I'd be asking for asylum after getting across the border.

Apparently, they’re starting to deploy CBP agents on exit routes into Canada. It seems they started doing this months ago, with predictably catastrophic impact on Canadian cross-border tourism. But the obvious subtext is that they’re looking to more tightly control the movement of everyone, including US citizens - and in light of NSPM-7, they’re probably going to try going after ideological opponents.

So put your phone in lockdown mode before when crossing any US border, and restart it (and don’t unlock it before you’re through all border controls) so that it’s in BFU mode (this makes it a good bit more technically challenging for them to fuck with your device/scrape it for data/install any surveillance malware on it).

The fumes have been getting thick

The Iron Curtain dropped in a single night. Just saying.

Can't get in. Can't get out.

The only terrifying thing is someone was able to social engineer the airline into canceling his flight after he was through security.

If it was the government he wouldn't have been able to book another flight for the following day and stay at the airport hotel.

It's not his fault, mate. It's not normal to have your flight cancelled by the powers that be because you wrote something. He can't be blamed for not thinking of absolutely everything that might go wrong and acting on each.
The bottom line is that he should, by law and rights, have been allowed to travel.

The system works.

It’s not. If you read the article it very clearly says that. If you even opened the link the title said he left after being blocked.

Considering it was posted yesterday....

This is a lot of fear mongering for no reason.

Someone social engineered the airline and got his tickets cancelled.

Seems bad.

I am wondering why he didn't just go... Okay, so can I fly standby?