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Well taken care of, on the floor, dying of fever! Well taken care! Nursing infants torn from their mothers! Comforted in cages by todders trying to quiet their crying! No food, no water, no beds, no blankets no mothers, no milk, no diapers. Just like #SummerCamp! #Barron sld go! 
@RealDonaldTrump #AsylumSeekers come legally to our #PortsOfEntry under our own immigration laws and treaties. The only one who broke our laws is you! UN Treaty Series 1948 Article II Section (e) defines the separation of #MigrantChildren as #Genocide and #CrimesAgainstHumanity.
When #AsylumSeekers present they are assured by our treaties of #DueProcess a hearing before a judge. If we decide not to grant asylum, we have to deport them. We are not allowed to imprison them, dismantle their bodies w/#ForcedMassHysterectomies & steal their children forever.
BREAKING: Trump has issued yet another massive regulatory attack on Food Stamps, again sidestepping Congress to force cuts by fiat—since he didn’t get his way in the Farm Bill last year.
More than 3 million people stand to lose food assistance.
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More than 3 million people stand to lose food assistance.
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Trump’s new proposed rule would dramatically weaken the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), by gutting a wonky-sounding but vital provision called “broad-based categorical eligibility.”
This one’s worth dewonkifying, so here we go.
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This one’s worth dewonkifying, so here we go.
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The bottom line?
According to the Trump admin’s own estimates, 3.1 million people will lose food assistance if the rule takes effect.
CBO analysis of prior similar proposals tells us hundreds of thousands of hungry kids could lose free school meals too.
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According to the Trump admin’s own estimates, 3.1 million people will lose food assistance if the rule takes effect.
CBO analysis of prior similar proposals tells us hundreds of thousands of hungry kids could lose free school meals too.
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