Department of Agriculture v. SNAP
2025 November
2025-11-02 Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins perpetuated SNAP fraud claims on social media and praised Trump for withholding food assistance.
https://x.com/SecRollins/status/1985007736896053318
2025-11-10 The Agriculture Department threatened to penalize states that didn’t “undo” steps to fully fund SNAP.
https://factkeepers.com/trump-administration-threatens-states-that-dont-undo-full-snap-payments/
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/09/nx-s1-5603417/full-snap-benefits-trump-states-order
2026 April
2026-04-30 A bale of hay costs $23, diesel costs rose up over 46%, screwworms were an issue in the Southern border, and additional cuts to SNAP benefits were made. Meanwhile farming families are under duress and the rate of farmer suicide is increasing.
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXp39tRiciL/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LbxJS5uApQ&list=WL&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.fb.org/initiative/farm-state-of-mind
2026 August
2026-08-06 Senator Cory booker (D-NJ) argued against the SNAP funding proposal within the farm bill, “That rich people get to grift and fraud, but we’re going after a program to try to save a few billion dollars, and nobody wants to talk about fraud and abuse”.
GOOD VIDEO CLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZkwQnFYw-Q&list=WL&index=3
ARTICLE FROM 2014 https://www.pbs.org/video/njtoday-booker-disagrees-passage-farm-bill/
https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-statement-on-republican-farm-bill-text