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Starving the System

How SNAP, Shutdowns, and Silenced Workers Reveal the Architecture of Authoritarian Drift

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Nov 02, 2025
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On the last day of October, a quiet ruling in two federal courtrooms sought to keep 42 million Americans from going hungry —at least for now. Judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue distributing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, despite the ongoing federal government shutdo…

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