Millions of Americans are about to be blindsided.
Their food money may simply not arrive.
Not because the nation is broke — but because Washington is at war with itself. As the USDA sounds the alarm and blames Senate Democrats for blocking SNAP funding 12 times, families, grocers, and food banks brace for a November 1 where benefit cards go silen… Continues…
If SNAP benefits don’t arrive on November 1, the impact will be immediate and brutal. Parents who time every grocery trip to the day benefits hit will find empty accounts. Seniors who rely on a modest monthly allotment to stretch fixed incomes will be forced to skip meals or turn to food banks already warning they are at a breaking point. Grocery stores in poor neighborhoods, where SNAP transactions keep doors open and workers employed, will see sales crater overnight.
Behind the numbers are stark political choices. Senate Democrats insist they won’t back down without broader healthcare concessions. Republicans accuse them of holding food aid hostage to fund controversial priorities. The USDA, unusually blunt, says the money is gone and only Congress can restore it. What happens next will reveal whether Washington’s power struggle outweighs the basic promise that, in America, people should at least be able to eat.
