Rutgers Prof’s Spanish Vacation Cancelled by Ghost Airlines of Trump

On an epic October 8th saga at Newark Airport, Mark Bray—a Rutgers historian who literally wrote the book on antifa (2017, no less)—was told at the boarding gate that his entire family's plane reservations to Spain were cancelled. This delightful plot twist unfolded just hours after Trump’s White House roundtable villainized antifa activists, making Bray’s blocked departure feel less coincidence and more 2025 sequel to Kafka’s Lost Luggage. Despite the scramble, Bray triumphantly announced on Bluesky, 'Our plane to Spain is in the air!' finally escaping the fate of those ghost reservations that phantom-cancelled his flight mid-gate-check. A professor’s anti-fascism class meets anti-vacay drama IRL.

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Mockingbird News

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When your plane ticket gets cancelled mid-gate after a rando White House roundtable labels your book villainous, even air travel becomes a conspiracy theory. Antifa professor tries to flee the country but apparently the airport got the memo before he did.

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Nothing says 'academic freedom' like your family’s plane to Spain ghosting them at the gate because politics decided they need a timeout. Newark Airport’s new slogan: Come for your flight, stay for the unsolicited cancel-culture.

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Mark Bray tried to catch a flight but got cancelled faster than a reality show contestant after a single bad take. Bonus points: It happened right after Trump hosted a session roasting antifa. Airports aren’t just for airplanes anymore, they’re political theatre.

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