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Bev54

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22. Can the country get any lower? I fear it can, but JFC this is getting beyond absurd.

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Tue Oct 28, 2025, 11:17 AM

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Black woman in Michigan faces 10 years in prison for selling baked goods made with food stamps [View all] littlemissmartypants Tuesday OP

I can understand that would be against the rules Diamond_Dog Tuesday #1

OK, explain it to me. ananda Tuesday #15

For pulling herself up by the bootstraps... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #2

The person who wrote that headline cloudbase Tuesday #3

Yes absolutely. Srkdqltr Tuesday #8

Why? Because of bad grammar? Wednesdays Tuesday #25

Untrue, elleng Tuesday #26

Baked goods made with food stamps probably aren't very tasty, cloudbase Tuesday #28

That's idiotically disproportionate jfz9580m Tuesday #4

You're right! In our case the penalty is far in excess of the cost of doing it right dickthegrouch Tuesday #31

Well, the narcotics war jfz9580m Yesterday #42

I think this attached to the wrong thread dickthegrouch Yesterday #43

Prosecutors should have to PROVE where the butter and flour came from NewLarry Tuesday #5

How can they know? Farmer-Rick Tuesday #18

And we have a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapists in the WH. Ferrets are Cool Tuesday #6

A a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapist who is OUT ON BAIL after being indicted for election interfereance in GA! Attilatheblond Tuesday #17

Ruin somebody's life, Turbineguy Tuesday #7

So, a black woman gets a little government money, adds labor & makes something... CaptainTruth Tuesday #9

No explanation as to how she was caught Layzeebeaver Tuesday #10

She was advertising on facebook questionseverything Tuesday #30

And who caught her? Layzeebeaver Tuesday #32

Advertising what exactly? Farmer-Rick Tuesday #36

Snap, Medicaid and cash assistance have very strict rules questionseverything Tuesday #37

Was she advertising breaking the law???? Farmer-Rick Tuesday #38

If she's on snap how do you think she can afford a good lawyer? questionseverything Tuesday #39

There is legal aid Farmer-Rick Tuesday #41

Jury nullification. @Michigan peeps nilram Tuesday #11

Although it's not hard to see why she can't do that... JohnnyRingo Tuesday #12

Trump's free plane is not so free for us tax payers. Emile Tuesday #13

Can't say she was too lazy to work. She added value to the food through her labor doc03 Tuesday #14

SNAP as it currently exists isn't really meant to help people but to keep them dependent and unempowered. cstanleytech Tuesday #16

There are other programs that provide those other benefits Farmer-Rick Tuesday #20

As someone who is on SNAP, I can explain synni Tuesday #29

I see how it can be difficult Farmer-Rick Tuesday #33

They should be expanded and made common place, that would keep the top 1%ers from demonizing them questionseverything Tuesday #40

Does this"profit" include her labor idahoblue Tuesday #19

To the letter of this law I believe the goods would House of Roberts Tuesday #21

Exactly Farmer-Rick Tuesday #34

Can the country get any lower? I fear it can, but JFC this is getting beyond absurd. Bev54 Tuesday #22

How many maga take funds and use them for something else? GreenWave Tuesday #23

No worries, dumpie loves to pardon innocent people for free. KS Toronado Tuesday #24

For once, it's not racial profiling...just a little-known law synni Tuesday #27

Unless she posted on line claiming she used food bought with SNAP benefits Farmer-Rick Tuesday #35