John Bunde

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@DavidBakhtiari Gee look, real grass at the Meadowlands. What a concept eh? GPG

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🇺🇸🏟️ The France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 match is being played at the MetLife Stadium. Capacity is 82,566. Reminder, this is where the FINAL of the tournament will take place! 🏆✅ (@SportyTV)

[𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙈𝙘𝙂𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙮 @IballsInah]

We have waited 28 years for this.

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@CyrtHogg https://t.co/D0w0NrrKA2

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

An all-time pitching performance by Jacob Misiorowski. He threw a one-hit Maddux and punched 15. The most in a >99-pitch shutout before was Tarik Skubal's 13. This is Miz finding out in real time what he can be. The velocity is mind-bending. All of it is.

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@SSCMembers https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

So Proud!
https://t.co/zPAfjJyDea

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@BostonGlobe https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@BostonGlobe https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@BBCScotlandNews https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@WCVB https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@ScotlandNT https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@ScotlandNT @FIFAWorldCup https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@ScotlandNT @FIFAWorldCup https://t.co/KFPxaqzfGU Next Thursday...

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@SamBorden And he would be holding everyone's feet to the fire on all the BS associated with the World Cup!

[Olivia of Troye @OliviaTroye]

As someone who has worked on national security vetting, the Trump Admin barring Somali referee Omar Artan entry to the US for the World Cup leads to more questions than answers.
Omar was vetted, approved, and issued a visa.
Then he landed in the United States and was suddenly deemed a national security threat.
So which is it?
Either the system failed, or someone changed the rules after the fact.
That's not how serious national security decisions should be made.
The public deserves to know what changed.

[John Bunde @oldsparky]

@ziplamak

[Andrew Wiebe @andrew_wiebe]

You simply cannot overestimate how much Midwesterners love and appreciate far-away visitors and want them to have the best time possible in the places they call home. People just want to share what they love.

Lawrence is a special place.

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

In the parlance of counterterrorism, “links to suspected terrorist” is the weakest designation. It could be the referee was at a party or event that was being surveilled because of other attendees. It means nothing.

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

On the decision to deny Somali referee Omar Artan entry to the US for the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup:

@AndrewHGiuliani says “it was for very good reason.”

“I support that decision,” he adds.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali.

The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful.

https://t.co/rpSgTmmPU4

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Omar Artan was set to make history for his country as the first referee from Somalia to officiate at a World Cup, but he was denied entry to the U.S. after arriving in Miami and cut from the tournament by FIFA. https://t.co/W5pA8RKUdy