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Peacetrain

(24,304 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:45 PM 1 hr ago

You cannot make the kinds of cuts that were made to the USDA and FDA and not expect something like screwworm

infections coming back after they had been eliminated. Thousands of people were let go. Sweet mother .. what next??

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Katinfl

(916 posts)
14. The US was very lucky last year with no serious hurricanes. Doubt that will continue this year.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:22 PM
14 min ago

wnylib

(26,662 posts)
9. Vegetables are not immune to pests and diseases like e coli.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:52 PM
45 min ago

Just make sure that everything is thoroughly washed before eating it, especially cold veggie salads. Steam veggies in the microwave, except, of course leafy ones like lettuce.

Be sure that all meats are thoroughly cooked. I would not want to eat rare or medium rare beef in today's political atmosphere. It could be completely cooked without drying it out. Maybe cook beef in a broth or sauce. Or just don't eat beef. Too expensive now anyway.

RockRaven

(19,857 posts)
3. Also "foreign aid"
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:52 PM
1 hr ago

It's not just the cutting of people at government agencies, but cutting spending on programs in other countries which DIRECTLY benefited us.

tulipsandroses

(8,321 posts)
4. This is what happens when you let a drug addled buffoon who knows nothing about how government works
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:11 PM
1 hr ago

Take a chainsaw to destroy needed services. I’ve longed for the day that MAGA will realize that government is supposed to do more than “ owning the libs”.
We are going backwards to the dark ages. No enlightenment. Meanwhile other nations are moving forward, looking for the best scientists and experts. America has decided online trolls, know nothing loud mouth bigots and drug addled rich assholes should lead us.

jmowreader

(53,470 posts)
13. The drug addled buffoon knew what he needed to know to carry out his mission
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:21 PM
16 min ago

Specifically, which government agencies were in charge of regulating his businesses or his lifestyle choices. Those are the ones he mostly went after.

Retrograde

(11,467 posts)
17. Decades of effort devoted
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:34 PM
3 min ago

to scientific research, establishing the first national parks system, striving to raise the living standards of all Americans and much of the developing world, pre-eminence in arts and technology - all destroyed in months with the consent of Dear Leader and his drug-addled sidekick Eloon. Sure, put 20-somethings in charge of complex agencies: what could possibly go wrong?

EdmondDantes_

(2,211 posts)
5. At least you shouldn't
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:13 PM
1 hr ago

But when it was idiots making the decisions, they definitely weren't smart enough to foresee the foreseeable consequences of their actions.

SergeStorms

(20,927 posts)
10. SCREWWORM THE TRUMPUBLICANS!
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:57 PM
39 min ago

Anyone who doesn't vote for Democrats this November deserves the fascist bastards they vote into any office.

Dave Id

(351 posts)
16. It's more of the Republican and Trump deregulation crap
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:33 PM
4 min ago

RFK Jr's anti measles vaccination shit and now the increased number of measles outbreaks. It's like they're intentionally infecting people to thin out the population, particularly the poor.

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