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.

"It's mainly not wanting my customers to end up with a big charge, and it's so confusing," Kearns told Reason last week

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