SAN DIEGO, CA — Food baskets heading out to families in the San Diego Unified School District Wednesday will be sent without a letter from President Donald Trump. District officials say the letter is misleading about ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The letter has been placed in millions […]
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California school districts spurn ‘back-patting’ Trump food box letter
Los Angeles Unified School District will not include a letter from President Donald Trump inside of food boxes that are part of the Agriculture Department’s Farmers to Families Program. | AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall By MACKENZIE MAYS 10/07/2020 07:32 PM EDT Updated 10/07/2020 08:41 PM EDT 2020-10-07T08:41-0400 SACRAMENTO — The superintendent […]
Trump’s letter gives New Hampshire food pantries something to chew on
Published: 10/3/2020 9:24:14 PM Like many similar organizations across the country, the New Hampshire Food Bank has received boxes of food from the U.S Department of Agriculture that contain a letter with President Donald Trump’s signature. “As part of our response to coronavirus, I prioritized sending nutritious food from our […]
Nonprofit responds to food boxes including letter signed by Trump
CLOSE Food Share pop-up pantries are drive-thru only, so they can be as low-touch as possible, officials said. Ventura County Star Thousands of boxes of food given out to families in Ventura County over the past few days included something unexpected and, at least in some cases, unwanted. The boxes, […]
Maryland Food Bank criticizes Trump-signed letter in federal food boxes, but will distribute them anyway
The Maryland Food Bank and its partner organizations have given out 6.5 million pounds of produce, dairy, and meat to families in need through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program since late May, on top of its usual donations. But food bank officials are criticizing a new addition to the […]
President Trump Requires A Letter From Him To Be Placed In Food Aid Boxes To Help Reelection Campaign
KEY POINTS USDA is mandating the inclusion of a letter from President Trump in millions of boxes of surplus food for families in need USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 100 million boxes to those in need since May The Trump administration denied the letter was political […]
Food banks are removing the signed letter Trump wanted to include in every food-aid box
A letter in English and Spanish, on White House letterhead, exhorts needy Americans to wash hands and maintain social distance, closing with: “We will support Americans’ recovery every step of the way. Together we will overcome this challenge, and our Nation will emerge from this crisis stronger than ever before.” […]
Iowa Restaurant Association, in letter to Gov. Reynolds, urges her to modify proclamation
The letter questioned the efficacy of blanket closures of affected businesses in certain counties. DES MOINES, Iowa — A major hospitality group in Iowa is urging Gov. Kim Reynolds to modify her latest proclamation to control COVID-19 spread, which closes various businesses and limits alcohol service at restaurants in six […]
Letter to the Editor: Limbaugh drinks the Kool-Aid (9/22/20)
David Limbaugh’s latest apology for the president boggles the mind. Repeatedly referring to him as a patriot — who dodged the draft with rich man deferments; who called our soldiers suckers or losers; who put down Gold Star families, and who has done nothing when our intelligence community has credible […]