The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to issue an emergency stay of a judge's ruling Thursday ordering the administration to fully fund SNAP.
Because he knows this is the only way he “wins” the shutdown.
The Democrats will eventually cave because… they know their base cares about not killing people. Right now we are all getting our lib on and relying on states to pick up the slack but people are gonna get REAL hungry REAL fast and the Democrats will have no choice but to just give up healthcare as harm mitigation.
Actually feeding people removes that pressure and just makes trump et al look even stupider for refusing “very reasonable” deals (that are actually poison pills meant to restart all of this right before the 2026 elections…).
Because he knows this is the only way he “wins” the shutdown.
The Democrats will eventually cave because… they know their base cares about not killing people. Right now we are all getting our lib on and relying on states to pick up the slack but people are gonna get REAL hungry REAL fast and the Democrats will have no choice but to just give up healthcare as harm mitigation.
Actually feeding people removes that pressure and just makes trump et al look even stupider for refusing “very reasonable” deals (that are actually poison pills meant to restart all of this right before the 2026 elections…).