROFIT.

Hack-tastic!

#24 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-15 11:23 PM | Reply

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