Donald Trump’s disastrous budget bill is already devastating communities in red and blue states alike — as food banks, rural hospitals, and nursing homes are already bracing for the devastating effects of this bill to take place. Before passing the largest cuts to food assistance and health care in American history, Republicans told their constituents to “get over it” and that “we are all going to die.” 

The bottom line: Trump and his Republican lackeys are stealing from working families all to pay for another round of tax handouts for their billionaire donors.  

Take a look at some of the coverage below: 

NPR: “An Alabama food bank leader anticipates a major increase in people needing to turn to groups like hers to cover their basic needs if the massive tax and spending legislation backed by President Trump clears Congress.

“Linda Jones, the co-founder of the food bank Alabama Childhood Food Solutions, says her program that now distributes food to nearly 2,600 kids each week has already seen a 30% increase over last year. Overall, her organization now feeds close to 1,200 families in central Alabama — doubling last year’s numbers. …

“The bill would make major changes to the country’s social safety net. Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are targeted for major cuts. Millions of people stand to lose food assistance if the House passes the bill after it cleared the Senate earlier this week, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office of the House’s first version of the bill.”

Fox 5 Atlanta: “As President Donald Trump prepares to sign the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ into law, Atlanta’s largest food bank warns that cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will dramatically increase the demand for food assistance in Georgia.

“With 1.4 million Georgians receiving SNAP benefits, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Georgians will lose their primary way of buying food. The Atlanta Community Food Bank, which supplies hundreds of food pantries in the state, says that would harm a lot of families.”

Detroit Free Press: “About 45% of all pregnancies and childbirths in Michigan are covered by Medicaid and about 60% of people with nursing home care are covered by the program, according to data from the state health department.

“At least 200,000 Michiganders would lose health insurance coverage as part of the bill’s planned cuts, according to a report from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization. The report noted that some analyses estimate the fallout could be as high as 700,000 people.

“The Michigan League for Public Policy reported that 1 in 7 Michiganders — about 1.4 million people — rely on SNAP benefits. Among them are 41,000 military veterans with food insecurity.

“The American Hospital Association said the legislation would do ‘irreparable harm’ to the U.S. health care system, ‘reducing access to care for all Americans and severely undermining the ability of hospitals and health systems to care for our most vulnerable patients,’ said Rick Pollack, its president and CEO, in a statement.”

Wisconsin Public Radio: “Tens of thousands of Wisconsinites could lose health coverage under Trump’s budget bill”

“President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could cause tens of thousands of Wisconsinites to lose Medicaid coverage and put some rural hospitals at risk of closing. …

By 2034, the American Hospital Association estimates that more than 30,000 people in rural Wisconsin communities would lose Medicaid coverage, and the state’s rural hospitals would lose $607 million under the House-approved version of the bill.

WCNC: “The Big Beautiful Bill would require states to pay a portion of costs for SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Currently, 1.4 million North Carolinians and 577,000 South Carolinians rely on the program.

“Under this bill, those numbers would shrink. …

“The NC Department of Health and Human Services warned that cuts could hit some regions, including western North Carolina, especially hard.”

West Virginia Watch: “Medicaid cuts could hurt older adults who rely on home care, nursing homes”

“The care at Community PACE is paid for by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or certain disabilities, and Medicare, the federal insurance program for people 65 and older. The center is a one-stop shop that provides medical and social services to older adults during the day, allowing them to continue living safely in their homes.

“If Congress cuts funding to Medicaid, Levin expects his center would probably close. …

“Cutting Medicaid also could make it harder to recruit and keep a workforce of nursing home and home health employees.”

New York Times: “Conceived by a Kansas farmer and created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Food for Peace has sent burlap sacks of grain stamped ‘From the American People’ to more than four billion people in 150 countries around the world.

“Now it is effectively dead. …

“It was the latest blow to farmers, particularly in Kansas, where about 80 percent of those on the high plains voted for Mr. Trump and agriculture makes up almost half of the state’s economy. The president’s whipsawing tariffs and cuts to agriculture grants and global food aid have left the state with swollen silos, shrinking markets and volatile prices for crops.”