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Federal judge orders Trump admin to use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits amid shutdown

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Afederal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program amid the government shutdown.

As a result of the month-long government shutdown, SNAP benefits for November have not been funded. U.S. District Judge John McConnell, an Obama appointee, blocked the Trump administration from cutting off SNAP benefits, and ordered the roughly $5.25 billion emergency fund be used to cover it, The Hill news outlet reported.

The fund will not fully cover November SNAP benefits that 40 million people receive, which will cost the government upwards of $9 billion.

McConnell rejected arguments that the emergency fund can only be used for hurricanes or other uncontrollable catastrophes.

“SNAP benefits have never, until now, been terminated,” McConnell said. “And the United States has in fact admitted that the contingency funds are appropriately used during a shutdown and that occurred in 2019.”

McConnell ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute the emergency funds “timely or as soon as possible” and give him an update by Monday.

“If there’s no appropriation, there really is no program,” Justice Department attorney Tyler Becker said at the hearing on Friday. “The government cannot just add funding when no program exists.”

“Such a partial payment has never been made — and for good reason,” the administration said in court filings. “It would require each State to recalculate the benefits owed based on the reduced funds available. USDA estimates that such a calculation, involving complicated system changes and processes dictated by statute and regulation, would take weeks, if it can be done at all.”

If the SNAP payments in fact stop, we will see how the dependent class react to the gravy train stopping.

^^^ People have taken to TikTok advocating looting. How bad off can one be if they have a device and accompanying data plan to make these posts on? The next few days are going to be interesting.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/...p-amid-gov-shutdown/

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SNAP recipients are taking to TikTok and threatening to loot grocery stores if their food stamp payments don’t go through on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.

“I’ma tell y’all straight up like this, I just got that text that the link is definitely cut the f–k off for November. Y’all better stay the f–k out of my way in these stores because I’m walking out with carts and I’m not paying for s–t,” one angry SNAP recipient fumed on TikTok.

Another added: “You know what? Since they wanna take food stamps away, I’m gonna go to f–king Walmart, grab anything I damn want, put that s–t right in the basket and walk right up out that b—h … I’m not paying for a damn thing,” said another.

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^^^ People have taken to TikTok advocating looting. How bad off can one be if they have a device and accompanying data plan to make these posts on? The next few days are going to be interesting.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/...p-amid-gov-shutdown/

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SNAP recipients are taking to TikTok and threatening to loot grocery stores if their food stamp payments don’t go through on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.

“I’ma tell y’all straight up like this, I just got that text that the link is definitely cut the f–k off for November. Y’all better stay the f–k out of my way in these stores because I’m walking out with carts and I’m not paying for s–t ,” one angry SNAP recipient fumed on TikTok.

Another added: “You know what? Since they wanna take food stamps away, I’m gonna go to f–king Walmart, grab anything I damn want, put that s–t right in the basket and walk right up out that b—h … I’m not paying for a damn thing,” said another.

News flash for those a-holes: You weren't paying for it before, either! We the taxpayers were.

For the first time I noticed the shutdown today when a MiG 17 flew over the house, but no F18s.

The Blue Angles have been canceling air show appearances.

Well, this is the socialism they demanded.

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How bad off can one be if they have a device and accompanying data plan to make these posts on?

Gotta keep the Obama Phone in the Escalade, yo.

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I noticed the shutdown today when a MiG 17 flew over the house, but no F18s.

A legit 1950s Mig flew over your house?

Yes, the Punta Gorda Air Show is this weekend.

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Yes, the Punta Gorda Air Show is this weekend.

That’s a relief. Glad it’s not a portal that opened up to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Federal judge orders Trump admin to use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits amid shutdown

A Federal court is ordering the expenditure of funds not authorized by Congress?

That is a huge fucking precedent.

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
Federal judge orders Trump admin to use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits amid shutdown

A Federal court is ordering the expenditure of funds not authorized by Congress?

That is a huge fucking precedent.

Good catch, seriously.

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Originally posted by Fenris:

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
Federal judge orders Trump admin to use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits amid shutdown

A Federal court is ordering the expenditure of funds not authorized by Congress?
That is a huge fucking precedent.

That "order" will have to be appealed to SCOTUS.
This clown can't single handedly tell both the Congress and the President (executive) what to do.
If so, the Constitution was just canceled.

What is the Democrats end game?

Are Democrats Trying To Start A Civil War?

Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us

Whenever you delve into the modern history of internal national conflict you’re bound to come across post-crisis accounts from people who said “We never saw it coming…” or “The violence hit us from nowhere…” Generally speaking, these were the people who weren’t paying attention and they just happened to survive by sheer luck.

I think of this dynamic a lot these days. I see a large contingent of American society (perhaps 25% of the population) which has been radicalized or brainwashed beyond all reason or repair. These people (leftists) operate deep within a protective bubble of propaganda and zealotry; they function within a hive mind that does not deviate from the demands of their gatekeepers. They cannot be reasoned with, nor can they be satiated. They lust for power and the suffering of anyone who opposes them.

One can see an immediate difference between the sides. Conservatives are so independent we in-fight constantly. We might agree on basic values (even in this we sometimes argue), but in terms of policy and action we rarely shake hands.

For the political left, any disagreement with the majority leads to immediate ostracism. The hive mind does not tolerate individual rebellion. Only the gatekeepers can change the mindset or the mission of the mob.

It is strange then that this dichotomy has resulted in conservatives, with their values of liberty and independence, seeking order. Meanwhile leftists, in their Orwellian uniformity of thought, seek chaos and the deconstruction of civilization. You would think the relationship would be reversed, but this is the way it has always been.

Looking back on the events of the Bolshevik Revolution and the long list of Marxist disruptions in Europe following WWI, it should not have been at all surprising to Europeans that domestic conflict would erupt. It should not have been surprising that people would follow their natural inclination to rally around their founding heritage rather than submit to the cultural and moral relativism of the radical left.

Fascism was popular exactly because it offered shelter from the chaos and degeneracy of communism. The war and brutality that followed was seen as a balancing of the scales. Europeans wanted to ensure that the communists would never get a chance to wreak havoc again.

To be clear, both systems of governance are authoritarian and can lead to monstrous outcomes, but communism’s love for economic sabotage, mob actions and political violence are almost always a precursor to a fascist crackdown. The public does not embrace fascism in a vacuum, they must be compelled by an existential threat.

The question is, can communist subversion be defeated without using “authoritarian” measures? Is a constitutional republic equipped to deal with this kind of threat? When someone wages war on your society internally, is there a way to fight them while remaining civic minded? Probably not.

What we are witnessing in the US and Europe today is, in every way, a Marxist/Communist insurgency. It’s difficult to determine what stage we are at in this war. We have moved well beyond the stage of propaganda and mob influence into the realm of political violence, with multiple assassination attempts and terror attacks against civilian targets.

The gatekeepers for the woke communist movement are obviously Democrat politicians and media influencers. They have been consistently and actively encouraging mass hysteria and violence. They have used media spin to protect activist groups like Antifa, pretending that such organizations don’t exist. Whenever activists cause harm or death, the media and political leaders immediately move to defend that action as if it was justified.

When asked why Democrats are continuing down the path of militancy, their response is that Donald Trump is a “dictator and a fascist.” Yet, these same people can’t seem to come up with a single legitimate example of HOW Trump is acting like a dictator.

Deportations of illegal immigrants? Most countries on Earth have basic immigration laws and enforce them much more harshly than the Trump Administration does. Cuts to federal programs and employees? The President is perfectly within his power of office to reduce waste in the federal government. How about using the National Guard in US cities? Democrat leaders in those cities have aided violent activists, helping to disrupt ICE operations while threatening the lives of agents. If they don’t want the National Guard in their cities they should stop waging war on immigration officials.

From Trump’s remodeling of the White House ballroom to the US troops countering drug smugglers, everything Trump does is blown out of proportion by Democrats into an “end of democracy” scenario. Their useful-idiot followers then take these claims as permission to create even more turmoil.

The government shutdown in particular is becoming a nexus point for this agenda. The Senate needs only five Democrat votes to reopen the government with a clean funding bill, but Democrats refuse to see reason. Meanwhile, they are blaming Republicans for the consequences of the shutdown, specifically seeking public pain as leverage over conservatives.

Trump is already being held accountable for a prolonged shutdown of EBT. The Democrats know their audience well. They know that the free-stuff army is entitled, vicious and easy to manipulate.

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...ying-start-civil-war

According to federal officials, around 42 million Americans will no longer receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) unless Congress approves new funding.

There is not enough money for SNAP benefits, which cost the American tax-slaves close to $106 billion per annum, and as per USDA:

“Bottom line, the well has run dry,” the USDA said on Oct. 25.

A state-by-state breakdown, with 1 in 8 Americans now receiving food stamps:



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Originally posted by chellim1:
What is the Democrats end game?

They don't have one. At this point, they are doing what every single petulant child who has painted himself into a corner does - digging in their heels. That's why we are where we are...we're dealing with children (AKA communists, leftists, marxists, and muslim sympathizing fuckwads).

The Senate will vote for a 15th time today on a short-term funding bill to reopen the government - with a growing number of Republicans indicating that they're open to caving over Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is offering Democrats post-shutdown votes on ACA and tax credits in an attempt to win Democratic support and end the standoff, which is now in its 37th day.

"I'm willing to give Democrats all the things they want," Thune said Friday.

The comments come after Democratic support for a deal to reopen the government has failed over such promises - with Senate dems rejecting a Thursday proposal to pass a continuing resolution to three full-year appropriations bills that would fund military construction, veterans' affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch.

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...-shutdown-vote-looms

The R's just don't have a clue, do they?

[Bugs Bunny] What a bunch of maroons [/Bugs Bunny]