This little-known company is a major funder of right-wing politics. You've probably eaten their chicken.

[UpInArms]

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When the investigator Joseph Allman entered one of the facility’s sprawling barns, he found chickens packed wall to wall, including three dead, decaying birds. The place smelled “awful and noxious,” he said, and as he waded through the barn’s “blanket of chickens,” Allman found plenty more dead animals. Right outside the barn, Allman told me recently, there was a massive pile of manure “completely littered with dead bodies and body parts.”

Over the following year, the investigators returned to the farm and also visited another operation in the area raising birds for Mountaire, where they found similar conditions. In January, Sherstin Rosenberg — a veterinarian who reviewed the footage — wrote that there were multiple birds “unable to reach food or water due to severe limb deformity and disease, or because they are stuck on their backs and unable to get up.” Several dead birds, the footage showed, had been “left to decompose for days to weeks,” according to Rosenberg.

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In 2016, Cameron and his wife gave millions to Trump-aligned PACs, which made him one of the biggest donors to Trump. Across the 2020 and 2024 election cycles, Cameron gave another $4.7 million.

Cameron has also contributed to several current and former House Freedom Caucus members and far-right Senate candidates, as well as over $14 million to political action committees (PACs) linked to the Koch Brothers and over $2 million to PACs operated by the Club for Growth.

All told, Cameron has given around $75 million to candidates, PACs, and state parties since 2014 — over 99 percent of it to Republicans — making him one of the 50 biggest political contributors in recent election cycles



Much more worth reading at:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/405341/mountaire-farms-poultry-investigation-trump

[SharonClark]

1. Thanks for sharing.

You’re right, I’ve never heard of them.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Do they supply other brands or restaurants?

Kind of common. Asking b/c Mountaire is a new name to me too.

[UpInArms]

6. Here's what I found

https://mountaire.com/

[sir pball]

7. They're extremely common in the restaurant business

If you just ask for "boneless skinless breasts" or what have you when you're ordering from your wholesaler, it's a better than 50-50 shot you're going to get Mountaire. Need to ask for a fancier brand like Bell & Evans or FreeBird if you want to steer clear of them.

[magicarpet]

3. Multiple shadow governments right under our noses.

[SheltieLover]

4. Kick

TY!

[mucholderthandirt]

5. There should be no big donations, a firm limit to donations...

And absolutely no companies of any size contributing to any politician or party.

Take the money out of politics, meaning no one becomes a millionaire while serving, or after using their influence, and most of this idiocy would dry up.

[milestogo]

8. Never eaten their chicken.

Vegetarian since 2010.

[hunter]

9. I hope they are crushed by tarifs and all their workers vanish.

I'll avoid their chicken too.

[Demovictory9]

10. There's no clear path to breaking the meat industry's grip over American politics on the horizon, but there is something

There’s no clear path to breaking the meat industry’s grip over American politics on the horizon, but there is something anyone can do — starting today — to push back against the kinds of horrific allegations made against Mountaire and other poultry giants: Eat less chicken.

[Coventina]

11. Makes me happy to be vegetarian!

[flvegan]

12. Couple things about this article

First, it's a pretty good read. Thing is, the horrible conditions at this CAFO are common in this industry. Very common. This is not an isolated instance of a "farm behaving badly."

Second, I recommend reading the article to the end. Some might find some of the information, graphs and links interesting to say the least.

Thanks for posting!