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I just figured out the back story, the state has a pending court decision in a lawsuit vs. the USDA. This announcement is clearly a political stunt in light of
by blurbleblurble 9mo ago
I just figured out the back story, the state has a pending court decision in a lawsuit vs. the USDA. This announcement is clearly a political stunt in light of that:
https://www.minnpost.com/national/washington/2026/01/snap-minnesotas-food-stamp-program-in-peril-as-trump-administration-says-its-subject-to-fraud/ https://www.minnpost.com/national/washington/2026/01/snap-mi...
- toomuchtodo 9mo agoThe federal government will lose in court, and we’ll continue on.
- SilverElfin 9mo agoBut they can keep doing this and harm people while court cases play out right? It’s a tactic to abuse people, exhaust the resistance, and normalize their activities.
- clanky 9mo agoYou are posting as though these sorts of rules and formalisms still matter when they clearly do not.
- toomuchtodo 9mo agohttps://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/ https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal...
- piva00 9mo agoAt this point who is keeping the federal government in check? They are breaking the law blatantly, one very recent example being the release of the Epstein stuff. Nothing happens, nothing is holding them accountable. It's only going to get worse, they lose in court and find another angle to keep breaking the law, over and over, there simply isn't enough institutional power in the USA to do anything against it.
- netsharc 9mo agoThe execution of the law is left to the... executive branch. The constitution specifies that power of the executive is vested onto one person (yeah, really). When the person tasked with executing the law is a convicted criminal and is ignoring laws himself...