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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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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.
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?
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.
It does feel like things are resolving. Trump just got his lowest ratings ever, and last time it took a pandemic, a crippled economy, and a million dead Americans to reach this point.
His acceleration tactic seems to be potentially backfiring. His intention to start wars is his solution, but I’m not sure that will work considering how much he’s fucked up everyone’s everyday lives. The record-high job losses, the skyrocketing price of goods, the housing costs, loan rates, and rent prices…
He doesn’t have the intelligence to fix this. And as it gets worse, so too will public opinion. He’s at a 63% disapproval rating right now. And this was before the news about the Epstein files being “far worse” for Trump came from The Department of Justice.
The craziest whacko republican in the senate is now openly flipping on Trump to get those files released. The shutdown is preventing this, and now nearly 42 million Americans are about to be impacted by Trump and the GOP Supreme Court deliberately shutting down their food money.
Almost every revolution in history was caused by people that got too hungry while rich people were oblivious.
Give it a bit more time.
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.
They certainly seem ok with being tread on
I get the impression that’s what they want. Riots are a great excuse for more militia in the cities and marshall law.
Well on the plus side, many are rallying to support the people who are affected. While it won’t fix the long term problem, if more of the human race was like that, we probably wouldn’t be in this situation.
Oh, that’s cute. You think riots could solve this.
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.
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.
Oh yeah, it’ll get worse. But that’s what will get him out and everyone in prison.
Basically their hand is forced: escalate or capitulate. I’m not 100% sure which will happen but I am 100% sure it will be one of those two things within the next two weeks.
They are continually choosing escalate.
Love the idea, but not gonna happen.
I live in rural Ohio. The consensus amongst maga is “duh dems r blockin’ it!!! :((((”
The traitorous, moronic MAGA voters will have nothing to do with it. They’re just along for the ride, just like they are now. They’re nothing but pawns.
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.
Escalation or capitulation.
Escalation means explosion of all the tension that has been building since inauguration, and that won’t last long as it will be utter chaos and good for nobody.
Capitulation means Vance. But that doesn’t necessarily preclude escalation down the road with him.
If I was a betting man, I’d say capitulation - MAGA politicians will throw Trump under the bus, MAGA voters (read: morons) will reject Vance, Bannon, Miller and Thiel will panic and get messy, and then some people will go to prison.
Once all this bullshit is finally over with, we need a constitutional amendment banning the fucking shadow docket this is insane
Oh GOD!! Quick somebody stop kids from eating so Trump can have more women in martini glasses!!!
Could you imagine arguing in FAVOR of denying people food? What has happened to this world?
Supreme Court issues emergency order…
me: YESSS, FINALLY!!!
…to block full SNAP food aid payments
me: motherfucking goddamnit.
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.
Next level evilness.
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
Up next, “Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on SNAP”
It’s going to be wild to see 1890’s bombings in the 2020’s. Remember what happened when anarchists used to bomb government officials? I expect the same to happen when parents start losing their children. To starvation.
I’m just making an assessment. Not calling for it or saying it should happen.
Also, the bombs can fly now.
They fly now!?
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.
Usually emergency orders are to help people
At the very least to keep the status quo and mitigate irreversible harm. This seems like an order to push forward the agenda of their god king and barrel through with the harm.
And now we have Democrats talking about bills to reopen with a vote in ACA in December. I doubt SNAP will even come back to fill strength if the government opens back up
