the airports were shorthanded because all the tsa agents who took the job because they couldn't qualify as mall security, let alone real cops, but wanted the ability to harass and abuse strangers with impunity while not actually doing the job (over 90% of test objects routinely missed) left the airport for the fat ice signing bonus, so now they're going back to the airport with way more money
As a researcher, I usually attend several conferences in USA, but I have chosen not to do that until a democratic government is back. USA is losing tens of billions in tourism revenue during Trump.
I can't for the life of me , understand why people continue to visit the US. I will not return at this point unless that psycho and all his cronies are made to pay for their crimes against the world.
HERESY! hassling tourists from across the sea fishing through their suitcases handing them abuses but its just the price you pay visiting the USA open up your eager eyes for Mister Airport ICE
Not coming to an airport near ME. I'm not going to the USA. I've canceled a Vegas trip last year and will wait for things to calm ALOT down before risking taking my kids to Disneyland.
I was planning to visit my brother in the US this summer, three years since the last time I visited. But I started to think I will do something else this summer with my family.
Yep. I'm driving distance from them, ~1 hour. I have visited many places this year, NONE of them have been on the US side of the border. I have been all the way up to Kirkland Lake in -35c during a blizzard. I refuse to cross that fucking border.
And that’s the reason we went to Canada last year. This year it’s Italy. We miss our Us American friends, but we can’t do anything about it. They aren’t leaving out of fear about what might happen when they return, we absolutely won’t come near an US border because we don’t feel like being treated like a foe of the state….so there’s no way currently to meet. We even talked about meeting up in Canada last year, but it wasn’t poss, sadly…
Palantir does this automatically. It scrapes data on your public information so if you have for example a linkedin account with your name and you said something critical you will be flagged.
Nice try. Nothing on your phone is the biggest red flag of all. Be ready with a story of how you lost it that morning and picked up a new one in the way to the airport.
I agree. I moved to the US quite a few years ago. At first, it seemed ok, but lately I have come to regard that move as a mistake, and hope to be leaving soon.
Back in better days, as Finnish nationals, we've enjoyed several long tourist road trips in the United States, to places like Cape Canaveral, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, and the Pacific Coast Highway. The natural natural vistas were wonderful, and so were the people we met. Unfortunately I can't see any such trips in the future, just like I can't imagine visiting Russia or the PRC, unless the political situation radically changes.
Not sure what you mean but assuming you thoroughly hate Harris, then the choice was comparable to getting hit in the face or getting a bullit through your brain and 38% of people said: whatever, I'll let someone else decide.
So the option then is to not vote and run the chance of a homicidal maniac becoming president again? I can see how this absolves one in ones mind from what happened and still happens in Gaza. But does it? Are they better off because of people's protest-non-votes?
evildadunit
they're not funded either
PunnyTiger
the airports were shorthanded because all the tsa agents who took the job because they couldn't qualify as mall security, let alone real cops, but wanted the ability to harass and abuse strangers with impunity while not actually doing the job (over 90% of test objects routinely missed) left the airport for the fat ice signing bonus, so now they're going back to the airport with way more money
SilentScreamsX
I'm not going anywhere near the US any time soon.
My country even has a travel warning in place advising people not to go.
YippeeKayakOB
As a researcher, I usually attend several conferences in USA, but I have chosen not to do that until a democratic government is back. USA is losing tens of billions in tourism revenue during Trump.
GallusTadius
And that's just the US citizens returning home.
pipatron
They've been allowed to do this since 2001. There are no laws at the border.
pelleMovieHero
I can't for the life of me , understand why people continue to visit the US. I will not return at this point unless that psycho and all his cronies are made to pay for their crimes against the world.
Zetor
I'm rewatching The Man in the High Castle. It's... Interesting, considering what's going on now.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
That's the nice thing about the Trump regime: even if you don't boycott them for moral reasons, they'll give you plenty of practical reasons too.
youreathing
Who the fuck is still travelling to the US?
MaxxHadron
David Horsey is the best.
pm1001
This is to replace TSA. So not people arriving. For that there are already ice people in international arrivals.
Rijacki
Traveling as a US citizen from St. Louis to Vegas and getting the ICE shakedown is going to be so delightful. /s
veronicablood
HERESY!
hassling tourists from across the sea
fishing through their suitcases
handing them abuses
but its just the price you pay
visiting the USA
open up your eager eyes
for Mister Airport ICE
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
"The SS just need better training!" - Democrats
MouthyLurker
Not coming to an airport near ME. I'm not going to the USA. I've canceled a Vegas trip last year and will wait for things to calm ALOT down before risking taking my kids to Disneyland.
NotStephanie
What could possibly go wrong? /s
urusername2
He will just hire more goons. The haters love jobs like this. There no consequences for their actions!
Johnsky
Bye bye tourism industry.
crateo
I give it 3 hours tops until something goes really wrong.
user2000
I was planning to visit my brother in the US this summer, three years since the last time I visited. But I started to think I will do something else this summer with my family.
Johnsky
Yep. I'm driving distance from them, ~1 hour. I have visited many places this year, NONE of them have been on the US side of the border. I have been all the way up to Kirkland Lake in -35c during a blizzard. I refuse to cross that fucking border.
user2000
Maybe I should tell my brother to come to Canada; we could stay there for a few weeks, maybe.
Schlumpfi
And that’s the reason we went to Canada last year. This year it’s Italy. We miss our Us American friends, but we can’t do anything about it. They aren’t leaving out of fear about what might happen when they return, we absolutely won’t come near an US border because we don’t feel like being treated like a foe of the state….so there’s no way currently to meet. We even talked about meeting up in Canada last year, but it wasn’t poss, sadly…
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
Meanwhile across the border.
arrbos
Nice. Halifax waterfront.
happywalker
some proper police brutality :-P
LespritDeLescalier22
JEALOUS
DarthWaiterSE
I swear to God, I thought that was Tom Morello for a hot second.
creegro
HELP I'm being beaten with kindness!
Macetheace50
michaelozz62
The fascist states of trump are not on our list of holiday destinations
1403creed
Fewer.
3845i
Bye bye Murica...we will never see again...
EatPieLander
Checking every traveler's phone for illegal images, posts, and website history?
JohnSmithterms
Palantir does this automatically. It scrapes data on your public information so if you have for example a linkedin account with your name and you said something critical you will be flagged.
Evi1Gav
And laptops. Most companies that are secure now send staff visiting the US with a blank laptop and VPN software, along with a new company phone.
ilovebigmutts
If they scan your face and find your Facebook or other social media that is negative to the regime, Its see you later don't forget to become "right".
JAPONfan
yes, you think why trump and elon wank they tiny dicks over palantir and grok?
Isthe4thtimethecharm
They probably are hoping to find child porn to pass on to the dear leader.
gizmomelb
yeah they're looking for fresh pedo photo files to give to the orange leader.
tinyfootprints
I imagine sales of burner phones will escalate.
pandajack
Nice try. Nothing on your phone is the biggest red flag of all. Be ready with a story of how you lost it that morning and picked up a new one in the way to the airport.
Badprenup
It wouldn't be too hard to dummy up enough stuff to get past some mouth breathing ICE goon. They ain't known for their smarts, after all.
That said, you're better off just staying as far away from the US as possible.
tinyfootprints
I agree. I moved to the US quite a few years ago. At first, it seemed ok, but lately I have come to regard that move as a mistake, and hope to be leaving soon.
BackToTheOriginalUsername
Good thing i didn't plan to come anywhere near the US. I do feel sad for half of the population that's stuck with the christofascist.
ExTechOp
Back in better days, as Finnish nationals, we've enjoyed several long tourist road trips in the United States, to places like Cape Canaveral, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, and the Pacific Coast Highway. The natural natural vistas were wonderful, and so were the people we met.
Unfortunately I can't see any such trips in the future, just like I can't imagine visiting Russia or the PRC, unless the political situation radically changes.
FriendlySkynet
I did enjoy the Grand Canyon a lot and would love to take my wife there one day. But in this climate? No thank you.
firlefranz
ricpaul
It's not even a third of the population, the rest wanted this or didn't care enough to prevent it. https://imgur.com/zlXomYo
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ricpaul
Not sure what you mean but assuming you thoroughly hate Harris, then the choice was comparable to getting hit in the face or getting a bullit through your brain and 38% of people said: whatever, I'll let someone else decide.
AShartInTheWind
If you can't draw the line at genocide, where can you?
ricpaul
So the option then is to not vote and run the chance of a homicidal maniac becoming president again? I can see how this absolves one in ones mind from what happened and still happens in Gaza. But does it? Are they better off because of people's protest-non-votes?