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Rural West Virginia town voted 76 percent for Trump — now it’s starving
What happened
AlterNet reports that Dunlow, West Virginia, is facing severe food insecurity after federal and state funding decisions reduced both household benefits and food-bank supplies. Congressional Republicans imposed new SNAP eligibility and reporting requirements, while a separate $400 million federal program that bought food from local farmers for food banks was eliminated.
About 24,000 West Virginians—including 8,000 children—have lost food-stamp benefits since last summer, according to statewide figures cited by NBC News. Facing Hunger said its federal food supply had fallen by…
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