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applegrove

(129,822 posts) Sun Dec 14, 2025, 03:31 PM Sunday

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USA, the new hermit kingdom (Jeff Tiedrich) [View all]

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BULLSHIT WHERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES NOW HAS TO HAND OVER FIVE YEARS WORTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FOR INSPECTION? IS DONNY DEMENTO TRYING TO KILL THE TOURISM INDUSTRY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO TODAY'S EXTREMELY ANGRY POST. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/49196VY
— Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T19:00:59.423Z

Applegrove: because who who speaks their mind is going to go to the US? This is likely meant to keep civil society and liberals from traveling to the US and talking to Americans. Pure hermit kingdom ****!

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USA, the new hermit kingdom (Jeff Tiedrich) [View all] applegrove Sunday OP

This only applies to POC from "shithole" countries, folks from Norway will be exempt. sop Sunday #1

No, it applies to 45 countries in the current visa waiver program Ocelot II Sunday #2

Do you believe it will be applied equally? sop Sunday #3

If they want to keep liberals from uniting around the world applegrove Sunday #4

They'll tell them to hand over the info (email addresses, social media, birthplaces, dates, addresses of direct family muriel_volestrangler Sunday #6

Tourism is already tanked. This should finish it off...nt Wounded Bear Sunday #5

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