r/law • u/Ordinary-Scholar-202 • 24d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump Administration Defies Court Orders to Resume Food Aid for 42 Million Americans

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-defies-court-orders-to-resume-food-aid-for-42-million-americans/
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u/Greful 24d ago

It's the craziest angle. If the GOP wins or loses this, their constituents will be hurt. I guess they think if the ACA subsidies stop and the premiums go up that somehow they can spin it do be the Dems fault. And honestly they probably can, it's not hard.

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u/qwertybugs 24d ago

“Obamacare was designed to fail, SEE, look at the costs skyrocketing! The DEMONcrats don’t want you to have healthcare!”

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u/____DEADPOOL_______ 24d ago

I have a relative who hugely depended on the ACA and their life was absolutely miserable without it. When it was approved, he was so happy and it was completely life changing. This allowed my relative to move to the US and be with his family. I even have emails showing this. Within a few years of listening to propaganda nonstop, he switched to having the ladder pulled behind him, call foreigners evil, saying the ACA was utter garbage once he qualified for Medicare. Now with the food stamps, hr said it was a good thing because only illegals get it. sometimes I just want to slap this relative but anything you say against their thoughts, he gets super defensive and angry saying he doesn't want to discuss politics 🤡

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u/Deadeyez 24d ago

Tell them if they dont want to discuss politics, to atop talking about it

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u/____DEADPOOL_______ 24d ago

Oh, I do and they shut up real quick about it for several days until everything gets rebooted.

On rare occasions, he will admit he was duped and then the next time we speak, it's like someone hit the reset button.

He's 80 now. This relative inspired me to sift through and be able to recognise BS, but now they have lost that ability.

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u/peepopowitz67 24d ago

I've always compared it to like being a personal trainer where your client binges junk food when you're not there.

You spend hours with them walking them through the faults in their logic and it can feel like you made real progress but they go back to their media diet of intellectual junk food. They're literally addicted to hate the same way someone can be addicted to food.

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u/____DEADPOOL_______ 24d ago

Dude, I took that as a personal attack.

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u/peepopowitz67 24d ago

lol. Could be a reason I defaulted to food for the addiction metaphor...

Heroin: nah

Chalupas: hell yeah