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Friday, October 24, 2025

"Trump said late last night that he was canceling trade talks with Canada after the province of Ontario ran an ad attacking his trade war and the negative effects it anticipates from higher trade tariffs." read more


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"How Were Extra SNAP Benefits Spent?"
www.federalreserve.gov

No list was present at that link.Do you want to know what was at that link? What your citation actually said?

"While SNAP's main purpose is to support food consumption, it also aims at increasing the nutritional value of food-at-home baskets. The item level categorization in the data set allows the analysis of what SNAP recipients spend the additional SNAP benefits on. In unreported results, I examine 24 food categories and find that the top three categories seeing a relative spending increase among SNAP recipients are meat products, fresh produce, and frozen products. That is, beyond simply supporting the extensive margin of food-at-home spending, SNAP emergency allotments also serve households in the intensive margin by providing funds to allocate for healthier products as well as products they can store longer."

Figure it out for once.

Your link www.fns.usda.gov returns Page or Content Not Found.

Your link epicforamerica.org is exactly who I cited as absolute scum seeking to demonize those who use SNAP and who I accused you of getting your BS lilst that you posted in #71. Post #100 already called out that lie: Did you get that from Facebook? From the laughable "Economic Policy Innovation Center"? Did you just add "1,2,3,4, etc." to the left hand side and ignore the RANK number in the middle? Did you stop and ask "What are the 1 through 10 items in the ranking? They aren't the 1-10 you listed.

What you did do is finally concede that your original post was a lie by providing 1-10, so thanks for that, at least. But you're stuck with the only place you got your "list" is a disreputable right-wing "thinktank".

I posted actual government data. Non of the other links you provided backed up anything you said. Just the EPIC (no visions of grandeur they had when they came up with their name, right?) political BS spin, true to their mission.

Here's the complete Reagan address:
www.youtube.com

The BBC did an excellent job of putting the context and timing in, and the specific order of the audio used in their piece www.bbc.com
The BBC doesn't make any judgement about the content, which is a shame because it's obvious that the ad doesn't misrepresent Reagan's position or meaning at all. That should be obvious with the included in the BBC article, but excluded from the ad "final chunk" of Reagan's address where, regarding tariffs, he says he is determined "to spare the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity".

So thanks, again, Trump (with an assist from the Reagan Foundation), for putting a spotlight on how today's MAGA has nothing in common with Reagan and old GOP conservatism.

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