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Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the debit cards that beneficiaries use to buy groceries could be reloaded after the ruling. That process often takes one to two weeks.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 127 points 1 day ago (6 children)

So they'll just deny the court order and delay action by appealing, then what?

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What he always does ...... keep ignoring court orders untill rulled in his favour.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago

Pretty much this. It'll get appealed all the way to the SC, where Thomas will write a decision saying "actually all funding is at the President's sole discretion" and that'll be it.

[–] paranoid@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

Then trumps famine will begin

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good. Appealing this will force him to take ownership of starving people. He will still lie, but maybe a few more people will see the light.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Anyone who hasn't seen the light by now never will.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't just lose hope, especially when things are getting worse and worse by the week.

It does take a long time for anything that the federal government does to actually affect your life or someone you know in a noticeable way. Lots of things might get slightly better or worse, but won't be directly attributable to government, like policies that affect the economy. Other things might get MUCH better or worse, but only for a few people at a time.

Especially if you're dumb, these things can be hard to notice. Some people don't believe us because we've been saying the train is coming for a year now and they haven't seen it. But when they do get hit by it, or they see someone close enough, well... it can start to get through to them.

And we need those few percentage points. It's important to get people to vote against this shit, assuming we still get to vote at all. Be aware that there's also levels of cheating in voting. If they do things that suppress the vote by 5%, with the extreme shit they're doing, we could gain more than 10 points.

Voting still matters. Even if they cheat.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

I like you.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 14 points 1 day ago

The bulk of them won't but there's a constant little trickle of people realizing it each day

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

There's a lot of people who are living in a bubble of lies. Sometimes the truth breaks through. That's a chance to shatter the right wing media illusion.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In this case the headline actually works to our advantage. It's clear that Trump is the one fucking with food benefits. Tomorrow, between that and the new healthcare exchange rates being out, he's going to be more unpopular than ever - even some of his base are going to have pitchforks.

[–] ski11erboi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Exactly this. His starving base will see exactly how a ~~rouge~~ rogue president isn't good for the country now that it affects them.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

He's not rouge, he's orange.

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you think WE should do about it?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Vote in 2026, flip the House, get a 67 Seat Democratic majority in the Senate, impeach him a 3rd time and actually remove him this time, followed by his mandated jail time on his felony convictions.

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You do know that none of that is going to happen, right?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Well the question was "what do you think we should do about it", that's what I think we should do. 😉

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

It is a good question. Public servants who refuse to follow it will be risking personal liability. That is a big deal for mid-level government workers when people will die as a result of their action or inaction.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who’s going to fucking make him?

We are no longer a nation of consequences and without those, the criminals ain’t stopping.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES aren't the same as a pissed off hungry mob.

Even the big 'ol honkers with the red hats will roll up against lack of mac.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

I’ve seen neither and they are literally bulldozing the fucking White House.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 3 points 23 hours ago

lack of mac.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

This might just convince more people that only Trump can save them, and the legislative branch only serves as an obstacle.

Feeding the poor in a very public way is a good way for authoritarians to build good will at very low cost.

Edit: I’m still all for continuing and expanding SNAP to be clear. No one should be hungry.

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

It should show that they had the funds all along and have to be forced to use them instead of using the threat of starvation as a cynical political lever. The truth is that MAGA Reps dont want the SNAP program funded, no matter what. They dont give a fuck about poor and hungry children, especially if they can try to pin the blame on Dems. They think poverty is a moral failing and the poor are just a tool to be used.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Poor people have kids that they can farm with impunity......

It's their main recruitment tactic for military service, since the newer generation aren't falling for the flag-waving propaganda that previous gens were more susceptible to.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Feeding the poor in a very public way is a good way for authoritarians to build good will at very low cost.

Yeah but that would take intelligence. Plus he wouldn’t want to risk accidentally helping anyone besides himself.

[–] comeonitsnotlike@feddit.nu 10 points 1 day ago

Yup. He's gonna continue saying the democrats is keeping the government shut, while he is feeding them. Pathetic people fall for this idiotic bullshit. Then again; republicans are traitors.

[–] roofTophopper@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's funny. They will all sit around the table and laugh at "must fund". After the laugh they'll ignore it like they always do and find some other law to break.

Meanwhile everyone else will shake their fist fervently and come up with a neat slogan for a sign.

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They should require they updates all the notices on the govt websites saying:

"The Trump Administration is now forced to fund SNAP despite their best efforts to blame the Democrats"

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[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, and WHEN this admin doesn't do it, what then?

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then that money gets sent to Argentina

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

And american farmers, didn't I just see they're working on a bail out? Ya know, the people who mostly voted for this shit show in the first place.

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago

American farmers will never see a penny.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

40 million starving Americans might create 1789 France. The asswipe, Just Dumb, survived on government welfare programs to put food on his plate. Hypocritical POS.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago

I'm lowkey worried he's shortsighted enough to want food riots, because he thinks he can declare martial law and never leave power that way.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 21 hours ago

doing everything possible to avoid the epstein files of his sordid details. distract the COMPLICIT press from the BBB and the files.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Nothing to see here. They'll cry to their pet Supreme Court justices and this will be overruled.

[–] nednobbins@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Traditionally, corrupt governments rely on bread and games to placate the hoi polloi.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago
[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Yikes. Hopefully it happens and the narrative will be that they could have made sure there was no lapse the whole time but were forced to help people.

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