Trump Team's SNAP Lies DETERIORATE As Evidence Claims Fall Apart

The Trump administration and Fox News attempts to push a dangerous, new SNAP food aid fraud conspiracy fall apart as evidence claims prove baseless.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5CQ5nxB0w

 

A bar, kitchen and flat-screen TVs: the $70m jet DHS is eyeing for deportations

The department is reportedly considering buying a Boeing plane for deportation flights and for use by Trump officials…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/luxury-jet-dhs-deportation-flights-trump-officials

 

The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

"Are you fucking kidding me?" exclaimed Kamala Harris, the former vice-president, during an interview on Jon Stewart's Comedy Central podcast The Weekly Show. "This guy wants to create a ballroom for his rich friends while completely turning a blind eye to the fact that babies are going to starve when the Snap benefits end in just hours from now."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/trump-cost-ballroom-government-shutdown

 

Alito Took Unreported Luxury Trip With GOP Donor Paul Singer — ProPublica

Leonard Leo, the longtime leader of the conservative Federalist Society, attended and helped organize the Alaska fishing vacation. Leo invited Singer to join, according to a person familiar with the trip, and asked Singer if he and Alito could fly on the billionaire's jet. Leo had recently played an important role in the justice's confirmation to the court. Singer and the lodge owner were both major donors to Leo's political groups...

https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court

America gives $700bn to the military – but says healthcare is a luxury | Trevor Timm -- the guardian

On Monday, the Pentagon received even more money than it had asked for. Funding war is something that both Democrats and Republicans can agree on ....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/20/america-700bn-military-healthcare-luxury

Fox News host says health care for people with pre-existing conditions is a ‘luxury’

The hosts of Trump's favorite morning show have some bad ideas about health policy. ...
https://thinkprogress.org/fox-and-friends-preexisting-conditions-luxury-trumpcare-99772311d08a

The iPhone is not a luxury good

This morning, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) suggested that the Republicans' proposed Affordable Care Act replacement would require Americans to "make a choice" in order to pay for health care. "Maybe they should invest in their own health care,” he told CNN. There are a lot of things wrong with this statement, including the fact that average health care spending per capita is thousands, not hundreds, of dollars annually. But one of the most subtly frustrating details is how “that new iPhone” is used as a stand-in for frivolous luxury — not a central fixture for many people’s lives....
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/7/14841230/jason-chaffetz-iphone-healthcare-comments-are-bad