Trump celebrating Balogun’s eligibility to play for Team USA when his administration would strip Balogun’s citizenship tomorrow if he didn’t play world class soccer is really a chef’s kiss.

The most important thing you need to know is that, by my watch, the fireworks began after midnight There were no fireworks in Washington DC for our 250th Independence Day

THIS IS A REAL STATISTIC 🤯 Player-tracking data on Sofascore AND Fotmob confirm: Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, 40, has attempted and completed more dribbles at the 2026 World Cup (1) than Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo (0).

Does the back of the mountain look like this?

Arne Slot's greatest sin was selling Luis Diaz.

Asking Bluesky to stick around for Colombia v Ghana tonight. Will it top CV v Argentina? Probably not. But Colombia has played some beautiful football this World Cup and Ghana represents the last chance for sub-Saharan Africa to get a team into the round of 16.

Incredible match. Cabo Verde pushed ARGENTINA to their limit. Simply amazing.

That was an otherworldly football game. What heart, Cape Verde. What heart.

Infantino panicking over how this will lose him money

Some of you are still posting about politics and I need you to understand that Bluesky is now a Cabo Verde stan platform thank you for your attention

That strike was poetry.

GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL CABO VERDE!!!!!!

27 minutes, Cape Verde. Let's fucking go

67th-ranked Cabo Verde forces Argentina into extra time, winning the World Cup no matter what happens next.

Another Messi free kick, another Vozinha save. For once I'm looking forward to PKs.

Anyway in honor of the World Cup you have to watch the Scott Sterling video. It’s like the Tom Holland video of soccer.

stopping a one on one messi shot with your dick is a generational story to tell

setting out a jar of mayonnaise for uncle sam tonight

That felt amazing, especially coming from a country that nobody in the US knew existed two weeks ago.

I don't care how big a Messi fan you are, it is incumbent on all of us to root for Cape Verde to dump out Argentina before the Round of 16. It would be the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of the sport

Look, we all wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to eat all the dicks, but that arc of history that bends towards moral justice has some severe oscillations along the way

They're baptizing people. The US government has set up a tent with a pool for baptisms. What the actual fuck

Just as Urbanism Week hit its stride 💥BAM!💥 Steve Pisonero entered the chat, and we earned a lot of new readers. If you’re new to this newsletter, welcome, we’re glad you’re here.

The Toots and the Maytals version already exists. Just saying.

The most important divide in the Democratic Party today is between those who think Trump is a temporary aberration within the GOP and those who understand that Trump is the best version of what the GOP will be for the rest of our lives and into the foreseeable future.

BREAKING: Melat Kiros has won the Democratic primary in Colorado’s 1st district. The democratic socialist has unseated the district’s 29-year incumbent by running on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, ending forever wars and more.

"mr buttslide with the buttslide" (my daughter doing fifa colour commentary)

Did the ref just stop the match for the hydration break in the middle of play? Couldn't wait for a throw-in?

Mexico is a joy to watch tonight.

I'm very glad Rep. Kean was able to take time off of work and get treatment for his depression. Rep. Kean also voted for the OBBB, which will kick Americans who need to take a month from work to seek mental health treatment off of Medicaid because they're "able-bodied adults".

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

It gets tiring to have to read SCOTUS dissents to get a read on whether one's citizenship may be stripped away if another conservative justice lands on the court.

Goddamn it. Kavanaugh also has the campaign finance case. 6-3, spending limits on dark money violate the First Amendment. Peter Theil's boy comes through for him, throwing WIDE the gates on the billionaire class buying elections.

You guys I'm not gonna make it to July 19. These games are gonna kill me.

I don't know how people survive penalty shootouts. I'm having a stroke just watching on tv

DON’T LOOK AWAY. Late goal for Morocco means we’re headed for extra time after 6+ of stoppage if NED can’t get another goal at the death. YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD.

You guys this Netherlands - Morocco match has been fantastic.

This is art

41st-ranked Paraguay took down 10th-ranked Germany in the most dramatic fashion possible tonight and I hope you were watching. The best neutral experience I expect to have this World Cup.

Acclaimed star of Robot In The Family.

Do you think OBUMA could pull off something like this? /s

need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.

My mom turned 81 today and she spent it with her 81-year-old boyfriend who flew in from Nicaragua (where he runs a cattle ranch in the mountains) to be with her. My mom's pretty cool.

I love the World Cup so fucking much.

Cape Verde advancing is so much fun

He's sort of a surprise sometimes.

I'm reminded of David Cross's bit about Light Up Atlanta, a completely underwhelming festival in which the big event was all the downtown buildings turning their lights on. "There's a plane! Look over there, another plane! And another plane! Look at all these planes!!!"

Mexico has turned it up a notch.

Ok you guys. Here’s the deal. The M7.1 in Venezuela was upgraded to a M7.2. AND it was followed shortly by a M7.5. Not good.