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Trevor Foster

@darthfos.bsky.social

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Technology enthusiast, random project nerd and generally nice person that is looking forward to joining the 🇨🇦 Dark Side

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 5d

The September data has arrived & I just updated my worksheet.

September 2024 vs 2025

Air Travel
All Int'l: down 7.0% (1.443M to 1.341M)

Split:
US only: down 27.1% (510K to 372K)
Others: UP 3.9% (933K to 969K)

Vehicle Travel
Down 35.5% (2.055M to 1.326M)

Can you say OUCH to US Tourism? Yup.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 13d

Teaser: Aug numbers & I'll add Sep once the data tables update:

Air Travel:
All Int'l: down 4.1% (1.693M to 1.623M)

Split:
US Only: down 25.4% (567K to 423K)
Others: UP 6.6% (1.126M to 1.200M)

So 144K less people went to the US & 74K more people went elsewhere. Domestic travel is booming as well.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 18d

I'll be making charts but check out this data.

International Air Travel - Returning Canadian residents
July 2024 vs 2025

All Int'l : down 5.3% (1.464M to 1.387M)

Split:
US Only: down 25.8% (517K to 384K)
Others: up 5.9% (947K to 1,003K)

Canadian's are still travelling, just not to the US.

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 2h

With Ukraine repeatedly hitting oil production in Russia, pretty soon Russia won’t be able to use their own oil.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 4h

Obviously the Swastika is the worst thing, but the map labeling Canada as "SOON TO BE OHIO" doesn't thrill me either

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe you should ask Scott:

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5d

NYT adds to @juddlegum.bsky.social's reporting about the billionaires that Scott Bessent is bailing out by propping up Javier Milei.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline. Funds at investment firms including BlackRock, Fidelity and Pimco are heavily invested in Argentina, as are investors such as Stanley Druckenmiller and Robert Citrone, both of whom worked with Mr. Bessent when he was an investor for George Soros.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 4h

"edgy offensive jokes" told by these "kids" who currently hold these positions:

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 6h

JD Vance - it was a "college group chat."

Peter Giunta – Chief of Staff in NY Assembly

Joe Maligno – Staffer in New York state court system

William Hendrix – Vice Chair, Kansas Young Republicans

Bobby Walker – Vice Chair, NY State Young Republicans

Samuel Douglass – Vermont State Senator

Republicans embroiled in leaked chat controversy:
Top left – Samuel Douglass
Top right – William Hendrix
Bottom left – Peter Giunta
Bottom right – Bobby Walker

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 4h

He was on the sidewalk when they grabbed him.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 5h

This is who those “kids” are & the positions they currently hold:

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 6h

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 5h

He’s been singing all sorts of wild stuff & I’m guessing the Weekend Warrior Moron Militia snowflakes finally got tired of him & decided to unlawfully detain him.

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 5h

The “President” barfed out a post with “Remigration” in it 4-months ago:

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · Jun 13

There is a lot going on but I’m not letting this one continue unnoticed:

“I am reversing the Invasion. It's called Remigration.” - Bronzolini

Remigration = Ethnic Cleansing

The Biden Administration and Governor
Newscum flooded America with 21 Million Illegal Aliens, destroying Schools, Hospitals and Communities, and consuming untold Billions of Dollars in Free Welfare. All of them have to go home, as do countless other Illegals and Criminals, who will turn us into a bankrupt Third World Nation. America was invaded and occupied. I am reversing the Invasion. It's called Remigration. Our courageous ICE Officers, who are daily being subjected to doxxing and murder threats, are HEROES. We will always have their back as they carry out this noble mission.
America will be for Americans again!

Remigration
Remigration is a far-right European concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants and their descendants, usually including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry, often with no regard for their citizenship or legal status.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 5h

Nice big fat salaries & fully covered healthcare to not do any work. That’s why they want to stay in power so bad.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 7h

He's afraid of grass, it's too earthy & might make his fresh manicure dirty.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 7h

Battle of the Geriatrics.

77yr old Mills trying to take a 6yr term Senate seat away from the 72yr old Collins.

Both of these people should be retiring, not running for office again.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 7h

OPINION by @paulwaldman.bsky.social:

“There are plenty of examples of a party nominating a candidate it thought was reassuringly moderate but who turned out to be dull and uninspiring and lost anyway.”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Dems want to play it safe in Maine’s white-hot Senate race. That’s a mistake.

An absurd amount of energy is spent trying to avoid primaries, when, in fact, Democrats should want more of them.

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 7h

He was outside their perimeter line, there doesn't appear to be any blocking of any vehicles... they just grabbed him from a public space.

Should be interesting to see how they are justifying this.

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 7h

Definitely from the mind of the Bald Daywalker but for historical reference, it was posted by Dear Leader 4-months ago:

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · Jun 13

There is a lot going on but I’m not letting this one continue unnoticed:

“I am reversing the Invasion. It's called Remigration.” - Bronzolini

Remigration = Ethnic Cleansing

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 7h

He truly is an ignorant flaccid little shitweasel.

They are signaling they want their provocateurs to go into the rallies to stir crap up.

Any people that start any BS at the rallies need to be called out & shut down right away by everyone attending. Isolate them & point them out to police.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 14h

I wonder how many ICE “officers” who are using their personal vehicles have updated their insurance to cover it being an enforcement work vehicle.

I suspect when their vehicle gets damaged, those goons also commit insurance fraud by claiming the damage happened NOT while they were arresting people.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 16h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 17h

When she calls the President “Canks”… that’s short for Cankles McTacoTits.

Some of her blasts she does against the idiocy of the administration are epic.

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 19h

He’s a special kind of egotistical snowflake isn’t he.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 19h

Weekend Warrior Paintball Bros who joined ICE, have been given gear & are now the Moron Militia.

It boggles my mind that this kind of excessive force BS is happening.

You can tell they aren’t properly trained by the uncoordinated sloppy & dangerous way they do everything.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 1d

The "Air" Force

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a higher resolution version of the "Air Force" frog that I made for all you No Kings inflatables that show up on Saturday.

Glory to the peaceful inflatable costume "Air" Force

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 1d

You mean the super thin ceasefire & the photo-op signing session by the "President" & several middle-east leaders minus the two most important participants?:

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Document signed at yesterday's peace summit in Egypt outlines only broad principles for Gaza's future, highlighting ongoing challenges to achieving lasting resolution to the conflict.
Trump, leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the agreement. The warring parties—Israel and Hamas, did not.

Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 1d

The king of whining about "Election Interference!" sure loves to do actual election interference.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

The bailout of a friend of Trump’s just cost as much as the annual budget of USAID.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, it's isn't support for the people of Argentina, it's support for an ideologically approved regime

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses on.ft.com/3L8Y0Wi

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Paul Leigh -Some Rascal on the Internet @pleightx.bsky.social · 1d

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Trevor Foster @darthfos.bsky.social · 1d

He is a completely demented sociopath.