Get a passport card. It is legally the same as a passport book within the US (it can also be used for international land and sea travel within North America). It's only $30 to apply and a $35 issuance fee. $65 in total for a piece of RealID-compliant identification valid worldwide for ten years.
The UK is a small country that doesn't have nearly the geopolitical sway that the US does. If the UK withdraws to itself, that sucks for Britons but the rest of the world will carry on. If the US withdraws to itself, it will suck for the rest of the world but the Americans will carry on.
I want to be clear here that this is dangerous messaging. While any individual vote likely has little effect on the outcome of an election, it's people's collective vote that does ultimately decide the outcome. And when the electorate is disengaged, disinterested, and apathetic, that is the environment in which fascism and authoritarianism thrives. Voting is not and should not be the end of a citizen's political participation, but it is still vitally important. Voting should only be the foundation of citizen political participation. It's also important to campaign, to discuss important political issues with others, and to protest and take direct action against the injustice of the political class. But if you don't vote and spread the idea that voting is meaningless, your efforts will change nothing.
This line in particular comes a lot of young people, and it is an absolutely understandable and reasonable conclusion for them to come from seeing as they are the most politically neglected group, and politicians almost never pay more than lip service to the concerns of the young. Youth turnout in elections is historically rubbish, so why would any rational politician pay heed to the demands of a voting bloc that won't influence the outcome of an election? Politicians who pander to youth voters will lose to politicians who pander to old voters simply because youth voters will stay home while old voters will show up at the polls and vote their guy into office.
It costs almost nothing to vote and to encourage others to vote as well. So do it. It is irresponsible to spread the idea that voting is meaningless without also attaching the context that if you don't vote, you have no power at all.
I'm pretty sure Cuba is a bad choice for... other reasons
The passport card is valid for sea travel as well.
This is a proceeding in federal court, but the president's pardon power doesn't extend to civil cases anyway. Or at least until the Supreme Court rules that it does.
There is currently no exit border control in the US and the border with Canada is thousands of kilometres long, most of it unpatrolled. There are lots of tiny towns which are split in twain by the border. It is just not feasible from a manpower perspective to guard the entire border like the Iron Curtain.
Even if Trump says he's unilaterally abrogating the treaty on the validity of passport cards with Canada, who gives a shit when you need to flee because it's only a question of whether Canadian authorities will recognise the validity of a passport card.
Home countries cancelling refugees' travel documents has never been a successful strategy to prevent them from going to other countries. Other countries know what physical attributes an otherwise-valid travel document would have and it's not like they can physically take the card away from everyone.
What incentive would they have to tamper with passport cards? They're pretty popular in the border regions as an inexpensive way to get an international travel document.
They are also mentioned in several international treaties, particularly with Canada and Mexico. The president doesn't have the power to unilaterally abrogate those treaties.
European and American banks won't lend a single penny to Trump. He's a notorious deadbeat who never pays what he owes. But Russian banks will happily lend him as much money as he wants. All they ask is that he kindly direct all repayment payable to the order of the Kremlin. The repayment doesn't need to be money, they're flexible.
Trump had a whole book of detailed plans for what he wanted to do after he got into office. His entire agenda from day 1 to day infinity has been planned out by the Heritage Foundation. You may have heard of this project. It is supposed to take effect in 2025.
I don't think they are good plans, and you probably don't either, but they certainly were one of the plans of all time.
Harris has no clear agenda. Compare her to someone like Bernie Sanders who loudly proclaims his entire playbook on social media every morning. Sanders makes it clear about what he'd do if he was in change. The difference is pretty obvious.
Unfortunately, this person will soon hold the office of President of the United States, the most powerful office in the history of mankind, so we must consider it.
Trump considers himself a businessman and a deal maker at heart. Ukraine is on the auction block. Shall we start the bidding at... ten billion euros?
Oh, what's this? Putin bids eleven billion?
Tough luck, Zelenskyy...
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This image is from Google Maps and depicts Maritime Square on Tsing Yi, the island where my grandmother lives. I chose it because I think it is the embodiment of the new millennium Hong Kong urban development.
The entire development is built by the MTR Corporation, a Government-owned publicly traded company that is primarily known for running the Hong Kong metro system of the same name.
The primary attraction of this development is the eponymous Maritime Square Mall, a large five-storey indoor shopping arcade. It is attached to Tsing Yi Station, a metro station on the overground Tung Chung Line and there is a small bus interchange on the ground floor.
The mall has shops including a grocery store, around a dozen restaurants, a Marks & Spencer, bakeries, clothing retailers, electronics stores, a few banks, and some miscellaneous other stores. Notably NOT in the building is a school, otherwise, you might even be able to spend your whole life without leaving it.
There are several towers extending out of the main mall complex which contain hundreds of units of (unaffordable) housing. I think there is a botanical garden on the roof, too. The entrance to these towers is inside the mall, where there's just a lift lobby where you'd expect a shop to be. The lift lobby is closed to the public; a keycard or code is required to enter.
I think it's a similar concept to a 15-minute city, but more like a 15-minute building.
Law enforcement shouldn't be able to get into someone's mobile phone without a warrant anyway. All this change does is frustrate attempts by police to evade going through the proper legal procedures and abridging the rights of the accused.