Anti-fascists are always persecuted, usually outnumbered, and they are way more often the underdog than we'd like to think they are. One of the biggest dangers of fascism is that it is legitimately popular. People don't know what's best for them, they love a strongman, even when a small minority is willing to tell them exactly how that is going to go for them, they won't believe it.

I'd think the same, though it sounds like the US border guards might try to stop him ever reaching the Canadian side. Still, no airline is involved and it doesn't need to be booked in advance so there'd be a pretty good chance of getting through.

You can't claim asylum in Canada from the US. They have agreements.

"Ties to antifa" is how fascist morons understand a professor who researches antifascist movements. And it sounds like some Rutgers students are among the morons. Could be one of them who called to cancel his booking. That's better than it being the government or the airline doing it, but it still indicates that fascists are getting bolder and bolder.

Sure, but he has to get out first

Yes I love giving half my paycheck to health insurance And then they tell me what I can and can't do for treatment when I need it. Health insurance companies are the true death panels once again GOP projection.

If ever the day comes that we get universal healthcare I am going to be dancing on the ashes of private health insurance stocks

Fascist morons saying anything Canada does is "too radical" is my laugh of the day. We're kinda the standard for "second place" at anything, and that's totally ookay.

“‘Someone’ cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second,” Bray posted on Bluesky social media. “We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’”

I confess that I know nothing about cancelling reservations like this, but who exactly has the power to cancel a reservation after you've gone through security, picked up your boarding passes, and checked your bags? Could some rando have called the airline and done it at that point? I would think that the computer would flag the customer service person that the traveler was already checked in and ready to board. But then, maybe I'm giving their systems too much credit.

Thank you, the comments are maddening as nobody seems to have read the article. His ticket was mysteriously cancelled after he was in the airport. It’s not like law enforcement detained him or prevented him which is what the title insinuates. At the time of writing he was rescheduled to fly and was staying the night in a hotel waiting for his flight.

My concern here is that the govt shutdown and lack of faa workers is behind the cancellation. We need to focus. I hope he's able to catch the next flight outta here.

weird, i'm not hitting it

Do some legwork. Bypassing it is pretty basic.