cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65781855

Members of Congress are being urged to investigate President Donald Trump’s plan to import hundreds of thousands of metric tons of foreign beef in a bid to lower grocery store costs, amid growing frustration from farm-state lawmakers and the nation’s embattled ranchers at the proposal.

Under the plan, the administration would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings into the U.S. tariff-free from a still-unspecified source country for a 90-day period beginning September 1—which Trump said would then be sold “at 25 percent below current market prices."

“Congress needs to have an emergency hearing on this,” John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, said in response to the proposal, which the president said would “reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.”

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    People in general just don’t think enough when they’re voting. People in general just don’t think enough.

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    You weren’t supposed to tread on me. 😭

    Ranchers deserve to experience absolute ruin for all of the evil they supported when it didn’t touch them.

    “It’s an emergency now!!” He stole nearly 3 billion dollars from the American people, but now he’s stealing millions from us. Have the days you voted for you fucking bigot cowards. Ranchers are the real screw worms, because they’re parasites suckling off the government teet while they cry about big government. I hope it dries up and you become just like most gen z and millennial without a single sq ft of property or money to your names.

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    Its ok, they’ll magically forget when Trump’s socialist “look the other way” bailout bribe comes in before the midterms.

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    You don’t have to go full vegan or vegetarian. Reducing beef intake without giving it up is better than nothing. Even swapping to chicken or pork for a meal or two a week will impact your big picture water usage more than you’d think.

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      This is the way.

      I had steak for the first time in like two years yesterday, it was incredible. It was a whole event, a good time all around

      Then I picked up some produce and now I just started soaking some beans to cook for the week

      A hardliner position is pretty much the least effective method imaginable to win people over. I’m convinced it’s enemy action

      You don’t need to make people vegetarian, you shouldn’t even put a vegan label on things. You just have to normalize not eating meat every meal

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      I’ve been replacing the minimal amount of ground beef we use with bison because it’s good but also because I live with picky motherfuckers who won’t eat Morningstar crumbles even though they taste fine to me.

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      I’m like 80% vegan. Still do bacon and eggs on the weekend and sometimes chicken with dinner. Even if everyone in the U.S. only became 50% vegan it would be pretty huge.

      I feel like so many people think it’s an “all or nothing” type of thing. Where either you’re 100% vegan or you don’t even bother with it.

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      My husband eats beef every meal I swear. I’ve stopped eating it entirely, best I can do.

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    Oh, tainted beef (oh, oh)

    Tainted beef

    Leopards eat my face

    Agribusiness takes my place

    Vote for you though you hurt me so

    Screwworms come and I got to go

    Tainted beef (oh)

    Tainted beef (oh)

    Tainted beef (oh)

    Tainted beef (oh)

    Feed me, baby, tainted beef

    Feed me, baby, tainted beef…

    Apologies to Soft Cell

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    Yeah, Farmers thought they were included in Trump’s America but they forgot to leave their bribe donation at the door.

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    Lol.

    I hope these welfare queens are hurting bad. I hope it destroys them. To be honest, I’m not sure I trust the food I eat coming from such simpletons.

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    I found the report!

    We investigated.

    He betrayed you.

    You’d better shut up and take it.

    Suck it losers!

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    You hired representatives that refuse to question or investigate Trump. You’ll keep getting fucked until you start voting Democrat.

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      You will keep getting fucked until you vote for people who aren’t out to fuck you. Democrats are not excluded.

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        Ok, so nothing in the near term will help at all. Thanks for the input.

        For intelligent people, one thing being better than the other is still better. I don’t like the two party system either but it’s not going to change by us continuing to refuse to participate.

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        Reminder that voting 3rd party is fine in local/state elections, but you have to be a special kind of stupid to vote 3rd party in a presidential election.

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        At the current moment, democrats are the only option to stop what’s happening. After the current mess is dealt with, exploring other options are viable again.

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          Democrats aren’t going to to shit

          Progressives will, even if they have a D next to their name. We need to take the party infrastructure by force

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            Well they’re the only ones with the power to do anything so if they can’t, you might as well give up and kiss America goodbye for the last time. Its maybe your last meaningful vote, might as well take the chance they will.

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          Voting 3rd party right now is like refusing to let the firefighters onto your property while a wildfire burns down the neighborhood.

          “Can’t trust the firefighters! They have ‘fire’ right in the name! Every-time there is a fire the firefighters are there! Coincidence?”

          Meanwhile, republicans are running around with cans full of gas and a box full of matches…

          Edit: Oh and the third party candidate is seemingly promising to build a utopia out of the ashes and saying this fire is very unjust and shouldn’t have happened in the first place.

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            the third party candidate is seemingly promising to build a utopia out of the ashes and saying this fire is very unjust and shouldn’t have happened in the first place.

            this is precisely what I want from a candidate

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          DAMN YOU ASSHOLES! SHE HAD A FUNNY LAUGH! WHY DO YOU SUPPORT GENOCIDE?!? GAZAAAAAAAAAAA!