Current US Admin's energy policies are bad on three fronts: Bad Fiscal Policy: Paying companies $2.7B to stop Wind projects Bad Economic Policy: Americans will pay more for energy because of supply reduction Bad Environmental Policy: Promoting carbon intensive energy generation over renewables

#RedSox beat ChiSox 2-1 and now have season best 6-game winning streak, and have won 11 of 13 Imagine Breslow and Sox FO, like the rest of us, are trying to figure out if this is the real 2026 RedSox or an aberration Likely see their verdict in choices they make ahead of the trade deadline

Realize the bar is pretty low, but if Count Binface beats right-wing charlatan Nigel Farage it might be the greatest thing to happen in 2026. Come on Clacton, the World is counting on you! Hey @lastweektonight.com - If you’re not already on it, this seems a story and campaign made for you.

Simple explanation: Japanese PM did not want to be caught in another awkward “Who knows better about surprise than Japan. Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” type situation, so she gave Trump the inside scoop about Japan’s national conversion to Islam. No other plausible reason for this.

In a very short period of time the current US Gov has broken the trust and expectation of reliability America had built up with key allies and partners over the many decades since WW2 Those countries are now seeking out a new strategic framework to safeguard their interests in a post US led world

Stating this may constitute foreign interference in a UK election, but with the other parties choosing not to participate, the good people of Clacton have an opportunity to do one of the greatest acts of political protest in the democratic world: Bin Farage and Vote Count Binface!! #CountBinface

The IOC seeing FIFA up its corruption game tells the football governing body 'hold my beer'. "Russia has been banned from competing at the Olympics under its own flag since 2016 because of state-sponsored doping offences and then the invasion of Ukraine." Happy to hear those are both behind us. 🙄

After a very difficult match, filled with so much emotion, nice to see Liverpool teammates Alexis Mac Allister and Mo Salah exchange shirts at the end of #ARGEGY #LFC #YNWA

Well that was a crazy end to #ARGEGY 3 goals in 15 minutes enables Argentina to survive and move onto the Qtrs. Moot point: Curious to know if VAR reviewed the events and possible foul(s) in the Argentina area ahead of their last goal similar to the review that negated Zico's goal. #WorldCup

Watching the Telemundo broadcast of Argentina-Egypt and think that Messi goal may have broken Andrés Cantor. Wait...Appears he has recovered. 😀 #ARGEGY #WorldCup

Really love kitchen-sink time in a football match. #ARGEGY #WorldCup

Well that was fun while it lasted Would have been nice if one of the hosts could have made the Qtrs Rest of the tournament can now be enjoyed with unencumbered joy of a neutral Will of course cheer for the underdogs, but think we all know where this is headed, just like Orsen said. #WorldCup

@footballweekly.bsky.social and @barryglendenning.bsky.social specifically: Hope you will be holding @barneyronay.bsky.social accountable for all the FIFA / Trump / Red Card shenanigans US President, a well-known reader, saw Barney's piece and said "Why is Donald Tusk goading me? I'll show him" 😉

This is probably not the correct take, as it should be to flip the script and say "stick to governing" or "shut-up and govern", but given how destructive their actual governing has been, maybe sacrificing sport and saying go ahead and spend more time on all this silliness is the better long play. 🤷‍♂️

Admire much of what @nytimes.com does, outside US politics coverage For Example: Instead of the he-said-she-said both-sides drivel of this piece on guns, probably worth actually focusing on the point that the Administration’s own analysis says these moves will likely be bad for public safety 🙄

Does anyone have the Over/Under on the number of times the English press will reference the Battle of Stamford Bridge ahead of their match with Norway? #WorldCup

Two of the three #WorldCup host nations have now been eliminated in the round of 16. Hopefully, the US does not join them tomorrow and is able to uphold the “honor” of CONCACAF

Is there a FIFA Major Questions doctrine? Has Justice/Coach Kavanaugh weighed in about granting cert to hear the case?

Nice to see Liverpool (Alisson) stopping that joint Arsenal (Odegaard) + Man City (Vigo the Carpathian) rush in the Brazil-Norway match. #WorldCup #YNWA

Hey Other Countries, If you don’t like the privileges afforded to the Winner of the FIFA Peace Prize*, then you should try harder next time. *Article 56D34Q of the FIFA Laws state privileges of the ‘Winner of the FIFA Peace Prize’ are subject to arbitrary and capricious application. 🤡

The Cubs v Cardinals game is turning into the 1988 Bears v Eagles Fog Bowl.

On this July 4th read the Declaration, read Douglass and Lincoln, but make time for Langston Hughes: ‘Let America Be America Again’ “O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be!” The promise of America is still there, even amid the darkness

Agree its inappropriate and appears Maj. Watson is fully aware of likely consequences However, if in time we are no longer able to conclude that Watson's protest was inappropriate then we will indeed know we are in trouble Not as dramatic or final, but eerily there are echoes of Thích Quảng Đức

Just went back to watch a replay of both, and Arias foul (yellow card) in Columbia-Ghana looked remarkably similar to the Balogun foul (VAR assisted Red Card) in US-Bosnia match. Curious there was no VAR review of the Arias foul. 🙄 Arias then scores the opening goal 2 minutes later. #WorldCup

On the eve of Independence Day, the World Cup helps reminds us who we are: E Pluribus Unum

Argentina survive, just. But what a performance by Cape Verde, what heart…they deserve to still be playing in this tournament. Heartbreaking!! Viva Cabo Verde!!! #WorldCup

Oh No!! 10 minutes left. Come on Cape Verde, you can do it one more time.

Cape Verde!! Wow!! What A Beautiful Goal! If there was ever a doubt, no more. They truly deserve to win this!! #WorldCup ps. running out exclamation points

Complete neutral, but Portugal v Croatia match was emotionally exhausting...think I need to go for a walk. Salute to Luka Modrić, who made his World Cup debut before the debut of the iPhone, and still look to be directing the midfield for much of this match. #WorldCup

National political press really loves extrapolation Take results of a few deep blue electorates and draw outsized conclusions about the party / country Think Rep. Crow's quotes are only sensible points in this piece BTW: Hickenlooper's 2026 primary opponent got fewer votes than his 2020 opponent.

T2 decides not extend trade agreement T1 negotiated. Canada, Mexico, and US now enter talks to renegotiate USMCA (aka CUSMA), though existing deal does not expire until 2036. The Trump factor: "Where things go from here...with renegotiating...CUSMA is anyone's guess."

Very good essay by @jamellebouie.net on the fraught, decades-long binding of the promise of the Declaration into America's creed. "It is this Declaration — the slaves’ Declaration, the abolitionists’ Declaration, Lincoln’s Declaration — that is the beating heart of the American project." 🎁Link

This #Nationals team sure does score a f*** ton of runs! Nats are 2nd in MLB (behind the Dodgers) in runs scored, though that may change today. Nats lead #RedSox 7-0 after 4 in the rubber game of the series.

When I read stories like this cannot help but wonder: What if these supposedly intelligent people, with deep technical capabilities, and vast financial resources were actually interested in solving society's most pressing problems rather than just personal aggrandizement and wealth accumulation?

Wow!! Mbappe!!!

Great! Look forward to Court revisiting all the gun trigger procedure and weapon classification minutiae they discussed in Cargill Court probably ready to rule National Firearms Act unconstitutional as it inhibits 2A right to own a machine gun and Senator Kennedy's ability to get a bazooka

#RedSox beat Nats 6-3 in series opener and have won 5 in a row The 2026 Sox have a 5 game winning streak, it’s disorienting Willson Contreras had a mammoth 3-run blast and almost equally mammoth bat flip He and other Venezuelans on the team have to be experiencing such difficult emotional swings

Image of Ancelotti and Moriyasu (sans jacket) shaking hands at the end of the Brazil-Japan match looked like a Bank President finishing a visit to one of the bank's branches and thanking the branch manager. Updated post w/ image

British comedian @mattgreencomedy.com with a good end of term summary of US Supreme Court jurisprudence. Would just add one to his list: People being armed with anything except thermonuclear weapons: 6-3 For* (*Thomas concurring, but would allow people to have nukes)

Quite a few of these pieces being written these days, with likely more to follow. Yet many of them, like this one, are both myopic in their focus and do not acknowledge the context of the broader, decades-old right wing effort to undermine or take-over institutions of civil society. A brief 🧵 1/5

Coming back to win that game after what happened in the top of the 9th & 10th, to do it against the Yankees, to sweep the 4 game series, that was really big win for the 2026 #RedSox Also, very happy Sox picked up Wilyer with that win Oh No! I know it’s only 4 games, but starting to suck me back in

The wheels completely coming off the wagon the last two innings for the #RedSox Sox gold glove right fielder having two very tough innings. Yankees have scored 4 runs in the last two innings on a whole bunch of nonsense and now lead 4-2 heading to the Bottom of 10th.

Dear @redsox.com Please do not suck me back into caring about this season by sweeping the Yankees. I had just reconciled myself to enjoying the rest of the summer and start thinking what 2027 might look like (presuming there is a season). #RedSox 4 - 1 Yankees (Bottom 6th)

Will admit may be overthinking this or may just be a "snowflake" But when I first saw this image in an email for a Brewers promo celebrating Misiorowski and his CG 1H 15K performance from a couple of weeks ago, thought maybe the better choice was to make the 2nd row behind Miz the one with the 3 Ks

#RedSox win their 2nd in a row against the Yankees. Tolle was excellent: 7 innings | 1 hit | 0 runs The 2026 Sox are still quite a distance from relevancy, but victories over the Yankees are always a balm for the spirit.

Beyond obvious tinpot narcissism, when the State Department first announced the 'America 250' passport and shared a mock-up of the image they showed a head shot image, not the prostate exam pose. Did someone decide his glowering visage appears menacing, but not menacing enough?

Guess 'The Ivy Boys' at the New York Times have grown tired of waiting for their much reported settlement between the Trump Administration and Harvard to actually happen, so have decided to move onto Yale Note: The deal 'The Ivy Boys' reported was close in the Summer of 2025 has still not happened

PM Carney speaking on the restoration: "Canadians rightly expect their leaders to take decisions where the benefits may only be realised long after they are in office. Good stewardship demands it...and the future of our institutions depends on us leaving them better than we found them."

Real FAFO at the end of the game for USMNT. There is no reason they don’t just accept the draw once it goes beyond 90 minutes and kill the game off. Doesn’t matter, but there was no reason to lose that game. #WorldCup

#RedSox beat the Yankees for the second time this year, winning 6-3. A very good start by Early and some accommodating New York defense help the Sox take the series opener.