US continues to go backward...

So we hate tourism now. Got it

Are we great again yet?
No.....we hate potentially opposing view points to the present administration and the people who have them. People like this....

While events such as these are impacting others' decisions. Comic book creator Ryan Estrada posted on BlueSky,

"Hyun Sook and I have officially canceled our 4 month trip to the US. We have planned this trip for years, I was about to announce events across the country, and Hyun Sook resigned from the job she loved and held for a decade so she'd be available. But the US is no longer a safe place to travel. With what's happened THIS WEEK, all it'd take is for a border guard to find out Hyun Sook was attending a book conference to accuse her of planning illegal work and have ICE drag her handcuffed to a concrete cell. Finding out she writes BANNED books might put them in a mood to make things worse. WHO KNOWS how much worse things will get by the summer when we planned to leave, or while we were there. She wrote her book about living under a dictator to warn us that it was possible. Time has proven that it is, and I don't plan to make her relive it. SOOOO to make up for all these lost events I'll be loading up on virtual visits and podcast appearances! If you want me to talk to your class, your library, your book club, your podcast, or such… give me a holler. I don't charge nothin', I just like talking about books."

And after that blew up a little, Ryan added,

"This thread was meant to update friends, but has gotten far more attention that expected, from politicians and reporters so I'd better add context before it is wildly misunderstood. I am an American living in Korea with my wife Kim Hyun Sook. We write books together… Banned Book Club, No Rules Tonight, and Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit are our books about her experiences growing up under a dictator in 1980s Korea. Banned Book Club has been banned in Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas. We had planned a 4 month trip of book festivals, book talks, and important family gatherings, but due to safety concerns have cancelled said trip. I wouldn't be in danger at the border, but she would. I will neither risk her safety or abandon her her for 4 months to talk about her book without her."
 
We're all just handwringing and clutching pearls over something we have no control.

And look at all that fraud and cost savings the Elon bros are finding.

We should give it more time to let them correct these little missteps.
Haha. Yeah. That sounds about right. I guess I should just let go of the pearls, been clutching them too tightly.
 
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