I don't know what's more impressive Rocchio's homer to beat the White Sox, or the perfect radio call by @CleGuardians HOF announcer Tom Hamilton! Hammy painted the perfect picture! He's The Best!
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on the farce of Western countries telling Congo to ‘just govern properly’:
‘The Kingdom of Belgium created a slave colony in Congo for 30 years. The government of Belgium ran the slave colony for another 40 years.
The CIA assassinated Congo’s first popular leader Patrice Lumumba, and then installed another dictatorship for the next 30 years.
And then Glencore and others now suck out your cobalt without giving Congo tax income. We don’t reflect on that. We say what’s wrong with you? Why don’t you govern properly?’
Mexican supporters rallied outside of the Iranian soccer team's hotel to honor the Minab schoolchildren killed by the US and Israel.
The team is scheduled to depart Tijuana on Tuesday evening.
This is what Gaza looks like and this actress is afraid of a T-shirt. Imagine thinking you are the victim when the ideology you support is committing genocide.
Routine destruction of Palestinian roads and water infrastructure in the Occupied West Bank, featuring the armored D9 Caterpiller produced in East Peoria, Illinois and provided free of charge using our taxpayer dollars.
U.S. Congresswomen @RepRashida issued a stark warning to Lebanon’s government:
“Wake up!”
“Israel and the Trump administration are openly rooting for the new Lebanese civil war.”
“Learn the lessons of the countries before you.”
“A ceasefire with Israel means: You cease, they fire.”
She says the Trump administration’s Lebanon deal won’t protect the Lebanese people. It will deepen Israeli occupation and turn Lebanon into “another subcontractor for the Israeli occupation.”
Hope Lebanon’s elites hear this!
I’ve been informed that I’ll get a vote today at 5:15pm on my resolution to force a report of the slush fund that’s been used to settle claims of sexual misconduct by members of Congress using taxpayer money. A debate at approximately 4pm will precede the vote.
British courts upheld the government’s proscription of Palestine Action and sentenced four of its activists as terrorists. A series of abuses of the legal process ensured these outcomes were all but predetermined.
Read my latest here: https://t.co/xVCrhbdLxG
Funny how some teams get asked about football… and others get asked to explain the world.
Shoutout to the Iran team for carrying that weight.
#WorldCup#Iran
#WorldCup2026 Round of 32: The United States will face Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina supporters have chanted for Palestine in every match since the start of the tournament and have displayed Palestinian flags in the stands.
On the U.S. side, head coach Mauricio Pochettino is a fanatical Trump loyalist. Meanwhile, not a single member of the U.S. national team has publicly spoken out against the country's internationally condemned actions or its racist rhetoric.
You already know which team to support in this match.
🚨JUST IN: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is proposing $3.3 billion in military aid for Israel be eliminated from the federal budget, with a vote on the amendment expected next week.
"Netanyahu said he wants to reduce Israel’s dependence on US aid; let’s start now," Rep. Massie said
This is genuinely shocking, and says so much about our approach to China.
I decided to check for independent reviews of the English version Xi Jinping's latest book, published a year ago, to see what people had to say about it since I hadn't read it myself.
To my surprise, I couldn't find any: not a single thoughtful review about the book out there! Even on Amazon, check it for yourself (https://t.co/1LVlhACA53): the book has only 3 ratings, that's it.
No matter where you stand on China, you’ve got to admit that’s pretty crazy: the sitting president of the world's rising superpower publishes a 700-page book explaining exactly what he's doing and why, and we don’t even care to look.
If there ever was a fact that illustrates just how willfully ignorant we are about China, this is it.
All the more because we then go spew the usual clichés around how secretive and impenetrable the Chinese system is: the book is on Amazon for $21 for crying out loud!
Anyhow, this felt so wrong that I figured I'd fix it. I bought the book, read it attentively and wrote what I hope you'll agree is a thoughtful review of it.
The book contains genuinely surprising passages, such as Xi writing that oversight of the Communist Party by "the judiciary, the public, and the media" was not just something the Party must “readily accept,” but something that he framed as historically decisive - an essential component to "escaping the historical cycle of rise and fall" that has doomed every dynasty in China's history.
Other passage that I'm sure would surprise many: a common narrative out there is that China blames the West for the century of humiliation and is driven by revenge. Well, Xi explains that's not true at all: the century of humiliation was China's own mistake, originated in the Ming Dynasty's disastrous "policy of national seclusion" that "resulted in China missing out on the opportunities presented by the Industrial Revolution" and "led to China’s decline."
All in all, the book is remarkably self-reflective and thoughtful. For instance Xi recognizes that his drive for “full and rigorous internal governance” - including to rid the Party of corruption - risked "instill[ing] fear and apprehension, or intimidate members into inaction.” He emphasizes the need for pragmatism in this regard, codified in a framework called the “Three Distinctions” that separates honest mistakes - made while experimenting, reforming, or operating without precedent - from deliberate violations committed for personal gain.
And many other surprises still. I found it a genuinely fascinating read for anyone interested in how the Chinese system works and how Xi thinks - or anyone interested in governance, period, as so much of what he writes is pretty universally applicable.
This is the link to my review of the book, an article I titled "The Book the West Refuses to Read": https://t.co/DYowWEESOd
In the early 2000, this clip was shown on Palestine TV. A few weeks later, Israel completely destroyed the Palestine TV building in the West Bank, but not before I obtained the footage from them.
I'm posting it to show you a glimpse of how these jewish supremacist parasites have been targeting and terrorizing our children for decades.
Ain’t no way Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are taking over Albania’s island to build a luxury resort. These people aren’t playing games. They understand their collective power and will burn it all down before they allow their land to be stolen. All power to the Albanian people!