Trump Administration Live Updates: Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown

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Note: despite the order, they’re going to impose a significant delay on SNAP payments

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Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

At one point during the hearing, Tyler Becker, a lawyer for the Justice Department, argued on Friday that the shutdown was “not an emergency,” even though roughly 42 million people were at risk of losing benefits imminently.

So one is not invited to the next party.

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Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Bet you they won’t.

Or they’ll only pay it to a specific demographic and pretend they can’t do it for anyone in the out-group for . . . ~~racism~~ reasons.

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