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Florida Republicans pass bill renaming Palm Beach airport after Trump (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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God, booking a flight is going to be really tedious by the time all airports are named after this asshole. I'd prefer the outcome where all restaurants are Taco Bell.

Democrats in Florida have condemned Republican colleagues in the state legislature who approved the renaming of the airport in West Palm Beach the “President Donald J Trump International Airport”, less than a week after lawyers for Trump sought to trademark the name.

Only the signature of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, now stands before a renaming ceremony at the airport less than six miles from the US president’s waterfront Mar-a-Lago mansion and private resort club in Palm Beach.

Currently known as Palm Beach International, the airport is frequented by Trump on Air Force One on most weekends during the winter season. The president is then driven to and from his residence along a stretch of road renamed Donald J Trump Boulevard in January in another act of homage by the Florida legislature.

The airport bill passed the Florida house by 81 votes to 30 on Tuesday in a strictly partisan vote after vocal pushback from a number of Democratic state representatives. It was then swiftly ushered through by state senators two days later.

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[–] Toneswirly@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

he's referencing Demolition Man, which the article also references with its "everything is named Taco Bell" joke. The movie takes place in the future, where there were "franchise wars" after which Taco Bell won and all food is named after it. The seashells were an esoteric system of personal bathroom hygiene that is never full explained, just a joke about how the future is weird.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm aware of all this. The user I responded to claims to know how to use them, and I'm sick of swearing just for toilet paper.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Under the third seashell is the controls for the bidet. No one checks there.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 22 hours ago

That must be a huge fucking seashell.