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It's so funny because when you look at the guys,

that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah.

What you look like. Did you watch the football last night? It's never about, I'll watch

your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've been taught to be pitted

against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't.

A bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah, and it shouldn't be there.

We should be trying to change that stereotype,

believing that there is space for everybody.

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I'm Magna Chakrabardi.

One in every eight Americans relies on the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program, also known as SNAP.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the $100 billion program served more than 41 million low-income Americans every month in 2024.

Benefits averaged about $187 per person per month to put food on the table.

Well, on Monday of this week, the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis that estimates 2.4 million

Americans, including families with children, will lose SNAP assistance due to President Donald

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