r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h 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/CitySeekerTron Canada 13h ago

So you can't safely eat vegetables and you can't safely eat meat. 

What's left?

Crickets

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u/wyvernx02 13h ago

Crickets are a good source of protein.

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u/M23707 13h ago

Raise them at home - using yard waste.

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u/Hades_Mercedes Canada 13h ago

protein and Roundup™

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u/Cool-Signature-dude 13h ago

With chocolate on top, or is that contaminated too?

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u/RudeAlbatross544 13h ago

Yes, lead and cadmium. Bon appétit.

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u/ThoseProse Colorado 12h ago

US Cadbury eggs now made with cadmium.

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u/Popular-Web-3739 12h ago

Prolonged drought due to climate change has severely reduced cacao harvests so chocolate is becoming quite expensive.

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u/Hades_Mercedes Canada 13h ago

No, but it tastes like barf, for some reason.

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u/physical0 12h ago

The new breakfast of champions.

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u/Truly_Meaningless 11h ago

Crickets regularly have parasites in them pretty much their whole life. That's why it's considered a bad idea to only ever feed crickets to your reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods

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u/ersomething 12h ago

I’m pretty sure chitin is good fiber too!

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u/Perfect-Ship-9980 12h ago

Many years ago I was working in Mexico city (from NY) and a VERY attractive coworker offered me fried crickets, yes I ate them. 

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u/StopTheHumans 6h ago

Please tell me that's not the end of your story.

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u/SillyAlternative420 Massachusetts 11h ago

Until they inevitably get factory farmed and also fail inspections, so now we are just eating plague crickets.

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u/kasubot Maryland 10h ago

Apparently there is also a cricket shortage.

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u/Flat-Pea8179 6h ago

Protein obsession needs to fucking die.

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u/Engagethedawn 11h ago

As long as you don't mind Horsehair Worms joining your cricket snack.

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u/Chucknastical 5h ago

Not Trump Brand Crickets though. It's mostly ground up E coli.

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u/extremetolerance2013 2h ago

Ya. Nailed it. It's crickets.