Silly rumor of the week: Thanksgiving food stamps will be unlimited to make up for Obamacare fiasco

Is that true? Are we really getting unlimited food stamps for thanksgiving? @BarackObama

— BLACK AF (@_daphdaph_) November 22, 2013

No, doll. You’re not really getting unlimited food stamps for Thanksgiving.

https://twitter.com/Tmz_News__/status/403699864753541121

A fake TMZ account tweeted out the pitiful rumor, which turned out to be … wait for it … a satire piece.

“It’s kind of my way of saying ‘my bad’ for the whole Obamacare-government shutdown fiasco” Said President Barack Obama to a CBS correspondent in an interview set to aire just in time for Thanksgiving day shopping on Monday, November 25.

If that doesn’t strike you as fishy enough, this is from the site’s “about” page:

This website is comprised of satire and parody of current news and urban culture. For entertainment purposes only.

https://twitter.com/CFPPF/status/403903950883012610

Sigh. Your friend wasn’t the only one.

https://twitter.com/Gee_Whiz_Dreams/status/404323469045014528

https://twitter.com/TeDonPrecieux/status/403742933075378176

Unlimited food stamps for a week ? ?????? don't play with my emotions Obama ! I'm at the Papi's everyday ?

— Key♌️ (@_SincerelyKey_) November 22, 2013

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I hope that the unlimited food stamps thing is true .. if so im stocking up on food

— Allison Danielle (@Danielle121493) November 23, 2013

Obama put a unlimited spend limit on foodstamp cards during thanksgiving week ..that's some cool shit tho, everybody should get to eat good

— Trey (@UnoDeuceTrey) November 22, 2013

Unlimited food stamps next week Obama the man dawg 

— RIP Hopz RIH Mia (@Jamal___Jackson) November 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/i_Be_SoTrippy/status/403940911647686656

Don’t spend that windfall all in one place, guys.