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Rhiannon12866

(258,716 posts)
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:50 PM Oct 2025

BREAKING: Federal Judge OUTMANUEVERS SCOTUS and TRAPS Trump on SNAP - Legal AF



In breaking news, a Boston Federal Judge found away to avoid a bad Supreme Court ruling, by instructing the Trump Administration to come up with a plan by Monday to use Congress' 6 billion in congress contingency funds to avoid 40 million Americans from starving to death by cutting off their SNAP/food stamp payments, as she warns that she may issue an injunction if she doesn't like their response. Michael Popok explains why the Judge chose this smart path and how it avoids a Supreme Court problem. - 10/31/2025.
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BREAKING: Federal Judge OUTMANUEVERS SCOTUS and TRAPS Trump on SNAP - Legal AF (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 OP
OK, I get what this guy is saying, but... ananda Oct 2025 #1
The longer the video, the more cash it generates DarthDem Oct 2025 #2
Really? How does that work? ananda Oct 2025 #4
LOL. Everybody traps trump. LuvLoogie Oct 2025 #3

ananda

(35,497 posts)
1. OK, I get what this guy is saying, but...
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:01 PM
Oct 2025

he is the worst clarifier on planet earth...

He could have said it all, clearly, in 3 minutes.

DarthDem

(5,465 posts)
2. The longer the video, the more cash it generates
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:08 PM
Oct 2025

Also, while I don't expect the Trump administration to appeal this ruling because the optics would be even worse than them having to be sued in the first place over feeding hungry people, his legal analysis isn't especially novel.

ananda

(35,497 posts)
4. Really? How does that work?
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:43 PM
Oct 2025

I mean, sitting through that guy's endless
runarounds on the issue was excruciating.

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