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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 136 points 3 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 84 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 70 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] twykomantis@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 months ago

I think even that is being generous. With how eager this court has been to genuflect to him, I'd expect the ruling to be something more akin to "On clear reading, all government power and authority is derived from the Executive exclusively, including that which is graciously and magnanimously extended to all other branches of government."

[–] paranoid@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago

Then trumps famine will begin

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (4 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 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (3 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 8 points 3 months ago

I like you.

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[–] Soulg@ani.social 15 points 3 months ago

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

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months 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 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 9 points 3 months ago

He's not rouge, he's orange.

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do you think WE should do about it?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (6 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 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (9 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 14 points 3 months 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 48 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 17 points 3 months ago

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

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 28 points 3 months ago (3 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.

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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 40 points 3 months 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 32 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Then that money gets sent to Argentina

[–] DaMummy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago

American farmers will never see a penny.

[–] twykomantis@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

The claim will be that it's the Dems fault, so they'll be derided by the gov't media as society collapses; and much the way an abusive partner blames their victim, it'll be people being shot in the streets in droves, drones with hellfire missiles being ordered to fire on urban centers, and the administration will just have whatever blonde talking head they choose come out and say "this could have all been avoided but the Dems were allowed to exist for too long and this is what happened. See what they made us do?"

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months 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 13 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

[–] nednobbins@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

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

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago
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