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Federal Government Sues Pennsylvania Over SNAP Data The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed lawsuits against Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Michigan, and Minnesota over their refusal to provide the last five years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicant data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) . Why the Lawsuit Was Filed The DOJ alleges that these four states withheld the data so USDA could verify that states are properly administering and enforcing SNAP eligibility. The agency says the information is needed to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in the program, which distributes billions of dollars annually
. USDA’s own analysis of data from 28 compliant states found billions of dollars per year in overpayments and fraud, including cases of deceased recipients, fake Social Security numbers, and people collecting benefits in multiple states at once
. Pennsylvania’s SNAP payment error rate in FY 2025 was 9.21%, above the national average
Legal Background Initial request: USDA asked all 50 states for the data in June 2025 as part of an executive order to “stop waste, fraud, and abuse by eliminating information silos”
.Compliance: 28 states promptly provided the data; the four sued refused
Second request: In May 2026, USDA again asked for the data, but the states declined once more U.S. Department of Justice
. Legal action: On June 26, 2026, the DOJ sought federal court injunctions to compel the states to hand over the records
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Official Statements Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche: Called the states’ refusal “unacceptable, suspicious, and it will not stand under this Administration” U.S. Department of Justice
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins: Stated the agency has worked constructively with most states but will take legal action against those withholding data U.S. Department of Justice
State response: Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services has not publicly commented, but the state’s refusal aligns with the other three sued states
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Broader Context The DOJ frames the case as part of a whole-of-government effort to ensure taxpayer funds are not lost to fraud. Critics, including Kentucky’s governor, argue the federal government is attempting to bypass prior court orders and unlawfully share sensitive data. .
If the court grants the injunctions, the states will be legally required to provide the requested SNAP applicant records, which could include names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, and eligibility data. .
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I was also not born a racist, and I was not raised to be a racist…
However, my opinions of people have evolved over the course of my lifetime due to firsthand personal experience, living in the ghetto
I have also never met anybody who identifies as a white supremacist or a Nazi or a white nationalist or a lot of these other labels
And if you look at surveys of the different races and how they feel about other races, what you’ll find is that pretty much all of the other races look down on white people but white people do not look down on other races
those same surveys find that people believe that their own personal racial identity is extremely important to them however, racial identity is not important to white people
So like a lot of things in the world today, the narrative is the complete opposite of reality
I would say that if anybody in that school was benefiting from so-called white supremacy, it’s probably the other people in the room who just can’t seem to get enough of white culture
A wise person on the Internet once said that access to white people is not a right,
And yet black and brown people from all around the world come to white racistAmerica , and not the other way around
