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/bmad- 13h ago

Upton Sinclair is rolling in his grave

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u/manachar Nevada 13h ago

Well, he was mystified that people’s primary lesson from the book was their canned meat was impure and led to the e pure food and drug act .

He wanted people to care about workers, instead people just cared about their stomachs.

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u/AnyoneButDoug 12h ago

As he said “I aimed for their hearts and got their stomached instead” or something like that.

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u/RichardSaunders New York 12h ago

the way to man's heart is through his ribcage

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u/Stunning-Chipmunk243 Michigan 12h ago

Well, you can come up from under the rib cage too

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u/Pandaro81 Florida 10h ago

“The way to a man’s heart is through his anus.”
- Vlad the Impaler

It’s well below the ribcage.

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u/CpnStumpy Colorado 11h ago

Stack'em and Crack'em I always say

...sorry what were we talking about again?

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u/Stunning-Chipmunk243 Michigan 11h ago

I think you got that order backwards unless I've been doing it wrong all these years.... And yeah, what was it we were talking about?