Good morning.
Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:37 and sunset is 4:39 for 10 hours 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1910, the first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
Gov. Evers acted yesterday to restore FoodShare payments (Wisconsin’s name for SNAP) to eligible Wisconsin residents:
Gov. Tony Evers said Wisconsin is restoring benefits for nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who receive federal food aid.
The move means the Wisconsinites who rely on food assistance “will not have to wake up tomorrow worried about when or whether they are going to eat next,” Evers said in a Thursday evening statement.
Evers’ announcement came hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as FoodShare in Wisconsin.
See Staff, Evers: FoodShare assistance restored to Wisconsinites (‘Gov. Tony Evers’ order came hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund food assistance’), Wisconsin Public Radio, November 7, 2025.
See also 700,000 Wisconsin Residents Rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (FoodShare).
Update, Friday 10:11 AM:
Wisconsin Sate Rep. Greta Neubauer has posted on Bluesky:
Full FoodShare payments should be made to nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who depend on them. FoodShare members should see the full November amount on their QUEST card. Folks can check their benefit balances by calling 877-415-5164.
— Rep. Greta Neubauer (@repgreta.bsky.social) November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Trump administration, however, has appealed a federal judge’s order to distribute full SNAP benefits:
The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.
The emergency request made Friday morning to the First Circuit Court of Appeals comes a day after a federal judge in Rhode Island said the US Department of Agriculture must find additional money to make the payments, rejecting the administration’s decision to only partially fund the food benefits program this month.
See Devan Cole & Tami Luhby, Trump admin asks appeals court to pause judge’s requirement that it make full November SNAP payments, CNN, November 7, 2025.
Someone once said something about culpability in situations like this:
For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me drink, I was a stranger and you did not give me hospitality, naked and you did not clothe me, ill and in prison and you did not look after me.’ Then they too will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and did not attend to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Amen, I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these my brothers, neither did you do it to me.’