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Scully

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13. My mind went a different direction...

Reply to fujiyamasan (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:50 PM

Thursday

... as in, what do they know that they aren't saying? What is going to be happening soon that would make it difficult for those abroad to travel back home? All kinds of thoughts from relatively innocuous (e.g., all the international flights being cancelled due to fuel shortages) to the decidedly not innocuous (e.g., dumbass in chief plans to launch a nuke). Maybe I just have a vivid imagination for catastrophe, but I don't trust this.

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An unelected person telling Senate approved Cabinet what to do? pwb Thursday #1

Not unusual Boo1 Thursday #14

she wants them close by so they can be fired. Is she the one running the country? dem4decades Thursday #2

She is on loan from Netanyahu. pwb Thursday #3

I think she & Miller are doing a lot behind the scenes. TBF Thursday #10

I don't either, just think she would be doing more to reign in the monster vapor2 17 hrs ago #23

Afraid they will be arrested by a foreign government for violating international laws? biophile Thursday #4

Or Maduro style "apprehension." BattleRow Thursday #12

BINGOIIII nt Kahuna Yesterday #22

Why? not fooled Thursday #5

This is political theater fujiyamasan Thursday #6

"They want to avoid Cancun Cruz type photos I guess." BumRushDaShow Thursday #8

I wonder if this applies to business travel only... COL Mustard Yesterday #18

Well I think the suggestion has to do with travel using government resources and vouchering BumRushDaShow Yesterday #19

I think it's probably both an optics and a security measure. COL Mustard Yesterday #20

For some reason BumRushDaShow Yesterday #21

But Patel was supposedly on business. lmao vapor2 17 hrs ago #24

My mind went a different direction... Scully Thursday #13

With this gang you never know... fujiyamasan Thursday #16

Wish some nation would put the cuffs on Trump, Hegseth, Vance, and Rubio for crimes against humanity. pat_k Thursday #7

Good Lord Prairie Gates Thursday #9

Better yet lonely bird Thursday #11

The agency noted that Trump and his trade officials GenThePerservering Thursday #15

...and his sons and son in law. Marcuse Yesterday #17