As the government shutdown continues, SNAP benefits might run out. SNAP is a problem program already. Let’s take a closer look. In the wake of the No Kings protests, Jon Stewart went on a rant about how President Donald Trump is a king. Do we need to explain why he’s wrong? Well, we will. Trump’s relationship with Venezuela is heating up. We hope they don’t send more drugs because of this.

THE SHUTDOWN HITS SNAP

• A Short History of SNAP
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - Key Statistics and Research
• SNAP: High Costs, Low Nutrition
• FOODS TYPICALLY PURCHASED BY SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) HOUSEHOLDS
• Helping SNAP Consumers During Economic Headwinds
• Study: SNAP customers weigh heavily in grocery purchases
• Why it’s still unclear exactly how much banning soda from SNAP could improve health
• Make America Healthy Again: Stop Taxpayer-Funded Junk Food

JON STEWART THINKS TRUMP IS A KING

• "No Kings" Protests Defy GOP Expectations & Jon Gives Trump a Royal Inspection | The Daily Show
• What to know about the protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown in LA and other cities
• §12406. National Guard in Federal service: call
• Despite 1,000% Increase in Assaults on ICE Officers, Governor Newsom Signs Unconstitutional Law to Ban Law Enforcement Officer Protections
• Trade in Goods with Korea, North
• US budget deficit falls 2% to $1.775 trillion in fiscal 2025
• Biden will keep Trump's China tariffs, and add new ones on electric vehicles
• Republican senators unveil bill curbing nationwide injunctions
• Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
• “A BIG WIN”: Supreme Court Ends Excessive Nationwide Injunctions
• Lower courts blocking Trump’s executive orders at much higher rate than predecessors
• Judge Boasberg Keeps Getting Assigned Trump Cases. Lawmakers Want to Know Why.
• How Biden is continuing to cancel student loan debt despite Supreme Court ruling
• Biden Ignores Court Rulings and Legal Counsel to Extend Eviction Ban
• Would-be Kavanaugh assassin sentenced to over 8 years in prison
• Tucker: Here is unseen video from January 6
• FBI had 274 plainclothes agents embedded in Jan. 6 crowds, congressional source says
• US reaches agreement to settle lawsuit brought over Ashli Babbitt’s shooting during Capitol riot
• Police injured, more than 200 arrested at Trump inauguration protests in DC
• Protesters pound the doors of the Supreme Court following Kavanaugh confirmation
• Trump briefly taken to underground bunker during Friday’s White House protests
• Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) or Organized Protest (CHOP) (Seattle)
• The Sundial Report: The 2023-2024 Protests at Columbia University

WAR WITH VENEZUELA & RAND’S LIBERTARIANISM

• Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists
• International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
• 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA)
• Criminal Charges Against the Former Maduro Regime
• Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 Current and Former Venezuelan Officials Charged with Narco-Terrorism, Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Criminal Charges
• Rand Paul Defends Obama's Drone Mistake
• Trinidad, Guyana support US in moves against Venezuela
• ‘Bad for Moscow’ Trump appears to be weighing military action in Venezuela. Russia’s far-right pundits have some thoughts.