GOP Halts Food Stamp Payments as Trump Blows Millions on Golden Ballroom - The Thursday AM Quickie 10/23/25

Following last night's final New York City mayoral debate, Andrew Cuomo "was seen courtside at the Knicks game in Madison Square Garden with Mayor Eric Adams." I'm not a fancy political consultant, but if I wanted to win elected office in a major Democratic city, I wouldn't associate myself with a comically inept loser who weaseled out of corruption charges by sucking up to Donald Trump. - Corey

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Trump's Economy: Hungry Families and Homeless Schoolkids

Donald Trump and his Republican Party are prepared to let 42 million Americans, including children, lose food stamp benefits and go hungry beginning Nov. 1 "due to an inability to access federal funds." Trump could snap his fingers and fix it, but he's busy building a gigantic golden monument to himself (see below).

The Washington Post reports that state agencies have warned about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program disruption in recent days. Per the Post, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri and Minnesota have warned about missing benefit payments if the government shutdown continues into next week; while Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Illinois "have outright said that November benefits will not be paid."