Patricia Baker

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Patricia Baker

Patricia Baker

@PatMLRI

Advocate. Opinions here are completely my own. Retweets are not endorsements.

Boston MA Katılım Temmuz 2010
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Katie Bergh
Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh·
States can & should make better choices to protect low-income families despite these federal SNAP cuts. But it’s also urgent for federal policymakers to address H.R. 1's massive cost shift to state budgets, which is driving these harmful state decisions. cbpp.org/research/food-…
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Katie Bergh
Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh·
New USDA data show 2.5 million fewer people participated in SNAP in December compared to July, when the Republican megabill (H.R. 1) enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history. This is only the beginning — even more people will lose SNAP as the full brunt of these cuts take effect.
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Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
DTA's @SEIU509 workers are the glue that connects MA residents with critical food & cash benefits, but we are falling behind, eligible families are losing benefits, & MA is losing fed SNAP $$. Critical that @MassGovernor @MasLegislature provide DTA with more resources ASAP!
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute@MassLawReform

TY @BostonGlobe for thoughtful coverage of compassionate work @DTA_Listens staff do every day to help residents put food on the table. As story says, the system is overwhelmed. Now, vulnerable families face unprecedented challenges reaching DTA for help. bostonglobe.com/2026/02/02/met…

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Governor Maura Healey
Governor Maura Healey@MassGovernor·
My administration reported this case to the federal government in November 2024. Glad they’re finally doing something about it.
U.S. Attorney Massachusetts@DMAnews1

🚨 Two arrested & charged in alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain millions in SNAP benefits through small variety stores. Allegedly redeemed $100K–$500K in benefits per month – outpacing supermarkets – and sold donated food meant for children overseas. 🔗justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two…

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Patricia Baker
Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
Burying critical food security data that can inform researchers & policy makers how low-income Americans are managing is highly irresponsible - especially now with tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting SNAP benefits @fractweets @MassLawReform @projectbread @CenterOnBudget
Rep. Jim McGovern@RepMcGovern

Trump won't tell us how many people are going hungry in this country because he knows his Big Ugly Bill is making hunger in America worse. His cuts to food assistance are inhumane—and we deserve to know how badly it's hurting our communities.

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DavidASuper
DavidASuper@DavidASuper1·
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/
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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute@MassLawReform·
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. bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/met…
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Patricia Baker
Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
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
Mass. Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)@DTA_Listens

📢 DTA is hiring! Join our team as a SNAP Case Worker and help support individuals and families across Massachusetts. Apply today and make a difference: mass.gov/work-at-dta.

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute@MassLawReform·
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. mass.gov/news/as-trump-…
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CSPAN
CSPAN@cspan·
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."
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Aaron Rupar
Aaron Rupar@atrupar·
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!"
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Patricia Baker
Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
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
Governor Maura Healey@MassGovernor

More than a million people in Massachusetts rely on SNAP — most of them are children, seniors and folks with disabilities. That’s why I joined 22 Governors to send a message to Republicans in Congress: Stop the cuts. Reject this attack on our health and families.

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Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
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. ctt.ec/4om51+
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End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE
End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE@EndChildPovCA·
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!
Manu Raju@mkraju

What Americans like and don’t like about Trump’s big bill. Post poll finds 42% of Americans oppose bill. 23% of Americans support bill. 34% who say they have no opinion. By issue: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

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Patricia Baker
Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
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
Food Research & Action Center@fractweets

SNAP isn’t driving the deficit — billionaire tax cuts are. In a powerful new piece, Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director, outlines the real costs of Senate Republicans’ proposed SNAP cuts. Read why this fight matters: frac.org/blog/senate-fo…

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Patricia Baker
Patricia Baker@PatMLRI·
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!
Ty Jones Cox@TyJonesCox

Senate Republican leaders released a proposal tonight that would cut or take food assistance away entirely from millions of people, including kids, veterans, workers in low-paying jobs, older adults, and people with disabilities. More here: cbpp.org/blog/tracking-…

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@BostonGlobe @SEIU509 @MassGovernor @fractweets @MassLawReform @projectbread @CenterOnBudget @CivilLegalAid