Sounds to me like the USDA is working as intended: they caught a company doing shady stuff and forced a recall.

Are you really trying to spin your own narrative here, using cherry-picked data and your own link as "evidence"?

The Boar's Head *and* McDonalds outbreaks were in 2024 under the previous admin, way before DOGE, completely undermining this sneed.

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MyHonestOpinon 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't really know if this is the cause. But the whole DOGE thing sounded highly irresponsible. Did they understand what they were cutting. Furthermore, there may be even worst consequences in the more distant future.

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porkpieshoe 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

DOGE carefully cut:

- NLRB which was investigating employees fired as retaliation for criticizing Musk's actions

- OFCCP which was auditing Tesla for workplace discrimination

- EEOC which had sued Tesla for racial harassment and discrimination

- Five separate Inspectors General who were investigating Musk's companies

- NHTSA which has forced Tesla to perform recalls

- CFPB which had proposed rules that would cover Musk's planned payment product

- USDA (specifically the person investigating Neuralink)

- FDA - also the people investigating Neuralink

- SEC, FTC, and NOAA - again, those with Musk related business were cut

I am not saying that Musk bribed his way into killing nearly all of the regulatory actions he was facing ... but I am not NOT saying that either.

It's pretty clear that DOGE had a lot to do with consolidation of power, and very little to do with cost cutting.

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shepardrtc 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Did they understand what they were cutting.

No, they were using llm prompts to make decisions.

	▲	soniczentropy 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They absolutely understood exactly what they were doing. They're stupid, but they're not STUPID. Don't let them excuse malice by faking incompetence

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jrflowers 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> using cherry-picked data and your own link as "evidence"?

“Your own link”? Do you think the poster you’re replying to is The New York Times?