Originally published at: Trump Says He’ll Defy Court Order, Withhold SNAP Until Dems Drop Demands and Reopen Gov’t - TPM – Talking Points Memo
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday SNAP benefits will not go out to the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the nutrition program until Democrats vote to open the federal government — despite an order from a federal judge that the administration must fund the program during the shutdown. “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by…
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Paging John Roberts (that fucking coward).
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Funny, I would have thought we were already in a full-blown five alarm Constitutional Crisis.
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What’s with the “Judge fudge”? Either this or that… NOOOO!! Give the order, make sure it’s followed, then issue CONTEMPT if it doesn’t happen! Everybody knows the Trump behavior by now, so stop giving him any choices.
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Let’s see how defiant repukians are after today’s voting.
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“SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly “handed” to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!),
One foul lie after another, including the punctuation.
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Donald Trump did not create his base but rather Trump’s base created Donald Trump.
“With the above in mind, Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty. It is that cruelty, and the delight it brings them, that binds his most ardent supporters to him, in shared scorn for those they hate and fear: immigrants, black voters, feminists, and treasonous white men who empathize with any of those who would steal their birthright. The president’s ability to execute that cruelty through word and deed makes them euphoric. It makes them feel good, it makes them feel proud, it makes them feel happy, it makes them feel united”, Adam Serwer.
Or to put another way, Trump is doing exactly what his supporters want, irrational cruelty for the purpose of causing pain to “those people”.
Or to put still another way, what unites Trump supporters is hatred for their fellow Americans.
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Can the judge with the SNAP case require that the govt lawyers appear before him and explain why they should not be held in contempt? And perhaps as a result hold Trump in contempt of court?
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If all ya gotta do is ask, I’m asking. That Amazon caviar ain’t gonna pay for itself.
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The Supreme frauds will come up with some reason that the President will be irreversible managed if forced to pay SNAP. So they will let him not pay while they review the case on its merits.
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Oh, they’ll be far worse.
They’re going to challenge every Dem win in court and insist the entire election was fraudulent and that the mandate to starve their citizens and residents must continue.
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“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, claiming that Trump was talking about future situations.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight….
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Apparently judges need to have lunch with a certain John Roberts and hear first hand how his boy don’t need to follow any laws. Maybe a shadow luncheon, followed by a shadow beating, in the alley.
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New acronym: TABASCO. Trump always blusters and subsequently chickens out.
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So…anything a government supplies to help its people (the non-billionaire variety) is considered proof of their leaders idiocy and corruptiong and criminality and ignorance … e.g., Biden and other Dems and SNAP benefits…Because – I can only surmise – any person who has needs and problems has them because they’re stupid and immoral and lazy and worthless and absolutely undeserving of any help…Unless they’re billionaires. In which case, even though they have more money than they and their descrendants could not even figure out ways to completely spend away in under a few centuries, THEY are deserving of all the “help” we can give because thye need it and “helping” them is what the country needs.
This is how a pile of shit like Trump and his crowd somehow demonize every political and government person even slightly on the left AND demonize all recipients of government programs, including not just individuals who get SNAP but universities and hospitals and other institutions that do research or some thing…Demonize them because they are not billionaires whose only real activity is hoarding treasure and hoarding treasure and hoarding treasure. …And this demonization – which make no fucking sense at all – somehow convinces millions and millions of (mostly) Christians.
It’s insanity. And yet there it is.
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A sizeable fraction of the MAGATs get SNAP benefits. Perhaps hunger will change their minds about the mango moron.
Nah.
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“Grandad didn’t mean it when he said ‘If you ever show your face in this house again I will personally cut your throat.’ He’s getting old, and you know how he gets. I just spoke to him and he promised that he would never ever cut your throat.”
We’re gonna be seeing more and more of these. The big worry is when he says something like “I have ordered the immediate destruction of Venezuela by nuclear weapons.” Ms. Leavitt is gonna hafta be on her toes.
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While you are not altogether wrong, in my view if there is an edit it should be “EVIL, VERY EVIL MEN CLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIAN”.
That is I believe Trump’s base is more evil than dumb.
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Trump’s statement is seemingly a reversal of the USDA filing, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, claiming that Trump was talking about future situations.
The last two sentences in this article blows up the entire story. TPM has turned in to just another clickbait channel?
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