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Posted on 01/14/2026 7:40:21 PM PST by ViLaLuz
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from withholding $80 million to administer Minnesota's food stamp program while the state reviews the eligibility of 100,000 households amid claims of widespread fraud.
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Minnesota sued after the USDA said it would stop covering half of the costs to administer the state's food stamp program if it failed to meet the deadline. The USDA cited a broader scandal around the theft of federal funds intended for social-welfare programs in Minnesota.
Provinzino on Wednesday said the USDA had not explained why the expedited review was necessary to root out fraud and that the agency had flouted a federal law barring states from reviewing SNAP recipients' eligibility more than once a year.
“USDA is asking the state to violate federal law, regulations, and the state’s own operational plan," which had previously been approved by the agency, said Provinzino, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden.
The judge blocked the USDA from withholding the funding from Minnesota pending the outcome of the lawsuit, including $20 million for the first quarter of the year that the agency had said earlier on Wednesday would not be disbursed. The case does not involve the funding for monthly food stamp benefits that go to recipients.
The state has argued that the USDA's conduct was motivated by Trump's personal and political grievances with Minnesota and Democratic Governor Tim Walz, who has been a frequent target of the Republican president.
“This is part of an ongoing effort by the federal government to pummel our state,” Joseph Richie of the Minnesota Attorney General’s office said during the hearing.
Minnesota this week separately sued Trump's administration to block a surge of immigration enforcement officers into the state, following the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
Brian Mizoguchi of the U.S. Department of Justice said during Wednesday's hearing that Minnesota's shortcomings in administering other federally-funded programs justified the USDA's actions. He also said a preliminary ruling was unnecessary because the state could use its own funds to cover the loss of federal funding.
The SNAP program has been a focal point in Trump's battles with Democratic lawmakers and state officials. During the 43-day government shutdown that ended in November, SNAP benefits lapsed for the first time and states were left to scramble to issue partial benefits with their own funds.
You keep shoveling out that money, understand?!
Was her appointment signed by the auto-pen?
Yes.
“Provinzino, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden.”
I think she is cute.
"I think she is cute."
If I forward you three dollars, can you apply that towards a vision screening? 8<)
The local Lions Club will usually do it for free.
I’d like to know where this ho gets her authority. She’s just a stinkin’ Dipstick Court Judgette. Throw her butt in jail until she learns to stay inside the guard rails.
Respectfully disagree.
If she can make a loud whistle for a cab through the space between her central incisors, that could be a talent.
This makes the judge a co-conspirator in a massive fraud case.
Holy Crap. A dipstick court creep with breath that could knock a buzzard off a crap wagon.
She has the typical look of a protester.
I am no fan of Biden appointed judges but how else was she to rule when there is”a federal law barring states from reviewing SNAP recipients’ eligibility more than once a year.” Even if such a law was not in effect 30 days would not be enough time to provide the required documentation.
They say the SCOTUS will not be ready with the women’s sports ruling until “probably June.”
But everything Trump does is blocked and contested by a woke judge, which means the lazy Supreme Court justices have to get to work on them. They only work Tue-Thurs. on the weeks they are not on the many months of vacation (recess) anyway. That was in an article on how our Supreme Court works.
She ruled based on current federal law. So on what grounds should she be jailed? And remember this is not the final outcome. It just means Trump will have to wait for the lawsuit to be decided before withholding that money should the lawsuit be decided in his favor.
“I am no fan of Biden appointed judges but how else was she to rule when there is”a federal law barring states from reviewing SNAP recipients’ eligibility more than once a year.” Even if such a law was not in effect 30 days would not be enough time to provide the required documentation.”
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Nice to have someone else recognize that the role of every judge is to uphold the law as it exists, not as we might want it.
As they say, “is it a man...?”
“I think she is cute.”
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She’s a solid Minnesota 7
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