this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
628 points (98.8% liked)

News

33058 readers
4625 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The shutdown will halt about $8 billion a month in federal food assistance. Walmart captures 24% of all SNAP shopper spending, according to Numerator’s 2025 SNAP Evolution report—triple Kroger’s share and far ahead of Costco, Amazon and Sam’s Club.

Walmart was the first retailer to accept SNAP online in all 50 states in 2023 and launched the Walmart+ Assist program, which offers half-price memberships for those receiving aid.

“If SNAP payments stop, spending by the lowest income groups will fall,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of data and analytics firm GlobalData. “Walmart gets a plurality of the spending, so it will be hit the hardest.”

This was somewhat epiphanic for me.

I already recognized companies such as Walmart were subsidizing pay through social programs such as SNAP and essential funneling/laundering tax payer money to their executives.

This headline made me further realize they’re not only making taxpayers subsidize wages, they’ve also effectively turned the USD into a form of company scrip. While that scrip can be spent at some other locations I bet a large percent of funneled right back to e.g. Walmart itself. If you already work at Walmart it makes spending your SNAP benefit there easier.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] FrankFrankson@lemmy.world 106 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I dunno why it says "If SNAP goes dark" becuase it already did go dark. It's already been a week woth no payments and it looks like nothing is going to change that. SNAP has already "gone dark".

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago (9 children)

judges are forcing the USDA to pay snap this month… latest ruling was by today.
it’s not dark yet

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (26 children)

Judge says something.

Trump admin says "no lol"

load more comments (26 replies)
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't count your chickens until they hatch. Or in this case, don't count your SNAP until it's actually in your pocket.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

it’s in my pocket right now. it was fully funded today.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'm truly shocked that they actually paid. That's some good news. I'm glad the people in need are getting when we owe them.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My mothers has not been paid nor is pending. Some states used state funding to pay out, most have not.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah I’m always saddened to see anecdotal “it works for me” or “it doesn’t work for me” comments about something like this, where it’s super complex and until we know the rules are in place and enforced, we should assume it is not working for those who need it.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Awesome I'm happy for you and everybody else who needs it

[–] tomselleck@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Justice Department announced they are appealing, so who knows?

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

Imagine being the one who appeals poor people eating. I hope they fucking rot (the justice dept)

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (8 children)

A piece of paper is worthless. Can't buy anything with that.

load more comments (8 replies)
[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh yes this administration has such respect.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

read the news, the usda paid up today

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"it’s not dark yet"

Tell that to the people without food.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So odd seeing libs talk you down in this thread, and not do basic research.

I haven't really been following all of this because I don't need SNAP (yet), but it seems like it's not hard to figure this out with Google.

Hopefully more states figure out how to allocate the USDA's emergency funds before more people starve.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

it’s doomer stuff i think… they can only scream about how horrible everything is.
if anything good happens, no it didn’t.
that or bots.
seems like a bot thing to not have live google access

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Never call it a good day while the sun is still up.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

yep, i saw that and: fuck… fucking fucks….
seems like some will still be funded?
Happy Thanksgiving, btw

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The article is from Oct 29. I doubt the SNAP situation is news to many on the fediverse. I shared it more so because A) What a tone deaf headline, and B) To share the epiphany it caused me.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

California is paying full SNAP benefits starting this morning. California cares. Trump, Mike Johnson, and The entire GOP couldn't give less fucks about anyone else.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

It's the Democrats fault because they won't cancel health care so we have to cancel food assistance - every republican I know