B G

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

[B G @B__G17]

@FinancialPhys Shoulda bought it with 5% down. Simple as that.

[B G @B__G17]

They must have eaten the Taco Bell lettuce

[B G @B__G17]

@TonyGrossi Squaw was legit, played last summer. Avalon is also a gem

[B G @B__G17]

so now people can pay for insider trading...

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Trump Media to sell "faster access" to President Trump's Truth Social posts, which will let traders and investors pay for real-time feed of Truth Social posts.

[B G @B__G17]

there is literally no good reason for this to happen, it's treasonous to the highest standard. This needs to be voted down

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

The Senate is voting on a $1 trillion package for the Iran war that would also merge the U.S. military with Israel’s.

The vote is today.

[B G @B__G17]

Armstrong internet is absolute trash. We've lost power so many times in 3 years at my office for no apparent reason. they've sent repair people here many times, yet it still sucks.

[B G @B__G17]

Are we really surprised? #EpsteinRegime

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

New Mexico alleges the DOJ is hindering its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, per Reuters.

[B G @B__G17]

If you're trying to buy a house - stop using buy now, pay later loans. Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm... it's getting out of control with how much people use these.

[B G @B__G17]

Now at 72 hours without power in my neighborhood. Fun times 🫠

[B G @B__G17]

looks a lot like communism... I can get gas for cheaper at Sam's Club.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

FREEDOM FUEL HAS ARRIVED. ⛽️🇺🇸

The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump to $3.47 for our 47th President.

President Trump is leading the charge to lower gas prices this summer - putting more money in your pocket. 🔥

[B G @B__G17]

Again?! Incredible 👏😅

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

TRUMP ANNOUNCES THAT IRAN HAS BEEN DEFEATED.

[B G @B__G17]

This

[Sam Mahmood @TheSammahmood_]

The U.S. soccer federation is a poor return on invested capital.

I played soccer for 20+ years.

Grassroots.
Academy.
D1 college.
Pursued professionally after.

And I’ll say the quiet part out loud:

The US soccer infrastructure is broken.

In America, we treat playing D1 soccer like it is the peak achievement.

For most families, clubs, coaches, and players, the entire youth soccer machine is built around one goal:

Get recruited.
Get a scholarship.
Play college soccer.

But if the objective is to produce world-class players, D1 soccer is a terrible development path.

From 18-22, some of the most important technical development years of your career, you are preparing for a 3-4 month season built largely around athleticism, direct play, set pieces, fitness, and survival.

Now compare that to an 18-year-old in Spain, Argentina, Morocco, Italy, England, or France.

That player has likely been in a professional environment for years.

Training daily.
Playing meaningful matches year-round.
Competing against grown professionals.
Getting thousands more touches.
Learning how to solve the game under pressure.

The gap is massive.

And it shows.

American players are usually athletic.
They are usually fit.
They usually compete hard.

But at the highest levels, that is not enough.

The biggest difference is technical comfort.

We do not move the ball like Spain.
We do not combine like Argentina.
We do not play with the same fluidity, rhythm, and confidence you see from countries where the game is embedded into the culture from childhood.

That comes down to volume.

Volume of touches.
Volume of street soccer.
Volume of futsal.
Volume of unstructured play.
Volume of high-level training environments.
Volume of meaningful games.

In the US, youth soccer is expensive, overly organized, overly coached, tournament-driven, and too often built around winning games at 13 instead of developing players for 23.

Parents spend thousands.
Clubs charge thousands.
Travel teams fly all over the country.
Showcases become the product.
Recruiting becomes the scoreboard.

But the return on invested capital is poor.

We probably spend more money on youth soccer than almost any country in the world, yet the technical output does not match the investment.

That is a broken operating model.

And like any business, if the output is weak, you do not blame the customer.

You inspect the system.

The US has talent.
The US has athletes.
The US has money.
The US has facilities.

But the foundation is wrong.

We built a pay-to-play, college-recruiting machine and confused it for a world-class player development system.

Those are not the same thing.

Until we fix the grassroots layer, increase meaningful touches, make development less dependent on family income, and stop treating college soccer as the top of the mountain, the US will keep underperforming relative to its resources.

I’m not saying this to trash US Soccer.

I’m saying it because I lived it.

And if we actually want to become a powerhouse, we have to be honest about the infrastructure first.

[B G @B__G17]

but he wants to be in New York… #cavs

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: Cleveland Cavaliers All-NBA star Donovan Mitchell has agreed on a four-year, $273 million maximum contract extension that includes a player option for the 2030-31 season and a full trade kicker, CAA's Co-Head of Basketball, Austin Brown, tells ESPN.

[B G @B__G17]

I’m 100% in this camp.

[Dean Phillips @deanbphillips]

The red card against Balogun was a bad call, but the one made by Trump was even worse.

Pochettino should sit Balogun tonight, beat Belgium, and show the world America plays by the rules - even if our president doesn’t.

[B G @B__G17]

I do think this is the case, cuz everything has to be about him.

[NFL Philosophy @NFLosophy]

Let’s be real. It’s more likely FIFA lifted Balogun’s suspension and then Trump took credit for it than that they reversed it because of him.

[B G @B__G17]

I agree that how this has played out is horrible. @FIFAcom can't get their heads out of their asses... But this is also the correct result. The referee cannot apply a red card via VAR, yet did so - I'd say incorrectly too. FIFA can't do anything right.

[Daniel Solana @DiceElDani]

Americans using “Belgium should want the USA at full strength” as the excuse for Balogun playing is hilarious.

The arrogance is insane. The U.S. has never won a major international trophy outside CONCACAF, yet somehow we’re supposed to believe Belgium is sitting there terrified of them? Please.

This isn’t about Belgium being scared. It’s about FIFA applying the rules consistently. Stop acting like the world is begging to avoid the USMNT. That main character syndrome is exactly why people laugh.

[B G @B__G17]

what an absolute clown

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Trump: "The game tonight's going to be amazing. We're going to have a full team and Belgium is going to have a full team…If they beat us, we'll say it was — I say it was rigged just like the election was rigged in 2020."

[B G @B__G17]

@EricWFMJ Tons of trees down all throughout my neighborhood off of shields. Luckily this was all I had that knocked my basketball hoop over

[B G @B__G17]

This was a yellow all day long. Looks worse in still shots but it was not intentional or malicious

[ESPN @espn]

"VAR made their recommendation to the referee based on slow-motion and still replays, which is not aligned with VAR protocols."

@andydaviesref believes VAR made the incorrect decision on Folarin Balogun's red card.
https://t.co/dXTyO1KwLY

[B G @B__G17]

Balogun’s foul was not this bad. Messi got no foul called

[Alexi Lalas @AlexiLalas]

‘Sup.