THE SHUTDOWN PLAYBOOK: What’s Really Happening Behind the Curtain

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter...Paid Subscriber Edition

THE SHUTDOWN PLAYBOOK: What’s Really Happening Behind the Curtain

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter…Paid Subscriber Edition

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #626: Friday, October 31st, 2025-8:20 pm CT

The Picture Just Changed (Again)

Tonight-Day 30 of the shutdown-we got a brand-new data point that is hugely important:

Two federal judges ruled that the administration must use contingency funds and found the proposed cutoff likely unlawful.
That’s not a footnote. That’s a warning shot.

It means two things:

1. The courts are losing patience with the shutdown’s collateral damage.

2. The administration is pushing boundaries that the judiciary is now openly questioning.

And yes… it directly intersects with everything I’m about to walk you through.

Because if SNAP…a pillar program for millions of low-income Americans…is already being flagged as legally shaky in the middle of a shutdown…then the pressure points inside the system are now much closer to snapping.

Let’s break down exactly what’s going on.