SNAP and SAVE Sounds Like a Grocery Chain, But They're Programs Fed Judges Just Spiked

Beege Welborn· Jun 23, 2026 · 3:20 PM UTC ·7 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 38 views

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Which is exactly what happened when the Big Beautiful Bill passed. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_5"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_5"]]) }); In January of this year, the states were able to ask USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins for food restriction waivers. States are now able to ask the USDA for waivers to exclude soda, candy, junk food, etc., from SNAP benefits.

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▪Which is exactly what happened when the Big Beautiful Bill passed.
▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_5"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_5"]]) }); In January of this year, the states were able to ask USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins for
▪States are now able to ask the USDA for waivers to exclude soda, candy, junk food, etc., from SNAP benefits.

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SNAP and SAVE Sounds Like a Grocery Chain, But They're Programs Fed Judges Just Spiked Beege Welborn 11:20 AM | June 23, 2026 AP Photo/Susan Walsh Some of these uber-progressive federal district court judges certainly love getting out over their skis, rewriting or completely disallowing every last tenet of the rules and regulations the Trump administration has put in place to try to cut waste, fraud, and abuse across all aspects of the federal bureaucracy. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); I realize I am well into my dotage and things aren't as sharp as they used to be, but I truly do not remember this level of judicial activism when the Biden administration was doing…

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