Trump Admin Threatens to Penalize States That Don’t ‘Undo’ Full SNAP Payments

(Meanwhile Kyle Kulinsky is freaking out over the possibility of Chuck Schumer cutting a deal to get the government back up and running again with the 'promise' of a vote on the subsidies to take place in Dec. He is putting out the call for everyone to call Schumer and tell him to 'hold the line' on the subsidies in the Big Beautiful Billionaire Bailout Bill while he enjoys having plenty to eat and continues to make money online all day long while parents worry about feeding their kids and 800k are furloughed or working without pay... 2 weeks from Thanksgiving. Listen to his 4 minute video. It's all about the midterm in 2026... 12 months from now. He actually thinks it's worth starving kids so the Corporate Dems can take over and do the same shit the Rethuglicans are doing. The poor are pawns to him and the limousine liberals just like they are to the neocons in the White House. Fuck em both.)

from Common Dreams

President Donald Trump’s Agriculture Department on Saturday threatened to penalize states that don’t “immediately undo” steps taken to pay out full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November following a Supreme Court order that temporarily allowed the administration to withhold billions of dollars of aid.

In a memo, the US Department of Agriculture warned that “failure to comply” with the administration’s directive “may result in USDA taking various actions, including cancellation of the federal share of state administrative costs and holding states liable for any overissuances that result from the noncompliance.” 

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, said in a statement that it appears the Trump administration is “demanding that food assistance be taken away from the households that have already received it.”

“They would rather go door to door, taking away people’s food, than do the right thing and fully fund SNAP for November so that struggling veterans, seniors, and children can keep food on the table,” said Craig...

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