Joseph Ahearn

RTs are not an endorsement. Tweets are my own opinion

[U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White @USAmbToBelgium]

The United States Mission to Belgium condemns, in the strongest terms, Ghent University’s retaliation against an American scholar following his accurate whistleblower reporting on academic fraud.

The United States government regularly funds and supports research, academic exchanges, and other engagements with overseas universities. Dishonest, corrupt institutions that engage in, or reward, scapegoating mob behavior are not desirable partners for us. This is particularly true where the purpose and effect of the scapegoating is to punish accurate journalism unearthing academic dishonesty. We are therefore reviewing any relationships we have with Ghent University.

Bad-faith idealogues will try to make this a referendum on the content of Cofnas’s scholarship – or polemical distortions of it. That’s wrong. Free speech means that controversial views are protected. And Cofnas’s views were known to Ghent University when he was hired.

The ultimate purpose of freedom of speech is to overturn lies, fraud, and false ideologies. This is precisely what Cofnas was doing, and precisely the reason his home institution wants to silence him.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett]

🚨NEWS: The Senate has decided to punt a vote on the Clarity Act until September, per Politico.

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

BREAKING: The House has passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide, ending the twice-a-year clock changes by a 308-117 vote. Backed by President Trump, the bill now heads to the Senate. If approved and signed into law, Americans would no longer have to change their clocks.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year.

That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer.

FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset.

US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records.

So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros.

Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability.

Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business.

They will not.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

If you are a US Citizen and you aren’t rooting for USA against Belgium, you are a traitor. No other way to put it. You can’t be trusted if you are rooting against your own country in the World Cup.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

IF YOU WANNA BE FIRED UP JUST WATCH THIS EDIT THE USMNT SOCIAL TEAM COOKED UP!

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇺🇸 The White House also celebrate Folarin Balogun’s presence for next game against Belgium.

[Tactical Manager @ManagerTactical]

Bruh… Infantino got the call 😭😂

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

FOUND A WAY THROUGH! 🇺🇸

[Joseph Ahearn @joeahearn]

@GregJKrieg FOYS

[Taylor Twellman @TaylorTwellman]

Red card for that means you’ve lost the plot. Completely lost the plot. #USMNT

[Joseph Ahearn @joeahearn]

@vulturetrades In

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

it’s our time 🏆

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Arsenal—23 years
Knicks—53 years

Two long barren runs come to an end in 2026 🤝

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

close out game Brunson 🔥

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

CAPTA11N CLUTCH!

JALEN BRUNSON IS YOUR 2026 NBA FINALS MVP 🏆

[Henrik Lundqvist @HLundqvist]

Unreal. Just amazing. Congrats to the entire @nyknicks organization and the city of New York, it’s been incredible to witness! I’m so impressed with this group and they really are the definition of a TEAM. 🔥

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

for the boroughs and Knicks fans around the world 🏆

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

job’s done ✅

[Premier League @premierleague]

He made it.