The vast majority denied SNAP are denied for procedural reasons. Even 4 in 10 of those with NO INCOME in the previous year are denied, with 80% of those denied for *procedural reasons*, or, effectively, missing paperwork. And The One Big Beautiful Bill is making this so much worse.

Chloe N East (she/her)@chloeneast.bsky.social · 2d ago

New from me @jasonbcook.bsky.social & @elizabethacox.bsky.social with CBPP on SNAP Administrative burdens can lead to procedural denials, where applicants are rejected not due to ineligibility, but because they are unable to navigate the complex processes www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

The plan is paid for by taking child care supports away from low income parents (mothers), just as they're requiring these same families (women) to *work* to access Medicaid and SNAP. The real goal is to punish poor single mothers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...

White House Plan to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents Divides Conservatives

Some praise the idea championed by Vice President JD Vance to direct federal money to support traditional families, while others say it cuts against conservative principles.

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Usually, we'd also be getting new data on the prevalence of food insecurity around this time. But the Trump administration abruptly terminated the government's 30-year annual food insecurity report shortly after the President signed the deepest SNAP cuts in history into law.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities@centeronbudget.bsky.social · last wk.

Tomorrow, the Census Bureau will release new data on income, poverty, and health insurance in 2025. Here’s what our experts will be watching for in the latest data: www.cbpp.org/research/pov...

The bad news just keeps coming with SNAP.

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last year, 27.6 million kids attended a school that provided free meals to all students thanks to the Community Eligibility Provision. But SNAP cuts may force schools to drop CEP — which would worsen access to school meals & increase costs for families.

If you are having a hard time keeping up with the ever-changing SNAP participation data, I hear you. I would also like the number of people losing SNAP to stop getting bigger with each additional month of data!

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 4w ago

New: In the 10 months after the Republican reconciliation law enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history, SNAP enrollment fell by roughly 5 million people. The number of people receiving SNAP is at its lowest point in 17 years & is expected to keep falling. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.

Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

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I love the Smitten Kitchen and this profile so much. Also proud to say that I was reading Deb’s blog before it even became a cooking blog… pre-2006!

Jaya Saxena@jayasaxena.com · last mo.

ICYMI this week, I profiled Deb Perelman and wrote about 20 years of Smitten Kitchen and food blogging. Very happy with this one! www.weareravenous.com/smitten-kitc...

If you saw the earthquake in Colombia and thought “how can I help?” Donate to WCK. They have boots on the ground now.

World Central Kitchen@wck.org · last mo.

COLOMBIA UPDATE: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck today. WCK mobilized immediately. Alejandro is on the ground in Manizales, leading our first food and water distribution for communities impacted across the region. We will keep you posted as the situation develops. #ChefsForColombia

Others are arguing for a clean two-year delay. Fine. But I need to be clear: A farm bill that does not restore full federal funding for SNAP benefits isn't worth the paper it's marked up on. The cost shift onto states under OBBBA is a mistake. Fix it. www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...

SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response - The Hamilton Project

Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.

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Exactly this. People who want SNAP caseloads to return to where they were 25 years ago should probably explain why they want a highly effective & efficient anti-hunger program to reach a much smaller share of the people who need it.

Pam Herd@pamherd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The NYT piece notes SNAP use doubled since the early 2000s to explain cuts. But SNAP take up was artificially low. In the 90s ~80% of the eligible received benefits. This dropped to 52% by 2002. Bush admin worked on it. We were back at ~90%. We're about to see take-up among the eligible plummet.

Real people, real lives, consequences that will last generations. 👇🏼

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A Haitian friend lives is terror as the July 24 deadline for termination of TPS looms. He smiles as he always does but can’t help but look pained, “they will start deportations” he said. This is a man my son runs to from across the street to hug. Not sure how to raise him in this cruel world.

I do think pinning this on specifically Taco Bell is weird since many confirmed cases aren’t people who ate at Taco Bell at all and we know the actual source—Taylor Farms—distributes lettuce and other produce to many, many other large food businesses

Taco Bell Quarterly@tacobellquarterly.org · 2mo ago

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

Just submitted my comment on the new OMB rules for federal grants. Thanks to @fabbs.org for all the helpful resources. 🧪 You still have time to make your voice heard! The comment deadline is Monday July 13th at 11:59pm. fabbs.org/fabbs-omb-co...

FABBS OMB COMMENT TOOLKIT – FABBS

On May 29, 2026, OMB published a proposed rule to update the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, which are government-wide policies and requirements rela

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Looking forward to reading this study. @sarahkbowen.bsky.social and I found something similar in our work - when lower-income caregivers ran low on SNAP, meat was often the first thing to go, leaving them to fill their pantry with cheaper options like ramen. It wasn't a choice, but a necessity.

UVM Food Systems Research Institute@food-systems-uvm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Who Gets to Choose a Plant‑Based Diet? New research from Saadatu Abdul-Rahaman challenges the idea that plant‑based eating is always a choice. For many socially disadvantaged populations, plant‑based diets are not driven by preference or principle, but by constraint. www.uvm.edu/ovpr/food-sy...

Unhinged response from USDA, basically saying “it doesn’t matter if we take away food from hungry children because they can get other help” 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is quite a response to data showing that the number of children receiving food assistance has plummeted since the deepest SNAP cuts in history were signed into law last summer. www.propublica.org/article/snap...

This is awful. I had a bad feeling about this. I have been thinking about Raúl all day.

Katherine T. Tyson@katherinettyson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@raulpachecovega.bsky.social death is under investigation as there were reported signs of violence. Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega deserved so much better. I hope justice is served. Original spanish article: www.am.com.mx/leon/2026/06... English translation: www-am-com-mx.translate.goog/leon/2026/06...

One of the good ones in our field bsky.app/profile/raul...

Raul Pacheco-Vega@raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Receiving these kinds of emails never gets old. I provide public goods to fellow academics, students and society in general largely because I strive to create a better, more humane and human academic environment.This is from a few years ago. To this day, I keep getting these emails. Really happy.

I am so shocked and saddened by this news. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was such a generous and kind person, supporting and offering his wisdom to so many people, far and near. This is just awful. Que descanse en paz.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

They are really trying to make it impossible to say, "Well, all this hasn't affected my daily life."

Bryce Covert@brycecovert.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Trump administration is about to allow swine and poultry processing plants to vastly speed up their lines. That will make the companies more money while leading to far more worker injuries and food illness outbreaks. newrepublic.com/article/2102...

“All deliberate speed"

Marty Olliff@martyolliff.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to).

TWO grants have gone out this year from the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences— 2! An average of 797 per yeae were granted in previous years.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

But not all directorates are getting grants out the door. SBE is still stuck at 2 (two) new grants and STEM Education isn't much further along.

I think letting SNAP recipients have hot rotisserie chicken is good, actually.

US voters worried about high food prices in 2024. This admin has: 1) taxed food & fertilizer imports 2) deported farmworkers 3) canceled food/climate investments 4) started a war that spiked energy/fertilizer prices 5) increased crop-based biofuel mandates 6) released dietary guidance centering meat

The farm bill scheduled for a House floor vote this week does nothing to address this unfolding crisis — and could make it worse by providing sweeping authority for states to outsource core SNAP eligibility functions to private companies with minimal oversight.

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New USDA data released today: H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history last July. By January, more than 3 million fewer people were receiving food assistance. Nationwide, SNAP caseloads fell by more than 8% in just 6 months — despite no improvement in economic conditions.

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future

The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...

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In July, Trump enacted the largest cuts to food assistance in US history. Then he indefinitely cancelled the survey that measures hunger in America. Meanwhile, official data show the number of people who receive food assistance in America plummeting. Reminder: OBBBA took food from hungry children

YES. We’ve heard a lot about this in our interviews with food-insecure moms over the years. Rotisserie chicken is easy, healthy, and relatively cheap. Not allowing people to use their SNAP benefits to buy it seems like needless punishment.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5mo ago

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase hot rotisserie chicken with their benefits.

This is an important and comprehensive report on the institutions that dominate the fancy fellowships. It’s worse than I thought. And the changes in federal funding will only exacerbate these inequalities. Private foundations are in some cases the only ones funding critical scholarship.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...