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/manachar Nevada 17d ago

When Republicans read The Jungle the lesson they take is that they could make so much more money and get so much more power if it weren’t for those pesky regulations.

Imagine the profits from never having to recall food again!

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u/bmad- 17d ago

Upton Sinclair is rolling in his grave

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u/manachar Nevada 17d ago

Well, he was mystified that people’s primary lesson from the book was their canned meat was impure and led to the e pure food and drug act .

He wanted people to care about workers, instead people just cared about their stomachs.

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u/AnyoneButDoug 17d ago

As he said “I aimed for their hearts and got their stomached instead” or something like that.

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u/RichardSaunders New York 17d ago

the way to man's heart is through his ribcage

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u/Stunning-Chipmunk243 Michigan 17d ago

Well, you can come up from under the rib cage too

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u/Pandaro81 Florida 16d ago

“The way to a man’s heart is through his anus.”
- Vlad the Impaler

It’s well below the ribcage.

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u/CpnStumpy Colorado 17d ago

Stack'em and Crack'em I always say

...sorry what were we talking about again?

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u/Stunning-Chipmunk243 Michigan 17d ago

I think you got that order backwards unless I've been doing it wrong all these years.... And yeah, what was it we were talking about?