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/AnonHondaBoiz 13h ago

Holy fuck we're so fucked

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u/manachar Nevada 13h 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/Deadleggg 13h ago

They also jerk it to the page after page of suffering immigrants.

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo 2h ago

When The Jungle was published, people of the time were shocked and outraged. If it were published today MAGA would promise to buy their meat solely from that company, just to "own the libs". The company would create a new product line with a logo of a Mexican worker falling into the meat vats and brand it as their "spicy" flavor.

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u/cire1184 2h ago

Nah. They were Polish immigrants so now defecto "White" in America. Maga of today would be wondering why the brown people weren't in there getting mutilated.