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“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”
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Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.
It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.

Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice?

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

Texas is a truly amazing place (provided you can travel there without being targeted, etc.). What I wasn't expecting was a UK travel agent advertising a trip of the US's Deep South. For £5000, no less.

"The FBI director’s trip is not for ‘personal’ reasons [*certainly not!*], and was planned ‘months ago [*of course it was!*],’ an agency spokesperson said"
FBI Director Kash Patel takes agency jet to Italy and plans to attend Olympic hockey games | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-fbi-jet-winter-olympics-b2924039.html

US civil rights agency sues Coca-Cola distributor for excluding men from casino work trip (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dei-coca-cola-eeoc-lawsuit-andrea-lucas-867fd98ec6d05ab52e7e0a3711e9d492
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p90#a260219p90

Over two days of questioning
during his Senate confirmation hearings last year,
Robert F Kennedy Jr repeated the same answer.
He said the closely scrutinized trip he took to Samoa in 2019,
which came ahead of a devastating measles outbreak,
had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
Documents obtained by the Guardian and the Associated Press undermine that testimony.
Emails sent by staff at the US embassy and the United Nations provide, for the first time, …

Sheriff Chris Nanos accused of turning Nancy Guthrie case into bungling ego trip -- and FBI is desperate to take over (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/us-news/fbi-desperate-to-take-over-nancy-guthrie-case-from-ego-tripping-sheriff-chris-nanos/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p46#a260219p46

My prediction:
The return half of many round trip tickets held by US citizens to locations outside of the US will not be used.
Why will they not be used?
Because the return trip home will be in a body bag.
In other words, I am predicting that given the US actions (not merely today's invasion de jour), that US overseas travelers will become popular and easy targets for those who chose to use violence in response to US acts.

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent now handles ~33% of its customer support issues in North America, and it is preparing to roll out the feature globally (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/airb

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada | TechCrunch
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale."

What kind of person [allegedly] brings their own food for foreign travel when the foreign country they're traveling to is ITALY?
https://www.economictimes.com/news/international…

JD Vance’s 40-car motorcade draws ridicule after navigating narrow Italian streets
US Vice President JD Vance faced online backlash during his Italy visit. People reacted to his large security convoy in Milan and crowd boos at the Olympics opening ceremony. His trip included sports events and political meetings. The visit also came during tense US-Europe relations under President Donald Trump.

Why the US - both Democrats and Republicans - refuse to take action to stop the criminal abuses of the #NetanyahuAdministration is beyond me. These are crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, murder, theft.
Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank

Why the US - both Democrats and Republicans - refuse to take action to stop the criminal abuses of the #NetanyahuAdministration is beyond me. These are crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, murder, theft.
Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank

Three members of Congress say
the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr,
lied during his Senate confirmation hearings
in response to newly revealed emails that undermine his testimony that a trip he took to Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
The governor of Hawaii,
a medical doctor who responded to the crisis, also spoke out
– saying that the disclosure of the emails by the Guardian and the Associated Press show …

Italy averted Russian-linked cyberattacks targeting Winter Olympics websites, foreign minister says
https://apnews.com/article/italy-winter-olympics-us-cyberattacks-security-01b6af8e64606f31836c91faa6653d12

Italy says it has averted Russian-linked cyberattacks targeting Winter Olympics websites
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says Italy has foiled a series of cyberattacks targeting some of its foreign ministry offices, including one in Washington, as well as Winter Olympics websites and hotels in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Talking to reporters during a trip to the U.S. capital, Tajani said the attempted attacks were “of Russian origin,” but didn’t provide additional details. “We prevented a series of cyberattacks against foreign ministry sites, starting with Washington, and also inv…

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

Jasper @raedisch.net is joining us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver as his first trip to Canada.
Suggested movies or shows referencing Canada and/or Vancouver?
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Boris (@bmann.ca)
Jasper @raedisch.net is joining us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver as his first trip to Canada. Suggested movies or shows referencing Canada and/or Vancouver? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

The dream holiday ended abruptly on Friday 26 September, as British tourists Karen and Bill Newton were trying to leave the US.
When they crossed the border, Canadian officials told them they didn’t have the correct paperwork to bring the car with them.
They were turned back to Montana on the American side – and to US border control officials.
Bill’s US visa had expired; Karen’s had not.
“I worried then,” she says. “I was worried for him. I thought, well, at least I a…

Über den Nachfolger von Kristi Noem

We called up the former congressman, who told us about an AIPAC-sponsored trip to Israel in August 2015 that he remembered about 40 members attending, plus many spouses. Among those spouses was his wife, KATHLEEN “KAPPY” TROTT.

At this point, he handed the phone over to Kappy. She told us about the flight to Israel, which was hampered by layovers and delays. Though they were promised a quick shower in the hotel upon arriving, that schedule w…

I've been making a point of wearing LGBT flare in the US this last year, but no one seems to notice or care. Fine! But on this trip in Rome I'm pretty sure several folks have been friendlier to me on seeing my rainbow watchband. Lots of flirty waiters.

Sunny Naqvi, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen, is now back at home
after her family says she spent about 43 hours in Department of Homeland Security custody.
Customs and Border Patrol officials are now disputing her relatives' claims.
Naqvi was born in Evanston and raised in the Chicago suburbs.
A few weeks ago, she was set to travel overseas on a work trip with five other people. That group included three U.S. citizens and three green card holders, all in the U.S. legal…

DHS detains US citizen from Evanston at O'Hare, releases her in Wisconsin after nearly 2 days
Family said agents told them Sunny Naqvi was not in custody despite her phone location showing her at the Broadview facility.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein's Island (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/howard-lutnick-epstein-island.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p113#a260130p113

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116203604774786289
US Senator Chris Larson wrote on Facebook,
“Meet Sunny Naqvi.
A lifelong U.S. Citizen from Illinois,
Naqvi was returning home from a business trip with 5 other people,
who were all in the country l…