Welfare
There is no Constitution [With Comment by John]
You may have thought that there was one, but there isn’t. Perhaps at one time, but not anymore. A single federal district judge in Rhode Island, one of 677 across America, is now running the U.S. government. Despite the clear…
A false dawn on ending “shutdown”?
From The Hill newspaper, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is set to hold a vote Friday with an eye toward ending the government shutdown. The GOP leader told lawmakers over a conference lunch that he will hold…
Trump Changes Course on SNAP Benefits
President Donald Trump said he would withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits until Senate Democrats vote to reopen the government. “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY…
Will a Mamdani victory push the Democrats further left?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the upcoming New York City mayoral election and what a Zohran Mamdani victory could mean for both the city and national politics.…
Partial SNAP | Power Line
From NPR News, SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed. This result is that massive victory Democrats were crowing about all weekend. A federal district judge or two ordered the…
1 in 5 kids are at risk of losing SNAP as shutdown exposes flaws in federal control
The federal government shutdown is disrupting major federal programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Now one in five children nationwide risks losing benefits because Congress has failed to…
Suffer the children
There are more than 600 serving federal district judges across the United States. Democrats managed to find two of the 600+ to “order” the executive branch to divert $5 billion in money set aside for natural…
Nuclear option | Power Line
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution reads: “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;” Senate Democrats have voted 13 times, so far, to deny the…
Nuclear option | Power Line
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution reads: “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;” Senate Democrats have voted 13 times, so far, to deny the…
Judge orders involuntary work without pay
There used to be a word for that. From the Associated Press (AP), Judge questions the Trump administration’s plan to suspend SNAP benefits for millions. As you know, the federal government has been shut down for the past 30…
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