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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,428 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:55 PM Tuesday

JUDGE BLOCKED TRUMP REGIME'S FOOD BLACKMAIL

The regime found a fresh place to plant its culture war—the food on our tables. Late last year, the USDA told states they couldn’t get federal food money unless they first signed a loyalty pledge to follow Trump’s rules on “gender ideology,” immigration, and who gets to play in girls’ sports.

Sign the pledge, or watch funding that feeds 39 million Americans dry up.

Twenty states and DC refused, and took the regime to court. On Friday, federal Judge Myong Joun blocked the entire scheme. New York Attorney General Letitia James put it plainly: “We won a court order protecting billions of dollars in USDA funding.” She vowed to keep fighting to “stop the federal government from punishing our state for refusing to bend.”

Trump’s message was simple: obey, or let families go hungry. A judge just told him their dinner isn’t his to take.

https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/i/201305326/judge-blocked-regimes-food-blackmail

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wcmagumba

(6,817 posts)
1. Good on this judge, Trump and the Republicans suck so much, I guess you could say they suck "Biggly".
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 04:02 PM
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Grim Chieftain

(2,251 posts)
5. Trump and his followers/enablers are absolutely evil
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 05:47 PM
Tuesday

They have no compassion, empathy or concern for anyone but themselves. I hope karma bites them hard, and soon.

MLWR

(1,134 posts)
6. Trump's idea of "negotiation" is what the rest of us call "extortion."
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 05:52 PM
Tuesday

He has no other "negotiation skills." Also, extortion is illegal and this judge rightly put an end to it.

GiqueCee

(4,976 posts)
8. Stealing food from children and the needy...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 06:16 PM
Tuesday

... unless you bend the knee and worship ME! And my ever-present Loyalty Pledge. What an unspeakably evil piece of shit.
You'd think that, with millions of people wishing dead, Satan would step up and do his duty.
And then there are the lower life forms that still support him! That says nothing good about their judgement or their character. They can all join him in the darkest pits of Hell.

Cha

(321,384 posts)
12. Yeah, FU, GD Pig Slop. Go Huff and PUff and
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:58 AM
Wednesday

Blow your House down Oh, wait.

ETA~ Yes, and TY Judge Myong Joun!

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