#crueltyisthepoint — Public Fediverse posts

DHS Takes Out Its Funding Frustrations On Millions Of Americans By Sending ICE Agents To Do TSA Work

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/23/dhs-takes-out-its-funding-frustrations-on-millions-of-americans-by-sending-ice-agents-to-do-tsa-work/

"Trump declared that he would not payout SNAP benefits, signaling that his administration will not release the funds as ordered. The move effectively blocks distribution of aid to millions of low-income households, seniors, and children across the country."

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/20

"In a stunning escalation of the standoff over federal food aid, President Donald Trump announced that he will refuse to comply with a federal court order requiring his administration to release emergency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), potentially cutting off food benefits to millions of Americans."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/19

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-set-to-defy-court

"I’ve seen a lot of reports calling Donald tone deaf, but that is a way to let him off the hook. The choice to host that party is of a piece with the choice to build a $350 million ballroom after razing the East Week—it is intentional and a clear demonstration of Donald’s priorities."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/18

https://www.marytrump.org/p/le-me-eat-cake

"Trump’s announcement caught members of his own team off guard, with four people with knowledge of the matter telling Politico they aren’t clear whether his post means that USDA now won’t abide by the court order."

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/17

"President Donald Trump went rogue on Truth Social on Tuesday, contradicting his own administration’s decision a day earlier to fund SNAP benefits during the shutdown—and potentially violating a court order in the process."

~ Rachel Kahn

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/16

https://newrepublic.com/post/202668/trump-shocks-team-defy-courts-stop-funding-snap

"It’s … an astonishing act of cruelty, especially as grocery prices are going up—Trump lied that they are stable in the 60 Minutes interview—hiring has slowed, and the nation is about to celebrate Thanksgiving."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/15

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3-2025

Too bad the chickens that have come home to roost can’t be eaten. This is what happens when you vote for cruelty thinking it will only hurt someone else. #SNAP #FAFO #HungerCrisis #GOPShutdown #CrueltyIsThePoint #PovertyPolitics #VoteWisely #Resist

"It’s all part of the right’s deeper political project to control women and assert their preferred gender and class-based hierarchies."

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #women #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown #patriarchy #gender #misogyny
/14

"The casual cruelty of limiting or cutting off SNAP isn’t just about budgets. It’s about power. It’s about who gets to eat, who gets to work, & who stays dependent. The White House’s refusal to fully extend funding for SNAP will disproportionately harm women and children, who make up the vast majority of SNAP recipients."

~ Cammy Pedroja

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #women #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/13

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/republicans-snap-benefits-women

"The Trump Administration is now threatening grocery stores that give discounts to SNAP eligible Americans."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/12

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-threatens-grocery-stores

"Meanwhile, Trump is gilding the Oval Office and building a ballroom. At least he’s not out of touch!"

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom
/11

"Grocery prices are 2.7 percent higher than they were last September and 1.4 percent higher than January, when Trump triumphantly returned to office. They’re also still on the rise, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last Friday. Overall, grocery prices have increased almost 30 percent in the last five years."

~ Rachel Kahn

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #SNAP #shutdown
/10

https://newrepublic.com/post/202586/no-youre-wrong-trump-spirals-food-prices-60-minutes

"The administration’s position on SNAP shows its cruelty and sends a message that no one is safe from the administration’s heartless disregard of the law. ... Inhumane and cruel have become the watchwords of the Trump administration."

~ Austin Sarat and Steve Kramer

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/9

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/a-mia-president-and-a-hungry-america

"Trump agrees to only starve families a little bit."

~ Alix Breeden

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/8

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/3/2351900/-Trump-agrees-to-only-starve-families-a-little-bit

"As a result of the shutdown, Donald Trump has threatened to cut off the food benefits for the first time in the program’s more than 60-year history. A federal judge last week prevented the Department of Agriculture from suspending Snap altogether."

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/7

"The Trump administration said it would provide only partial relief to recipients of food stamps on Monday, amid mounting uncertainty among the nearly 42 million people on the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap). ...

How did we get here?"

~ Jem Bartholomew

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/6

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/first-thing-trump-administration-to-fund-just-half-of-food-stamp-benefits

"Trump and his minions can also shame and police poor people for buying soda, or getting their nails done, because, again, those are the perks of being wealthy.

Power is entitlement—and part of entitlement is the sadistic pleasure of immiserating women, Black people, immigrants, the poor. As Adam Serwer says, the cruelty is the point."

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/5

"Being rich is fun because you have lots of stuff. But an important part of the pleasure is not just enjoying what you have but enjoying what others do not have. Policing the purchases of the poor is part of the entitlement of the wealthy. Trump can have a gold plated bathroom because that’s the kind of thing he deserves."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/4

https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/republicans-want-poor-people-to-suffer

Not so, Krugman says. Trump knew exactly what he was doing:

"The party at Mar a Lago wasn’t a case of tone deafness, living it up despite others’ suffering. It was in large part a party held to celebrate others’ suffering."

For Trump and his followers, the cruelty always has been the point. It's what they celebrate:

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/2

Paul Krugman notes that commentary on Trump's roaring twenties party hours before 42 million Americans lost food assistance as federal workers are going without pay says the party was "tone deaf." As if Trump really had no idea what he was communicating throwing the obscene gilded age shindig as people face hunger and no salaries.

#Trump #Republicans #CrueltyIsthePoint #food #hunger #children #GreatGatsby #GildedAge #RoaringTwenties #SNAP #shutdown
/1

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-big-smirk

#shutdown #EconomicWarfare #ClassWar #FoodInsecurity #hunger #CrueltyIsThePoint

"Exclusive: USDA says it can't use emergency funds for food stamps

The Agriculture Department says it can't use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — and that states won't be reimbursed if they cover the expenses on their own, according to a new memo obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: Starting next month, about 42 million low-income people won't get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if Congress doesn't agree to a deal to fund and reopen government.

The big picture: Now in its 24th day, the shutdown threatens to take a real toll not just on federal workers who are going without paychecks, but also many of the nation's neediest citizens.

• The SNAP freeze could kick in as an increasing number of Americans are going hungry and relying on food banks as the economy cools.

• Senate Democrats essentially shut down the government by demanding that the Republicans who control Congress extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. Without the subsidies, health care costs could soar for 22 million Americans on ACA plans.

• Now the shutdown could pit the needs of those 22 million ACA enrollees against those of the 42 million who could go without food assistance starting Nov. 1.

(. . .)

What they're saying: The liberal group Center for American Progress released an analysis Thursday that argued Trump has a legal obligation to continue funding SNAP, and accused him of cruelty.

• 'From terminating funding used to purchase food for schools and food banks to passing the largest cuts in SNAP history, the administration has made it clear that its goal is to take food away from hungry families — and that sentiment is extending to the USDA's approach to the shutdown,' it wrote."

https://archive.ph/TP8s5

https://www.centerforhumanrights.org/post/trump-administration-moves-to-end-settlement-that-protects-immigrant-children-flores-counsel-vow-to

#CenterForHumanRightsAndConstitutionalLaw

#OrangeFascist admin moves to end basic rights and protections for #ChildMigrants

#CrueltyIsThePoint #FascistUSA

#StopAbductionsAndRemovals #ImmigrantsLivesMatter

Calling your local news station, and legislators, to inform them of these ILLEGAL searches and seizures and harassment by this "political police" force that has already abducted countless individuals is another way you can help.

#ICEraids #LaMigra #MassDeportations #CrueltyIsThePoint #NoKings

If you're in DC and able to, they would like help. That doesn't just mean being present, so PLEASE spread this through your social network, along with the resources attached.

We love you all. 🫶

#ICEraids #LaMigra #MassDeportations #CrueltyIsThePoint #NoKings

Federal workers don't deserve this treatment. The actions of the Trump administration have nothing to do with eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse; it is all about cruelty. Federal workers aside, you might be concerned about the services you will no longer receive. #CrueltyIsThePoint #EvilTrump

Fired, rehired and baffled: Co...

Ralph Nader: Trump-Musk Dictatorship Is Awakening the American People's Resistance
Forget the use of the terms "autocracy" and "constitutional crisis." This is a savage #dictatorship, getting worse by the day.
Feb 15, 2025
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-musk-dictatorship
#RalphNader #TrumpMusk #MAGA #DOGE #USAID #softPower #CFPB #kleptocracy #CrueltyIsThePoint

THIS IS WHO WE ARE NOW!!! Are we proud??? I am utterly ashamed, angry and disgusted at the cruelty. #CrueltyIsThePoint #FuckFOTUS
"FOTUS issued a waiver for Israel and Egypt that will allow U.S. funding to continue throughout the pause. Trump has also issued an exemption for global emergency food aid, which represents a small but lifesaving portion of the country’s aid portfolio.

In Ukraine, the pause puts in question the future of both humanitarian assistance and funding to keep afloat military resistance to the ongoing Russian invasion.

The pause is set to hit Ethiopia, Somalia and Nigeria hard, along with neighbors in sub-Saharan Africa, where a U.S.-led anti-HIV program known by the acronym PEPFAR, estimated to have saved 25 million lives worldwide, provides support to public health systems."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/28/trump-aid-foreign-shutdown-pause-graphs/

As Greg Sargent reports, Trump chose to pour out hate yesterday in Pennsylvania, as he pointed to the community of Charleroi, claiming Haitians have taken it over and are taking jobs from locals.

Charleroi Charleroi Borough Manager Joe Manning responds:

“There’s what the former president is saying, and then there’s easily observable reality.”

#Trump #immigrants #xenophobia #mobs #violence #hate #PoliticsofHate #cruelty #CrueltyIsthePoint #Nazis
/6

https://newrepublic.com/article/186331/trump-hateful-rally-pennsylvania-debunked-town-leader

"Mike Godwin himself has said it’s fine to use the comparison when it comes to Trump:

'By all means, compare these shitheads to Nazis. Again and again. I'm with you.'"

~ Greg Dworkin

#Trump #immigrants #xenophobia #mobs #violence #hate #PoliticsofHate #cruelty #CrueltyIsthePoint #Nazis #Godwin
/5

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/25/2272666/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Hacked-documents-political-hacks-and-the-state-of-the-race

"Republicans have A Nazi problem. The problem is that they're brimming with Nazis."

~ Brian Beutler

#Trump #immigrants #xenophobia #mobs #violence #hate #PoliticsofHate #cruelty #CrueltyIsthePoint #Nazis
/4

https://www.offmessage.net/p/republicans-have-a-nazi-problem

"This is the dark, angry, xenophobic, nationalist aspect of Trump’s political brand he’s formed over a decade. It’s where he is most comfortable, being bombastic and cruel. And it’s why he has turned American politics into a grim, primitive circus."

~ Morgan Stephens

#Trump #immigrants #xenophobia #mobs #violence #hate #PoliticsofHate #cruelty #CrueltyIsthePoint
/3

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/24/2272573/-Send-them-back-Racist-chants-are-still-a-staple-of-Trump-rallies

"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."

The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.

#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
/3

"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."

The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.

#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
/3

"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."

The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.

#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
/3

"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."

The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.

#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
/3

"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."

The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.

#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
/3

@isotope239 Reminder: Donald Trump appointed 3 Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. #HandsOffOurHealthcare #CrueltyIsThePoint

Worth noting: Patrick McHenry's alma mater, Belmont Abbey College, is so proud of what they produced in him that they've placed McHenry on their Wall of Fame, honoring "commitment to excellence and virtue reflects their lifelong witness to the philosophy and ideals of Belmont Abbey College."

So proud.

#PatrickMcHenry #BelmontAbbey #CatholicValues #BenedictineValues #CrueltyIsthePoint #NorthCarolina #Republicans

https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/alumni/wall-of-fame/

What a poisonous, #fascist culture #DeathSantis is fostering in Florida! Erasing #LGBTQ people is cruel, undemocratic, and ineffective.
#CrueltyIsThePoint
#NoBookBans
#BanGunsNotBooks

https://popular.info/p/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

On Christmas Eve, Greg Abbots, Governor of TX, dropped another bus load of migrants off in front of VP Harris's residence in DC. Is this what welcome the stranger is means?

#abbot #migrants #crueltyisthepoint #news #analysis #commentary

Video from Twitter 🐦

https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1607172614694526976?t=s_MZLpE6BDoyCQsdQozaUA&s=19