The Trump administration told states on Saturday that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown. In late-night guidance seen by The New York Times, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states.

Why is feeding people political? What value add is forcing people to starve? Monsters.

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    7 hours ago

    Reopening the government without ACA subsidies literally kills people when they can’t afford their new premiums.

    That would be a valid point if conservatives had any motivation at all to come to the table.

    Starvation of people on SNAP is also literally the GOP’s stated goal.

    Exactly my point.

    the GOP isn’t going to play nice and keep funding SNAP

    If they were going to defund it, they would have done so already. They defunded everything else.