My definite wake-up call came in May of 2022 by a classic @MeidasTouch video about a mother trying to smuggle her pregnant daughter out of #TX:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110081024500087238
Even a year ago, I had been preaching it for a long time, e.g.:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110270626924033484
And if you look at one of my central threads, this scenario has become all the more likely by the nomination of #TFG as the #GOP nominee:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110128712544929842
Leaving the #US has merit.