{"id":10312,"date":"2017-06-02T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T19:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10312"},"modified":"2024-09-11T20:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T00:52:58","slug":"food-stamp-fury-wretched-regressive-drivel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/food-stamp-fury-wretched-regressive-drivel\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Stamp Fury: “Wretched, Regressive Drivel”"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so\u00a0 not everybody liked my story in yesterday’s USA Today (“Donald Trump’s budget slashes government junk food pipeline to the poor<\/a>“).\u00a0\u00a0 It is evoking a passionate response – including \u00a0“Wretched, Regressive Drivel,” “heartless out of touch human being,” “a real cesspool,” “vile,” “Shame on USA Today… blatant disinformation,” “libertarian idiot,” “story is filled with so many untruths, it is insane,” “beyond contemptable [sic],” “immoral”..<\/p>\n

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OK, so\u00a0 not everybody liked my story in yesterday’s USA Today (“Donald Trump’s budget slashes government junk food pipeline to the poor“).\u00a0\u00a0 It is evoking a passionate response – including \u00a0“Wretched, Regressive Drivel,” “heartless out of touch human being,” “a real cesspool,” “vile,” “Shame on USA Today… blatant disinformation,” “libertarian idiot,” “story is filled with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1069,322,847],"class_list":["post-10312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-facebook-comments","tag-food-stamps","tag-rage"],"yoast_head":"\nFood Stamp Fury: "Wretched, Regressive Drivel" - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's a roundup of enraged responses to my USA Today Food Stamp oped. 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