#okay. when meat packing plants are somehow even less regulated than before and grocery prices don't even go down i hope they remember that.

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the scariest part of this to me is the schedule f shit. he's gonna try to give himself the power to essentially fire and replace any government employee at will and he's pretty much guaranteed to succeed. like forget deregulation he can put any yahoo he wants in major positions of power in the FDA regardless of how unqualified and profit-motivated they are and scare anyone who knows what they're talking about into never talking at all because they'll be replaced if they're too inconvenient or piss off their republican appointed bosses too much. the EPA and the FTC and the FCC and the weather service and the CDC and the list goes on. like shit has always sucked but these used to be nonpartisan institutions and it's horrifying to think that everything from media regulations to weather reporting to environmental protections to food and drug safety laws to disease management is probably gonna end up bottlenecked and butchered by some fuckhead who doesn't believe in science. like people are going to die from this and it will have an impact on every aspect of everyday life. i really hate to be so pessimistic because it isn't helpful and it isn't hopeful but holy shit it is so hard to be anything but terrified and furious right now.