SNAP payments have already been authorized by Congress using the Farm Bill. That means Congress is not currently required to authorize the continuation of these payments. The only thing that is required are the federal employees necessary to administer them.
If the Trump administration has the capacity to provide partial or temporary SNAP benefits, right now…then they have the capacity to provide FULL benefits, right now. The money is already there. They just need office staff to send it out…which they clearly have.
Trump doesn’t actually have the legal authority to touch that money. The appropriations funds where that money is kept, belong to Congress. Trump shouldn’t even have the ability to access them. And anyone else who accesses them on his behalf, without official Congressional approval will face a pretty hefty prison sentence.
You know that the courts have successfully blocked almost all of the stupid shit he’s been trying to do, right? That even the stuff he’s been able to get away with, only lasts long enough to get to the next stage, before it gets blocked there too?
The system is actually working, for the most part. The media just doesn’t cover the boring details, after the fact. They only cover the “shocker” moments, where he “might” get away with something. Every time it gets shut down, they mention it only as a footnote and move on to the next big “shocker” moment.
Don’t be fooled by the clickbait. There is still a lot of hope left.
Can you give me some examples where a court has stopped him that he did not continue to just do whatever he wanted?
A court has not prevented him from kicking people out of the country. It hasn’t even slowed him down. Do you remember alligator Auschwitz? It’s still in full operation despite a judge at one point saying to shut it down.
Even if a judge successfully told him to shut it down all the way up to the Supreme Court level, he will not stop. He will continue. He has proven that he will do this. He has proven no one will stop him from doing whatever he wants.
Abrego Garcia is probably the most high profile example of someone who has been returned from deportation and has been successful in fighting back against Trump’s efforts. They’re still fighting it on appeals, but it doesn’t seem likely that they’re going to win. Mahmoud Khalil is another.
In general, it is looking more and more likely that Trump’s entire immigration strategy of using the Alien Enemies Act is inevitably going to get struck down altogether, but that’s most likely going to go to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
Recently a federal judge has permanently blocked Trump from sending the National Guard to Portland.
Almost all of Trump’s funding cuts have been overruled, due to him trying to supersede Congress’s authority over budget allocations.
There are hard lines that the Constitution is very clear about, and others that are more vague. Where the law is clear, Trump is getting stopped cold. Where it is less clear, all the cases are still ongoing, but have either been slowed down or straight up blocked pending appeal.
I know that it seems overwhelming, but so far Trump is losing the majority of the lawsuits against him. Where he is winning, is on smaller technicalities, or areas where they already had the right to do certain things, and therefore aren’t breaking any laws. But wherever the law is getting broken, the courts are working. The problem is that the media coverage is so scattered, that you hear more about the scary shit that he’s threatening to do, than you do about the final outcomes.
Garcia is in ice custody again regardless of him coming back from El Salvador
Regarding Portland, when he wants to put the national guard in Portland… He will. Nothing will stop him, and I think you actually know that. He is going to declare martial law… Probably within 6 to 9 months… And then he will be able to do everything he wants and no one can stop him
Regardless of the individual losses he seems to suffer in court, he often just goes ahead and does it anyway or… Finds another way. If that were not the case, we would not be in a free fall into fascism, which is plainly obvious
Garcia is in ice custody again regardless of him coming back from El Salvador
He’s still winning in court, which is keeping him from being deported again.
Regarding Portland, when he wants to put the national guard in Portland… He will. Nothing will stop him, and I think you actually know that.
He can’t. The National Guard know that following that order would be illegal. Regular enlisted can’t refuse an order like that…but high-ranking officers have an obligation to.
He is going to declare martial law… Probably within 6 to 9 months… And then he will be able to do everything he wants and no one can stop him
That would be the only thing that would work…but that depends on what we do. Without a justification for declaring martial law, those same high-ranking military leaders will arrest him, before following those orders. This isn’t politics to them. They don’t have that kind of allegiance. Anyone who’s actually served in the military will tell you…the higher up the chain of command you go, the more seriously they take their responsibilities.
Regardless of the individual losses he seems to suffer in court, he often just goes ahead and does it anyway or… Finds another way. If that were not the case, we would not be in a free fall into fascism, which is plainly obvious
Except we aren’t. One of Trump’s biggest advantages, is his ability to convince people that he can do whatever he wants. It makes everyone around him behave as if he can. Some let him. Others don’t. Fascism is here, that’s true. But it doesn’t have control yet. We have to give him that control. He can’t just take what isn’t given to him. That’s what the courts still represent. He still needs to convince people that he has the authority to do things, or that authority is illegitimate.
That’s what will prevent the military from following his orders. He knows that. As much as he likes to act like he owns the whole show already…without legitimate authority, they will only follow him so far.
These assholes are so full of shit.
SNAP payments have already been authorized by Congress using the Farm Bill. That means Congress is not currently required to authorize the continuation of these payments. The only thing that is required are the federal employees necessary to administer them.
If the Trump administration has the capacity to provide partial or temporary SNAP benefits, right now…then they have the capacity to provide FULL benefits, right now. The money is already there. They just need office staff to send it out…which they clearly have.
Are you sure the money hasn’t been funneled to Trump?
Also, snap ain’t gonna happen because Pain is the point
Trump doesn’t actually have the legal authority to touch that money. The appropriations funds where that money is kept, belong to Congress. Trump shouldn’t even have the ability to access them. And anyone else who accesses them on his behalf, without official Congressional approval will face a pretty hefty prison sentence.
“Legal authority”
You sweet, blind, summer child.
You know that the courts have successfully blocked almost all of the stupid shit he’s been trying to do, right? That even the stuff he’s been able to get away with, only lasts long enough to get to the next stage, before it gets blocked there too?
The system is actually working, for the most part. The media just doesn’t cover the boring details, after the fact. They only cover the “shocker” moments, where he “might” get away with something. Every time it gets shut down, they mention it only as a footnote and move on to the next big “shocker” moment.
Don’t be fooled by the clickbait. There is still a lot of hope left.
Can you give me some examples where a court has stopped him that he did not continue to just do whatever he wanted?
A court has not prevented him from kicking people out of the country. It hasn’t even slowed him down. Do you remember alligator Auschwitz? It’s still in full operation despite a judge at one point saying to shut it down.
Even if a judge successfully told him to shut it down all the way up to the Supreme Court level, he will not stop. He will continue. He has proven that he will do this. He has proven no one will stop him from doing whatever he wants.
Abrego Garcia is probably the most high profile example of someone who has been returned from deportation and has been successful in fighting back against Trump’s efforts. They’re still fighting it on appeals, but it doesn’t seem likely that they’re going to win. Mahmoud Khalil is another.
In general, it is looking more and more likely that Trump’s entire immigration strategy of using the Alien Enemies Act is inevitably going to get struck down altogether, but that’s most likely going to go to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
Recently a federal judge has permanently blocked Trump from sending the National Guard to Portland.
Almost all of Trump’s funding cuts have been overruled, due to him trying to supersede Congress’s authority over budget allocations.
There are hard lines that the Constitution is very clear about, and others that are more vague. Where the law is clear, Trump is getting stopped cold. Where it is less clear, all the cases are still ongoing, but have either been slowed down or straight up blocked pending appeal.
I know that it seems overwhelming, but so far Trump is losing the majority of the lawsuits against him. Where he is winning, is on smaller technicalities, or areas where they already had the right to do certain things, and therefore aren’t breaking any laws. But wherever the law is getting broken, the courts are working. The problem is that the media coverage is so scattered, that you hear more about the scary shit that he’s threatening to do, than you do about the final outcomes.
Garcia is in ice custody again regardless of him coming back from El Salvador
Regarding Portland, when he wants to put the national guard in Portland… He will. Nothing will stop him, and I think you actually know that. He is going to declare martial law… Probably within 6 to 9 months… And then he will be able to do everything he wants and no one can stop him
Regardless of the individual losses he seems to suffer in court, he often just goes ahead and does it anyway or… Finds another way. If that were not the case, we would not be in a free fall into fascism, which is plainly obvious
He’s still winning in court, which is keeping him from being deported again.
He can’t. The National Guard know that following that order would be illegal. Regular enlisted can’t refuse an order like that…but high-ranking officers have an obligation to.
That would be the only thing that would work…but that depends on what we do. Without a justification for declaring martial law, those same high-ranking military leaders will arrest him, before following those orders. This isn’t politics to them. They don’t have that kind of allegiance. Anyone who’s actually served in the military will tell you…the higher up the chain of command you go, the more seriously they take their responsibilities.
Except we aren’t. One of Trump’s biggest advantages, is his ability to convince people that he can do whatever he wants. It makes everyone around him behave as if he can. Some let him. Others don’t. Fascism is here, that’s true. But it doesn’t have control yet. We have to give him that control. He can’t just take what isn’t given to him. That’s what the courts still represent. He still needs to convince people that he has the authority to do things, or that authority is illegitimate.
That’s what will prevent the military from following his orders. He knows that. As much as he likes to act like he owns the whole show already…without legitimate authority, they will only follow him so far.