“In America, the Law is King” Was a Powerful Message at the October 18 2025 NO KINGS Rally in Portland.
Governor Mills, 77, issued the following statementt this afternoon regarding the Trump administration’s latest attempt to block the distribution of full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits:
“In Maine, SNAP feeds 170,000 people, most of them, children, seniors or people with disabilities, people who absolutely need these benefits to put food on the table. The Trump administration pledged full benefits and Maine took swift action to deliver them accordingly. That the President would then petition the highest court to deny food to hungry familes and seniors is beyond belief and is callous and cruel. The President should not be directring states to take food out of the mouths of the hungry. He should be directing Republicans in Congress to end this needless shutdown by extending health care tax credits and reopening the government. Instead his actions are hurting our most vulnerable people, while the President hosts lavish parties in Florida and builds a $350 million ball room at the White House.”
On Friday, following the Federal court ruling and based on updated guidance from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Governor directded the Maine Department of Health & Human Seervices (DHHS) to send full November SNAP benefits to all eligible Maine households. Maine was one of several states to take this action, based on guidance provided by the Trump administation.
DHHS promptly directed the state’s SNAP distribution vendor to issue full benefits on Monday, November 10. Hours later, on Friday evening, the US Supreme Court issued a temporary order pausing the lower court’s order requiring the distribution of full SNAP benefits pending further court action.
Maine determines SNAP eligibility and benefit amounts, while the Federal government distribues the funding directly through the vendor. The Mills Administration fully expects benefits will begin to be issued tomorrow to Maine beneficiaries as directed by the Governor and consistent with guidance provided on Friday by the Trump adminisration.
The Mills Administration is aware of the latest SNAP guidance from USDA over the weekend – the sixth such conflicting change to its guidance over the past month and continues to monitor developments in the federal litigation.
“Former President Obama said today that the ‘American people are paying attention.’ Is Senator Susan Collins (R)?” asks this Left Wing Lunatic. “The county from which she hails, Aroostook, has the largest percentage of its population relying on SNAP benefits; that 20%.”