McMorrow losing is also the latest loss for Elizabeth Warren in her shadow war against Chuck Schumer. Warren backed Juliana Stratton (won), Graham Platner (won), McMorrow (lost) and Zach Wahls (lost). All oppose making Schumer leader again.

A perfect example of how Democrats are avoiding talking about LGBTQ+ rights: McMorrow went viral in 2022 when she pushed back on Republicans accusing her of being a groomer But Democrats fear LGBTQ+ rights is a losing topic, so they never discuss it. McMorrow almost never brought it up.

Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Top Scorer’s Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play. The reversal is highly unusual and the first time since 1962 that FIFA has allowed a player to appear in a game when they would have been suspended. By Tyler Pager and Tariq Panja www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

"Shame on you": Belgium accuses FIFA of caving to Trump ahead of World Cup clash

It’s over: Mallory McMorrow to end her campaign www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Trumps gonna announce he bought a 10% stake in FIFA, isn’t he?

Justice Thomas saying that Balogun being a birthright citizen nullifies him playing for the USMNT

Did FIFA corrupt its way into making a popular decision after it corrupted its way into an unpopular decision?

Uhh…ok…? I mean good for Balogun I guess but this is the kind of selective corruption that makes FIFA an unserious organization.

Les Bleus.

Wow!! Simon Baron-Cohen, the Cambridge Professor who coined the term “extreme male brain theory” now says the term is “unhelpful.” “There’s a kind of myth that autistic people lack empathy.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Despite the pretenses being a Floridian, Trump will always be a New Yorker at heart, hence why he plays the Village People, loves opera and still talks to Maggie Haberman even when she writes something he doesn’t like.

Pausa de hidratación

This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

Corny as it may be, I make it a priority to read the Declaration of Independence, Douglass’s “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July” speech and the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution every Fourth of July. What are some other foundational texts you would add?

Mexico has spent 40 years chasing a return to the World Cup quarterfinals.

Don't look now, but Trump has been whiffing on his endorsements lately: -He endorsed Pamela Evette for governor in South Carolina and only double-endorsed in the runoff -He endorsed Burt Jones, who lost to Rick Jackson -He endorsed Feenstra, who lost to Lahn www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

#AMWriting community: What we listening to while writing/editing? I'm on a Billy Strings kick.

Mexico versus England? Somebody needs to do a wellness check on Morrissey.

Randomly thinking again about how Gouverneur Morris died because he stuck a whale bone up his pee-pee hole to clear a urinary blockage.

I love America because it is a place where a young couple paid a penny to cross the US-Mexico border, worked in sugar factories and the fields of California. And then, thanks to hard work, Pell Grants and community college, their great grandson could work covering politics at the White House.

A professor of mine at community college put it to me this way: owning slaves was the equivalent of having a Mercedes Benz. Not everyone had one, but it damn sure was a sign of status in America and you aspired to have them as a white person

So is Messi already considered the GOAT ahead of Maradona? Or does he need a second World Cup for that? And even then, hard to say anyone is better than Pele, who has three.

"In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?"

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Happy 75th anniversary to 'the most elaborate wedding ever staged'!!

Me on July 4 during a heat wave in DC

The signing of the Declaration of Independence was just that. The war still needed to be won. A Constitution came later. Abolition of slaves later. The right of women to vote even later. All of us must finish and perfect our union. Happy Fourth of July, everybody.

My end-week column: Trump still has a tight grip on the GOP. But he has thrown a few meatball endorsements lately. It’s the logical conclusion of his inability to have anyone upstage him. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Not the first person to say it, but this Argentina run has a real Last Dance feel to it given Messi’s age. Not to mention a generation of dudes who might have their last World Cup like Luka Modric and Ronaldo. Plus you got the young boys like Haaland and a relatively young USMNT.

Vozinha was and is a dawg. What a game to remember even as Argentina wins.

Who needs Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce when you have Sidny Lopes Cabral? Anyone watching that game on their phones in the Garden?

Golazo from Sidny Lopes Cabral, level again

Feels like this is over

Vozinha is a dawg

Great piece by @jamellebouie.net about what Thomas Jefferson meant when he said "All men are created equal" and how it has been interpreted since then. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

seriously what the actual fuck is that first touch, great pass and even better finish

Does Cabo Verde have any plan to put a goal on the board? They played pretty defensively

How can USMNT win without Folarin Balogun? Look how Mauricio Pochettino replaced Harry Kane www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

Brilliant move by Tom Perriello

WHAT?!

The girls spent weeks in and out of school, dealing with the trauma of their images being sexualized and shared rampantly by an AI nudify app. They were trying to get back to normal, but at school, they watched their harasser high five his friends in the hallways. www.404media.co/radnor-high-...

Somewhat related: kind of amazing how Charlie’s death did not galvanize the young right but instead became a fuel for various factions to weaponize against their various enemies.

“.. Manufacturing jobs got a post-Covid bounce that's largely faded.” - @eddyelfenbein.bsky.social #NFP

That did not fit the definition of a red card.

The question for Jon Ossoff is this: If he wins by a big enough margin in a swing state like Georgia 2026, does he see it as a mandate to go for the White House or a sign he needs to stay put? He has two kids younger than five.

Some white guys who say "inshallah" need to start saying "Astaghfirullah" instead.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok." I asked a FIFA World Cup ref and I wound up getting a red card for raising a finger

If Victor Marx loses the primary for Colorado governor, we may never find how many people he’s killed. And I am still really curious.

This story blames a supposed “uptick in violence” on Boston not having 600 more cops. But halfway through the article, you find out homicides are down compared to last year. And two-thirds of the way through, you find out they're down by more than half!