This shutdown goes beyond politics. It's taking a massive human toll on everyday Americans. The Supreme Court's emergency order allowing President Trump to curtail funding for SNAP food aid payments has left the fate of the program in the balance and its beneficiaries to face uncertainty.>> My mom gets $25 in food stamps a month. We basically rob Peter to pay Paul. There's shortage everywhere for everybody.I mean, they tell you you're going to get your food stamps, but then I'm hearing that it could be two ...

I don't know what it is, but Emily Wilkins does, and she joins us now from DC. >> Hey, Brian. Well, we were waiting to see how federal courts would rule today on the Trump administration deciding to not be funding the SNAP program on November 1st.We now actually have two different judges making two different rulings. Let's start with the one in Rhode Island. That judge basically ruled from the bench telling the US government that they need to find funding for that SNAP program.They mentioned the contingency ...

Senators failed to resolve a standoff over funding food aid during the government shutdown and plan to head home for a long weekend, leaving millions of low-income Americans struggling to purchase groceries https://t.co/LVCtmZerl2 ...

MSNBC's Alex Tabot is reporting on the ground in New Mexico, the state with the highest percentage of residents receiving SNAP benefits. Jake Sherman is co-founder of Punch Bowl News and an MSNBC political contributor. And former Republican congressman from Florida, Carlos Carbella joins us. He's an MSNBC political analyst. Jake, is there anything you realistically see happening in the next few days to turn this around? >> No, I don't. Um, a few things. Number one, there is a contingency fund that would bac ...

Healthcare Costs & Affordability - The high cost of housing and raising a family are major economic concerns for constituents [1] - Americans are struggling with everyday kitchen table issues, and politicians should address both these and issues like corruption [2] - Republicans voted to take away doctors and basic healthcare services from Americans, especially those in rural states, and are slashing food assistance for children [4][5] - These cuts are going to tax cuts for billionaires and corporate welfare for multinational corporations, particularly oil companies [6] - The current system represents the single largest transfer of wealth in American history from the middle and working class to the top 1% and billionaires [7] - Removing a trillion dollars from the healthcare system will impact everyone, leading to hospital closures and healthcare practitioners leaving the profession [7][8][9] - Healthcare is in a crisis state, and additional cuts for tax cuts will lead to longer wait times and delays [11][12] - Private insurance companies are denying coverage, causing delays similar to single-payer systems like Canada's, while making billions of dollars [13][14][15] - The Biden administration made progress in negotiating lower pharmaceutical prices in Medicare, while a potential Trump administration tariff could increase drug costs by 15% [22][23] - The Inflation Reduction Act fixed the price of insulin at $35 a month and allowed the government to negotiate with big pharma [25] Healthcare System Reform - The current healthcare system is vastly inefficient, with the US spending more per person for worse outcomes than other countries [19][20] - Reform is needed to provide access for everybody, potentially through a single-payer system [21] - The Democratic party stands for quality affordable healthcare [19] Gaza Humanitarian Crisis - There needs to be a massive surge of food aid to Gaza immediately [28] - The food aid distribution system is failing terribly and needs to change, relying on independent humanitarian organizations instead of military and paid contractors [31]

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - The administration expresses serious concern regarding starvation and malnutrition reports from Gaza [1] - The situation involves starving children and requires immediate food assistance [1][2] - Hamas is allegedly preventing food from reaching those in need, obstructing aid efforts [1] - Israel needs to increase efforts to allow aid into Gaza [3] - Gulf Arab states should take initiative to help starving children [5] Political and Security Considerations - Hamas' presence in Gaza is a significant obstacle to delivering aid [2] - The administration acknowledges the complexities faced by Israel in waging war against Hamas while trying to facilitate aid [4] - Relying on Hamas to distribute food will likely exacerbate the starvation crisis [5] - The need to wage war on Hamas to stop them from preventing food from entering Gaza [3]

Uh we're going to set up food centers and we're going to do it in conjunction with some very good people and we're going to supply funds and we we just took in trillions of dollars. We got a lot of money and we're going to spend a little money on some food and no boundaries. We're not going to have uh fences and you know they can't they see the food from 30 30 uh you would say yards away and they see the food.It's all there, but nobody's at it because they have fences set up that nobody can even get it. It' ...

Are we at an inflection point. Well, it's 21 months into all of this and uh everything that we're seeing now is utterly predictable. It's been several months now that uh the siege has not really allowed food into the the Gaza Strip at the levels that are that are needed.our own staff. Uh we have around a thousand Doctors Without Borders staff who are Palestinian who are if they're eating every day, it's one meal and often they're not eating every day. Uh we have roughly 35 international colleagues including ...