More heartless chaos in SNAP. A short 🧵. After a Rhode Island district court ruled that low-income households should receive full November SNAP benefits, many states began work to do so. Friday USDA issued guidance saying it was working toward full November SNAP issuances. 1/

RI & Boston judges ruled last week the Trump admin illegally withheld SNAP $ during the shutdown. “This is a really positive development, and it clearly shows that the administration was illegally withholding those funds to date,” said MLRI's Vicky Negus. https://t.co/j153L33CHO

Tnx DTA for hiring up more SNAP caseworkers. This is good news.Without front line staff processing SNAP apps & managing the DTA Assistance Line, low income MA residents will go hungry and MA loses fed $. Urging all who are interested to apply. @CivilLegalAid @SEIU509

MA cannot afford to walk away from the SNAP program. MA needs front line staff to ensure our most vulnerable residents timely access the federal food benefits for which they are eligible. #SNAPworks! @MassGov @DTA_Listens @Seiu509 @RepMcGovern

As MLRI shared with the @BostonGlobe @ktkjohnston - Masschusetts has the resources to mitigate the worst harms of this horrific federal legislation. https://t.co/ZRgEmasbbH

MLRI and civil legal aid are ready to stand with the Healey Administration to find ways to mitigate the serious cuts to SNAP food benefits passed by President Trump & Republicans in Congress. https://t.co/gIsh2oA5n9

Rules Committee Ranking Member @RepMcGovern (D-MA): "Republican leadership in the White House are jamming this bill down our throat … We're here because Donald Trump wants a Fourth of July party to celebrate this garbage bill."

McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"

TY @MassGovernor for joining 22 Guvs & speaking out. Proposed SNAP cuts and cost-shifting to states are UNCONSCIONABLE. @DTA_Listens @projectbread @FoodBankWMA @MAFoodSys @Gr8BosFoodBank @MVFoodBank @USCCB @SenWarren @SenMarkey @CivilLegalAid

The Senate is getting ready to vote THIS week on a bill that would slash SNAP and take food away from millions of kids, veterans, and older adults. We can't let this happen. Contact your Senators NOW and urge them to Vote “NO” on the #biguglybill.

The least popular provision in the #BigUglyBill? Taking #food from hungry children and families This bill makes the largest cut to food in history. It will devastate families’ ability to #afford #groceries California members of Congress should listen to the people and vote no!

Critical to speak out #HandsOffSNAP Pls read FRAC's analysis of the proposed deep cuts to the nation's most impo nutrition program impacting every state & locality. Unacceptable! @MassLawReform @projectbread @Gr8BosFoodBank @FoodBankWMA @MAFoodSys

Urgent action is needed to protect SNAP — the nation's most effective anti-hunger program — ahead of an anticipated Senate Floor vote the week of June 23. https://t.co/BN0NGvpfw6

GOP leaders's proposed SNAP cuts will have a huge harmful impact on low income Mass residents. We must stop playing games with people's lives in order to give tax breaks to the uber-wealthy. #HandsOffSNAP @SenWarren @SenMarkey Pls OPPOSE Sen AG proposal!

Grateful to @WhipKClark for her leadership opposing deep cuts to SNAP, Medicaid & other programs targeted by the Rs. This Big Betrayal of Women harms all of our communities - transferring billions from the lowest income families to the wealthiest. #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid

I just met with Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and I gave her over 1,000 letters from people across the country who are worried about what she's doing to the Department of Education.

A headline that should concern anyone who already has to drive a long distance to get groceries:

.@MassGovernor is leading the fight to defend SNAP for 1M+ Massachusetts families. Proposed cuts from Congress would ripple through our communities, affecting children's development, seniors' health, and our state's economic vitality. Read more here⬇️ https://t.co/KP4c5owu4l

Up to 350,000 MassHealth members & 230,000 SNAP recipients in MA could lose coverage or benefits. Burdensome work requirements & red tape are designed to kick eligible people off—decades of evidence show these don’t increase employment, just hardship.

The GOP bill dumps $53M/year in SNAP costs onto MA immediately & up to $660M/year in SNAP benefits starting in 2027. SNAP brings $2.6B fed. food $ annually to MA & shifting fed. costs to states would end SNAP’s role as one of the best tools we have to support local economies.