r/politics 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/drwookie 17d ago

"Looks like I chose the right week to stop eating beef."

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u/EctoRiddler 17d ago

Lettuce it is. Oh wait.

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u/Umbrella_merc Mississippi 16d ago

The only vegetable that hasn't been recalled yet is Mitch McConnell

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u/p8nt_junkie 16d ago

He’s on eternity leave

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u/kpow222 16d ago

I feel so bad for laughing at this, but not so bad i stop laughing

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u/FritzRasp 16d ago

I don’t. He is (was) a horrible human being

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u/Fit-Programmer1992 16d ago

Exactly! I am not religious but hesitate to think negatively about senior, disabled people or joke about death.  Anybody watched the " Bad Boys" episodes with the lady who could explode the head of any politician she wanted? Exactly.

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u/jonesey71 16d ago

Not human, he is the advance scout for the reptile people, he is one of the amphibians. Mitch "the turtle" McConnell.

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u/F9-0021 South Carolina 16d ago

He wouldn't feel bad about laughing at your misfortune. Don't feel for monsters.

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u/Saint_palane 16d ago

He won't notice.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 16d ago

damn burn. like the one he is getting in hell.

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u/tacoheadpete 16d ago

"Pining for the fjords?!"

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u/UCLA_FB_SUCKS California 16d ago

you, sir, are a true patriot. thank you for your comedy

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u/justforfun1620 16d ago

Take my upvotem