Brian Heinrich

Passionate. Engaged. Empathetic. Music, literature, history, and philosophy. Wine, spirits, and beer. Perpetually sleep-deprived.

[Brian Heinrich @wordsmythical]

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[jezz @JezziiB]

Trump told you he’d run America like a business.

He is.

It’s called asset stripping. You go in, sell the profitable pieces, gut the workforce, load it with debt, & walk away rich while everyone else holds the bag.

Venture capitalist politics.

[Brian Heinrich @wordsmythical]

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[Alerta News 24 @AlertaNews24]

🇦🇷3️⃣⚽️2️⃣🇪🇬 | MUNDIAL 2026: La señal de "X" con los brazos cruzados es el gesto universal de la FIFA para denunciar abusos racistas.

Cuando un jugador, entrenador o oficial del equipo hace esa señal, están informando al árbitro de que ha ocurrido un abuso racista. Está diseñada para activar el protocolo antirracista de tres pasos de la FIFA: primero detener el partido, luego suspenderlo si el abuso continúa, y finalmente abandonar el partido si no cesa.

Hoy durante el partido contra Argentina, el entrenador de Egipto, Hossam Hassan, hizo el gesto de "X" desde la banda.

En lugar de iniciar el protocolo, el árbitro amonestó a Hassan con una tarjeta amarilla y permitió que el juego continuara.

[Brian Heinrich @wordsmythical]

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[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

Cruz:
“On behalf of all Americans thank you for getting rid of that ridiculous red card. It was spectacular. There was a reason the FIFA trophy sat here for us long as it did.”

The brazen corruption and arrogance of this administration is staggering.

[Tiago Barbosa @tiagobarbosa_]

A Fifa proibiu camisa da independência do Haiti.

Aceitou os EUA barrar árbitro da Somália.

Acatou os EUA impedir torcedor da RD Congo.

Ignorou o Irã ser banido dos EUA a cada jogo.

E, agora, cancela cartão vermelho a pedido de Trump.

Não é Copa - é recreio do imperialismo.

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

one thing you just never could have expected was fifa, creator of the fifa peace prize, and donald trump, the only recipient of the fifa peace prize, engaging in transparent corruption

[Korneel Evers @Korneel_Evers]

Instead of being a positive commercial for the USA, the World Cup made us hate the USA even more.

Who would have thought..

[Julian Seiferth @juliansfrth]

the worst part about this whole thing is the gaslighting, like this wasn’t a clear red, therefore an injustice corrected. this is one of the clearest red cards i’ve ever seen, balogun almost breaks his opponent’s ankle. https://t.co/WX9THOpYmY

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST TIME AMERICA IS ALLOWED TO HOST A GLOBAL SPORTING EVENT 🤬🤬🤬

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Trump, to FIFA tomorrow:
"I just need you to find me 2 goals."

Thanks to @GummBozo.

[Anna Neumann @anna_p_neumann]

FIFA's claim of political neutrality lost all credibility the moment Gianni Infantino appeared wearing a Trump supporter cap at the first meeting of Trump's Board of Peace in February.

It's difficult not to see the current events in that context.

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

I'm an American and not unpatriotic, but I still want Belgium to wipe the floor with the US squad today because having your daddy bully the coach into letting you cheat and then getting flattened anyway is objectively a very funny outcome.

[JillCanadian🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇸🇪🇪🇺 @JillSweden1]

You know I lived in Italy. The Italians love soccer. They won 4 World Cups but they won it without their Prime Minister calling in a favour. This is pure corruption on the American side.

[Amelia @amelia_tweetz]

What people aren’t realizing about the rescinded red card is that the issue isn’t whether it was the right call or not. It’s that Trump is seen as having called in a favor. Whatever the outcome, FIFA’s reputation has been tarnished, and the U.S. team will be viewed by many as cheaters.

[✙Debbïe✙ 🍉🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦 @deberd99]

Trump admits he interfered with the game. The US should be kicked out of the tournament. Period.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨BREAKING: Sen. Ted Cruz just thanked Trump for intervening with FIFA to overturn Folarin Balogun’s red card.

Political interference is a violation of FIFA’s statutes and carries serious consequences including permanent EXPULSION from FIFA competitions.

[Jean-Luc Marchessault 🇨🇦 @JeanLucMarches1]

As long have mentioned many times, Canadian grocery chains are the most profitable in the WORLD. Also it was a Conservative Government that allowed a food monopoly to happen. Poilievre has at least 3 advisers who are grocery chain's lobbyists.

[nyara @nyaraVT]

I wish people realised that "socialism" means caring about the working class, feeding starving children and giving people affordable healthcare, housing and more..