In that case, I have some very good news for them!

Here’s Trump bragging about making the U.S. a country that no one wants to come to and many want to leave.

Is it just me, or does it seem like Pope Leo XIV won’t stop talking about religion? My Catholic-splaining column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

China should invade Taijuan

Taijuan Walker just ruined Friday night. Guess I'm going to bed

ANOTHER death in ICE detention.

They're calling it the best democracy ever. www.ft.com/content/7529...

America is losing a talented researcher today. Rümeysa Öztürk, whose abduction by masked men prompted a search and her eventual release by ICE, has returned to Turkey. She wants to resume a career without "state-imposed violence and hostility." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...

Here's some truth-telling about World Cup tickets:

"The panel, COMPOSED OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION of Bucks County, found that Police Chief Scott McElree’s actions were 'justified and within police policy' during the Feb. 20 incident." A gift link for you, much like the gift these police chiefs handed to one of their own:

Trump is upset by Mamdani's plan to tax multimillion dollar second homes that are not primary residences in the city because it affects him personally.

I still feel like Civil War II starts the first time we actually try to arrest and arraign an ICE goon

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” -Margaret Atwood #WomenArePeople #StopKillingUs

Jon Lovitz voice: "Acting!!" www.cbsnews.com/news/todd-ly...

Tell me you weren't alive in 1999 without saying you weren't alive in 1999

as far as i can tell pope leo has never mentioned trump by name hes just like “killing people is wrong” or “concentration camps arent good” and theyre all taking it personally

For 30 years, I've wanted the World Cup to come back to the USA in the worst way..and it has. Insane price gouging. Travel bans and ICE fears. The FIFA Peace Prize. Dropping bombs on a competing nation. Then I had an idea for how to bring back the joy. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/worl...

Always read Will's columns Gift link share.inquirer.com/sZO5De

From my colleague on the op-ed pages:

Wait, I have a "rate limit"?

English and I agree with you 100%. I'd love that we pulled out. I've vowed only to watch the matches staged in Canada and Mexico, no matter if we, or any other national sides I love to watch (including Spain, Germany and yes, Scotland) reach the semis/ final. The alternative is just too disgusting.

“In an increasingly angry world defined by war and unthinkable graft, a World Cup that was supposed to be a glorious 38-day escape from our problems is instead a numbingly depressing reminder of them.” See also America’s 250th and, likely, the ‘28 summer Olympics.

Sums up my feelings as well. The USMNT has two final, non-FIFA, reasonably priced friendlies (vs Senegal in Charlotte and Germany in Chicago), am taking my daughter to the Senegal game. I'll watch WC from home or a bar and hope to see a lot of empty seats in the venues.

For 30 years, I've wanted the World Cup to come back to the USA in the worst way..and it has. Insane price gouging. Travel bans and ICE fears. The FIFA Peace Prize. Dropping bombs on a competing nation. Then I had an idea for how to bring back the joy. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/worl...

In France they call it a "Prayer Royale"

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Many faculty at places like Yale, especially ones who like to pontificate about the state of higher ed, have never stepped foot on a non-fancy small liberal arts campus, a state school, or a community college. Which is the majority of higher ed.

In a world of blasphemous, murdering zealots, I'm proud to be a Pharisee

Many of the criticisms in this report are true or partially true, but the biggest problem that's brought down U.S. colleges is indeed the 50-year crusade by the right to wipe away any notion that higher ed is a public good, massively cut funding for publics, and create the student debt crisis

It’s been overshadowed by Venezuela and especially Iran, but the deadly boat bombing campaign is still going, even though: -There’s no war -The US wasn’t attacked or under threat -Drug traffickers aren’t terrorists -These may not be traffickers -It’s blatantly illegal -With no clear strategy either

a little scoop www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

what a hateful gesture

America: The Arsenal of Autocracy

Dammit it’s already happening

It’s so creepy that these people see major declines in teen pregnancy as a bad thing.

I feel like people focus a little too much on Bruce Springsteen having a slightly cringey stage persona singing boomer music and not enough on that boomer music being pretty fuckin good and him genuinely caring about stuff

This isn't being talked about enough: President Trump is hosting a gala at Mar-a-Lago next week for the top 297 holders of his #$TRUMP memecoin. Not only is this blatantly corrupt, it's a national security threat.

News from @inquirer.com colleagues Tom Fitzgerald and @aliyareports.bsky.social: While Boston's MBTA charges $80 for train tickets at the World Cup and New Jersey Transit might go over $100, here in Philadelphia, SEPTA will keep the standard subway fare of $2.90. www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Another great story from student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Bessent calls the Strait of Hormuz the "Strait of Vermouth"

Again, this story isn’t going away!!!

One wicked good reporter gets her moment in the sun. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/s... @emilysweeney22.bsky.social

This kind of insanity also happened right before the internet stock bubble burst around 2000 and a lot of people lost their proverbial shirts

My new film, coming to PBS this summer....

for sale: data center, never used

OMG, that's me!

Big @mkickaround.bsky.social coming today. Mascherano, Crocker, US Open Cup, MLS in CC, and @willbunch.bsky.social talk about how we're supposed to feel about this country hosting the World Cup. youtube.com/live/rAL6CUX...

. Yeah, it was pretty damn sad. But SO many GREAT Abbie Hoffman stories were inspirational staples of my adolescence. Of them all, this'll aways be my favorite: libcom.org/article/time... And the Inquier article's fine, but if you'd like a bit more, there's this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_H...

NEW: A ProPublica and MLK50 analysis shows that just 17 of more than 800 immigration arrests made by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in and around Memphis were for violent crimes. 82% of the immigration arrests followed a traffic stop.

I still remember how heartbreaking this was www.inquirer.com/history/abbi...