Complete and utter cruelty.

Rural communities are fighting to keep hospitals open after Republicans cut Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion. Now, nearly 700 rural hospitals are at risk of closure. Congressional Republicans don’t care about our rural communities.

The Farm and Family Relief Act is the aid farmers need thanks to Trump's tariffs and helps make groceries affordable for families facing. Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans want to spend your tax dollars on illegal wars and painting ballrooms and reflecting pools.

The farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs would like to have a word.

Republicans promised kids wouldn't lose a nickel of their SNAP benefits. Today, more than 1.5 million kids have been kicked off their benefits entirely.

American families have had to spend over $3,500 more since President Trump took office last year.

Trump's tariffs handed American soybean farmers’ markets to Brazil and Argentina, and Republicans in Congress let it happen without a fight.

We used to track cyclospora and seven other microbes, but Trump cut the program. Now the FDA, CDC and USDA only track two – and cyclospora isn’t one of them. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-trump-admin-cuts-have-compromised-food-safety/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=986601427

How Trump admin cuts have compromised food safety

Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."

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Trump's illegal Iran war has already cost American farmers more than $1.4 billion on diesel.

$12 billion in farm aid won't fix what Trump broke. Farmers are staring down $31 billion dollars in losses this year and $32 billion more in 2027. Ranking Member Rep. Angie Craig lays it out: https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-tariffs-budget-cuts-farmers-reconciliation

Opinion | America’s farmers are losing patience with Trump’s economic whiplash

Rep. Angie Craig: While Republicans have largely been on vacation, family farmers have been working overtime to make up for the markets they lost due to Trump’s tariffs and the fertilizer and diesel price increases resulting from Trump’s illegal war with Iran.

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Gas prices are increasing again thanks to Trump’s illegal war with Iran.

The letter of the law is clear: Congressional approval is needed to implement the USDA reorganization.

Dee McDonald is a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds and raises her three teenage grandsons. She's had to skip meals because Trump cut off her SNAP benefits. These are real families that Trump is kicking off SNAP.

59% of rural counties have no maternity care. Republicans' answer? Let the ACA tax credits that millions of Americans rely on expire.

Slapping Canada with 50% tariffs does not put out wildfires. It does not lower costs. What it does is punish the same Canadian crews who just helped save 15 Minnesota kids, and stick American families with the bill.

Trump said he loves farmers — then he turned around and canceled programs that help them. First-generation farmers like Lawrencia Rogers feel betrayed. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/11/iowa-farming-trump-cuts-usda

Trump and Republicans designed a budget that has already kicked 1.5 million kids off food assistance and will increase the deficit by trillions. They’re shortchanging America’s youth to pay for tax handouts to giant corporations.

Nearly 5 million Americans. 1.5 million kids. This is who Trump and House Agriculture Republicans have hurt with cuts to food assistance. They lied when they said no one would be kicked off SNAP by their cuts.

Americans who aren't even on food assistance are cutting back. But Trump wants us to believe 4.7 million Americans have "left" SNAP because they are doing so great they no longer need it. https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/americans-buying-fewer-groceries-as-prices-climb

Americans are buying fewer groceries as prices climb

The recent drop suggests that prolonged inflation has finally forced shoppers to make changes to their shopping trips.

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Every American should be able to afford to put food on their tables.

1.5 million kids have been kicked off SNAP because of Trump and Republicans. That’s more children than live in any one of these states: Missouri Maryland Massachusetts Colorado Wisconsin South Carolina Alabama Kentucky Connecticut Oregon Utah Kansas Nebraska The list goes on.

Trump's war with Iran has caused gas prices to skyrocket. Americans have paid $56 billion more, around $477 per household, to fill up their tanks.

Trump and House Republicans cut SNAP by $187 billion in the Big Ugly Bill last year. Since then, 4.7 million Americans — including an estimated 1.5 million CHILDREN — have been kicked off food assistance. Now, rumor is that Trump and GOP are coming back for more. Hell no.

BREAKING: TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS HAVE KICKED AT LEAST 1.5 MILLION KIDS OFF SNAP https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-people-are-losing-food-assistance-as-the-republican-megabill#_ftn1

SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4 million people (nearly 10 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and March 2026, based on the latest month of data.

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The Big Ugly Bill has already taken food assistance away from nearly 5 million Americans. For families with kids, losing SNAP can also mean losing automatic eligibility for free school meals, meaning kids are going hungry at school and at home. https://ow.ly/vUzK50Zmxux

Congressional Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill Threatens Access to Free School Meals

Students across the country could lose access to free school meals, forcing the typical family with two children to spend $1,900 to $2,200 more per year for school meals.

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Here’s what to know about cyclospora.

USDA officials bet that thousands of employees would quit after they were told to uproot their lives and relocate or risk losing their jobs. Farmers rely on USDA to maintain their competitive advantage. Trump does not care. https://ow.ly/BOnY50Zmxv2

USDA expects ‘significant number’ of staff facing relocation to leave their jobs | Federal News Network

Internal documents contradict statements from USDA leaders, who repeatedly said they did not anticipate relocations would lead to widespread staffing losses.

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Trump’s Big Ugly Bill cut food assistance and stiffed states, forcing them to make up the difference. Missouri is on the hook for $150 million next year alone because Trump would rather pay for reflecting pool paint than food for kids, seniors and veterans.

Rural hospitals are closing left and right, and it will only worsen because of Republican attacks on health care. Closing rural health clinics and making health care more expensive for farmers — that's the Republican agenda for rural America.

While Trump spends billions on his war on Iran, Minnesota is stuck with a $250 million bill for food assistance he cut. 18,000 Minnesotans have already lost benefits. Kids, seniors and veterans are paying the price.