Amy

Keeping it Crabby, Cat Lover, Type 1, mom, soccer season is year round, BAON 🌹 RCTID🌲. rage against 🍊47. he hates us all, unless we make HIM $$$.

[NotKennyRogers @NotKennyRogers]

I can think of no better argument for term limits than millions of people on social media honestly asking whether or not a sitting U.S. Senator is alive.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Hear me out…

Since we’re having such a hard time finding male candidates without a history of abuse, sexual assault, or rape maybe it’s time we started electing more women.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Well expressed:

“Two things can be true at the same time, and so it is reasonable—perhaps even natural—for United States men's national team fans to feel that what happened to striker Folarin Balogun and the lifting of his one-game ban is both amazing (for the Americans) and awful (for the sport).

“These do not have to be binary states. You can think that Balogun didn't deserve a red card in the first place. But even if you feel that way, you can also recognize that so much about this situation just stinks. There was back-channeling done. Balogun's sudden amnesty adds to the perception of favoritism—a perception that also cuts, fairly or unfairly, at what the U.S. team might still yet accomplish.”

https://t.co/ZFiaIzMMLF

[Benjamin Cowen @benjamincowen]

Do not blame Balogun for this outcome.

He did not complain about the red card.

He shook the ref's hand.

He said that he wanted to be a good role model for kids.

Most other players whine on every single foul called.

Balogun showed class and I am a lifetime fan.

[Sumeet 🇺🇸 @flameosumeet]

Interesting point on the Balogun situation that’s gone unnoticed:

Jenny Taft and now the NY Post are reporting that FIFA was already reviewing the red card (protocol?) before Trump made any calls, and that the USSF was threatening to go to CAS over the issue…

Entirely possible that Trump swooped in and took credit at the last minute, certainly not out of the ordinary for him

[Plus EV Analytics @PlusEVAnalytics]

FIFA: "no of course this was not political interference, we would never allow such a thing"
Trump: "it was all me. I interfered. Politically."

Spectacular.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

17 Republicans voted NO ON WHAT???

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

Walking around Seattle ahead of the USMNT game. Plenty of USMNT jerseys including this custom one IMPEACH kit for Donald Trump.

Trump is at the center of a World Cup controversy, calling Gianni Infantino in hopes of overturning Flo Balogun’s red card suspension. FIFA insists he didn’t have any influence. That hasn’t stopped Trump from taking credit today.

Politics & sports, eh?

Live blog: https://t.co/pxdwcH86WZ

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

There are at least two reason they might not want to update us on McConnell’s condition:

-In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election.

-That date is August 3rd.

1) If McConnell’s condition is clearly unfit for office, they’d hide that to avoid being forced to submit a resignation letter until after that date.

2) If McConnell has not regained consciousness or has the chance of oxygen induced brain death and is on artificial life support, they would try and

-In Kentucky “brain death” is legally considered death under Kentucky Revised Statute § 446.400

-Any two independent physicians may declare the patient dead for the purposes of the seat being vacated IF the patient is only “alive” due to a ventilator and artificial life support systems.

But, his next of kin (Chao) would need to be involved in the process of treatment and testing and final decisions to end support for that path to be viable…

She left to China 3 days after his hospitalization.

So is McConnell alive and well? Is he awake and functional? Is he a vegetable?

Either way I think they are trying to make sure we don’t have the answer to that until August 3rd.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jack Smith: James Comey, Letitia James, Jerome Powell. There's not criminality here. I mean, seashells?? The only reasonable explanation is the president has it out for these people. He has people who are his former personal lawyers who are going to do what he says, regardless of the facts or law

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jack Smith: I'm very concerned of what's going to happen in the next election.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jack Smith: One of the problems is that the justice department can't do its job. If you go to court and the judges don't trust you, you can't do the basic things that you need to do to represent the American people in court. And we have seen judges across the country say they can't trust prosecutors anymore. And that has such a cascading effect… They're just not effective at doing their job anymore. They've jettisoned expertise.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

This is abuse of power at the highest of levels. Shame on the law firms for capitulating.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jack Smith: I travel around… People come up to me and it's interesting because they don't expect me to be there. And I have to say, the vast majority of people are really appreciative of my service and the service of our team…

[Lars Sivertsen @larssivertsen]

I am not entirely convinced this part of the VAR protocols was followed here.

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

NO CARD RED CARD

[Nick 🇨🇦 @Nick28T]

As a Canadian, I have no horse in this particular race… BUT, that’s never a red card on Balogun. And if it is, then how the hell did Messi not get sent off for the identical thing in the group stages?

As always, lack of consistency in VAR and Ref decisions.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Why is smoking the only addiction jobs give you breaks for? I should get a 15 minute break every hour to eat cheese.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Thank you, Secretary Kennedy, for releasing the $700 million in behavioral health funding my father’s administration authorized.
But it should not have taken this long. The delay cost lives.
Putting people living on the streets first is right. They are the easiest to see and the easiest to ignore.

I have no problem with the mission.

I have a problem with one sentence in the guidance: STREETS grants cannot pay for harm reduction.

Harm reduction is not an ideology. It is a clean syringe, naloxone in a backpack, fentanyl test strips in a pocket. A place where someone can be kept breathing instead of being found dead.

I personally know people whose lives were saved by harm reduction. I know you do too. I know what they have done with those lives since. Not one of them would be in recovery today if they didn’t have access to harm reduction. The would be dead.

Anyone serious about recovery knows harm reduction saves lives. Ask people in the rooms. Ask the families keeping naloxone in the kitchen drawer.

If you want the Great American Recovery to mean something, fund what keeps people on this side of the grave. We do recover, but only if we make it out alive.

[PitBackle @PitBackle]

We didn't win against Iran but at least it didn't cost us 300 billion USD. 🤷‍♂️