I guess the Irish and Italians aren’t white any more. We’re getting closer to pinning down the time period where America was ‘great’.

They probably weren’t out partying carrying their birth certificate on them. At this stage you’re probably considered illegal if you can’t prove your citizenship right then and there.

Though hopefully the NYC congestion charge will serve as a positive example there.

Which is why they’re trying so hard to kill it. If Manhattan actually becomes a pleasant place to be in instead of the traffic hell it’s been traditionally, people in other cities might ask questions. And that’s the stuff that scares car companies, as they’ve been charging a fortune for what is unfortunately a necessity in many places Americans live.

And in the short term at least move to Europe.

I mean, there was this whole thing of her getting in a huge car accident just a few months ago. There was definitely some weird stuff going on.

Impressed they haven’t tried suing yet.

China is already making better cars for way less, but I guess the good thing for them is that they won’t sell to the US.

I could imagine ICE intentionally covering up signs to induce more mistakes like this.

The Citroen AMI doesn’t have speakers either, it comes with a Bluetooth speaker instead, which you can use outside the car. It makes sense if you just think of the entertainment stuff as something that shouldn’t be part of the car and can easily be upgraded/replaced down the line.

Nah, Rubio has just always had the ambition for more, and being secretary of state would give him a leg up in future presidential contests in normal times. The problem is that being in Trump’s cabinet is actually never a good thing, as you’ll either be forced to do things that are the opposite of what you’ve stood for your whole career, you do something illegal, or you quit/get fired in disgrace.

And then, when we get into a post-Trump era someday, you won’t even be able to denounce Trump in the same way every Republican is now pretending they never liked George W Bush.

The point of those questions is to make potential immigrants commit the crime of lying on federal forms, which gives the government an easy way to cancel the visa.

I guess they can use the rest of the time to join protests and run for office.

I thought the only question remaining was whether he’s doing it on purpose or if it’s just incompetence.

Great, everyone’s a terrorist now, and the thing we said would happen if you carve out exceptions in the law for terrorists is happening. Everyone that voted for the patriot act and equivalents in other countries did this.

I bet they get a bonus for every ‘illegal’ they catch.

It’s a good way to demonstrate that those ‘free speech absolutists’ are always full of shit. They just want to be able to say the N-word again, and they’ll absolutely continue to do everything to suppress your speech, especially if it’s something that threatens their money.

Yeah, it would be politically smart for Trump to just blame Musk for all the unpopular DOGE stuff after firing him, but I’m not sure he would just because he only respects people that are richer than him.

You mean hostel and Greyhound bus money as opposed to just hostel money for one place?

They might have booked the trip before it was clear it was going to be so bad, and I doubt you can get your money back on a ticket for something like that. They probably rolled the dice and hoped for the best. It’s always been a roulette of whether you’d get a ‘good’ border patrol agent or some guy with a chip on his shoulder. It’s just that the latter feels more empowered now and there’s nobody keeping them in check.

I doubt it’s common. I’ve traveled to Australia and the US (and a bunch of other places) with just a few nights in a hostel booked, sometimes even without a return flight. Might be different if you’ve got a middle eastern name or something like that, but pretty much every backpacker travels this way.

Imagine booking 2 years ahead when you’re on a writing holiday visa, that’s just nuts.