When Cruelty Knows No Bounds

Trump’s efforts to make it harder for Americans to receive food stamps ran headlong into the 67-page opinion of Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of D.C. who condemned the administration for failing to consider how the rule would impact an estimated hundreds of thousands of Americans during the pandemic.

Of course, this is a mistake anyone could have made; after all, who knew that the pandemic had pushed millions of Americans into joblessness, and that unemployment might trigger hunger?