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DC Circuit Obama Judge Blocks SNAP rule for Migrants, citing Pandemic


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2020 Mar 15, 3:29am   436 views  2 comments

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D.C. District Court Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell granted a preliminary injunction blocking the recent Trump administration rule on food stamps, which the USDA estimates would have reduced federal spending by $7.9 billion over five years and gradually weaned 755,000 people off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the government program in charge of food stamps.

“Especially now, as a global pandemic poses widespread health risks, guaranteeing that government officials at both the federal and state levels have flexibility to address the nutritional needs of residents and ensure their well-being through programs like SNAP, is essential,” Howell wrote in her ruling, according to HuffPost.

A 14-state coalition, two major cities, and the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia have all sued the Trump administration over its rule to stop states from providing food stamps to long-term unemployed residents.

Under the “able-bodied” provision in the rule, Americans who are not caring for a dependent younger than six years old would only be eligible for food stamps if they are employed or enrolled in a workforce training program.

“The waivers that the Rule curtails are critical to ensuring access to food for low-income people who live in areas with limited employment opportunities,” read the complaint filed by the 14 states and New York City and Washington, DC. “If implemented, the Rule will have a drastic impact on Plaintiffs and their residents by depriving between 688,000 and 850,000 vulnerable Americans of much-needed nutritional assistance.”


Yet another activist judge who believes she can use her office not to untangle potentially conflicting laws, but to make Public Policy.

The more judges Trump appoints, the merrier.

Also, anything that confounds the Legal Aid Society is Patriotism.

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1   Patrick   2025 Apr 28, 1:03pm  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/negentropy-monday-april-28-2025-c


Following Trump’s February executive order, the Department of Agriculture last week required states to crack down on illegal immigrants improperly using food stamps (SNAP). Although illegal immigrants are already banned from SNAP benefits, the Administration is forcing states to verify applicants more aggressively — using DHS’s SAVE system, Social Security death file cross-checks, and other federal tools — to root out waste, fraud, and abuse.

Don’t miss the historic nature of this; before Trump, Social Security refused to freely share its death master file, citing privacy for dead people.

I know you are probably wondering, how could there possibly be waste, fraud, or abuse in the food stamp program? As difficult as this is to believe, apparently there’s quite a bit of fraud going on in some places. (Cough, blue states.) Indeed, new Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins also announced that arrests for SNAP fraud have already started. “We’ve already made arrests in Minnesota, New York, and Colorado, and we’re just getting started,” Brooke said. “We’re going to be extremely, extremely aggressive,” the Secretary promised.

The Post didn’t mention this, but it seems obvious this SNAP crackdown is part of Trump’s comprehensive immigration agenda, intended to provide another reason for illegals to self-deport. Compared to Mexico and South America, as we all know, life in the United States is expensive. Without thousands of monthly dollars of free grocery and restaurant budget, living off the grid might become unworkable.

All the pieces are designed to work together. And he assembled the machine under withering incoming fire during the first 100 days, while he was doing everything else, too. Give yourself multiple ways to win.
2   stereotomy   2025 Apr 28, 3:19pm  

Indeed, "Pay them, and they will come." was the Potatus Biden Autopen program for population replacement.

Cut off the cash spigots, lets see what roaches and rats flee the sinking griftfinancial ship.

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