DH

LFC and UND hockey, amongst other things. I don't tweet often, but when I do...I tweet.

[Chief @Chiefofbridge]

🚨 Peter Drury Breaks Silence: Questionable Calls, Cancelled Goals & FIFA Favouritism – Has Football Become a Scripted Show?

🗣Peter Drury

“After years spent analyzing football matches and commentating on the game at the highest level, I can honestly say that what we witnessed today between Argentina and Egypt was unlike anything I’ve seen in my entire career.

How that was awarded as a penalty remains a complete mystery. The contact, if any, looked minimal at best, yet the decision stood. It’s becoming harder and harder to watch the sport without feeling that the beautiful game is slowly turning into something of a joke for millions of fans around the world. The officiating has been strangely “clean” almost suspiciously so yet it leaves serious questions about consistency and impartiality.

Then there was Egypt’s goal, ruled out for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Why was it disallowed? In the same match, when Argentina scored their decisive goal, there appeared to be a clear foul in the build-up that neither the referee nor VAR chose to review properly. These are the moments that make supporters feel the outcome is no longer decided purely on the pitch.

There’s a growing narrative out there and it’s hard to ignore that Lionel Messi is being protected as FIFA’s golden boy. With Cristiano Ronaldo no longer part of the international scene, some believe the powers that be are determined to keep Messi’s story alive for as long as possible because his presence still drives massive global interest and viewing figures. Whether that’s true or not, the pattern of decisions in key moments only fuels that conversation.

passion, and the unpredictable nature of who wins on any given day. But when decisions repeatedly go one way, when valid goals are chalked off and questionable ones are given, and when VAR seems to miss obvious incidents, it starts to feel like something else is at play. The game deserves better. Fans deserve transparency, consistency, and the simple belief that the result is earned not influenced.

These are the moments that test our love for the sport. And right now, that love is being stretched thin.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​“

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

.@KenPaxtonTX appears to have used an address where he didn't live while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years, violating election laws...

...maybe someone should look into potential mortgage fraud, since GOP is happy targeting Trump's foes on that.
https://t.co/x6n9qyv14X

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Russia spent last week murdering civilians sleeping in their homes with ballistic missiles and now the Olympics invites them back. That means the russian anthem will play at the next games. This is absolutely disgusting.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

No, George Washington didn’t have a personal-business desk beside his official desk. No, 38,000 Americans didn’t die building the Panama Canal. No, it’s not true no pre-Trump president donated his salary.

Lots of fake history from Trump this past week: https://t.co/kYZHpl60b2

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Pay attention to Pete Hegseth’s reaction when a reporter asked President Trump whether the “Charlie Kirk assassin,” Tyler Robinson, was working alone.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

2015: America prosecutes corrupt FIFA officials.
2025: FIFA gives Trump a "Peace Prize." Days later, DOJ drops a FIFA bribery case.
2026: Trump calls FIFA. A red card vanishes.

We lost more than a game last night. We lost our credibility.

More here: https://t.co/2gofnhqkYy

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
George Orwell, 1984

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

The U.S. trade deficit rose by over 40% last month, reaching $77.6 billion.

That's the largest since March 2025 and higher than the monthly average during Biden's term.

Trump's tariffs have failed to make a dent.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

And when we look back we'll see that he bought more Dell stock right before he said this, so he can profit off of his market manipulation.

Here's your daily reminder that Republicans blocked a congressional stock trading ban from Democrats because it extended to the President.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

AN ICE AGENT TORTURED A MAN TO DEATH, THEN COVERED IT UP.

AN. ICE. AGENT. TORTURED. A. MAN. TO. DEATH. THEN. COVERED. IT. UP!

[Julian Dorey @juliandorey]

"The WORST NBA Team Owner was CAUGHT Talking to Epstein!

Josh Harris, Co-Founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management and managing partner of the NBA team Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL team New Jersey Devils, and the NFL team Washington Commanders, has been CAUGHT in the Epstein files arranging get-togethers with him.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Worth watching this chilling account from Amb. Samantha Power about Elon Musk & Trump ignoring evidence in plain sight that destroying USAID would lead to deaths around the world: “There was no regard for human lives at stake.”

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Hi Nance - Here's 10 of the 28 women who said Trump sexually assaulted them. Oh, and pls don't forget @ejeancarroll who Trump has to fork over $5M to for raping her. Any questions?

[Military Arms @MAC_Arms]

People don't understand how Flock cameras can be abused. This deputy used Flock cameras to stalk a female who wasn't interested in him. He followed her, pulled her over, threatened to harass her boyfriend, etc. These cameras should be banned.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Believe it or not, there was once a time when the Republican Party was against Communist ideals like seizing the means of production.

[The Solari Report | Catherine Austin Fitts @solari_the]

No one goes to prison for $21 trillion missing from the US government, or for the financial fraud that triggered $29 trillion of bailouts or the fraudulent inducement of $1.6 trillion of student loans or the mass atrocity of killing and disabling millions from the Covid shot or narcotics trafficking by US gov/related parties. But three flock cameras - now that is something that inspires serious enforcement! Three flock cameras are more important that the entire US Treasury. Wow.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

The right-wing plan is simple: keep you broke, scared, angry, distracted, and blaming everyone except the rich bastards robbing you blind.

[capitolhunters @capitolhunters]

A good rule of thumb: when a president who already tried to mount a self-coup and overturn democracy then tears up the presidential residence to build a giant bunker with "drone ports" (his words) and a new helipad, you should really ask why he is doing it.