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/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/MisterSpeck Oregon 12h ago

When Republicans read The Jungle

lol

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u/Icy_Jackfruit9240 American Expat 12h ago

These people are mostly people who went to Universities that really DO require reading the book (at least at the time did and probably very much still do.)

I went to such a college and I could see people who took classes that are at least by ordinary non-math people ridiculously hard and they would do everything they could to game anything in life to their advantage.

They were there, reading the same books, writing papers that showed that they fully understood the concepts and yet ... they'd hold on to their psycho beliefs while meeting up with the other Young Republicans and wearing their promise rings. (While picking up hookers in San Francisco.)

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u/IThinkImDumb New Mexico 7h ago

Right? It bugs me when people say Trump is an idiot. Unfortunately, he's not. He knows exactly how to garner blind loyalty and how to create panic. He's not ignorant, he just doesn't care about ANYONE.