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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Friends, I want you to be among the first to know that in 2026, I am running... ...and biking.... ...and swimming... I'm doing a sprint triathlon on July 12th! But also raising money for 3 great candidates! Donate here: secure.actblue.com/donate/leran...

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This is damning and exposes the whole facade of what attacks and cues to SNAP are really about. It’s not about waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s about turning people away so the government can redistribute more money to the ultra wealthy.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I like to imagine podcast host Toby Ziegler's response to the world.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thank you for your nonpartisan spin of facts

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Project Bread @projectbread.org · 28/05/2026

Last week, the Massachusetts Senate finalized their version of the FY27 state budget and we want to thank @senrobynkennedy.bsky.social and the 21 cosponsors of an amendment (half the Senate) to increase funding to expand access to SNAP by hiring more DTA case workers to expand access to SNAP.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Recipes should list active time instead of prep time. If I’m chopping in the middle of the recipe that’s still time I can’t do other things!

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Project Bread @projectbread.org · 15/05/2026

⚠️ The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is facing a critical staffing shortage, leaving thousands of residents unable to access essential SNAP benefits.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I’m proud my son, Elliot completed his 6th Walk for Hunger this weekend and is trying to raise $500, again. Not only that, but he donated from his own allowance. Please join him in support the important work we’ve been doing at Project Bread! give.projectbread.org/fundraiser/7...

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This costs more than the ten-year savings from cutting SNAP benefits in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill that will make it harder for low-income people to buy groceries

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Budgets reflect our marginal prioritization. We have limited resources, so we fund things at the expense of other things. Giving nearly $1 trillion to the military while dramatically underfunding housing aid, while leaving kids malnourished, while leaving people uninsured - it's a choice.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“wretched and vile man” who “had the blood of hundreds, even thousands, of Americans on his hands.” Takes one to know one, eh, Trump?

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day let’s truly live up to “never again”. Not only when violence rises to genocidal levels in another country, but also when agents of our government violate laws and morality to abuse, kidnap, and kill our neighbors. open.substack.com/pub/leranmin...

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I don’t think Democrats should necessarily campaign on the economy. As a middle class white guy, I hear economy and I don’t think you’re talking about me. That’s for old money or finance/tech bros. Cost of living, though, now I’m listening.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“…policymakers need to strengthen and fully support healthy school and child-care meal programs as a cornerstone of any effort to reduce kids’ sugar intake. With such programs reaching more than 30 million children each day, they are among the most powerful levers to shape kids’ diets.”

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The real reason your children can’t avoid added sugar - The Boston Globe

New federal dietary guidelines call for children to avoid added sugar until their 11th birthday. But we’re raising children in a food environment where added sugar is almost always the default.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

For a family of four, shifting to the low-cost food plan would be about a 10% boosts in benefits. This would be $2.99 per meal per person (no snacks) so this would still inadequate according to Secretary Rollins.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

How to improve diet and health for low-income Americans in 3 easy steps 1) Repeal OBBBA SNAP cuts 2) Increase SNAP benefits from the current Thrifty Food Plan to AT LEAST the Low-Cost Food Plan** 3) Fully fund food is medicine programs for Medicaid and Medicare patients

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The one other this is hanger and sadness

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Trying out the Substack thing and sharing my thoughts on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans including some recommendations on how we can truly ensure everyone has access to "real food". lnkd.in/ee7_ztvw

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'll leave it the experts in nutrition science to comment on the make-up of the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but a friendly reminder that the DGA isn't worth anything if we don't increase supports like SNAP, boost funding for child nutrition programs, raise wages, and bring down prices.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Started The Painful Truth about Hunger in America. Couldn’t agree more w @marianachilton.bsky.social: “Responsibility for hunger in America lands in wallets, laps, hearts, and minds of the wealthy, who create inequality for their own profits. To solve it, we have to focus on ending inequality.”

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

My name is Leran and I wholeheartedly endorse @salaambhattiva.bsky.social. (FWIW)

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This is petty, but Brooke Rollins is who I would cast as Cruella Deville in a community theatre production of 101 Dalmatians. She has the look and the vibe. Also, this is illegal and absurd.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The shutdown was an excuse, not a reason, to go after SNAP. SNAP recipients have to re-apply either every 6 months or year. Onerous process, with almost no fraud. There are no shutdown-related requirement for SNAP renewal. But it would predictably result in low-income families going hungry.

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Aside from the fact that SNAP participants already have to periodically recertify for benefits — usually every 6 or 12 months — SNAP rules also prohibit states from arbitrarily shortening a household's certification period to force them to reapply early.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We’re minding the shop while you take care of yourself. At least the best we can in this bonkers banana pants world.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

still a mess but the CR included full year appropriations for USDA so should *should* be solid footing through October 2026. But still a waste of time and energy for them to prepare their systems for partial payments in November 2026 if somehow we’re back here

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

And FWIW that memo is like 5 memos ago. This week has been a decade, my friend.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

They had a piggy bank that like a petulant child they refused to use. Finally they were told the had to use it. But it only had enough for partial payments. Court told them there were other piggy banks and they were even more petulant. now that fed tov is open they are paying it all

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Governor Maura Healey @massgovernor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Huge thanks to @projectbread.org for stepping up to help families impacted by President Trump's SNAP benefits freeze. Our team worked quickly to get benefits back on EBT cards — so if you’ve got funds, go get those groceries. And if you still need help, ask. You are not alone.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 13/11/2025

This spending bill is a fundamental betrayal of the people, and I voted NO. Shame on every member of Congress who voted to deny a child their medication or to tear away life-saving cancer treatment. The people deserve so much better, and this fight isn't over.

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Ellian Azazel @ellianazazel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

So we’ll know by Wednesday just what extreme this administration wants to take to starve people and punish states for trying to help them.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

And that’s why you have my endorsement

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Nor should you accept it without an explanation and an apology!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thank you Senator. If your colleagues were going to compromise with little to show for it they should’ve done it before we put food insecure households through hell. That damage is done so now I wish Dems would fight to make it worthwhile.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

“We have to eat. This money will not last. They are taking away funds they already provided. I don't even know exactly who ‘they’ are. What happens in December? What about January? Do I have to make this food last all winter?”

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I don’t see any reason not to take this literally.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The world’s first trillionaire. To put that in perspective a trillion dollars could fund SNAP for the whole United Stated for TEN years. We need a reset of our priorities, America

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It’s a good day to make noise for the federal and state governments to do more. …and donate cash to food banks!

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Thank you for these comments, Senator Edwards

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Even if you’re a callous billionaire, this is not good for our society. This is not good for business. This gets no one “back to work”. SNAP fuels our families, our communities, our country.

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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It's heartening to see so many people and organizations speak up about the importance of SNAP this week. In this dark moment, I'm picturing you all as candles in this hurricane. I hope we can keep this energy so that we can make SNAP stronger, better, and immune from politics in the future.

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