Johnson County supervisor

There's a line between hard bargaining and cruelty. When a government weaponizes basic means of survival, it crosses into dangerous territory. The decision to withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — paired with Congressional plans to slash Medicaid and SNAP funding — isn’t just another partisan fight. It’s a turning point.

For the first time in SNAP’s history, families aren’t receiving the benefits they depend on. For many, that means empty refrigerators, skipped meals, and trying to explain to their kids why they can’t buy more food. This is a conscious choice by the Trump administration, as Congress has already appropriated billions of dollars in a contingency fund to cover SNAP during government shutdowns.

My own family has

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