CNBC ran a story headlined, “States sue Trump administration to keep SNAP benefits during government shutdown.” SNAP means food stamps, now delivered through handy dandy debit cards. An eye-watering 42 million people get them every month, and the stamp books will close themselves up at midnight this Friday, which has never happened before. The Department of Agriculture, which administers the wealth-transfer system (but don’t call it that), has said that since the government is shut down, it can’t do anything. Sorry. Everybody must fend for themselves. It’s Mad Max.

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Thanks largely to the generosity and intellectual acuity of one Joseph Robinette Biden, nearly 15% of every soul hankering for snacks in this country receives electronic benefits, which is a cute euphemism for your money. These are the unfortunate people among us, those who Life has unfairly provided with the initiative and work ethic of an average baked potato.

As the news tumbled out this week, we’ve also learned that millions of them are international squatters, having jumped the border at some point without bothering with the inconvenience of all that paperwork. (Democrats insist this is a vile lie, with the same energy and vigor with which they insist that colored directional arrows on supermarket floors stop pandemics. So.)

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/oh-snap-wednesday-october-29-2025?