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EuterpeThelo

(412 posts)
10. They'll punish us first
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:04 PM
Tuesday

by not paying TSA again. All of us, the flying public, and all those poor TSA employees have already been through enough. Though I wish he'd stop governing by decree (his probably-illegal EO that nobody will challenge ordering TSA to be paid), at least SOME of those employees have been able to feed their families or pay their rent after weeks of uncertainty, only to have it snatched away again. All because these sadistic jag0ffs won't be forced to follow the already existing laws (including our Constitution) that purport to restrain ICE's murdering thugs.

My selfish reason is I have a very expensive trip booked to see my late husband's family and our friends in England in June and between this and worrying whether JetBlue will last that long, I am very concerned I'm going to lose my shirt on these travel plans.

I KNOW, and I feel guilcup whining when people are suffering SO many worse horrors than this, but (a) I worked REALLY hard for the money to pay for it, and if JB goes belly-up, I may not get it back and (b) that trip every year to my ancestral home is a spiritual pilgrimage to be with my loved ones on the anniversary of his passing that my soul NEEDS.

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