The directive from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) arrived Saturday, declaring any full payments made last week to be "unauthorized" and instructing states to "immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025."

This comes after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked an order that required the Trump administration to make full SNAP payments for November, granting the administration a brief reprieve pending review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

The USDA's demand immediately set up a confrontation with states, more than two dozen of which have warned of "catastrophic operational disruptions" if the federal government does not reimburse them for the SNAP benefits they released.

Wisconsin, whose Democratic Governor Tony Evers ordered the release of benefits to 700,000 residents last week following a favorable court ruling, faces an imminent crisis. The state's administration warned Sunday that after the U.S. Treasury froze its reimbursements, it anticipates running out of money by Monday.

Let 'em starve ... While Nationalist Christians.

Something I posted on another thread for BJ boi, but is appropriate for here:

"people are suffering because of this government shutdown. it is the Democrat Schumer shutdown. they are the ones taking full responsibility for it. um, you know, I think in the meantime, I think this is a great opportunity for the church, the local church to step up. it's not the government's job to feed people. nowhere in scripture do we see God calling the government to care for the sick, the orphan, the poor, the needy, the widow. that's the church's job. and so this is a great opportunity for the church of Jesus Christ in America to start acting like it, and to be ready to feed the hungry and welcome those those who need help."

I'm so fed up with this propaganda that's been shoved down our throats for the past 50 years, about how it's not government's job to help people.

--- you completely. helping its people is literally what a government is for.

FDR's New ------ Deal (yes, that's what it was called in the first draft) provided a well-funded social safety net that lifted millions of Americans out of poverty and created the strongest middle class we've ever seen.

look, it's nice that some churches are willing to step into the breach and feed their communities as best they can " but they can't do it alone. they don't have the resources of a federal government. I can't believe I have to explain this to the Lieutenant Governor of an entire state. --- you --- you --- you.

sorry, I'm really worked up now. the only thing that's going to calm me down is Pete Kegstand flipping a skateboard into his own nuts.

who's with me?