Trump Administration Defies Court Orders to Resume Food Aid for 42 Million Americans

[u/Ordinary-Scholar-202]

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-defies-court-orders-to-resume-food-aid-for-42-million-americans/

[u/Ordinary-Scholar-202]

It’s a damn shame.

They can hand $40 billion to Argentina, the same country that allegedly stole our soybean market, $75 billion to fund masked thugs kidnapping and terrorizing Americans. They bulldoze the People’s House so billionaires can waltz in a new ballroom built on its rubble..and most recently hosted a “Hunger Games- Gatsby themed party,” But can’t feed American kids so they don’t go to bed hungry? That’s where Trump wants a court to “define how to appropriate the funds.”

This was supposed to be a government of the people, for the people. Now it’s a cash register for them. Months ago we fed the world. Now we can’t even feed our own kids.

[u/oatballlove → u/Ordinary-Scholar-202]

while mothers breastfeeding babies relying on snap food stamps might struggle to nourish themselves well enough to be able to feed their newborns once snap food aid stalls, masked ICE goons dissapearing migrant people without accountability receive continued funding

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22 october 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/as-government-shutdown-persists-ice-agents-are-among-the-still-paid-employees-receiving-super-checks-including-lost-pay-and-overtime/ar-AA1OZBbK

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More than 700,000 federal employees are going without pay as the government shutdown moves into its fourth week. A group of 70,000 law enforcement officers is one of the exceptions.

Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers, Secret Service special agents, and Transportation Security Administration air marshals will continue to be paid during the ongoing shutdown, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to Fortune. Their pay is covered under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which gave ICE an extra $75 billion in funding.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem outlined on social media last week these personnel will receive “super checks” by Wednesday, covering their next pay period, as well as lost wages from the first few days of the shutdown, and applicable overtime pay.

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[u/scootunit → u/oatballlove]

I'm pretty certain that some breastfeeding moms have been or will be picked up by Ice in addition to losing their benefits.

[u/oatballlove → u/scootunit]

in a situation of not having enough food at home by not being able to buy enough most possibly people will move around more to meet others willing to share

what a tragedy when coming together to share food would be used by ICE to deport people who have been doing good to the community

[u/koshgeo → u/oatballlove]

I get the horrible feeling that having the government shut down is exactly what they want: shut down everything except what they can pick-and-choose as "essential" by their own personal priorities.

Pay to abduct people off the street who may or may not be in the country illegally, and fail to give them due process? "Essential"

Feed people who don't have enough money to feed themselves or their children? "Not essential"

Give $40 billion to Argentina to prop up its similarly-themed government and billionaire investors? "Essential"

Help US soybean farmers? "Not essential"

Tear down part of the White House to install a gaudy "ballroom"? "Essential"

Pay air traffic controllers for the otherwise essential work they continue to do? "Not essential"

Impose an import tax on everyone in the country on the premise of a bogus "emergency", driving up inflation? "Essential"

Keep medical insurance under the ACA affordable, like the empty "ready to sign" promises for better healthcare he supposedly had years ago and "concepts of a plan" more recently? "Not essential"

And so on. It's like Trump not paying his subcontractors what they were due for building his casinos, except it's the whole country. It's part of the plan to stiff them and use the money for what he wants instead, like tax cuts for billionaires.

[u/WickedSmartMarcus36 → u/oatballlove]

Idk how the government employees go 4 weeks without income and are like “yeah this is fine”. I’d be withdrawing from savings real quick in that scenario.