Simon O'Beirne

UEFA B, MSc Performance Football Coaching, Looking for a Coaching opportunity

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

SCHIFF: Who won the 2020 election?

TRAYNOR: It is not appropriate for a judicial nominee to engage in discussion involving a matter of political controversy

SCHIFF: See, this is completely inconsistent with your involvement in the whole Colombia controversy. You went out of your way to involve yourself.

[Kerry Burgess @KerryBurgess]

What an utter mess.
I hear that some Scotland fans that had previously been cleared by US immigration have also had their visas revoked.
The United States was simply never an appropriate venue to host the World Cup. A minimum requirement for hosting should be that the host country IS NOT AT WAR with any countries that are attending the event.
This is on FIFA. FIFA picked the US, knowing full well its history of military aggression and FIFA should now be compensating all fans from competing countries who have been denied entry to attend the matches.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Good morning and Happy Wednesday to everyone who agrees that the audio of Speaker Johnson ADMITTING that he's planning on cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security SHOULD BE A HUGE STORY.

Don't let him slide on this.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

The ducks look happy, but what happened to the “American flag blue” Trump wouldn’t stop talking about?

As of yesterday morning, the $14.8 million recoated Reflecting Pool on the National Mall was full of water.

Trump said the project would cost between $1.5 million and $2 million. The blue disappeared, and I guess the extra $12.8 million did too.

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

Update: If Trump moves forward with Pulte as acting DNI, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are demanding he undergo "a full security clearance process that includes an examination of his financial holdings and foreign contacts."

"Additionally, Mr. Pulte should be subject to polygraph screening ..."

We reported last week that Pulte had not been previously vetted for potential security vulnerabilities before Trump announced he would be acting DNI.

[Rep. James Walkinshaw @Rep_Walkinshaw]

Every time Republicans talk about fighting fraud, remember this: they’re playing defense for the most corrupt Administration in history.

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

Wondering why the silence is so loud.?

@FIFAcom top man tells African teams and the Global South to “chill and relax” as delegations get humiliated on the tarmac, visas get weaponized, and a Somali referee gets blocked from the World Cup entirely (see my last post), the press conferences roll on like business as usual.

Where are the African journalists in Mexico actually pressing these people on the double standards? The same FIFA that preaches “unity” and “political neutrality” watches Western host nations turn borders into tools of humiliation and says nothing. CAF leadership? Still missing in action. Motsepe and co. would rather protect their seats than defend African dignity.

This isn’t sport. It’s power flexing with a ball. The multipolar world isn’t chilling. We’re watching who still thinks they can dictate terms to the rest of us.

No more begging for respect on their terms. Sovereignty means we stop accepting second-class treatment — on the pitch and off it.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

I will cut your entire energy bill in half, including cars, by Jan 20th, 2025.

June 10th, 2026' update:
Energy + 24%
Gas + 40%

And Iran's not an excuse, cuz NOBODY knew more about their nuclear threat than Trump. ( Per Trump )

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: I don’t want to agree or disagree with Trump, because he has his own relationship with Putin. But I’ve always told him that he can’t trust Putin or his inner circle, that Putin is playing games with him. God bless, American society remains strong supporter of Ukraine.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

Take a close look at the warm-up act for the Republican 2034 rigged election conspiracy that will dominate Trump owned mainstream media in November.

Thanks to Charles Blow for calling out Trump loyalist and Republican megadonor Hal Lambert. Also thanks to CNN’s Abbi Phillip for her usual advocacy for the truth.

TikTok - https://t.co/krRXNZtqte

[Augustinas Šemelis @a_semelis]

Senator Chris Coons (D) on the fate of Ukraine support bill in the Senate: "It has broad support among democrats and republicans" - why is it taking such a long time in this case, I ask - "because President Trump refuses to recognize that defending Ukraine is defending America"

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"The reason it's particularly offensive to people who've been in the DOJ is because we know his background...he was in the Southern District of New York. And so we know he knows better."

@AWeissmann_ tells @SarahLongwell25 why Todd Blanche’s past makes his AG bid so disturbing.

[Feisty is proud to be a Democrat! @FeistyLibLady]

Pete Hegseth blasted a reporter for reminding him hitting bridges and electrical infrastructure are crimes of war.

Trump, Hegseth and the MAGA GOP in Congress know damn well what wars crimes are.

They just don't give a damn.

They think they are above it all.

They are not and they need to be held accountable for the crimes they have committed in the name of Trump's BS.
#DemsUnited

[Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN]

Rep. Robert Garcia reacts to NYT reporting that WH officials held a situation room meeting on the Epstein files without Trump: “No question there are bombshells still in the Epstein files.”

[MeidasClips @MeidasClips]

Tennessee Brando: For the first time in my life when I hear a sitting president talk, I say to myself, "We're going to have to hear from the ones we're at war with next to see what's really going on."

And I never said that, even during the Bush years when we were at war in Iraq. I wasn't saying, "Oh, well, we better hear from Saddam Hussein next." And we know Bush and Cheney was lying their asses off.

But this is a level that is beyond the Bush-Cheney lies. Because with Bush and Cheney, we knew they were lying and we knew exactly what they were lying about.

With Donald Trump, it's just all these off-the-wall lies from every different direction. None of it makes sense.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 BREAKING: NYT exposes a massive internal war. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino completely erupted at Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Epstein coverup.

He screamed at her for running a fake charade and lying to the public. The Trump administration's DOJ and FBI are tearing each other apart!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number which came out this morning?

Trump: No, I love it. I love the inflation.

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Hi @Nigel_Farage now you’re doing press again, maybe tell us about the house in Clacton, the £5m, your friend Nathan Gill, the nature of your relationship with Lois Perry, why you lied about not taking MP surgeries, why you’ve gone so quiet about your friendship with Donald Trump, why you seem to hate female journalists, why your vetting is so poor…

[Eytan Wallace @EytanWallace]

NEW: California Attorney General @AGRobBonta @RobBonta and Santa Clara County have filed California's 71st lawsuit against the Trump Administration, seeking to block construction of a proposed ICE facility near Gilroy.

The lawsuit alleges the project violates multiple federal laws and California's Williamson Act, arguing the site is protected agricultural land and was approved without required environmental review.

"The Trump Administration is ignoring the law and the wishes of the people of this state unfortunately yet again," said Bonta. "We've see this movie before, which is why we're taking them to court yet again," he continued.

I have reached out to the Trump Administration for the president's reaction and side to this.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

HEY MAGA! 🤣

I’ve been saying this from jump. The Reflecting Pool was going to end up looking like a green swamp, not blue. I just didn’t expect it to happen this fast.

One day after it was filled, there’s already a ton of algae.

And let’s be clear: this dude vacuuming the bottom is only part of the process. Without filtration and chemical treatment, the algae is here to stay.