Trump Defied Court Order, But Congress Funds Billions Overseas With Speed
Funny how quickly a court can mobilize the government when it's about feeding Americans—or rather, when it's about holding an administration accountable for not feeding them. Yet, when Congress debates sending billions in military aid abroad, say to a country like Israel, the funds are 'fully funded' without a second thought, often overriding concerns about their compliance with international law
or even previous U.S. administrations' policies. Remember Rep. Chris Van Hollen's (D-MD) 2017 letter to the State Department questioning Israeli settlements? That was just bureaucratic theater. The media frames denying food to millions as an outrageous, 'never happen here' scandal (and it is). But the consistent, unquestioning stream of taxpayer dollars to fuel conflicts overseas, often at the
expense of social programs at home, is simply business as usual. One might wonder: where's the moral outrage and the swift legal reprimand for the systemic defunding of American prosperity?