USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
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Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#2This type of overly broad collective punishment would be considered a war crime under international law. Potentially hundreds of thousands of families will go hungry as a result. All for fraud that is ALLEGED to be $9B without much evidence.
Meanwhile the administration added 4 trillion in new unnecessary spending, including $170 billion in additional funding for DHS and ICE. Those contracts probably go to companies with some tie to the Trump family. That’s the real fraud. All this “Somalian fraud”, could be true, but is insignificant compared to the corruption in the Trump administration. And let’s not forget the Epstein files that they’re using Venezuelans and Somalians and immigrants to distract from.
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Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#4I 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-mi...
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#5I 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-mi...
The federal government will lose in court, and we’ll continue on.
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#6USDA or some specific czar, pasha or chief of staff in the Trump admin? Or perhaps Trump himself? It would be good practice to start assigning responsibilities directly to those acting by executive fiat. Credit where credit is due, if these are correct actions.
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#7This type of overly broad collective punishment would be considered a war crime under international law. Potentially hundreds of thousands of families will go hungry as a result. All for fraud that is ALLEGED to be $9B without much evidence. Meanwhile the administration added 4 trillion in new unnecessary spending, including $170 billion in additional funding for DHS and ICE. Those contracts probably go to companies…
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Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#8I 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-mi...
The federal government will lose in court, and we’ll continue on.
But 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.
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#9This type of overly broad collective punishment would be considered a war crime under international law. Potentially hundreds of thousands of families will go hungry as a result. All for fraud that is ALLEGED to be $9B without much evidence. Meanwhile the administration added 4 trillion in new unnecessary spending, including $170 billion in additional funding for DHS and ICE. Those contracts probably go to companies…
> Potentially hundreds of thousands of families will go hungry as a result.
By what specific mechanism do you see this happening?
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#10This type of overly broad collective punishment would be considered a war crime under international law. Potentially hundreds of thousands of families will go hungry as a result. All for fraud that is ALLEGED to be $9B without much evidence. Meanwhile the administration added 4 trillion in new unnecessary spending, including $170 billion in additional funding for DHS and ICE. Those contracts probably go to companies…
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About this, is there any chance Americans do anything beyond huff, thoughts and prayers?