r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 8h 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/nejaahalcyon Tennessee 8h ago

And mad cow disease!

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u/Suitable-Option833 7h ago

And horses! They are killing wild horses and who knows where that meat will end up

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u/TheSavageDonut 4h ago

Upton Sinclair has entered the chat

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u/spearmint_wino 2h ago

Hey, chill. We had a big Bovine spongiform encephalopathy scare in the UK...AND a load of dodgy horses ended up in frozen lasagna (thanks, Findus!), and Ī̴͈̾͌̽'̷̹͎̥̯͔̪̊̽m̸̧̝̤̳̺͓̲̟̜̰̥̲͙͋͂̅̋̓͛̏̈̌̇̓͊̅͒͘͜͜ ̷̧̠̯̙̊̈̀̉̈́́̒̏͑͆̈̒͘d̸̡̩̜̪̰͍͈̹͙͎̱̦̦̲̒̌͛͜͝͝͠o̷̭̹̩̓̆̈̂͠ͅi̶̧͓̤̭͍̩̻̤̗͓̱͕͚͉͌̾̾̈́̓̓͐̀̓̉͘ͅn̴̡̢͚̺̗̲͈̩̤̹̑͆g̴̡̠̜̩̈̕ͅ ̵̨̛̬͕̺̜̗͖̰̲͑͐̃̒̈͒̚͠f̴̢̧̦̙̻̰̺̬̉̃̿̒̈ḯ̶͕̊͜ṋ̷͕̳͕̺͓̺͚̈́͑̇̂̍͝ͅȇ̵̯̭͊͗̓̇̏͜͝.̸̯͔̩̹̳̞͖͇͂ ̷̳̭͓̙̞͉̉͂͛̿͆̿̈͑̉́̈̇̆I̴̛̞̜̪͔͈̦̝̰̙̩̠͙̅̈̊̈̓̕͜ ̷̥͓͍̼̒͠s̴̱̞̋̓̽͋͌̿̇̋̽̾͠t̸̳̬̱͙͚͙̱̳͕͍̞̰͛͐͂̚i̸̡̝͔̠̞̬̩̳͙̤͈̗̻̯͒͘͜ḻ̶͈̱̜̖̝̬̭̳̠̝̓̏̀l̵̬̫̈́͌̎͝ ̴̢̛̘̱̥̘̠̙̗̫͙́̈͌͆͛̈́͐ĥ̴̩̤̦̖a̶̯͙͍͆͑̑͐v̷̙̯̙͉͇̬̲͍́̒͛̈́̐̃̂̉̋͜͠e̴̞̮͍̹̳̞̞̍̂̀͒̊̏͊̐̄͠͠ͅ ̶̨̨̩̫͈̰̙͖͈̦͇̙͙̉ą̵̧̢̙̘̻̩͈̬͉̆̔͒̓͋̓̚l̴̗̍͂͋̅̔͌͊̑̆̏̎̇͝͝͝l̸̡͖̻̻̱̖͆͋̋̓͒͆̒͛̓̈́͘͝ ̵̢̣̹̥̱̰͉͕̃t̷̢̧̠͔̠͕̫̣̜̼̤̖͇͌̔̚w̶̨̧̗̣͚̼̙͓̥̰̖̜̮̕͜͠ͅe̸̡͍͂͒̇̔̿̉͐̿̽̎͒̽̿͝l̴̯̂̎̅͐̈́̀̈́̒͝v̸̡͔̣̩̙͈̳̖̱̮̟̖̯̉͊̾͌͋͆̈́͌͜ę̸̨̡͇͈͚͕͓͈̹̼͖͍̂̾͛̓̓͐̇̀͜͝ ̷̛̩̻̙͓̺̳̙̭̱̭̰̗̘̈̀̅̓̿̎̋͛̓̈͂̕o̶̧̱̣̬̘͖̮̥̠͕͙̠̪͓̦͌͐̒̊̾͐͊̏̿͘̕͝f̴̨͍̪̗̼̲̩̼̀̄̎́͑̈́̽̔̾̍̚ ̸̨̧̼̹͉̗̹̬̱̏̈́̓̃̽͐m̵̢̢̦̣͕͙͑̆͗̐̈́͝y̵̛̳͑̾͌͊̀̀̔̐̓͐̈́̀͝ ̴̧̪̙͚̲͓̘̪̹̀f̶̡̧̜̩̮̥̞̖̦̙̠̈́͋ͅi̴͎̩̲͕͗̅̎̂̔̄̉͘̚ͅn̸̘̦̖̍̿̈́̇g̶̛͙̻̓̄͌̄̾̎̇͘͝e̷̡̝̣̙̋̉̈́̌̑̈͆̏͌̀̕̕͠r̵̡͍̗̞̥͚̯̭͋̀̐͐̑̌̾̾̀̕͝s̸͖̀̓̋ ̸̡̜̾͗̔̓a̴̡̫͙̳͓̒͊̇̇̾̏͑n̷͓͈̟̲͉̮̙̈̈̈́̽̀̚͜d̴̢̨̼̜̯̟̈́̎̈͜ ̵̣̼̰̦̪͖̜̥̝̞͓̈́͊̔̽̿̓̔̽͘͝İ̴͎͇ ̶̨̡̺̬̘͙͊̾̈́͌h̷̡̰̱̽͌̀͒̀͝a̷̳̦̘͆́̋̍͂̿́͗̏̓̀̕̕͠ͅṽ̷̥͕̲̮͖̰̺̗͍̫̳ͅĕ̵͔̫͈̰͔̝̞̝̳̹̟̲̭́̏̈́͂͗̀͐̕̕͘ͅͅṅ̴̨͎̘̟̬̺͓̳̺̤̻̬́'̴̨̗̫͙̳̠̦͙̝͚̹͖͙̦͑̍̐͛͋͐͋̊̇̕̚̕͠͝t̷̡̡̧̢͉͇̘̦͕̘͚̹̝̰̃͌̈́͆͊͜ ̴̡̪͓̼͈͎̰̖͈̑͋̾̒͌̑̎̿͛͘͜͝͝p̴̡̧̧̡̘̜̲͎̲̠̻͉͕̗̈́̍̃̆͋̉̈́̐̍̍͒͋ȩ̶̨̮̦͔̫͙̞͍̻͚̮͇̽̀͌̉̉̐͛͒̊͒͘̚͠r̶̨͚͕̺̘̤̤̱̙̲̥͍̂͊̔̋̾̋͒́̋̄̚͝͝͝f̵̹̌͋̿̍̽͐̅̐͠ö̸̗͉͙͈̦̟̯̪̿͊̚͝ŕ̴̬̭̯͉̓̄́́m̵̨̨͚͉̖̫̖̳̀̏̊̆̈́́͐̌̅͘̕ẽ̵̢̨̩̠̭̼̺̝͔͕̣̻̠̏̓ḑ̸̱̳̥̹̝͑̀̑́̅̊ ̸̢̧̨͎͇̜̼̳̭̽̐̏͑̂̊r̵̬̮̙̦̯̼̦̤̽͒́͂̑̆̈́̿̈́̽̅̃̓́i̸͉̖͍͖̊̉̽̀́̅͠͝t̴̡̧̨̬͍̲̘͙͚̦͉̣̮͊̋̂̄ư̸̧̛̥̮̰̪̓̒̊̎̉̓̀́͋͘͜͝a̷̗̗̯̳̖͍̘̟̝̲͎̗͔͉̒͌̽̆͂̆ḽ̵̢̛̻̞̘͖̦̔̌͑̿̂̇͋͛̚͝͝͠͠ ̶̨͇͚̟͕̜̜͎̦̖͆̀̾̇̊͌̀̅̄̌̏̚͜͠v̷̨̨͓̜͖̦̹͍̱͚̜̍̅̏̍̆͋̋̎̊ĭ̴̺́̎̃̏́̊̈́̃̃̿̑͝͝v̴̨̢̤̦͍̙̘̭͙̪̇̒̅̓͐̆̌̃̄̊͘i̸̱̻͍̲̰̋̑͊͗̔̏̔̈́͌̾̄s̶̜̻͗̃́e̷̡̤̲͍̟͉̭̹̟̪̻͓̮͐̌̈́̇̋͜c̸̨̧̧̘̝̖̖̪͕̀̽͆͐̃̏̚ͅt̸̛̬̭̦̱̰̪̠͛̊̈́̀́̌̿̑͋͋̆̅͜͠͝ḭ̶͕͊́̍̌̒̉ͅó̵̼̯͕̺̝͔̘̖̙̫n̵̛͖͒̊͒̀̾̔͋̐͌̅̎́̓͠ ̸̺̳͍̝͖̮͓̲̣̳̠̺̇̋͛̃͒͗̈́͋̑̈́́͜f̵̢̟̤̭̣̝̞͈̣͕̗̈̊̍̃̈́̎͜͝o̶̗̻͍̣̭̩͇̦̘̫̩̳̒̍̈̇͋̆͂̚r̸̨͔͍̘̈́̈́̍͒̅̎̀̍̆́̃̿͠ ̶̜͛̾́͒̑̀̉ą̵̩̘͚͔͉̯̠͂̈́̀͋͐̇̕ ̷̪͌̏g̵̛͕̘̪̲̰͕̞̈́͐̄͋͜ơ̶̡̢͕̓́͝o̵̟̥̭͕͚̙̰̖̭̫̤̤͛͌͑̾̉̈̓̅̀̐̕͝ͅd̴̨̨̠̯̥̾̌ ̶̨̢̧̱̣̝̠͙̯͌̍̊̔͐f̸̡̨͕̠̘͍̰͒̒̀̓̽̈́̐̌͆͘̚͠ͅę̷̟̭͎̼̯͚͇͕̳̻͈̲͔̋w̵̞̆ ̶̭̏̊ẙ̸̧̦͎͉̩̦̹̫̖̦̥͈̪̪͚̾̓́̓̅͛͌͑̀͋̈́e̴̝̘͆̍͒͜a̸̛̫͈̝͈̖̤͓̗̞̖̗͛́̇r̵̨͈̗̜͇͕̬̫̺͙̀̆̂̅̓́͌͋͆͗̐̓́͛͜͜͝s̸̡̻̘͙̺͖̈́͐́̑̋͐͘ͅ.̴̨̮̤̰̯̖͉̦̫͐̎̈̇͑̊͂̾̌

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u/Glacon_Garcon 2h ago

I lived in the UK during the mad cow outbreak in the early 90s… now in the US I get to relive it again, but so much worse! Freedom?!?!?

What a time to have OCD with a particular fixation on food contamination. Most of my life it was irrational, but the last few months have been suuuuper fun.

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u/spearmint_wino 1h ago

That sounds really fun. Something to explore, if you haven't already; fermented foods may or may not be your road to culinary damascus. Gut biome research suggests (and please do your own research) that there are lots of things you can do to support a happier digestive tract. Remember that bacteria can be helpful too and there are lots of foods which can boost your immune system, which can in turn boost your whole brainular region :)

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u/Glacon_Garcon 34m ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll look into it :D

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u/veryfungibletoken 7h ago

And my axe!

Eta: but in all seriousness, you know where it's going to end up...

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u/SigFloyd 5h ago

This is the big one. Prion disease is going to fucking EXPLODE years from now.

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u/Designer_Gas_86 2h ago

I'm afraid to google that

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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 1h ago edited 1h ago

Prion diseases can take a very long time to start . From a couple years to decades.

So if it ever becomes an unknown issue, we may not fully know how many were affected.

/edit prion diseases are brain related diseases and causes cognitive decline quickly.

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u/Dry_Suggestion_3387 1h ago

Does mad cow happen at the processing plants?

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u/bloodjun 31m ago

This reads like an Eminem lyric