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Reason
Eric Boehm

Closure of Tariff Loophole for Mail, Packages Puts Millions of Everyday Transactions at Risk

With tariff uncertainty on the rise, illustrator Robyn Kearns broke the bad news to their tens of thousands of followers on Instagram: No more funny cat pictures would be coming to America, at least for a while.

"Tariffs suck!!!" Kearns scrawled across a sketch of a bawling yellow kitty.

For the 27-year-old illustrator, whimsical sketches of cats playing hockey, decorating Christmas trees, and doing other sundry human activities began as a bit of fun but soon became a nice little side gig that now helps pay the bills—and, Kearns hopes, the pictures bring a little joy into their customers' lives. Those deliveries and that portion of Kearns' livelihood are now on hold.

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