So after all the pre-tournament criticism, angst, and fearmongering (much done with anticipatory glee), the 2026 World Cup was a historic success. Incredible games, record crowds/viewers, and a cultural phenomenon. People were safe, entertained, and joyous. Visitors discovered, and Americans were reminded, just how wonderful our country is, all through the lens of soccer. I’m so happy for, and proud of, my country. Best World Cup ever. Thank you, America. 🇺🇸
It was great to see so many foreigners enjoy themselves in the US and have positive reactions to Americans.
But some of this was sad because it was clear that many had absurd preconceived notions due to mass media in their countries, especially in Europe.
Like Mark Twain said, those who don’t read newspapers are uninformed; those who do are misinformed.
New York City DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo: “Landlords in New York have been making a 12% return on their investment.”
Fox News’ Martha MacCallum: “How much should they make? What’s fair for the landlord to make?”
Gustavo Gordillo: “We don’t think that anyone should have a constitutional right to double-digit returns on their investment.”
Fox News’ Martha MacCallum: “What are you talking about?”
These EVIL Communists must be DEFEATED at all costs.
@LynnWeeks16@HomeInvasionCop@RonDeSantis There were debates in 2018 with the polling leader. This time there are not. Our party has gone down a terrible path when lead candidates can avoid any debate challenges. No scrutiny. Weak candidates. Every open seat deserves a debate.
I was in the Collins camp first hoping that he would run and then hoping he’d take off. I did this solely because it looked like the Gov was hand-selecting him into that LG role to carry the torch forward. It is abubdantly clear now the campaign was doomed from before it launched and that he does not carry that mantle. Renner is the closest we will come in this field to do that. He has my vote at this point.
still don’t understand what’s so special about Elon Musk’s money that his $1 trillion dollars would solve every problem on earth, but the $7 trillion dollars the US government spends annually hardly solves the problems in America
I don’t doubt larger markets skew the numbers. I assume since no one has pushed back on that increase that it is publicly available data. Bottom line is that limiting funding is the only way to restrain spending. Public officials will universally spend what they can get. I want local and state figures (we’ll ignore the ridiculousness of the federal gov for the moment) to have to prove they need to spend more money and justify increases on taxes and fees . Not just tick up housing values to grab more property tax. It’s a massive burden on Florida citizens.
@FlaBryan@Juarez_Brock@JeffreyBrandes@RonDeSantis With spending up from $32 billion to $60 billion, there is zero doubt that $ 100 million can be cut. There’s easily $10-15 billion of unnecessary spending and waste occurring. Conservatively.
There are a few things Holly desperately hopes you don’t ask.
The first is exactly how much more money Florida schools spent last year compared to 2020. It varies somewhat by county, but the average is that their budgets increased by more than three times the inflation rate.
The second thing Holly hopes you don’t ask is how much-or little-of that additional revenue was actually spent on hiring teachers and giving teachers raises. The truth is that this amount barely kept up with inflation. The bulk of the excess revenue went to expanding layers of administrative and bureaucratic overhead.
They won’t tell you this, of course. They will tell you that cutting their budget will mean laying teachers off. But that is solely because they choose to lay teachers off instead of administrators and bureaucratic drones.