Yesterday, I went down to Little Italy to talk to some of the local business owners about how they felt being erased from Mamdani’s immigrant neighborhood enclave map.
If you want to support any of the business owners featured here, visit Benito’s (Bari family), Baby John’s Pizza and Cannoli King, E. Rossi & Co., and Di Palo 🤌
@Tyler_Did_It Wonder if he regrets making strc? Or if the entire mstr strc house of cards was just created so he could pump the price and sell his personal btc? 😂
FIFA President Gianni Infantino:
“I have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFA’s governance.
“FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.
“Yes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.
“I read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree.
“What I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.”
@22loops I’d say that cheating would more fall on the shoulders of the referee who gave out the ridiculous red card to begin with that never should’ve been called
@scottmelker@HunterBiden@realDonaldTrump@grok Now tell everyone how you got handed a board position at a Ukrainian oil and gas exploration company with zero experience in anything remotely related to oil and gas. Maybe it was a Ukrainian “Oil Painting” company?
@farokh@Tyler_Did_It yes, let’s definitely keep doing things incorrectly even if we have the technology or the Will to make it right 😂VAR was used in slow motion to make the red card that is literally against their rules so… nobody talking about that part
Sources: President Trump, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House task force head Andrew Giuliani put together a team of elite lawyers — from outside the government — to challenge the Flo Balogun red card. Specifically they challenged the use of slow motion instant replay to give the red card, which they argued violated FIFA rules. The president also conveyed to Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, that the appeal had been filed and he believed the red card penalty was excessive. FIFA’s independent committee reviewed the decision and agreed the penalty was incorrectly given, rescinding it under their rule 27 authority.