Neil Smith

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

A unanimous jury found that a man sexually abused a woman, then defamed her for saying so. He appealed - and appealed, and appealed. The verdict survived every level.

That man is the sitting president of the United States.

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

"I'm not talking about communism. I'm talking about loosening the chokehold that five nerds have on our entire civilization... I want to be an active member of a capitalist society!"

—@DanSoder and @PabloTorre on greed, community and whether or not shame is still possible

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

What Trump is doing is what all Nazis do, they normalise the incomprehensible to test whether people will accept the worst things imaginable. Then they escalate. First the immigrants, then non white natives, then poor native citizens. It’s what Restore and Reform wants here.

[Scott Saunders @__scottsaunders]

City identified and implemented a footballing structure 12-15 years ago and then employed the best manager in the world to create their philosophy. They spent billions on player after player and with the benefits of state funding (and alleged years of rule breaking) and could fix their mistakes instantly with straight cash on replacements. They created an academy, developed players and sold them on for FFP benefits.

United meanwhile have been run by a family unmotivated by winning and instead intent on bleeding the club dry. They put a banker in charge of transfers and built zero coherent structure, so United spent years signing shiny, popular new players for incredible money because that was the only way they could still compete in the absence of any idea about how to run a football club. It ended up with the club having to be part sold to a person/people who actually wanted to turn the football club back into title contenders...because the money eventually ran out.

Squads were built for different styles and managers. And by the time United had employed a football structure of their own the only option was to start acting with their brains instead of their pockets.

It genuinely staggers me that people can't understand this context or willingly choose to leave it out.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

The Reflecting Pool serves as an effective litmus test. In fact, reporters should ask any Republican they interview point-blank whether they agree with Trump that vandals made a 300-yard slash in the pool. Yes or no.

If they can’t simply answer “no” or they avoid the question, end the interview. You’ll know immediately that nothing else they say can be trusted.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

The Trump/Miller Doctrine is to do something awful so many times over and over that it eventually stops being covered as news. Bombing boats in the Caribbean, bombing other countries, threatening allies, ICE murders, etc. The first few times? Big news. Now? Barely even mentioned.

[Masoud Pezeshkian @drpezeshkian]

The U.S. government's conduct as World Cup host follows its familiar foreign policy: bending rules, bullying rivals, creating obstacles, and cheating. This is their MAGA playbook. Iran rejects such games. We stand firmly for our rights.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

This man needs a standing ovation 👏🏾 the way he intellectually articulates himself. This is what they fear

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Security ahead of Egypt vs Argentina at Mercedes-Benz Stadium were seen checking only Egypt fans while letting Argentina fans walk through freely.

Straight up racist profiling at the U.S. World Cup. Disgusting.

[Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) @Malachians]

If Messi and Ronaldo were born in America we would never have heard of them if their parents couldn’t afford thousands of dollars a season. Having a system that selects for who can pay rather who can play is such an obvious problem that has obvious consequences

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

Democrats call for candidates to drop out when they’re credibly accused of rape. Republicans elect them president a second time

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Belgium did the Trump dance after their fourth goal against us. I can’t help but respect this trash talk. They whipped us, they get to dance.

[Nick De Marco KC @nickdemarco_]

I was just reading about this. To me, it makes matters considerably worse.
The issue is no longer simply whether the original red card was justified. It is whether FIFA has undermined the integrity of the World Cup, and its own authority as the global regulator of football, by appearing either to invent a procedure or, at the very least, to apply its rules in a wholly unprecedented way, against a backdrop of acknowledged political pressure, while refusing to give reasons and seemingly leaving the decision with no meaningful avenue of challenge.

As someone committed to sporting integrity, transparency, fairness and the rule of law in sport, if the reports of what has happened are accurate, I find this deeply troubling.

For years I have represented players and others facing lengthy bans for betting offences where there has been no suggestion whatsoever of match manipulation, because the governing bodies, including FIFA, have consistently argued that preserving confidence in the integrity of the sport requires robust and uncompromising enforcement.

If that is the standard expected of participants, the regulator itself must be held to at least the same standard. If the reports are accurate, this decision, and the consequences for FIFA, could prove to be truly seismic, eclipsing the controversy about the red card itself.

#sportslaw #sports #fifa #balogun

[Neil Smith @TorsoOfTheWeak]

@TelegraphDucker And now anything they’ve achieved or will achieve is tarred with a massive astrix. Their entire tournament has been made illegitimate. Surely not worth it

[crunchyrugger @crunchyrugger]

presented without comment

[Covie @covie_93]

The white supremacists wear masks because they're your neighbors, teachers, doctors, plumbers, cops, electricians etc...

[Robbie Harvey @therobbieharvey]

Sick of this culture. All they do is beat women and rape children.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years, what do we see? ... we see the wealthiest country in the history of the world -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

[a blast from the past @a_past24460]

Morning!

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Bosnia and Herzegovina fans remembered Palestine once again before their crucial World Cup clash against the U.S.

No matter the result today, Bosnia have truly won the hearts of millions around the world in this tournament.