GOP Senators scrambling to fund SNAP.

Guess the president will sign this bill?

When will they realize this president is not forthe people?

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Thank God. I've never seen politicians deliberately starve children strictly for political gain. It was both terrifying and telling. Here's hoping that this brings the Republicans to the table.

Here is a brief overview of what Tim Burchett and Trump are doing. Tim is participating in a terrorist act of war against his own constituents. AI Overview
Weaponizing famine means deliberately using starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare or political subjugation. This is a grave breach of international law and constitutes a war crime.
Methods
The weaponization of famine is a man-made crisis, distinct from natural food insecurity, and can involve several deliberate strategies:
Manipulating or blocking food aid access: Willfully impeding humanitarian relief supplies is a direct violation of international law.
Targeting agricultural infrastructure: Destroying or rendering useless objects indispensable to survival, such as farms, crops, livestock, and water installations.
Imposing sieges and blockades: Encirclement of a populated area with the specific intent of cutting off all sustenance to coerce a population or enemy forces into submission.
Destroying the local economy/food systems: Creating an environment where food becomes inaccessible due to high prices or the collapse of normal distribution channels.
International Law
The legal framework against weaponizing famine has evolved over time:
Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols: The 1977 Additional Protocols I and II explicitly prohibit the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC): The Rome Statute criminalizes intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in international armed conflicts. An amendment in 2019 extended this to non-international armed conflicts as well.
UN Security Council Resolution 2417: Adopted in 2018, this resolution strongly condemns the use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and warns that such acts may constitute war crimes.
Examples in Modern History
Examples of man-made famines attributed to the deliberate use of hunger as a weapon of war include:
The Holodomor in Ukraine (1932-1933): A deliberate famine under Stalin's regime through forced collectivization and excessive grain requisitions to break the resistance of Ukrainian farmers.
The Biafran Famine (1967-1970): Nigerian forces imposed a blockade on the secessionist state of Biafra, leading to an estimated 2 million civilian deaths from starvation.
Syria, Yemen, South Sudan, and Tigray: In recent conflicts in these regions, various parties have been accused by human rights organizations of using starvation tactics, such as obstructing aid and destroying infrastructure.
Gaza (ongoing): Human rights groups and UN experts have accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war through its blockade and restrictions on aid, which is currently a subject of ICC proceedings.
Sudan (ongoing): Since fighting began in 2023, both sides of the conflict have been accused of blocking or stealing aid, potentially leading to a massive hunger crisis.
Despite its clear prohibition under international law, prosecutions for the standalone crime of starvation have been rare, with a lack of political will cited as a major hurdle to accountability.

Trump administration must continue food aid during shutdown, US judges say

administration tells judge it will partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency funds