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The Agriculture Department is reviving a plan that will require low-income people to take additional steps to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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NEWS: USDA is proposing to further tighten eligibility for the nation's largest anti-hunger program, a change that could remove 6M+ people currently receiving benefits from SNAP. USDA says the change will ensure benefits only go to "the truly needy." www.politico.com/news/2026/11 ...

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USDA says the change will ensure benefits only go to "the truly needy."

It's about time.

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 12:20 PM | Reply

Were it not for the election, the MAGA folk in the administration would now be about two steps from requiring all recipients of SNAP benefits to perform a few months of farm labor to continue to receive those benefits. The administration may well still try it, but there are now enough opponents to such policies so as to stop them...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2026-11-10 12:30 PM | Reply

"requiring all recipients of SNAP benefits to perform a few months of farm labor to continue to receive those benefits."

love the idea but no chance. Get the freeloaders in the cites out to a farm?

That's a great reality TV show idea......but no chance it actually works. They'd be worthless on a farm.

Okay....I'm kidding......I don't mean to call them freeloaders.....except that I did.

But........they would be worthless on a farm.

#3 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 12:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

-That's a great reality TV show idea

LOL, yes...

#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 01:15 PM | Reply

USDA says the change will ensure benefits only go to "the truly needy."

It's about time.

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Trump saddled you with higher interest rates so billionaires could have tax cuts.

#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-11-10 01:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds

LOL!!!

Fug off, maggot brain.

#6 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-11-10 01:21 PM | Reply

"But........they would be worthless on a farm."

Much like you, ass face.

#7 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-11-10 01:23 PM | Reply

Maybe they can pick cotton.

#8 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-11-10 01:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"An' we could have a few pigs. I could build a smoke house like the one gran'pa had, an' when we kill a pig we can smoke the bacon and the hams, and make sausage an' all like that."

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-11-10 01:54 PM | Reply

As a homeless person, I qualified for SNAP in TX.
I got a temporary contract job. I made too much, so they took away my SNAP.
Now I don't qualify for SNAP because I don't have a job.

They figure anyone can just go get a job when employers really aren't hiring anyone who isn't, in their opinion, the "cream of the crop". Employers also won't touch anyone with employment gaps*, or who have experience in any another proffession, whether or not that other proffession is hiring, or overwhelmed with candidates**. Or any sign that you're experienced enough to know your worth.

Therefore, able-bodied men under 65(!) don't qualify unless they are highly-desired workers in a high-demand, low-competition region, and therefore likely wouldn't need SNAP.

*They assume workers have control over temporary jobs and availability of work.
**They assume you'll be a "flight risk".

So, the only way to get SNAP now is if you thread the needle, earning just SO much but not a penny more.
Or you deceive TXHHS. Or you're a full-time single parent, or profoundly handicapped.

Sure, it's always the recipient's fault.

#10 | Posted by AustinTX at 2026-11-10 02:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

#7 | Posted by Angrylittlefella at 2026-11-10 01:23 PM | Reply | Flag: Freeloader

#11 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 02:16 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

That's a great reality TV show idea.....
- eberly

This is a great idea, the contestants could get extra snap dollars.

Or forego it like a good socialist and give it to the truly needy.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-11-10 02:23 PM | Reply

Maybe they could help build data centers on government land?

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-11-10 02:24 PM | Reply

"House Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, voted 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.

In a 213-210 vote, largely along party lines, House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill that would fund the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies for the coming fiscal year.

The four Democrats who voted with most Republicans to approve the measure were Reps. Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Adam Gray (Calif.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), and Don Davis (NC)."

Congressional Record, 5 Jun 2026

~

"AIPAC Democrats are better than Republicans."

Uh-huh.

.........

"FUNNY 2"

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-11-10 02:25 PM | Reply

Sure, it's always the recipient's fault.
#10 | Posted by AustinTX

What do you mean?

The recipient is applying for free money/food etc.

There G wagons in Atherton going to government food pickups....

It's really about effort. US gives away more social benefits than any country in the world

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-11-10 02:26 PM | Reply

The recipient is often applying for social welfare benefits because they are NOT BEING PAID A LIVING WAGE by 1Nut's Corporate Masters.

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-10 02:36 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

There G wagons in Atherton going to government food pickups....

It's really about effort. US gives away more social benefits than any country in the world

#15 | Posted by oneironaut

You fall for every turd of republican propaganda I swear.

"There G wagons in Atherton going to government food pickups

No, this claim is false.
The Daily Dot
Atherton's Context

Atherton, California is consistently ranked as the most expensive zip code in the United States.

No Government Food Pickup Program: There is no government-run food distribution program or public food pantry operating in Atherton.

Demographics: The town's ultra-wealthy residential baseline means there is no local public infrastructure set up for government food aid pickups.

Origin of the Rumor

This claim stems from a recurring internet viral trope and social media rage-bait.

Viral Social Media Posts: Photos and videos frequently circulate showing luxury luxury vehicles (such as Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUVs, Teslas, or Audis) in lines at drive-through food banks across Northern California and the Bay Area.

Context Misunderstandings: When luxury cars do appear at regional food banks (such as Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, which serves the broader San Mateo and Santa Clara counties), there are usually clear logistical reasons:

Volunteers and Delivery: Drivers in luxury vehicles are often volunteers picking up boxes to distribute to homebound seniors, low-income neighbors, or local shelters.

Sudden Job Loss / Asset Rich, Cash Poor: Individuals who recently suffered tech layoffs or financial crises may still own a vehicle purchased before their economic hardship.
Reddit

Borrowed Vehicles: Families without reliable transportation often borrow cars from family, friends, or employers to pick up groceries.

#17 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-11-10 03:16 PM | Reply

Oh look.

Garbage people hoping life can be worse for the poor.

Republicans really are the worst people.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 03:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

this claim is false.
#17 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

I don't know why today's internet relishes giving deliberate liars a platform. The "engagement" can't possibly be worth it.

Drew Fark called it, twenty years ago:
"Equal Time For Nutjobs."

But there's a difference between a nutjob and a deliberate, intentional liar.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-11-10 04:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

FTA

USDA estimated the changes would affect 6.3 million people in fiscal 2029, the first year the proposal is expected to reach full effect.

So.....the new congress can't change this before it takes "full effect"?

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 04:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Eb's, You approve of Hurting People.

Your Lies about being "Liberal" notwithstanding.

Big POS LIAR,that's You, Buckwheat.

You lie more to Yourself than anyone else.

Am I Clear?

#21 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-11-10 04:59 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

This is a test of moral character.

If you believe the lowest-income people are the bad ones but you're OK with far better-off people who get government subsidies and other benefits, you're a douche.

#22 | Posted by cbob at 2026-11-10 06:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

This is a test of moral character.

The MAGA cult has failed this test, repeatedly.

#23 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 06:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

So.....the new congress can't change this before it takes "full effect"?
#20 | Posted by eberly

You think Republicans have any interest in changing this?

Because without Republicans, ain't nothing changing.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-11-10 06:25 PM | Reply

Food is Woke.
Hungry children is how we Make America Great Again.
--Republicans

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-11-10 06:34 PM | Reply

-This is a test of moral character.

for who?

You?

Not me.....

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 06:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

-Eb's, You approve of Hurting People.

you figured me out, TrumpVoter.

Good job.

You know....Trump got elected a 2nd time because in large part...he got elected the first time.

I voted against him every time.

You voted FOR him the first time.

And that's fine....plenty of folks out there did.

But you're trying to nip at my heels for attention when you know I know that?

How dumb are you?

Why would you make comments like that when you know the consequence is a reminder for everyone here that you VOTED FOR TRUMP?

A fact you wish you'd never revealed.......but you're dumb. so there's that.

#27 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 06:43 PM | Reply

-This is a test of moral character.

for who?

You?

Not me.....
#26 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2026-11-10 06:37 PM | FLAG:

Read it however you want. If you want to play games with the message, that's up to you.

#28 | Posted by cbob at 2026-11-10 07:12 PM | Reply

If you want to play games

That's really his only reason to come here.

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 07:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It wasn't a trick question, CBOB.

I think it could be a test for the new congress when it convenes.

Many new faces who campaigned on not being a moderate liberal.

So where do they draw the line?

#30 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 07:58 PM | Reply

sorry.....on being a moderate democrat rather than a more extreme liberal.

#31 | Posted by eberly at 2026-11-10 08:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Republicans really are the worst people.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 03:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

They haven't killed gays or wayward wives... You might want to think about that, dummy.

#32 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 08:53 PM | Reply

Clownshack's mom got an ass beating over handling a cucumber, but Republicans are bad. Tell the rest of the gay/trans community how accepting these muslim elected are. Go on... We're listening.

#33 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:09 PM | Reply

Just wait until they throw a tranny off the roof.... This is gonna be special.

#34 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:10 PM | Reply

Thanks for being a living example of a garbage human being.

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 09:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Thanks for being a living example of a garbage human being.

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 09:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

That would be your people..

#36 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:15 PM | Reply

Tell the LGBTQ community how electing these fuks is going to be good for them.. Go on.. We're listening.

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:17 PM | Reply

Eberly, I don't mean we literally give people a test. I just mean people on the right need to stop thinking it's poor people taking everything away from them when it's mostly the rich people doing the taking.

I'd rather risk a poor family getting 10% more than they're qualified for than some billionaire getting another billion or two. America idolizes the wealthy, and it has done us a disservice. Just because someone is filthy rich doesn't mean they have better morals. In fact, it usually seems the opposite.

#38 | Posted by cbob at 2026-11-10 09:18 PM | Reply

#38 | Posted by cbob at 2026-11-10 09:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Bullshit. You mean that everyone who comes here illegally deserves benefits. Stop lying. You also mean that people who are able-bodied should get benefits if they don't want to work, and they shouldn't be questioned. Just stop. No one wants to take the benefits from those who deserve it.

#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:23 PM | Reply

Let's see if Clownshack's Muslim ass shows up to defend his dad "Sam".

#40 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:24 PM | Reply

He can't travel home to his native country to visit.... Ask him why and watch.

#41 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:25 PM | Reply

Eberly, I don't mean ...

He knows what you meant.

He was just trolling.

And making it all about him.

#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-10 09:47 PM | Reply

No one wants to take the benefits from those who deserve it.

#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:23 PM | Reply

Elon Musk did.

#43 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-11-10 10:40 PM | Reply

39 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2026-11-10 09:23 PM | FLAG:

If I respected your opinion, I'd respond. But alas, you're a nasty little person, so I am going to pass.

#44 | Posted by cbob at 2026-11-10 10:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

You also mean that people who are able-bodied should get benefits if they don't want to work

This is what I mean. People who don't want to work are a burden to capitalism no matter what. How much do chitty workers cost our GDP?

Paying them to stay home does us all a favor.

#45 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-11-10 10:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

But I think the story here is that there is a sizeable share of Americans who work but can't afford food. Especially working families.

It's about subsidizing big business' cheap labor. The states pass the buck to the Feds. The Feds want to forget about it, after they effed the economy for working people.

#46 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-11-10 11:05 PM | Reply

You have already starved hundreds of thousands of children TO DEATH, You are murdering children,
The wealthy have more and more and more and they resent feeding a child and would prefer to starve a child to death than it take $2 from their bottom line
You will reap what you sow,
We all will

#47 | Posted by gypsydiane8177 at 2026-11-11 07:47 AM | Reply

If a business model requires taxpayers to fund the food and health care of the employees because the pay is so low, that business should die.

Creating food insecurity among the workers was a goal of Project 2025. Keep them hungry so they'll accept s**t wages.

It's not that the US cannot end hunger in the US, it's that they cannot satisfy the greed of the epstein class.

#48 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-11-11 08:29 AM | Reply

#38 | Posted by cbob at 2026-11-10 09:18 PM | Reply | Flag:
Bullshit. You mean that everyone who comes here illegally deserves benefits. Stop lying. You also mean that people who are able-bodied should get benefits if they don't want to work, and they shouldn't be questioned. Just stop. No one wants to take the benefits from those who deserve it.
#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-10 09:23 PM

Is their economy offering able-bodied employment?

I suppose if you possess no morals it's simple to equivocate poverty as lesser-deserved beings.

How do other nations handle their universal healthcare and minimum standards so willingly? Poor morals? Poor economy?

Maybe they lack trillionaire sycophants?

"Shouldn't be questioned." Where do you get off? WIC requires massive amounts of paperwork and they are only allowed to purchse cheapest foods.

You appear to have no functional concept of "able" let alone "moral".

#49 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-11-11 09:25 AM | Reply

"Shouldn't be questioned."

Slaver's mentality.

He pays for SNAP (with his taxes, you see).
So that gives him the right to attach the strings that make the puppet dance.

But really, any excuse for top-down authoritarianism will do for that kind of person.
He's the "immigrants need to come here legally" person who ignores when ICE snatches people who came here legally.

He would send Americans to camps for not having their papers in order, if only he could find a way.
Making SNAP recipients do pointless bureaucratic tasks is a fair substitute for that.

#50 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-11-11 09:42 AM | Reply

We're listening.

#37 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Obviously not. Did you not hear the American People??

They spoke loud and clear. We've had enough of the BS.

After getting your arses beat soundly you all just keep digging that hole of hate cruelty and suffering.

Good luck with that. Make it nice and deep.

We will bury you in it.

#51 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-11-11 11:06 AM | Reply

"Why aren't people on the right wing concerned about human rights? They're human too.

Elon Musk says don't be fooled by the empathy trap.
Empathy is not a trap, empathy is a superpower. It's what makes human beings exceptional, our ability to look outside ourself."

- John C. Reilly

#52 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-11 12:21 PM | Reply

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