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Red Red Wine. Fin. RE.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Congrats to USA Today’s Nancy Armour! She has written the dumbest paragraph not only of my lifetime but in the history of sports. This is an article that says @CaitlinClark22 arguing calls has become dangerous for the @wnba and civil rights. Nancy Armour should be out in a straight jacket and locked up. We can’t have these types of smooth brains roaming freely in society

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Just common sense!

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the largest sporting event in the history of the world, shattering previous attendance record by double digits. America- we got it done, ZERO major security incidents across our nation while we hosted the equivalent of 78 super bowls in 38 days, along with 40 base camps, endless fan zones, and celebrations in nearly every state.

President Trump promised his administration would deliver the most safe, secure, and fun environment for FIFA. He started by establishing the White
House FIFA Task Force some 16 months ago, and we got right to work.

This FBI led the charge dedicating nearly 5,000 personnel to the effort out of HQ, field, and international offices - across 16 host cities. And, none of what we accomplished is possible without our federal, state and local partners who all put in the same relentless effort. It’s the largest resource dedication the FBI has EVER made for a any event.

This FBI stood up a Joint Ops Center, International Police Coordination Center, Intelligence Coordination Center, and more - all from scratch- to collect and share intel in live time.

We established the first ever counter-UAS drone school, training members of law enforcement from across the country for the World Cup- we seized over 700 drones near FIFA airspace.

Whether it was UFC 250, SAIL 250, State Fair 250 or so many other events happening simultaneously- we DELIVERED the safest and most secure World Cup in history.

President Trump's leadership set the course, he led the way, and this FBI and our partners rose to the challenge- thanks to all our partners, @FIFA @DHSgov @WHTaskForceFIFA and their Director Andrew Giuliani.

[Gays For Trump @GaysForTrump]

The best thing about George Floyd's death was that it resulted in the widespread use of police bodycams.

The narrative spread by these people and BLM is forever changed because we see how they act, and their claims of police brutality are false.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Four churches have burned down in New York since Zohran Mamdani took office. Yesterday alone, two churches were set on fire.

Imagine if it were mosques. He would be crying Islamophobia and declaring a state of emergency.

But since it’s churches, he hasn’t said a single word.

[The Italian American Civil Rights League @TheIACRL]

Zohran Mamdani wants to ERASE Italian Americans.

First, he denied our permit for Unity Day 2026.

Now, he is excluding Little Italy as a recognized location all together on the map.

Italian Americans BUILT NEW YORK CITY. Not third world Ugandans,

We stand AGAINST COMMUNISTS!

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just said the one thing about America they made sure you’d never learn.

The one thing that should’ve made you proud, not ashamed.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”

One nation held a weapon no civilization had ever possessed.

Total monopoly on destruction. No rival. No consequence. No limit.

Every empire in history that held that kind of power did the only thing empires know how to do.

They took until there was nothing left to take.

America had a greater advantage than all of them combined.

And rebuilt the nations it just defeated.

Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”

Not almost unprecedented.

It had never happened. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded civilization.

The nation with the power to take everything chose to rebuild instead.

Enemies became allies. Rubble became economies. Surrender became partnership.

Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a single generation.

Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.

Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.

Into the capital of the country that just tried to end the free world.

That decision reshaped every economy, every alliance, and every trade route on the planet.

Billions of people lifted out of poverty over the next half century trace back to one moment. One nation choosing restraint over domination.

No other country in history can make that claim. Not one.

Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”

Every nation on earth has blood in its history.

But the measure of a nation was never its worst chapter.

It’s what it does when nobody can stop it.

When nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.

You’re being told every day that this country is something to be ashamed of.

By people who have no idea what the world looks like without it.

Every free market. Every open border for trade. Every democracy that took root outside Europe stands in the shadow of that single decision.

The values that built this country didn’t just shape America.

They shaped the modern world.

AI is about to hand a small number of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look primitive.

1945 was the first test.

AI is the last.

That power is going to exist. The only question left is who holds it.

The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.

It was having the power to take everything and choosing not to.

The people trying hardest to tear that story down have never built a single thing worth defending.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Germany's Chancellor Merz admits:

Trump often applies pressure through a very forceful approach.

The last American presidents politely asked us, "Please, finally do a little more for your own defense," but across Europe those requests largely fell on deaf ears.

Now there is an American president who says, rather bluntly, "Enough is enough."

And I cannot blame him. Just look at the numbers: the United States spends around 80 percent of NATO's defense resources, while Europe accounts for only about 20 percent.

That is unacceptable. It has always been unacceptable.

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

I was in the Oval Office today for the launch of the Invest America / Trump Accounts initiative.

Here are my takeaways:

1. This program may have the most bipartisan support of anything I have ever seen. Everyone, regardless of political party, understands the power of giving young children money to compound over decades.

2. While the government and current administration should get immense credit for the program, there were many private citizens like @altcap, @MichaelDell and others that persistently pursued the idea until it became reality. They quite literally changed the course of millions of lives with this idea.

3. It will quickly become a game of status for people to donate to fund the accounts. The Dell Family gave over $6 billion. SpaceX’s @Gwynne_Shotwell gave more than $300 million today. Brad Gerstner is adopting every child in the state of Indiana to give money to their accounts. The list goes on and on already…

4. Companies will begin making contributions core parts of their perk packages for employees. Corporations like Bank of America, JPMorgan, Robinhood and others have already announced these efforts.

5. The Oval Office is surprisingly small in size, but the historical significance of the room is palpable the second you walk into it. The President called it “the most important room in the world” today and I walked away thinking that was accurate.

6. This idea of Invest America accounts has become a magnet for the world’s most successful people. I saw Larry Fink, David Solomon, Lisa Su, and many other Fortune 500 CEOs in attendance for the Rose Garden lunch. It is hard for an idea to fail when this many people are behind it.

7. The Rose Garden was very nicely done. I had been to the White House before, but never to the Oval Office or the Rose Garden. Both seemed elevated compared to the rest of the White House and surrounding buildings. It sounds like the new ballroom will also be a modern structure that mirrors this elevated approach.

8. The staff and admin team in the White House are generous and genuine. Each person was kind, gracious, and seemed to be at the top of their game. Sometimes you go to places and are disappointed with the let down from your expectations, but this was not the case with the White House team. All professionals doing their job.

9. The media loves Trump way more than they let on publicly. Many of the mainstream hosts and anchors were joking around with him like it is one big club, while simultaneously laughing at his jokes and being much more friendly than I expected. He seems to be good for their business, so it makes sense why the public narrative and private interactions don’t appear to match.

10. I never thought I would see a day where @NYSE and @Nasdaq collaborated on an event like this, including the ringing of both bells by one person at the same time. I guess anything is possible if kids are involved.

Overall, this was an awesome experience. I know some people like this administration and some people don’t. I learned from @kevinolearytv to focus on policies, not politicians.

And the Invest America accounts are objectively a great idea that will hopefully spread like wildfire in the years to come.

[USMNT NATION @USMNTvsHaters]

I think all this media crap got into our players heads. These guys aren’t playing like normal.

[Tom Fitton @TomFitton]

.@SecMullinDHS: Deportations averaging 3200/day. Great and historic success but numbers need to be around 8000/day in order to fully reverse the Biden invasion. (This number becomes a lot smaller if self-deportations keep up or increase!) Doable!

[Underdog @Underdog]

Mauricio Pochettino on Folarin Balogun suspension decision, via @tombogert:

"We were punished enough against Bosnia to play with 10 men for 30 minutes, in a decision that was unfair ... It’s not because I’m the head coach of the USA… I think 99.9% of people agree it was an unfair red card."

[ᜰ @markklfc]

Folarin Balogun on his controversial red card against Bosnia, questioning the referee and VAR:

🗣️ “I cannot accept that decision. I've watched the replay over and over, and I know in my heart there was never any intention to hurt anyone. It was a football action, nothing more. To send me off for that is one of the harshest decisions I've experienced in my career.”

“What's frustrating isn't just the red card it's the inconsistency. Week after week, challenge after challenge, we've all seen similar incidents judged differently. Sometimes VAR says it's football, sometimes it becomes a straight red. How are players supposed to understand the rules when the standard changes every game?”

“The referee had one look. VAR had every angle, slow motion, every replay imaginable, and they still chose the harshest possible outcome. That's the part I cannot understand. Technology was introduced to remove obvious mistakes, not to create even bigger controversies.”

“This decision didn't just punish me. It punished my teammates, my coaches, every supporter wearing a USA shirt and everyone who travelled to support us. One whistle changed an entire World Cup night, and that's something impossible to forget.”

“If football wants players and fans to respect VAR, then VAR has to start respecting football. Consistency isn't optional it's the foundation of fairness. Right now, too many careers, tournaments and dreams are being decided by officials instead of the football itself.”

“I'll accept responsibility when I'm wrong. But I will never stay silent when I believe the game has been let down. Players deserve clarity, supporters deserve honesty, and this tournament deserves officiating that applies the same standard to everyone not different standards depending on the badge you wear.”

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

A clean sheet for Matt Freese, the US men's national team goalkeeper.

TIL that he turned down Manchester United as a teenager to go to Harvard and study economics and computer science (this makes him spiritually Asian btw).

He's a legit data nerd too - models expected goals, builds Pythagorean expectation formulas, and did deep research on penalty-taker tendencies that gives him a real edge. He said that he'll publish the full findings only after retiring from football.

He's also Catholic so I'm guessing, his baseline is pretty based. Well done to him and Team USA! 🇺🇸

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

You should need to punch somebody in the nuts for a red card to be issued. Or have it be a 5 minute penalty. But to lose a guy for the entire game is insane. We may have to go to war if we lose this screw job.

[Karen McGee @karenmotherof2]

BREAKING: A Seattle judge has granted FWD Floarin Balogun his injunction against FIFA.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

The sports world couldn't believe Flo Balogun was sent off with a red card.

Balogun will be suspended for the USMNT's R16 game vs. Belgium.

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Friendly reminder that FIFA golden boy Messi received no punishment after this foul earlier in the tournament.

[Kylen Mills @KylenMills]

Per FIFA rules:
A yellow card is awarded for a reckless challenge on an opponent such as tripping, tackling, grabbing, or interfering during play

A red card is given for a serious or dangerous foul that goes beyond what a yellow card would be merited for. -violent conduct (punching, kicking, biting, headbutting, etc.) or spitting on an opponent

What Faloran Balogun did was NOT so egregious that it should be straight to red. I’ll stand ten toes down on that. #usmnt

[Francesco 🇮🇹 @SaP011]

Lyon, France 🇫🇷:
A 20-year-old French boy accidentally bumps into a North African man, apologizes, and walks away.

The man chases him and stabs him in the neck.

The boy was treated and is not in life-threatening condition. The attacker is wanted for attempted murder.

This is the kind of people we let into our countries:
“When you meet the disbelievers, strike them at the neck…” (Quran 47:4).