Yo this is real ball hours Holy shit lmao. The pass, the trap, the volley get the fuck out of here

Rodman goal and VAR taking away the England pen at the same moment, I don't know, y'all, this is either no way to live or the best.

France has upped this whole trend by making it so you can't even see the color of their kits until the camera zooms in. Them shits is green!

No one is pretending that FIFA was ever a bastion of justice and fairness. But the egregious maltreatment of some teams juxtaposed with clear preference of others, makes it too blatant to accept.

I wrote about living in a country that is hard to celebrate, and of an alternate vision we are invited to join and inherit, in order to make a country that would be worth a sense of pride. www.the-reframe.com/patriots-of-...

There should be a Ronaldo Corollary in the World Cup which states that the correct ruling is whatever makes Cristiano Ronaldo sad

This is a great list! Two favorites I'd add are Simon Kuper's "Ajax, the Dutch, the War" and I think the best soccer book I've ever read, "This Love is Not For Cowards" by @robertandrewp.bsky.social.

Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas

Really important work from McGovern and colleagues here. Beto Coral's situation is the latest salvo in the Administration's weaponization of immigration law to violate the first amendment rights of immigrants whose speech it doesn't like.

I led colleagues in writing to the Trump administration to demand the release of Beto Coral, who has been detained for political reasons. He has a legal right to reside here. The US is abetting transnational repression by complying with Colombian politician’s request to violate his human rights.

Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...

The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth

I agree with Chris Preble here: www.stimson.org/2026/it-shou...

Crucial reporting here.

Despite Spain having more than 74% possession, Cape Verde committed only one foul all game. It's the fewest by any team in a World Cup match in Opta's record books (since 1966).

"The IAC is the first of a new kind of institution emerging in the United States: a sub-national accountability mechanism set up to address ongoing federal repression. It is comparable to transitional justice bodies developed in societies around the world..."

I am finding it DISTRACTING how much Owen Hargreaves's speaking voice sounds like Mick Jagger's speaking voice.

Hell yeah, go Knicks, and now it's time for the real psycho World Cup shit to start, what a Saturday..

Okay but the hydration breaks are fucking up the game.

Balogun, my God.

FIFA should have ensured Artan was transferred immediately, not sent back after his horrific ordeal (of course, they should have done a number of things, starting with standing up to the vile antics of this admin). Glad to see him welcomed in Canada—hope we’re all able to see him in action soon.

Westchester police are turning everyday driving into a searchable record of people’s lives. The county’s warrantless vehicle surveillance system collects hundreds of millions of vehicle records. Today, the Institute, @nyclu.org, the Policing Project, and Freshfields filed a lawsuit challenging it.

In 2023, Indonesia were stripped of the under-20 World Cup for refusing to allow the Israeli team entry. Fifa's justification then was the vague "due to the current circumstances". Quite a contrast to the hardline "FIFA is not involved in host immigration processes" now.

America will need transitional justice - truth-telling, reconciliation, genuine accountability - to recover from the crimes and corruption of Trump & MAGA. Democrats can help lead by holding their own to account for the Gaza catastrophe. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/democrats-...

here's the core of it: "our country deserves accountability". in fact, it's essential for our democracy. no more impunity. no more 'criminalizing policy difference' b.s. no more 'looking forward not backward'. bring back rule of law.

I don't think this is hard to understand. He wants people in office who will be loyal to him after he's president way more than he wants votes to fund the ballroom or whatever.

They are fighting for their lives out here every time she touches the ball. 😂😂😂

The really telling detail here, to me, is that the CIA was apparently shocked there was widespread violence in Jalisco after the head of the cartel died, and apprently left people in harm's way. That is the most predictable outcome. How is that possible?

In 2023, the US War Crimes Act was amended to allow for jurisdiction over foreign war criminals by virtue of their presence on US soil. Vigorous enforcement of 18 U.S. Code § 2441—including against those who visit the US—needs to be an element of the Accountability Agenda.

Nayib Bukele has long targeted journalists with spyware and intimidated them into silence or exile. With this action against journalists at El Faro, which has done excellent work exposing Bukele's ties to gangs, El Salvador under Bukele continues its descent into authoritarianism.

this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.

The post-Watergate reforms didn't rely on just norms. They relied on tenure protections (such as for inspectors general) and legislative veto mechanisms, among other things. The Supreme Court then sandbagged Congress and gutted all those on bogus unitary executive grounds, as Schiff alludes to.

This is exactly why we need DOJ reform to be *codified in law,* as I argued in this piece, and as Adam Schiff and others told me in interviews. The old post-Watergate norms-based approach is dead. newrepublic.com/article/2099...

Big update: I secured a commitment that the FISA court opinion revealing abuses of Americans' rights will be DECLASSIFIED before Congress votes on reauthorization. The more Americans know about these abuses, the more they’ll demand real reforms.

This is dope as, like, a political initiative. But sad to say even Zohran cannot make these new Gotham kits look cool.

Incredulous Trinity Rodman is the best Trinity Rodman.

I really think it’s important to underline that there was apparently no security breach. The gunman was confronted and stopped where he should have been according to the design—at the magnetometer perimeter. What this piece argues for is an *expansion* of the security perimeter in time and space.

Alarming and wild

Two U.S. Embassy instructors who were participating in routine "training work." Checks out, no further questions here, thank you.

“That Rümeysa felt she had to return to Turkey to escape the shadow of state violence says everything you need to know about the state of free speech and academic freedom in this country,” said Ramya Krishnan, an attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...

It’s late; I’m not gonna do a whole thread about this (1/3, dammit) but “security clearance” and “classified” are executive-branch labels that should be understood to have exactly no purchase on the rest of the world, *especially* Congress.

Mallory Swanson, who is a Ballon d'Or nominee, of the best players in the world, makes $400k. Dansby Swanson, a fine shortstop but by no means the Mallory Swanson of shortstops, makes that about every 9 plate appearances.

I think this is a good reminder for all the, like, "elections don't defeat fascism" people. They can! They have, lots of times!

I had other things I wanted to do today but someone had to do it: A paragraph-by-paragraph takedown of why basically everything in this op-ed is wrong. Kind of shocking how rudimentary the Editorial Board's errors are here (starting with using "messy" to refer to hundreds of thousands of deaths)

Very good oversight work from @repsummerlee.bsky.social, @repshontelbrown.bsky.social, and @repyassansari.bsky.social on the letter that prompted this admission. The ICE response left a lot more questions than answers.

As I previewed in my recent testimony before Senate Commerce, we need an approach to the online environment that addresses harms while protecting free speech -- structural reform centered on platform transparency, data privacy, & interoperability. More in @thehill.com at the link below:

Also, "I'm in the business of winning elections" as opposed to "I'm in the business of governing" is the whole thing right there.

Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Cori Bush are from that part of the country. Wondering if Slotkin means she should listen to them and their voters?

This is utterly extraordinary. If Hegseth et al got this wrong, think what else is happening with the drug boat strikes and much more. The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. Gets worse as you read it. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

I don't like the robo umps as a general rule, but yeesh.