Stop posting things like this. This is part of T's flood the space with shit strategy!
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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WTAF? They never went anywhere.
Why do you hate Christmas so much?
/s
It doesn't have to make sense.
They never went anywhere? They've been for sale around here all along.
certain states banned them. this would federally make it illegal to ban them at the state level, as far as I understand. you know, states' rights and all
Nah, a cursory glance at the article shows it’s about reversing a push by the Biden administration to transition federal locations to using paper straws.
Last summer, the Biden administration announced an initiative to reduce single-use plastics in federal operations.
In addition to working with the private sector, other stakeholders, and state, local, Tribal, and Territorial governments to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, it planned to phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics from food service operations, events, and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.
As a non American, maybe someone can help clarify something.
My understanding is that executive orders only apply to federal agencies. So does this just mean that cafeterias in federal office buildings will need to use plastic straws? And restaurants / stores are completely unaffected by this?
Yeah basically.
Praise Trump! He’s saved America by bringing plastic straws back to the White House cafeteria!
:D
someone fucking shoot me now
They didn’t go anywhere. You can get them. The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you. Buy all the plastic straws you want.
The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you.
Speak for yourself.
I am all The Woke Police on this blessed day :)
They didn’t go anywhere. You can get them.
And seventy some million voters suddenly forgot this was true as soon as they read about this great achievement from their God-king.
I'm picturing donvict hunched over each and every one of these dumbasses, rawdogging them w/ no lube because he'll be stealing all their benefits, putting them out of a job, putting them out on the street, deporting them, imprisoning them, quite possibly killing many of them with his policies, and then he says, mid-pump, "here, have a straw! I brought them back for you!"
We don't have to. The straws will do all the heavy lifting for us. /s
It's insidious stuff, those PFAS. :3
The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you
Okay, but what will they do this for? Asking for a friend...
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The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you.
Not with that attitude.
It's like he's going through every stupid fox and friends 'controversy' and just tries to 'fix' it. I think the closest anyone got to banning plastic straws is specific city ordinances in certain cities, and only for establishments that serve drinks.
People who complain about straws are like comedians who vomplain that they can't say anything anymore without being cancelled
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Jesus fuck. This cunt just cut NIH’s indirect cost payout to 15%, but at least we have plastic straws. This is going to cripple hospitals, universities, and all biomedical research in the USA.
Newsflash: his mission is to destroy the United States.
Yup. I imagine this is exactly what Putin, China, and the rich bilionaires want. I think they're playing at something the the fall of the USSR but with more of a 'controlled demolition' vibe. Oh, we'll all still get fucked while they power grab.
Yes, we're aware of why he's there.
executive order! very important issue
I'm half expecting his next executive order to be that all ocean cleanup efforts must immediately cease and that in fact dumping in the ocean is now mandatory and anyone caught trying to dispose of trash sustainably will be jailed.
Seriously, it's gone long past the point where anyone has the slightest excuse of supporting this orange painted clown in his blonde wig and comically oversized tie without just looking like evil pieces of shit.
It's like he's actively making his way through a list of anything actually good that society has managed to achieve in the last few decades and dismantling it. I mean, we all hate cardboard straws but this clearly isn't about straws.
The guy seems to literally want to see smog fill the air and plastic fill the oceans. While simultaneously making sure that everyone is as fucking miserable as possible in terms of both human rights and economy. So what the fuck is anyone's excuse for supporting this? I don't believe that there is anything a Trump supporter could tell me now that would convince me that they're not just evil, cruel, profoundly stupid, walking talking pieces of shit.
he's old and does not give a shit. it's never going to affect him or anyone he cares about.
The. Dumbest. Timeline.
And this helps me pay for groceries, how?
Maybe you're one of those families that buys mostly straws. The ones you see with little children huddled and sobbing around their parent who is desperately trying to hold back tears while explaining, "we can only afford 13 bags of straws this week instead of 36 because woke took away our plastic straws. And while duck calls will work just fine with biodegradable straws, they don't have the same mouth-feel as the ones that choke sea turtles."
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When a turtle chokes on a plastic straw, it will float to the surface, beach itself, and you can strap it to the roof of your car and drive it to your cottage where your family can feast on it for days.
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Paying for groceries is woke.
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The hero we need! Finally someone to stand up for little oil against big our children’s future!!!!!1
wow, a president is trying to bring back plastic straws that are already still here. get this guy on rushmore today...! why haven't other presidents done things that are as great?
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lemme guess. he slobbers all over his straws and the one time he was served a paper-based straw it got a little 'mushy'.
like windmills ruined his golf course view so they must be the worst way to generate energy
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I've got a plastic straw in my drink right now?
Thanks, Trump.
I hate doing coke with the paper ones.
If you're really old school, McDonalds used to give out coffee stirrer spoons. 
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