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applegrove

(128,737 posts) Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:10 PM Saturday

Trump cancelled 94 million pounds of food aid in the US. [View all]

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administrationâ€™s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

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— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-10-11T18:31:27.788111176Z

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Trump cancelled 94 million pounds of food aid in the US. [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

Certainly does not deserve a peace prize question everything Saturday #1

Who else used/uses starvation as a war strategy? Irish_Dem Saturday #2

Ooh I know underpants Saturday #4

Israel is deliberately starving Gaza. Irish_Dem Saturday #11

The British. Probably most old empires. Here's more: applegrove Saturday #5

History is in fact ripe with "wars of attrition" AZJonnie Saturday #7

Yes most likely ancient in origin. Irish_Dem Saturday #9

Soviet Union vs Ukraine, with no pretext of crop failure. They just took the harvest ... Hekate Saturday #8

Yes the British starved the Irish. Irish_Dem Saturday #10

Only State Terrorists can do that. Captain Zero Saturday #12

Trump is terrorizing Americans. Irish_Dem Saturday #13

Free soy beans for everyone. multigraincracker Saturday #3

First he jams farmers with USAid, now with cutting American aid. TheBlackAdder Saturday #6