- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
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- news@lemmy.world
BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
BOSTON (AP) — Residents in some U.S. states began to receive their full SNAP food aid Friday as an appeals court left in place, for now, an order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fund the monthly benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown.
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We are officially in the “Let them eat cake” stage of this MAGA government. Enormous ballrooms, foreign jet bribes, bailouts for foreign dictators, and now they’re going to deliberately starve poor people because they think it will make people vote for them.
When we take back this government, this will be the exact reason that there should be at least three seats added to the Supreme Court, and Clarence Thomas should be impeached, prosecuted and imprisoned, along with his treasonous bulldog wife.
They are actively STARVING their own citizens! There will be no punishment too severe for these monsters.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Issued the order. When we hold the criminals in SCOTUS to account for their crimes, she must not be pardoned for this. She chose to starve Americans in violation of law and deference to a criminal fascist regime.
She is on the Menu. We won’t forget.
Emergency. To stop citizens from getting food.
This is what you voted for republikkkans. I sure as shit hope you enjoy what you’ve done. Have a glass of water for dinner.
Anything they can do to lower taxes for people with more money than God.
One thing I did not see coming was the judge who put the ruling out. I would have guessed Roberts or basically any one of 6 possible choices other than Brown.
Supposedly there is a 4d chess reason or something but the court system shouldn’t be that complicated.
This is like fucking pennies, dude. Fuck off with this shit. Go ride your Qatari jet and contract with Raytheon and approve another massive defenses (excuse me, War) budget
The Government’s argument, I shit you not, “Congress has not given explicit permission to do this.”
Invade cities with ICE, bomb boats in the body of water formerly know as the Gulf of Mexico, literally start a war with a sovereign nation, tariff the fuck out of everyone… BUT OH NO! Feeding kids, that’s Executive overreach.
Man, I’m not religious, but holy fuck I really do hope there is a hell.
Man, I’m not religious, but holy fuck I really do hope there is a hell.
I say this ALL the time. The moment is heard Dick Cheney died, I thought “If there’s a Hell, he’s having a very unpleasant time right now,” and smiled.
This administration is demonic.
Completely demonic. Pure evil.
Americans should be rioting already. There seems to be no end to the corruption and madness of their sham Supreme Court and fascist government. What will it take?
This is precisely what the fascists want. They want people rioting so they can take pictures of cities on fire and use it as justification to escalate.
Mass action: yes. But people need to be smart about it.
General strike. Hunger strike.
“I’m okay taking a few hits. They gotta weed out the leeches who just drain the system” <- actual reasoning I’ve heard.
When half the country is willing to starve to death and armed to the teeth, the other half is not quick to riot and provoke them
republicans are mostly on snap, but they arent told the news on propaganda news sources, or its been distilled.
Soon. When the safety nets start failing.
However, Trump will likely be removed by his own people in a matter of months, and Republicans will pretend to be victims of an elaborate scheme. It’ll probably work too, because anyone who is a supporter of Republicans today is a literal moron, or psychopath.
If the GOP impeaches Trump, we get Vance. That can’t be good either, amirite?
It’s better than Trump. Vance has the charisma of a wet blanket.
And the backing of Peter Thiel, a billionaire with a surveillance empire just ripe for use in political oppression.
thiel is the reason vance has a career, financially and politically.
I mean, so does Fascist 47. Directly or indirectly, Thiel is getting what he wants right now. Same with all the other Dark Enlightenment chuds.
He also has a minimal existing cult following to build popularity off of, unlike Trump, who has people like this:
vance wouldnt get the support of the gop or scotus, or magats in general, they want TRUMP. the only support VANCE is getting is from THIEL, whos artificially keeping him there.
If Trump is removed, Vance takes office automatically. The whole point of the VP is to be a hot spare for the POTUS. They would have to get rid of Vance next if they didn’t want him, and it probably goes downhill from there.
In Trump’s first term, people said his insurance premium against impeachment was very affordable: “just one Pence”. :)
I get the impression that’s what they want. Riots are a great excuse for more militia in the cities and marshall law.
Almost every revolution in history was caused by people that got too hungry while rich people were oblivious.
Give it a bit more time.
They certainly seem ok with being tread on
So this is how you know you’re the fucking bad guys, if any MAGAs are lurking around here.
They are either starving people for leverage, or starving people out of malice. That’s it. Those are your only options.
If you support a government that starves people for leverage, you’re a fucking asshole.
If you support a government that starves people out of malice, you’re a fucking asshole, and you’re a complete failure of a human being.
I’m very, VERY thankful Trump and MAGA are finally collapsing. 3 months from today Trump will not be the president. 3 years from now, most of these people will be dead or in prison.
Love the idea, but not gonna happen.
I live in rural Ohio. The consensus amongst maga is “duh dems r blockin’ it!!! :((((”
I admire your optimism, and sincerely hope you’re right.
I’m so tired of this evil clown show.
We have had countless reasons for “Trump is almost through” for about 10 years now. I think it’s going to get a lot worse.
How do you envision him ceasing to be the president in 3 months?
Perhaps massive numbers of citizens are going to march to DC and do the needful.
Build a gallows in the ballroom and let him experience a quick drop.
They’ll either kill him or invoke the 25th.
Once all this bullshit is finally over with, we need a constitutional amendment banning the fucking shadow docket this is insane
If every paper in the U.S. and news channel isn’t saying “President Donald Trump orders ~1/8 of Americans to go hungry!”. They should should face enough backlash that they should be off the air or fear they will be burned down for lying to the public.
Up next, “Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on SNAP”
If you are able, please to donate your local food shelter. Money goes a longer way than food, but any donation is welcome.
Lol. So america, ready to vote like your life depends on it yet? Because it kinda looks like it does, or will soon…
I’ve seen Les Miserables, I know how this goes.
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