190. SNAP WTF? A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

Here's the promised longer explainer:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.

Trump demands the right to starve hungry Americans.

Listen to Nathan’s story, his premium for health care from the ACA is going from $28/month to $733/month all because Trump and Republicans prioritize billionaires over health care. Republicans need to work with Democrats to extend tax credits and end the #GOPHealthCareShutdown

She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.

Well, if the golden ballroom fits…

Guess Trump’s fine hosting America’s collapse from his gilded bunker while families lose food, healthcare, & paychecks

He's certainly not concerned abt ppl facing ⬆️prices with less $, as his out of touch ramblings abt "affordability" show.

#GOPHealthCareShutdown

In Trump's economy, if you want hamburger or chocolate you need to take out a loan.

Vice President JD Vance Responds to Emotional Question on Faith and Immigration YouTube video by Turning Point USA

JD Vance is out there openly defending the Immigration Act of 1924, which effectively banned Jewish immigration from eastern Europe and prevented hundreds of thousands of Jews from escaping to the US prior to the Holocaust. www.youtube.com/watch?si=BAo...

Is it just me or do these proclamations sound more and more like the work of Dement AI?

Jeffrey Epstein Was Investigated For Money Laundering, Emails Reveal A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for “every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses” dating to 2003, the emails show. She even called one of E...

Emails reveal that Jeffrey Epstein was investigated for money laundering.

A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for "every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses" dating to 2003.

She even called one of Epstein's most important clients.

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."

Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?

TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want

The same admin, by the way, that posted guidance on September 30 saying they could use the money in the SNAP contingency fund — but then deleted that guidance on October 23 and now is saying they can’t.

🔥🔥🔥🔥

Scalise: Democrats go, 'gee whiz, oh, they control the House, Senate and White House'

"According to a senior White House official, there are times when Trump will come across a video he finds particularly funny or amusing—either on Truth Social or through other unspecified channels—save it to his camera roll, and release it into the world. Most of the time, though, it’s staffers..."

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

WOW. Watch ALL Republican witnesses support the pardons of violent extremists who attacked law enforcement officers.

Even after hearing one officer’s harrowing recount of his attack on January 6, 2021.

Disgusting.

Appeals Courts Split on Domestic Military Deployments The Supreme Court must now recognize how excessive judicial deference to the president can endanger Americans’ fundamental liberties.

Using the military as a domestic police force breaks with American law and tradition. Now the Supreme Court is being asked to allow it. bit.ly/4hsT0rK

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

This is the Christianity I was raised in. Feeding the poor was the most basic expression of how to follow Jesus

Poor people have food = good
Poor people not have food = bad

I don’t see how the people behind cutting SNAP can say they are creating a Christian nation

NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England Those in need of free emergency contraception no longer have to see their GP or attend a sexual health clinic The NHS has made the morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England in an effort to reduce a “postcode lottery” of access to emergency contraception. Almost 10,000 pharmacies are now able to offer the pill without charge, saving those in need of free emergency contraception from having to visit their GP or to get an appointment at a sexual health clinic. Continue reading...

NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England

How President Trump is dismantling our democracy, one piece at a time - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW is tracking anti-democratic ethics, transparency and accountability actions that Trump has taken in his second term.

President Trump is dismantling democracy piece by piece—and it’s happening gradually, which can make it easy to lose track of just how much has changed.

That's why we're keeping a record so you don't have to.

Me, too!

Starting November 1:
-Trump administration refusing to use contingency funds for food stamps, letting 42 million go hungry.
-Millions of Americans will find see skyrocketing Obamacare premiums.

And starting November 15, military personnel won’t get paychecks.

What is the Insurrection Act? Here's what Trump has said about using it Experts told PBS News that worries about the Insurrection Act arise from legal uncertainty about how it can be applied.

"Domestic deployment of the military is a tool of last resort," @josephanunn.bsky.social told @pbsnews.org. "It’s not something we do in response to routine crime or routine policing needs.”

Oh?

Trump Sued After Destroying White House for His Tacky Ballroom Donald Trump was hit with a brutal lawsuit after demolishing the East Wing of the White House.

There’s only been one lawsuit filed against the devastating destruction of the White House.

One.

And it’s by Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees.

Not Congress, not historical (or any) institutions, but a citizen couple.

We continue to be the resistance.

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