Trump Admin's Compassion Contingent on Court Order
The Independent breathlessly reported that federal judges _ordered_ the Trump administration to keep SNAP payments flowing during a government shutdown. (One might wonder if preventing widespread hunger should be a default setting, not a court-mandated obligation.) This wasn't an isolated incident; the 2018-2019 shutdown, the longest in US history at 35 days, saw 800,000 federal workers furloughed
or working without pay, disrupting countless lives and vital services, including food assistance. While courts were busy ensuring Americans could afford groceries, the same political machinery was perpetually fine-tuning its mechanisms for funneling billions elsewhere. For instance, in 2018, the US provided $3.1 billion in military aid to Israel, a consistent outlay that rarely faces the same
'shutdown' questions. Funny how funds for weapons invariably flow freely, yet assistance for American families becomes a judicial battleground. Prioritizing F-35s over family food stamps? A truly American dilemma.