Shauna Laauwe

[Farm Girl Carrie 👩‍🌾 @FarmGirlCarrie]

Steve Hilton: "I was in Texas and we filled up with gas in Texas $3.59 On Monday in Los Angeles $8.59 that's not Trump, that's not the Iran war. That is 100% Democrat policies in California ⛽️

[CRIXUS @CRIXUSwasHERE]

ABSOLUTELY!!👇🤨

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@GuntherEagleman @sophaller Looks more like the WWE than basketball. What the thuggery did I just watch? @WNB

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

NAILED IT: Bill Maher: “I am loving that the World Cup has brought to our shores all these people who are doing Americans the service of REMINDING us just when we needed it on our big 250th birthday that actually this place is kind of awesome.”

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@BRFCJohn Ahhh, hope you make it to Texas. Best state in the USA plus we haven't made weed legal here.

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@espn This was the only game that Fox did not show the pregame crowds outside tge stadium and very few shots of fans in the stands. Watched until about the 60th minute, not one rainbow flag seen. I'm sure that there are many folks upset about the lack of attention.

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

TARTAN ARMY SAY GOODBYE 😭

With Scotland on the verge of elimination from the World Cup, traveling supporters are paying emotional tribute to their trips to the U.S. 👋

They were here for a good time, not a long time, but the memories will last a lifetime 💙🤍

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@EllaFrei17 I support you Ella!! I played basketball, volleyball and track in school. Keep biological males OUT of girls sports!!

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@Alamo @Mo141477 You did the same to @FreddyLA7 ! Do better!!

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@meiklejohn21 @TeekoAleks Safe travels!! I'm so proud that you had a lovely visit!! I hope to travel to Scotland in 2027 or 28. ❤️

[Victor Okafor @TheVictorOkafor]

If the last few days of this World Cup didn’t teach you anything about humans, I fear you may never learn.

Jeremy Doku wanted to leave the Belgian camp to be there for the birth of his first child. There was outrage. A french media personality criticised him publicly. Called him names. Said he was throwing away a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cut an umbilical cord.

Didier Deschamps' mother passed away. He needed to leave. Everyone understood. "Rest in peace." "Take all the time you need." Full compassion. No questions asked.

Read that again.

We are comfortable with a man leaving to bury his mother - but a man leaving to witness the birth of his child is controversial?

That’s an express show of the insensitivity that has become prevalent today because everyone has an opinion on everyone’s lives.

Death gets grace. Life doesn't.

That is the hypocrisy.

Once a celebrity dies, watch the entire timeline filled with people saying

"give people their flowers while they're alive" and "cherish your loved ones" but it's performance. It's paparazzi.

Because the moment a man actually chooses his family in real time, over work, over ambition, over the World Cup - suddenly he's irresponsible.

We only honour love when it's too late. We only respect presence when someone is gone.

If you ever find yourself having to choose between your family and your work, choose your family. 100% of the time. Not 99.

Workplace is ruthless. If Doku drops a stinker during a game, nobody cares about his sacrifice, HE WILL BE TAKEN OFF.

Your family IS the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

May God strengthen the family of the bereaved and may he add more joy and laughter to the family celebrating new life.

[Dallas Morning News @dallasnews]

What started as a meeting at a Dallas brewery turned into the World Cup adventure of a lifetime.

When members of the Japanese prominent supporters' club @ told Michael Peticolas they were taking a bus from Dallas to Monterrey, Mexico, for a World Cup match, he had one question: "Is there room for one more?"

The answer led to a 36-hour journey filled with pre-dawn departures, border crossings, tacos in Monterrey, nonstop chants and one of the most electric soccer atmospheres he's ever experienced.

The lifelong soccer fan who's attended hundreds of matches said he'd never seen anything like the passion of Japan's supporters.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Peticolas said.

🚌Follow along as a Dallas brewery owner joins Japanese superfans on an unforgettable World Cup road trip.

📹️: Courtesy of Michael Peticolas

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@MericaCulture Ahhhh. . .I have this painting hanging in my house. . .

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“As we know, the English historically struggle here in Massachusetts.”

Such a casually brilliant line. 😂

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@FreddyLA7 Magnificent on the outside and many have beautiful entrances group space and dining area, but generally is a dorm with student rooms with 2-4 per room.

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@WahidSkaikay @Vfynn_ He missed 2 days. He is flying back. Good gravy.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️NEW: Eden Hazard on the Doku controversy: ‘A World Cup comes every four years. Your first child comes once’

“People are acting like Doku is abandoning his country. For what? To witness the birth of his first child? Football has lost its mind. A World Cup comes every four years. Your first child comes once. There will be another tournament, another trophy, another headline. There will never be another first breath from your son.

Some journalists call it ‘disgusting.’ No, what’s disgusting is a world where a player is praised for missing his child’s birth but criticized for being a father. We celebrate loyalty to a badge and mock loyalty to blood. That’s backwards.

You don’t postpone the first cry of your son because a tournament is on. You don’t negotiate with life the way you negotiate with a defender. This is not a friendly. This is not a game you can replay.

Your first child… bringing them into this world… it is a blessing. It only happens once. Everything else — the jersey, the crowd, the cameras — that is noise.
Important noise, yes. But still noise.

A man who turns his back on that moment to chase another trophy is not strong. He is empty. I have lifted everything there is to lift in this game. I know what stays when the final whistle blows and the stadium goes dark. It is not the medal. It is the eyes that look at you like you are their entire world.

Let the boy go home. Let him hold his wife’s hand when it matters. The World Cup will still be here in four years. His son’s first breath will not wait for anyone.

Football teaches you to fight. Fatherhood teaches you why you fight. Some people confuse the two. That is their problem, not Doku’s.”

—ZackNani/ YT

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

I was curious once too.

I have never lived in Texas. But I worked remotely with Texans for years, and I spent so much time in the DFW area twenty years ago that it remains one of my favorite places on earth to visit.

So let me try to explain what I learned.

Start with this. In America, everyone is proud of their state. But Texas is different, and here is the tell. You never have to ask a Texan where they are from. They will tell you. Usually within the first two minutes.

Part of it is size. Texas is enormous. You can drive for a full day and never leave it. Part of it is the sheer variety. Real mountains in the west. Pine forests in the east. Beaches on the Gulf. Ranch land, oil country, desert, hill country, and some of the biggest cities in America. Almost every kind of terrain on the continent exists inside one state line.

But the real root is the history, and Texans know their history.

Texas was its own country. A fully independent republic with its own president, army, navy, and embassies. It fought Mexico for its independence and won it on the battlefield, then chose to join the United States as an equal. Six flags have flown over that land. Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederacy, and the United States. That was real history long before it was a theme park.

And here is the part outsiders miss most.

When the rest of the world pictures America, they are very often picturing Texas. The ranches. The boots. The oil. The swagger. The TV show Dallas ran for twenty years and exported that image to the entire planet. Texas became the shorthand for America itself.

But here is the thing I love most about Texans.

As much as they love Texas, they love America more.

It is, by almost any measure, the most patriotic state in the Union.

That is the answer. Texas pride is not arrogance. It is a country that remembers being a country, and chose this one anyway. 🦋

[Shauna Laauwe @laauwe95]

@eurofounder Yeah, nope. Its okay to say no.

[Mark Walker @markwalker5555]

I’m a lifelong Houston Astros fan. Every year for Father’s Day, my kids get me and my wife tickets to a game and we all go together. My wife, my kids, their spouses, and my grandkids.

We were at the game in Houston last night and two things happened that made my night almost as much as being at the game with my family.

The first happened when I paid a vendor with my USAA credit card. She saw the card and said, “just want to thank you for your service.” I thanked her and the two young men (early 20’s or so) in the row in front of me turned around, each shook my hand, and one of them said, “We couldn’t help but overhear. We also want to thank you for your service, sir.” It wasn’t about their recognizing me, per se. It was just very refreshing to see two young guys thankful for another person’s sacrifice. Too often, all we hear about are the entitled, arrogant young generation. Last night just reminded me they aren’t all in that group.

The second thing was at the piano bar in downtown Houston after the game. There were 12 Dutch guys at the table next to us. They’ve been in the US for the past nine days to follow the World Cup. I ended up talking to them for quite a while. This was the first trip to the States for them. They said they had always been told how arrogant and condescending Americans are. They said since they’ve been here, everyone they’ve come in contact with has been overwhelmingly friendly and welcoming. One of them even commented, “Everything we’ve ever heard about Americans is a lie.” I bought a round of drinks for them and told them I was glad they had a good experience in this country and hoped they would return sometime.

Every now and then, I get too sucked into all the negativity that permeates social media and forget that it actually represents an extremely small fraction of the population. Good people still outnumber bad by a huge margin. Last night was my latest reminder not to forget that.