Happy Thanksgiving...

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by bobabode

...and Herr Drumph cancels even the half measure. smh

Americans by a higher percentage are blaming tRUMP and the GOP on the shutdown and withholding SNAP benefits. I wonder what message his handlers are telling him?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Truth^^^

Today they reinstated just half the funds needed for November. Casual reflexive cruelty is the point. I hope the voters are paying attention.

It's mathematically sound. Split the difference between 'being a good President who feeds the hungry' and 'cruelly using hunger to pressure the Democrats to cave on the budget.'

[bobabode]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday refused to lift a judge's order requiring U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered its ruling hours after the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed states it would be making funds available to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, as ordered in a Thursday ruling by a Rhode Island judge.

USDA sent the memo to states even as the U.S. Department of Justice urged the federal appeals court to block the judge's order that USDA by Friday use $4 billion set aside for other purposes to ensure Americans receive full rather than reduced SNAP benefits in November.

SNAP benefits lapsed at the start of November for the first time in the program's 60-year history. Recipients have turned to already strained food pantries and made sacrifices like foregoing medications to stretch tight budgets.

SNAP benefits are paid monthly to eligible Americans whose income is less than 130% of the federal poverty line. The maximum monthly benefit for the 2026 fiscal year is $298 for a one-person household and $546 for a two-person household.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...f70df4b2&ei=17

The richest amongst us would rather the poor crawl off into the weeds and croak. F**k that noise.

[Oerets]

W w J do..

[bobabode]

The rancid Pumpkin's pet SCOTUS steps in....

[donquixote99]

This is a tempoary stay for the purpose of allowing the SC to actually review the order.