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Not surprised.

  1. Plane accidents are more common now because of Trump firing hundreds of FAA staff.
  2. Red states are death zones unsafe to visit, so fewer possible destinations.
  3. Who can afford air travel when we’re on the brink of not just a recession, but another great depression?
  4. Assuming the travel is for leisure, who can fucking relax in these circumstances?? The closest I could come to a vacation right now is quietly weeping in the dark on a weekend or getting high enough to sleep for 16 hours straight.
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  1. Who can trust that every border won’t now be a place where one will be greeted by TSA, ICE, and a warm friendly “Papers please”?
    Especially, but not only, women of childbearing age.
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  1. Even domestic airports can be within the 100 mile border zone. Say “hi” to the friendly CBP agents who can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation without a warrant because they are “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.”
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Yup. Already doing it on trains:

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Mia goes full Rand Paul on the podcast today.

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I’m honestly very worried about this. My wife is demanding a vacation and I just know that despite us all being citizens, we’ll get stopped because of skin color.

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AI infrastructure investment may be $8T shot in the dark

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Why, it’s almost like reading history that isn’t driven by white nationalist ideology is helpful! But that can’t be right! I heard that it’s woke to read real history…

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Red, white, and blew it? Trump tariffs may cost America the AI race

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Subaru Canada To Start Importing Most Foresters From Japan Instead Of Just The U.S. Due To Trump Tariffs

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And the new hybrid Foresters – with a new, better way of doing the hybrid part – are only being manufactured in Japan for now anyway, unlike all the Subarus being made in Indiana.

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It’s not that big of a change, really. It’s going back to an approach from less than a decade ago when Subaru’s larger platforms like the Legacy and Outback were built in Indiana but the smaller vehicles like the Forrester, Impreza and Crosstrek were built in Japan, even for the US market.

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Tariffs and other reasons why food prices are going up, explained by Robert Reich:

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It makes Brexit appear almost reasonable.

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/28/trump-economic-plans-reality-check-00309673

As a right-of-center economist who has spent nearly 25 years producing research that warns against the dangers of unrestrained federal spending and debt, I am concerned that Republicans are dramatically over-promising and under-delivering. It’s not an issue of left-versus-right. Rather, Trump is offering policies and promises that — even on their own terms — don’t make any sense. The president’s vision cannot successfully produce fiscal responsibility or economic prosperity because nearly every statement and action contradicts each other. And ultimately, it is American families and businesses who will suffer from this fog of policy confusion.

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