Tyler Vance

[Tyler Vance @Tyvance_10]

@jimiuorio Genuine question, Jim: If boomers want what they were “promised,” why do they need young people’s taxes to get what you paid into SS? Your money was stolen, but decades of voting racked up $40T in debt. Forcing the kids to foot the bill is morally insane. What’s our disconnect?

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

So to recap what happened with the USMNT:

• Balogun received a bogus red card
• VAR protocol isn't followed (no slow-mo)
• Trump calls Infantino to ask about the process
• US Soccer lawyers preapre & submit an appeal

FIFA's independent 18-person disciplinary committee then met, approved the appeal, and told Balogun he could play in Monday's match against Belgium.

That's what everyone is complaining about?

All rules were followed, and that same process is open to every other country. The only difference is everyone knows the red card was a mistake to begin with.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

It's what we do 😤

[Tom Timmermann @tomtimm]

A big weekend for Mykhi Joyner, with a goal on Saturday (his birthday) and an unexpected invite to the U.S. U-20 camp in Spain on Sunday. Plus golf at Energizer Park. https://t.co/yvuzZkbHLp via @stltoday

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

Pure class from start to finish. 😤

Mykhi Joyner's outrageous lob for @STLCITY2 is your Goal of Matchweek 11!

[Maryville Athletics @MaryvilleSaints]

🏀 x 🎙️ | First mic'd up of 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣ is here!

Trey Redd (@Treyway_10) of @MaryvilleMBB is on the mic! ⤵️

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

OH MY, OH MYKHI‼️

@STLCITY2 lead in extra time!

📺 #MLSSeasonPass on @AppleTV: https://t.co/L3rqVNDsY2

[St Louis CITY2 @STLCITY2]

Mykhi's GO AHEAD GOAL 🤩

#STLvTTFC x #AllForCITY

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

MYKHI JOYNER CALLS GAME 🤯🤯🤯

@STLCITY2 LEAD AT THE DEATH!!!!

[St Louis CITY2 @STLCITY2]

90'+3 | MYKHI JOYNER!!!!! CITY LEADSSSSSS!!!!!

🔻 2-1 🪽| #STLvLAFC | #AllForCITY

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

Squad goals. 😤

Your 2024 MLS NEXT Pro Best XI!

[St Louis CITY2 @STLCITY2]

Our rising star continues to rise! 💫🇺🇸

Congratulations to St. Louis CITY SC Homegrown, Mykhi Joyner on earning his first call up to the U-19 @USYNT camp in Valencia, Spain!

🔗 https://t.co/B9gyrtjKjO

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

Joyner finishes off a beautiful team move for @STLCITY2 and bags his 15th goal of the season 👏

📺 MLS Season Pass on Apple TV: https://t.co/YuC2U6vVLo

[Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin]

Stop what you’re doing and check out how Mykhi Joyner grabs his 2nd of the match.

2 goals and an assist for Joyner today, Klein picking up his second assist as well #allforcity

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

.@STLCITY2 MAKES IT FOUR!

Joyner nets the brace and his eleventh goal of the season!

[MLS NEXT Pro @MLSNEXTPRO]

Stoppage time chaos 🤯

Mykhi Joyner doubles @STLCITY2's advantage at the half!