WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
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Catherine Rampell
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
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40% of Gen Z females.
46% of women as a whole.
42% of Latinos.
just think about that
Y’all thought DEI only applied to people of color. Guess what it applies to anybody with a uterus too.!!!!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/health/funding-freeze-wic-nutrition.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/trump-freezes-federal-aid-omb-00200891
MY
BABY
NIBLING
The memo never even mentioned WIC.
It took me 2 minutes last night to call my local MI DHHS office (for 3 family members that saw your post and panicked) to calm them down.
I hope you understand what I mean, but my DM's are open if you'd like to talk more about this.
For my part, I am waiting to see whether states and hospitals and the like are still locked out of payment portals.
"The memo states its orders should not be “construed” to impact Social Security or Medicare recipients, and also says the federal financial assistance put on hold “does not include assistance provided directly to individuals.”"
But they are making this up as they go along, in a way that is legitimately terrifying.
Could you share your source?
Period.
https://wicworks.fns.usda.gov/50-fun-facts-about-wic
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/factsheet
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Lambast every single policy.
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Is this what we want for our kids?
- Families with young children
- Farmers
I'm curious which of these groups Trump is trying to piss off, the one that everyone gives lip service to, or the other one that everyone gives lip service to?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nutrition-programs-unaffected-by-trump-funding-freeze-white-house-says-2025-01-28/
Pause WIC
Make abortion illegal
Produce unwanted and unfed new humans
Increase the spread of HIV and resulting deaths from same.
Party of pro-life, got it!
Have more kids but we won’t help support them.
Or, you know, HAD ... 😢
The cruelty is the point.
If anything, WIC needs expanding, definitely not stopping.
And having to carry the big yellow...
Everything else is exactly the same. No deviations in the slightest allowed at all for any reason.
If the store has only half gallons tough titties, you are only allowed to get gallons.
Which cereal can you get? Who knows?
Having a dollar amount for the fruits/veggies would also be a great change. I’m sure their tabulation formulas to change quantity items into weighed ones is not ideal.
And benefits shouldn’t expire end of month!
Paid for a lot of groceries while we were on 1 small income, and really helped out after the baby was born because it paid for baby formula.
SMH
The reason they boosted SNAP during COVID was as much to support retailers as to support hungry people.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise/
I think they will all become GTO. Get Trump Out.
Some, perhaps, will become GTFO.
If Trump can do this, Congress no longer has the power of the purse.
And if a major constitutional power is removed by a 2 page memo... Then there's no need for any of the other parts of the constitution he doesn't like to exist either.
https://rollcall.com/2025/01/27/trump-white-house-orders-freeze-on-federal-grants-loans/
But I don't think anyone knows what Trump will do.
This is scaring the crap out of me.
Treasury, Ag, HHS, Education, Energy, Commerce & Labor should be resigning, threatening… but they owe him, not us.
Wheres that diner crowd? Food rotting while children go hungry?
And we’ve got more than a dozen Dem senators playing footsie with these fckng fascists on nominees for cabinet secretaries. Including one of mine: @hickenlooper.bsky.social
(80501 voter and not putting you in office again)
he also wants to eliminate commissary/exchange programs
This is the US president directly starving babies—and veterans, as was pointed out to me by a friend who examined the list of affected programs.