Trump’s base will NOT be deprived of the sight of starving brown and black kids!!!
And who sent out that email? Aren’t they not supposed to be working right now?
That’s what I was about to say. I’m not sure if the government regulators could weasel out of them being “SNAP-EBT customers” or not, but they’re definitely not “SNAP paying customers”!
Easy fix - just give everyone a free loaf of bread. Cheap loss leader, and even if they’re not on SNAP, a whole lot of people are worried about food prices these days.
Taco John’s, a Mexican fast food chain in the inland northwest, is currently giving out a free beef burrito and tater tots to anyone who requests it, no questions asked.
I’ve seen a comment on Facebook about this message demanding that stores don’t give SNAP holders freebies or discounts being the latest attempt to provide a plausible rationale for invoking the Insurrection Act: Get the poors so desperate that they start food riots, and voila! Time to send in the troops!
I wish I could dismiss this as just crazy talk.
Oh, they’ll find another reason for the insurrection act.
What worries me is that this admin will say that “SNAP was never needed, they get free food” Viola, no more snap at least during this administration.
This. The sign could read During the government shutdown and the resultant interruption of the SNAP program, this establishment is offering one loaf of bread at no charge to anyone upon request.
There aren’t enough troops.
Also - the troops aren’t getting paid.
Texas governor Greg Abbott threats to impose a 100% tariff on New Yorkers moving to Texas if Mandani wins the mayoral election tomorrow.
100% of what, he does not say.
Wouldn’t the ones leaving New York because of Mandami’s election be the right-wingers?
Wait, sorry, my mistake, I tried to use logic.
He thinks there are New Yorkers who want to move to Texas?
Like a sad violin, only with a deeper and darker sound.
Yes. They could say that local government, private entities and charities fed the people as Jesus intended. No SNAP needed. It wouldn’t surprise me.
Which ignores the other beneficiaries of SNAP - the farmers. Not that Trump has been benevolent to farmers this time around, either…
Republicans have never been good for farmers. What they want to do with the typical American farmer is to deport them.
And anyone who eats food, basically. A lot of grocery stores are gonna be hurting if a third of their revenue suddenly goes bye-bye.
Until the subsidy check arrives in the mail.
I think Republicans have this fantasy that a tariff is a right wing superpower they can use on anyone at any time for any reason.
Like, some guy takes a parking spot you wanted to pull into, you’re going to institute a 30% tariff, that’ll show him.
It’s a magic curse that comes from bigotry, like the Dark Side of the Force.