Katie Halper and Krystal Ball On Senator John Fetterman's Role In the Democrat's Shutdown Cave.
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Once Again, Democrats Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
Barely a week after last Tuesday's off-year elections gave the party some new life, they pay back their voters and base by caving to their notoriously untrustworthy "opposition" (I say "opposition" because they are not at odds as much as they want us to think):
Newsweek: USDA Tells Grocery Stores Not to Give Discounts to Customers
Oh SNAP : The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has told grocery stores not to give special discounts to around 42 million Americans who use food stamps. An email sent by the department to stores, posted on X by Catherine Rampell, co-host of MSNBC's The Weekend, said: “You cannot treat SNAP-EBT customers differently than any other customer.” The directive comes as benefit payments remain on hold during the ongoing federal government shutdown. Newsweek contacted USDA via its website on Monday, outside of regular working hours for comment. [SNIP] USDA emailed grocery stores around the country telling them not to offer special discounts or deals to SNAP recipients amid the freeze, warning that doing so would violate the program’s “Equal Treatment Rule.” That rule requires stores to sell eligible food items to SNAP-EBT customers at the same prices and under the same conditions as other shoppers. The email said: “Offering discounts or services only to SNAP-eligible customers...
Why Did The Government Shut Down?
BONUS: Seth Meyers on Trump's perspective on the shutdown changing with the polls:
The Government Shutdown Was Not Going to Stop the US War Machine
If the Shutdown was going to ruin the economy, than why would the US still try and fund Ukraine?
An Ant Has No Quarrel With a Boot
I'll just say this about the current political brew-ha-ha: neither President Obama, nor the Democrats in the Senate or House of Representatives, nor the 10 Republicans who are either sane or unafraid of the Tea Party, should negotiate withe the House Republicans. They are not negotiating from a position of reality; they think the Affordable Care Act is illegal , they act like Democrats were never trying to be inviting and negotiable , and they believe that Obama personally sent police to prevent WWII veterans from visiting a memorial . Even dyed-in-the-wool Republicans warm up to the Act once they, you know, read up on it . And as Obama pointed out yesterday, shutting down the government has zero effect on financing "Obamacare." Whatever proposal the President or the Democrats submit will be dismissed as "too liberal" or "unrealistic" anyway. And let's not forget that the House has been gerrymandered to the point where the laws of political ph...