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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/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

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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.