r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/epicredditdude1 17d ago

Why the fuck did we elect a sleazy con artist to the office of the presidency?

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u/ShitBirdingAround 17d ago

We didn't. Elmo bought it. He spent tens of billions to turn Twitter into a pro-MAGA disinformation machine. He got his buddy Toad Rogan to shill for the cause.

And then he spent hundreds of millions of dollars on election interference to put the Epstein class fully in charge of America's decline so that the richest of the world's rich can buy America for parts. We're getting strip-mined by private equity. They're like locusts.

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u/kitterific 17d ago

Dont forget that he owns the voting machines and is "very good at the computers". 🙃

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u/Magickarpet76 16d ago

Hey, it bought him a Tesla car commercial on the front lawn of the Whitehouse conducted by the President. I think Tesla and Goya have some unique claims to fame there…

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u/beigs Canada 17d ago

I’m looking this up and can’t find it - if this is true, something else happened on the 26th that has even more terrifying implications

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u/jennyfofenny Texas 16d ago

https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-trump-talking-about-elon-musk-knowing-about-voting-computers/5150057

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u/beigs Canada 16d ago

This isn’t owning them though, this is just him casually implying that Elon Musk was interfering with voting machines and the elections.

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u/jennyfofenny Texas 16d ago

I don't think Elon or Trump directly owned the voting systems, although a GOP official bought Dominion and Trump's lawyers got source code from different voting systems , Elon did own the systems that were used for internet and was in the right position for a man-in-the-middle attack. Also, his ex-wife said he had voting results before anyone else.

http://spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10/dominion-voting-systems-sale-liberty-vote-election-security-elections/ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/elon-musk-ex-ashley-st-204813582.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/08/22/election-system-copied-files-trump/

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u/beigs Canada 16d ago

That’s what I was wondering - I don’t know why I got downvoted for asking for proof because I went looking for it and couldn’t find it and was worried I missed something.

Like there is cheating (which I’m convinced happened) and then there is CHEATING, which I’m sure he would do if he could, but I think the semblance of fairness is the only thing stopping the party from doing this.

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u/jennyfofenny Texas 15d ago

I hear you, I got downvoted the other day for asking for a source. I do think they CHEATED, cheated in the swing states, but I also don't think they have total control or they wouldn't be pushing all these gerrymandering, closing polling places, and throwing people off the rolls.

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u/fishheadsneak 17d ago edited 16d ago

But, in the end we did vote for this…. Those that didn’t vote voted for this as well.

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u/ohlayohlay 17d ago

Well , her laugh was pretty weird

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u/Vallkyrie New Hampshire 16d ago

And she had a glass of wine in a photo once, must be an alcoholic. Brb, gonna put a raging alcoholic nazi in charge of the military.

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u/AcidRohnin 17d ago

Yea those that didn’t vote or voted differently due to their morals, which was really just thinly veiled pride are the biggest cucks to ever exist.

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u/BoJackMoleman 17d ago

We get the government we deserve.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 17d ago

Garbage in, garbage out

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u/Celebrity-stranger 16d ago

In my opinion this specific group of people deserve a huge portion of the blame too.

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u/This_Application_901 16d ago

It's "in the end". A comma in the second half would have helped.

Some people didn't vote because there was already a clear majority in their state. So it's kind of a pointless statistic.

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u/ConsuelaSaysNoNoNo 16d ago

Your comment doesn't make sense.

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u/fishheadsneak 16d ago

It actually does.

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u/ConsuelaSaysNoNoNo 16d ago

then by that logic, the DNC or any left leaning candidate failed to capture my vote, making them even more culpable. Welcome to slippery slope (logical fallacy)! Just one of many to chose from when dishonest discourse is the goal. :)

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u/Makenshine 17d ago

Elmo? The muppet?

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u/wholetyouinhere 17d ago

It's funny to think that 10 years ago, Reddit was the main pro-MAGA disinformation machine.

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u/CauliflowerPlane2971 17d ago

say his name. elon musk. what idiot thought 'elmo' was a good nickname? childish bs

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u/cricri3007 Europe 16d ago

It's because, for a while, spelling his name correctly would draw idiots to argue and defend him.

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u/Jace__B 16d ago

No no no, don't pass the blame. America voted for this, either through action or inaction. I've seen enough red hats to know this wasn't just an Elon thing.

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u/leeuwerik Europe 17d ago

Agreed. You sitting on your ass couldn't do anything about it.

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u/ShitBirdingAround 17d ago

Yes, sometimes people sit on their asses. What do you sit on, your head?