Anonymous wrote:Musk’s net worth has tumbled down over a $100 billion in recent days.

Anonymous wrote:Ah the schadenfruede is delicious.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/01/paper-straws-plastic-trump-business/


The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future.
After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, Illinois, and sells to more than 1,000 restaurants, bars, coffee shops and casinos.
But now, two years in, Spinelli says the party is over. President Donald Trump’s executive order last month calling to “end the use of paper straws” dealt a swift, decisive blow to his business, Boss Straw. Orders have stalled, even though the action only stopped purchases of paper straws by the federal government. Instead of selling $800,000 worth of straws this year, Spinelli fears it’ll be one-tenth of that.

“Our distributors are saying, ‘Everyone’s going back to plastic now because of the president,’” he said. “The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.”‘“

Anonymous wrote:Ah the schadenfruede is delicious.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/01/paper-straws-plastic-trump-business/


The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future.
After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, Illinois, and sells to more than 1,000 restaurants, bars, coffee shops and casinos.
But now, two years in, Spinelli says the party is over. President Donald Trump’s executive order last month calling to “end the use of paper straws” dealt a swift, decisive blow to his business, Boss Straw. Orders have stalled, even though the action only stopped purchases of paper straws by the federal government. Instead of selling $800,000 worth of straws this year, Spinelli fears it’ll be one-tenth of that.

“Our distributors are saying, ‘Everyone’s going back to plastic now because of the president,’” he said. “The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.”‘“

Anonymous wrote:Instead of "I told you so" say "where do you get your news?" might get a snarky defensive response but at least you plant a seed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love saying, "I told you so...". I said to Hispanic Trump supporters that MAGA won't care if you are a US citizens or not. They will assume you are illegal, and treat you as such.

Told ya so...

“Machado was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents near his home, he said.

“They didn’t ask me for any ID,” Machado said. “I was telling the officer if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me."

An agent then asked Machado how did he get into the U.S. and if he was awaiting a court date or if he had a pending immigration case.

"And I told him I was an American citizen," Machado said. "He looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, ‘Do you believe him?’”


I was a Trump supporter,” he said. “I voted for Trump last election."

Machado said he thought the Trump administration would "just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals.”

“That’s what they’re doing, now,” Machado said. “They’re just following Hispanic people.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-citizen-detained-ice-questions-232654220.html

My BIL now has a 2-hour commute each way—was a rabid Trump defender. Told ya so..

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CNN
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Michael Graugnard said he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election because he felt Trump was the best candidate to improve the economy.

But three months into his new role as an attorney advisor for the US Department of Agriculture, Graugnard was laid off along with thousands of other federal employees. The termination, Graugnard said, came as a surprise given his managers had assured him his job was safe.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/us/fired-federal-workers-trump-voters/index.html

🎻

Imagine the mental gymnastics it took to work for the federal government and vote for the guy who wanted to dramatically shrink the federal government. Watching all of this unfold has convinced me that people have zero ability to see cause and effect. Holy Moses.

Anonymous wrote:CNN
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Michael Graugnard said he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election because he felt Trump was the best candidate to improve the economy.

But three months into his new role as an attorney advisor for the US Department of Agriculture, Graugnard was laid off along with thousands of other federal employees. The termination, Graugnard said, came as a surprise given his managers had assured him his job was safe.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/us/fired-federal-workers-trump-voters/index.html

🎻

Anonymous wrote:Ah the schadenfruede is delicious.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/01/paper-straws-plastic-trump-business/


The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future.
After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, Illinois, and sells to more than 1,000 restaurants, bars, coffee shops and casinos.
But now, two years in, Spinelli says the party is over. President Donald Trump’s executive order last month calling to “end the use of paper straws” dealt a swift, decisive blow to his business, Boss Straw. Orders have stalled, even though the action only stopped purchases of paper straws by the federal government. Instead of selling $800,000 worth of straws this year, Spinelli fears it’ll be one-tenth of that.

“Our distributors are saying, ‘Everyone’s going back to plastic now because of the president,’” he said. “The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.”‘“

Anonymous wrote:I love saying, "I told you so...". I said to Hispanic Trump supporters that MAGA won't care if you are a US citizens or not. They will assume you are illegal, and treat you as such.

Told ya so...

“Machado was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents near his home, he said.

“They didn’t ask me for any ID,” Machado said. “I was telling the officer if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me."

An agent then asked Machado how did he get into the U.S. and if he was awaiting a court date or if he had a pending immigration case.

"And I told him I was an American citizen," Machado said. "He looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, ‘Do you believe him?’”


I was a Trump supporter,” he said. “I voted for Trump last election."

Machado said he thought the Trump administration would "just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals.”

“That’s what they’re doing, now,” Machado said. “They’re just following Hispanic people.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-citizen-detained-ice-questions-232654220.html