Vlado Azinovic

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

When you’re expelled from school but your dad is the Principal.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

One phone call from President Trump to his buddy Gianni Infantino and — boom — FIFA overturns a World Cup red card suspension for the first time in tournament history so U.S. star Folarin Balogun can play Belgium tomorrow.

Belgium is already furious and “astonished.” They should be. Contest this rigged nonsense publicly all day today and all day tomorrow.

The World Cup on American soil just became a Trump family business. So much for credibility, fairness, or rules. This stinks of corruption. ⚽📞🇺🇸

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The Royal Belgian Football Association has released a statement in regard to Folarin Balogun being able to play against them.

"The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA–Belgium match on Monday, 6 July at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time)."

"FIFA bases its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. This provision states that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may decide to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction."

"However, Article 66.4 of the same FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup."

"Furthermore, and irrespective of the above, the decision is in direct contradiction with the provisions of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Competition Regulations, as set out in Article 10.5:

"If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team's subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed."

"The automatic nature of such a suspension was also explicitly reaffirmed in FIFA World Cup 2026 Circular No. 16, which was distributed to all participating member associations on 12 May 2026."

"The same rule is reiterated at every FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Coordination Meeting prior to each match and is included in all FIFA World Cup 2026 workshop presentations.

"In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options."

[Vlado Azinovic @VladoAzinovic]

@nahidulislam404 SKILLS

[Vlado Azinovic @VladoAzinovic]

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[Anderson Cooper 360° @AC360]

CNN's Anderson Cooper responds to President Trump's repeated insults aimed at California Governor Gavin Newsom's childhood dyslexia, talking about his own challenges as a child who once struggled to read.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

On January 28, 2026, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. He told him Saudi Arabia respects the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran. That the Kingdom would not allow its airspace or territory to be used in any military actions against Iran, by any party, regardless of destination. That Saudi Arabia supports resolving disputes through dialogue. Pezeshkian thanked him. Called him a stabilizing force for the region.

According to the Washington Post, during that same month, Mohammed bin Salman was making multiple private phone calls to Donald Trump urging the United States to attack Iran.

The same man. The same month. Possibly the same week.

The Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the Crown Prince warned officials Iran would grow stronger if Washington did not strike while it had amassed its largest military force in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His brother, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, reinforced the message in private meetings with US officials in Washington in late January, warning of consequences of inaction.

While publicly holding Iran’s hand, Saudi Arabia was privately loading the gun.

One month later, the United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran retaliated against every Gulf state. Missiles struck Riyadh and the Eastern Province. And then came the statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry that will be studied in diplomatic history courses for generations.

Saudi Arabia condemned what it called the blatant and cowardly Iranian attacks. And then the line that collapses the entire architecture into a single sentence: the attacks came, the Ministry said, despite the Iranian authorities knowing that the Kingdom had confirmed it would not allow its airspace or territory to be used to target Iran.

They cited their own promise of protection as evidence of Iran’s aggression. The promise they made while privately demanding the strike that provoked the retaliation they then condemned.

This is not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is saying one thing and doing another. This is something more precise. This is strategic deception across parallel diplomatic channels, where the promise of neutrality was designed from inception to serve as the moral basis for condemning the retaliation against the attack you privately requested.

The promise was not broken. The promise was the weapon.

Israel lobbied openly. Netanyahu spent years publicly advocating for strikes on Iran. What the Washington Post revealed is that Saudi Arabia ran the same operation from behind a shield of peace and brotherhood. When the shield was no longer needed for protection, it was repurposed as evidence for prosecution.

Pezeshkian thanked Mohammed bin Salman for his commitment to regional stability. Thirty one days later, the stability was a crater in central Tehran.

https://t.co/BrzGRrU3VW

[Suzanne Maloney @MaloneySuzanne]

If Khamenei is killed or incapacitated, what comes next? Iran's regime has been planning for this for 37 years. Here's my rundown of possible scenarios and how the US & international community should handle the transition, published last week by @cfr: https://t.co/5g2PRFVB0P

[Vlado Azinovic @VladoAzinovic]

FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims in his State of the Union speech

https://t.co/F4QChV6mhA

[B L A K E L E Y™℠©® LLC @_iamblakeley]

Who made this? 😂😭

[Vlado Azinovic @VladoAzinovic]

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[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Is Donald Trump building his own paramilitary militia? On the latest episode of Insider, Robert Guest, our deputy editor, examines how ICE compares with paramilitary forces elsewhere: https://t.co/SlDSsWARbG

[Vlado Azinovic @VladoAzinovic]

FACT FOCUS: Images of NYC mayor with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated. Here's how we know

https://t.co/vwxfF3Z0OA

[Vlado Azinovic @VladoAzinovic]

Strane svijeta? Sjeveroistok, sjeverozapad - kao Irak, Iran… Arktik, Antarktik… Já i? https://t.co/ZlEvr1aJdD

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

President Trump enjoys using America’s vast strength — built over generations — almost for sport. This is the opposite of how American leadership has worked in the modern era.

My take:

[Governor Maura Healey @MassGovernor]

Kristi Noem needs to go. President Trump needs to end these ICE operations. And Congress needs to hold them accountable.

[ML Smith @maria48308]

This is heartbreaking.

[𝒰𝓂𝒷𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓂 @Umbisam]

This is getting out of control. All signs towards a civil war. Trump must reform ICE role asap. First off, all ICE officers must take their masks off. And act in plain sight. Be held accountable. Be prosecuted if/when they kill.