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Shameful Vanity Wars & Decoration Projects While American Children Go Hungry

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Shameful Executive Vanity Wars & Decoration Projects While American Children Go Hungry According to a devastating report by ProPublica, recent federal policy changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have stripped vital food assistance from more than 770,000 children across just twelve states—a number destined to reach millions nationwide. Despite hollow assurances from politicians that our most vulnerable would remain untouched, working families are now being turned away as collateral damage. It is utterly shameful that this administration chooses to let children go hungry while simultaneously squandering hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on useless vanity decoration projects, starting and losing unnecessary foreign conflicts, and indulging in general bureaucratic buffoonery. While parents skip meals and food banks face unprecedented backlogs, this administration prioritizes empty political theater over basic human survival. Feeding hungry children is not a partisan debate; it is a foundational moral obligation. I urge you to reject this systemic neglect. Defund the decoration projects, stop the endless military missteps, and immediately restore the SNAP benefits necessary to prevent the malnutrition of American children.

▶ Created on June 19 by People Who Value Science · 1,861 signers in the past 7 days

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