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Children's HealthWatch @childrenshw.bsky.social · 3d

A new op-ed in @cogwbur.bsky.social, co-authored by our executive director @stephanieedc.bsky.social and @busph.bsky.social professor Paul Shafer, tackles the USDA decision to stop measuring food insecurity in the wake of SNAP cuts.

First, the Trump administration cut SNAP benefits. Now it wants to stop measuring food insecurity

On the heels of $186 billion in cuts to SNAP, the Trump Administrations announced plans to cancel a long-running annual report on food security. But stopping the count doesn’t stop the suffering, writ...

www.wbur.org

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 4d

We are deeply concerned about where the economy is headed and about OBBBA SNAP policy. And we come with RECEIPTS.

Read alllllll about it here:

www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 9d

Outrageous

Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 9d

In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.

But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.

People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.

We visualized it:

projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 17d

The Hamilton Project continues to track federal outlays on the daily …

www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...

Tracking federal expenditures in real time - The Hamilton Project

Track federal expenditures and filter by department, program, and more. Data are updated daily.

www.hamiltonproject.org

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 17d

Incredible honest reporting and insights on DOGE.

Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 17d

so grateful to all the federal workers who spoke to us for story: www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 18d

I loathe that we need GoFundMe campaigns for this type of thing, but Randy is a real one. Kind, dedicated, smart, funny, and deeply a good person. If you have a few dollars or well wishes please send them his way

Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 19d

There’s a link at the end to a GoFundMe set up by my wonderful friend Lindsay Saunders:

www.gofundme.com/f/randy-his-...

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 19d

Overall rates of food insecurity held steady in 2020 & 2021 despite the pandemic. Food insecurity among households with kids actually reached a two-decade low in 2021.

In contrast, food insecurity increased during the Great Recession amid a less robust policy response.

Policy matters.

Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20d

"Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged, regardless of an over 87% increase in SNAP spending between 2019 - 2023."

It was a massive policy accomplishment to have food security stay flat during COVID.

www.fns.usda.gov/newsroom/usd...

www.fns.usda.gov

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 19d

Shana tova. This is outrageous.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 19d

WSJ - Federal economists and researchers responsible for measuring hunger in America are placed on indefinite paid leave. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u...

Exclusive | USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave

The move comes days after the Trump administration abruptly canceled an annual Agriculture Department report that measures hunger in America.

www.wsj.com

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20d

"The data is rife with inaccuracies slanted to create a narrative that is not representative of what is actually happening in the countryside as we are currently experiencing lower poverty rates, increasing wages, and job growth under the Trump Administration"

What?

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20d

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"The questions used to collect the data are entirely subjective and do not present an accurate picture of actual food security."

Huh?

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20d

"Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged, regardless of an over 87% increase in SNAP spending between 2019 - 2023."

It was a massive policy accomplishment to have food security stay flat during COVID.

www.fns.usda.gov/newsroom/usd...

www.fns.usda.gov

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20d

ICYMI, this weekend USDA announced that it would not field the Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey - the source of information about the state of food insecurity and hunger in America - this December.

The press release is full of falsehoods:

www.fns.usda.gov/newsroom/usd...

Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

This is false; I fear that whoever wrote this statement doesn’t know what these adjectives mean.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20d

*marshal

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

What’s fearmongering in this context? Elevating concerns that there is hunger in America and one ought to marshall resources to fight it?

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

Politicized is telling on yourself. The post-OBBBA SNAP cuts will really start to hit in December, when the FSS was supposed to be in the field. So. Yah.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

It’s not costly. We care so much about getting these statistics right that USDA and BLS ran the FSS twice in 2020.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

It’s literally neither redundant nor extraneous. It’s one of a kind, pertinent, and without running this survey we will not have the gold standard national food insecurity statistics.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

It’s one study - the Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 21d

This is false; I fear that whoever wrote this statement doesn’t know what these adjectives mean.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 22d

This is unacceptable.

www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

www.wsj.com

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · Sep 11

Claims:

1/ An extremely concerning jump in initial claims to 263K (highest since the fall of 2021). This data includes Labor Day weekend, so maybe it's holiday noise, but I'm worried.

A lot of it happened in Texas (IC there doubled from 17K to 32K).

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · Sep 10

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The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · Sep 10

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · Sep 10

@laurenhlb.bsky.social, @rdpiazza.bsky.social, @2ndharvest.bsky.social's Leslie Bacho and Arteagas Food Center's Lupe Lopez join to talk about the impacts of Trump’s cuts to SNAP, the nation’s primary anti-hunger program.

❓ Are you concerned about losing food stamp benefits?

New SNAP rules could result in 2.4 million people losing benefits each month

The Agriculture Department has started to issue guidance on how states should implement new work requirements for people who get food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sometimes (just now) my mind wanders and I think about the fact that...

More than half of able-bodied adults between the ages of 60 to 64 who receive SNAP also receive Social Security benefits. And they now have to do *work* requirements? That's bananas.

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