I feel like the headline "suspends federal financial awards" doesn't really convey that this is intended to end SNAP benefits and leave many people without food.
USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
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#12I'm not sure where to look for current figures (Wikipedia [0] is a decade out of date) - is Minnesota a net contributor or a net drain on the US federal budget?
It remains an odd strategy where money needs to be skimmed before it can be given farmers. Looking at the per capita numbers from 2015 and the raw tax take in 2024 it looks like Minnesota actually has enough money to sort itself out without relying on other states. It certainly seems like a strategic error to centralise significant influence over the food supply to people like Trump.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_tax_revenue_by_state#F...
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#13> "Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis -- billions siphoned off by fraudsters.
Is that true? Seems like a lot of money to just suddenly notice.
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#14I 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.
You are posting as though these sorts of rules and formalisms still matter when they clearly do not.
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#15> "Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis -- billions siphoned off by fraudsters. Is that true? Seems like a lot of money to just suddenly notice.
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Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#16> "Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis -- billions siphoned off by fraudsters. Is that true? Seems like a lot of money to just suddenly notice.
It was recently boosted by a youtuber, but the reporting on it goes back to 2013.
https://www.fox9.com/news/fox-9-investigating-fraud-uncoveri...
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#17I 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.
At 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.
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#18I'm not sure where to look for current figures (Wikipedia [0] is a decade out of date) - is Minnesota a net contributor or a net drain on the US federal budget? It remains an odd strategy where money needs to be skimmed before it can be given farmers. Looking at the per capita numbers from 2015 and the raw tax take in 2024 it looks like Minnesota actually has enough money to sort itself out without relying on other s…
Minnesota is a fairly consistent donor state, but that's not really the point here.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
The federal government will lose in court, and we’ll continue on.
At 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.
The 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...
Re: USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis
#20This 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?
USDA administers SNAP, which provides food aid to over four hundred thousand families in the state. That's one of the programs this announcement is talking about suspending.
https://dcyf.mn.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/SNAP%20Fact%...