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MAGA is Ruining Louisiana

Miami-Dade Ended Universal Free Meals at All But 121 of Its 500-Plus Schools. Free Meal Funding Is Tied to SNAP Enrollment, and All Three Republicans Who Represent the County Voted for the SNAP Cuts.

Miami-Dade Ended Universal Free Meals at All But 121 of Its 500-Plus Schools. Free Meal Funding Is Tied to SNAP Enrollment, and All Three Republicans Who Represent the County Voted for the SNAP Cuts.

Schools that feed every student for free qualify for funding tied to rates of SNAP participation. More than 5.6 million people have lost SNAP in a year — faster than the CBO predicted — and Florida's largest school district has already dropped universal free meals at all but 121 of its schools.

208 House Republicans Just Voted to Lock In the Food-Safety Layoffs. Complaints About Contaminated Meat Had Risen 40%.

H.R. 8646 passed 213-210 on June 4. It comes in $380 million below last year and, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses "to account for staffing reductions" — the nearly 4,300 FDA and roughly 900 meat-inspection jobs already gone. 188 members with a page on this site voted yes. Four voted no.

Five Republicans Took the AI Industry's Money or Bought Its Stock. One of Them Wrote the Bill That Would End Your Town's Say.

An AI super PAC that raised $125 million exists to stop states and cities from enforcing their own AI rules. One of these Republicans wrote the bill that does the preempting, one was promised $850,000 in a race he had already won, two were buying the stock, and one was carried by $2.35 million in outside money.

Richard Hudson Told House Republicans to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls. Since Then They Have Held 231. Democrats Have Held 1,042.

Richard Hudson Told House Republicans to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls. Since Then They Have Held 231. Democrats Have Held 1,042.

Two years ago Republicans held more town halls than Democrats. In the first half of this year they held 39 in person — 17% of the town halls they held at all. One told MS NOW that a town hall is 'a good way to get shot.' Another said Democrats 'ruined' them. The one Republican who still shows up says it works fine.