The Trump administration announced on Monday that it will provide only half of the usual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November after money for the program officially ran out on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown. More than 42 million Americans, amounting to around 1 in 8 families overall, depend on the program, sometimes known as food stamps…

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    He has no reason to follow the court order when he knows there will be no punishment for doing it.

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    To this date he has not been held responsible to our laws. Did something change???

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      It will now. One of two things happen. The justice department either suddenly grows balls, a spine, and teeth, or we are no longer a nation beset by laws. This is the line. If he truly, undefatigably, undeniably cannot be stopped under the clearest, most cut-and-dry, willful defiance of the law, then there is no such rule of law in this nation, and we will act accordingly. Either way, things are about to change. And fast.

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        …i’m sorry? i feel like you have missed all of that happening already. what do you mean we would become a nation not beset by laws? we have long since passed that with this fascist regime.

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          Look man, I’m trying to snatch any ray of hope from this NYC fiasco. If civil war breaks out, we have 3 weeks of food, my dude… If logistics breaks down, we’re so beyond fucked…

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    Checkbox another court order he is ignoring. When will the Capitol police be ordered to take this mf in? Supreme Court should be doing it’s job and checking this branch

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      Courts have to have cases brought before them. They cannot pull an issue they decide needs a ruling.

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    Clearly he only cares about his own ego, and not the people who were stupid enough to vote for him.