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this administration is going nuts day by day. I don't know how people are even tolerating.

toomuchtodo 7mo ago
The people who can leave are leaving, those who cannot remain until potential change is possible. Bloomberg Editorial Board: The US Must Not Become a Nation of Emigrants - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-20/immigration-americans-yearning-to-leave-should-scare-lawmakers https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-20/immigr... | https://archive.today/a9DbM https://archive.today/a9DbM - March 20th, 2026 > A recent analysis found that US emigration has reached unprecedented levels. Much of this exodus is due to the administration’s deportation efforts, but by no means all. Last year, at least 180,000 American citizens left the Land of Opportunity to find a better life elsewhere. > During the recession of 2008, a Gallup poll found that about 1 in 10 Americans wanted to permanently leave the country. That figure is now 1 in 5. Among women ages 15 to 44, it’s a whopping 40%. Some of that sentiment is tied to politics, of course, but the emigration trend predates the current administration.
- russdill 7mo ago
  I take the Michael Bolton attitude, why should I leave, he's the one that sucks. There are elections coming up.
  - Shalomboy 7mo ago
    are there though?
    - toomuchtodo 7mo ago
      They are until they aren’t.
- kdheiwns 7mo ago
  I'm one who left before term one because I anticipated bad things happening. Term 2 is far worse than even my worst expectations. So far I have 2 good friends who left, and a few others got remote jobs and are currently working towards leaving. There's a whole world out there and a lot of it is great. I recommend trying a year outside to everyone I know, and I'm confident most people will be happy (excluding those who like seeing their extended families on a weekly basis, which many people do)
wpm 7mo ago
I don't know either. Every day we sink further. I'm losing my fucking mind.
petcat 7mo ago
It has nothing to do with the current administration. The Secure Equipment Act was passed in 2021 and signed into law by Joe Biden. > This law requires the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules stating that it will no longer review or approve any authorization application for equipment that poses an unacceptable risk to national security. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Equipment_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Equipment_Act
- mikeyouse 7mo ago
  The Biden administration declared ZTE, Huawei and a few other small Chinese companies as supply chain risks and prohibited importing their hardware --- the Trump administration just declared every single router made overseas as a risk. If you can't tell the difference between those two things... https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420034A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420034A1.pdf
- wrs 7mo ago
  There is quite a stretch from “unacceptable risk to national security” to “absolutely any foreign-made equipment”. And that stretch has everything to do with the current administration.
- huslage 7mo ago
  That act does not require the FCC to issue any blanket ruling like this. And the "unaccceptable risk" provision is legally dubious at best.
- mattkrause 7mo ago
  That's not entirely true. The Secure Equipment Act itself was passed in 2021, but the law itself doesn't proscribe any particular equipment or manufacturers. Instead, tells the FCC to create a list and delegates listing duties to various parts of the executive branch (national security agencies, Commerce, the Federal Acquisition Security Council). That's what changed yesterday and it was in fact done by the current administration.
- graemep 7mo ago
  That says "telecommunications equipment" and it sounds like its talking about network equipment. The page you link to does not mention any developments since 2022 so what has changed this month?
wrs 7mo ago
“Day by day?” “Tolerating?”
nclin_ 7mo ago
This is completely sane and consistent with the incessant lies, and crackdown on free speech across the US-owned internet. The free flow of information is a threat.
solid_fuel 7mo ago
Lotta people just stick their heads in the ground and ignore it, exactly like they did with all the warning signs during trump’s last term.
- wat10000 7mo ago
  Too many people have rebuilt their entire identity around the guy. It's just like people who get scammed and then keep giving money to the scammer even after you tell them what's going on. Admitting that they've been scammed would be a blow to the ego that they can't handle. Combine that with a general inability to understand or empathize with what's going on outside what they can directly see. How many Trump supporters have we seen who loved him cracking down on illegal immigrants until the crackdown came for someone they cared about, then suddenly it was an outrage (but only an outrage in that specific case)? How many have cheered tariffs until they had to pay a bunch more money for something? How many said "no more wars!" and thought it was great how Trump didn't invade anyone in his first term, and now are saying that attacking Iran is great because they've been an existential threat for half a century? This will be the same way. It'll be, yeah, stick it to those foreign bastards. America First! Then in a few months or years, "The store doesn't have any routers, what the hell?"

The people who can leave are leaving, those who cannot remain until potential change is possible. Bloomberg Editorial Board: The US Must Not Become a Nation of Emigrants - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-20/immigration-americans-yearning-to-leave-should-scare-lawmakers https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-20/immigr... | https://archive.today/a9DbM https://archive.today/a9DbM - March 20th, 2026 > A recent analysis found that US emigration has reached unprecedented levels. Much of this exodus is due to the administration’s deportation efforts, but by no means all. Last year, at least 180,000 American citizens left the Land of Opportunity to find a better life elsewhere. > During the recession of 2008, a Gallup poll found that about 1 in 10 Americans wanted to permanently leave the country. That figure is now 1 in 5. Among women ages 15 to 44, it’s a whopping 40%. Some of that sentiment is tied to politics, of course, but the emigration trend predates the current administration.

russdill 7mo ago
I take the Michael Bolton attitude, why should I leave, he's the one that sucks. There are elections coming up.
- Shalomboy 7mo ago
  are there though?
  - toomuchtodo 7mo ago
    They are until they aren’t.
kdheiwns 7mo ago
I'm one who left before term one because I anticipated bad things happening. Term 2 is far worse than even my worst expectations. So far I have 2 good friends who left, and a few others got remote jobs and are currently working towards leaving. There's a whole world out there and a lot of it is great. I recommend trying a year outside to everyone I know, and I'm confident most people will be happy (excluding those who like seeing their extended families on a weekly basis, which many people do)

wpm 7mo ago

I don't know either. Every day we sink further. I'm losing my fucking mind.

petcat 7mo ago

It has nothing to do with the current administration. The Secure Equipment Act was passed in 2021 and signed into law by Joe Biden. > This law requires the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules stating that it will no longer review or approve any authorization application for equipment that poses an unacceptable risk to national security. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Equipment_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Equipment_Act

mikeyouse 7mo ago
The Biden administration declared ZTE, Huawei and a few other small Chinese companies as supply chain risks and prohibited importing their hardware --- the Trump administration just declared every single router made overseas as a risk. If you can't tell the difference between those two things... https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420034A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420034A1.pdf
wrs 7mo ago
There is quite a stretch from “unacceptable risk to national security” to “absolutely any foreign-made equipment”. And that stretch has everything to do with the current administration.
huslage 7mo ago
That act does not require the FCC to issue any blanket ruling like this. And the "unaccceptable risk" provision is legally dubious at best.
mattkrause 7mo ago
That's not entirely true. The Secure Equipment Act itself was passed in 2021, but the law itself doesn't proscribe any particular equipment or manufacturers. Instead, tells the FCC to create a list and delegates listing duties to various parts of the executive branch (national security agencies, Commerce, the Federal Acquisition Security Council). That's what changed yesterday and it was in fact done by the current administration.
graemep 7mo ago
That says "telecommunications equipment" and it sounds like its talking about network equipment. The page you link to does not mention any developments since 2022 so what has changed this month?

wrs 7mo ago

“Day by day?” “Tolerating?”

nclin_ 7mo ago

This is completely sane and consistent with the incessant lies, and crackdown on free speech across the US-owned internet. The free flow of information is a threat.

solid_fuel 7mo ago

Lotta people just stick their heads in the ground and ignore it, exactly like they did with all the warning signs during trump’s last term.

wat10000 7mo ago
Too many people have rebuilt their entire identity around the guy. It's just like people who get scammed and then keep giving money to the scammer even after you tell them what's going on. Admitting that they've been scammed would be a blow to the ego that they can't handle. Combine that with a general inability to understand or empathize with what's going on outside what they can directly see. How many Trump supporters have we seen who loved him cracking down on illegal immigrants until the crackdown came for someone they cared about, then suddenly it was an outrage (but only an outrage in that specific case)? How many have cheered tariffs until they had to pay a bunch more money for something? How many said "no more wars!" and thought it was great how Trump didn't invade anyone in his first term, and now are saying that attacking Iran is great because they've been an existential threat for half a century? This will be the same way. It'll be, yeah, stick it to those foreign bastards. America First! Then in a few months or years, "The store doesn't have any routers, what the hell?"