Weston McKennie heat map. 10,236 meters covered. Get my man some ranch dressing stat.

Not saying the US will win. But… Belgium are an aging golden generation that isn’t great defensively and the US will be playing in about as good a home field advantage as they could hope to have. No Flo sucks. But if not now, when?

There aren’t many words for how great Weston McKennie has been at this World Cup. A joy to watch. He’s just an incredible player.

he's incredible

The United States won 2-0 tonight, with goals by a birthright citizen and a German-born dual citizen player. Both young men chose to play for the United States. As a result, Americans will play World Cup soccer after July 4th for the first time ever. What America is all about!

Most these clowns are too ignorant to care

Clinical counter and finish by Julian Quiñones and El Tri lead. Azteca is a living and breathing place. Imagine the fourth quarter in a rivalry game in the loudest SEC Stadium you’ve been to on a Saturday night. Then imagine it’s 8,000 feet above sea level. Pandemonium.

The MAGA right meltdown over the birthright citizenship decision ignores that birthright citizenship has existed since the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868, is central to the Lincoln led vision of the Reconstruction amendments as an anticaste reset for the nation…

Joy, grief, goals, drama and humanity— words on an all-timer of a day at the World Cup open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

Small sample size theater is the story of international soccer but Miggy Almiron being the best player on the field in a knockout stage match with Germany is a tough blow for the “mLs SucKs” crowd

Panama 🇵🇦 are the hard luck story of this World Cup to date. Canaleros have played beautifully for most of 2 games. Could easily be sitting on 6 points. Soccer can be a cruel mistress.

You don’t see a lot of 3.1-.5 xG World Cup matches that end 0-0 but Curaçao will take the point. A big moment in history for a country the size of Tallahassee, Florida.

Enjoyed @battista.bsky.social’s homage to another awesome Boston World Cup crowd— and a big win for Morocco. Good young journalist worth a follow www.nysoccerjournal.com/scotland-vs-...

v grateful that @pitchfork.com gave me the chance to write about some recordings i've loved for a long time - hope your weekend has some cookin, steamin, and relaxin (i guess workin too) pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

The most arrogant and also most poorly informed vice president in modern history.

World Cup power rankings after every team has played 1 group stage game 👇🏼 open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

Warts and all, the World Cup always delivers. My ode to Grant Wahl and my thoughts on week 1 at the North American World Cup open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

For the third FIFA World Cup in a row I must ask a simple question to people who keep bitching about FOX. Why do you watch on FOX? Are you so wed to the English language and American accents that you must? Telemundo is always an option. If you don't like FOX, don't watch FOX instead of bitching.

France look as bored as Landon Donovan sounds.

Warts and all, the World Cup always delivers. My ode to Grant Wahl and my thoughts on week 1 at the North American World Cup open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

It’s worth mentioning in every news story that this deal is substantially worse for the US, and far more lucrative for Iran, than the Obama nuclear deal Trump blew up almost a decade ago.

What a stunning and beautiful goal by Cote D’Ivoire!

Cyle Larin. A touch of class!!

It’s the 10th anniversary of Pulse today. Here’s the piece I wrote at Howler on grief, ineffable loss, and how soccer helped a community begin to pick up the pieces medium.com/@test-nyu-ne...

Media double-standards are popping up all over the place. The reality is this - the core elite media that works at publications/networks owned by Hedge Funds or Private Equity or some tech bros value access and making "normalcy" out of crises. They will always as a result favor the GOP.

Paris est magique! Encore!

Finally read the Callais opinion. It’s even worse than I thought. Essentially, the Roberts Court permits the states to use race in partisan gerrymandering (because hard to prove it was race, not politics) *unless* the state is doing it to remedy a VRA violation. Upside down 14th Amendment.

Anthony Michael Kreis, a constitutional law professor at Georgia State University, said the ripple effects could extend beyond congressional and legislative districts. “The greatest impact for Georgia likely won’t be in congressional districts, but state and local races.” www.ajc.com/politics/202...

An outrageous, unconstitutional map. Full stop.

Corporate media conglomerates have lost all sense of proportion, civic duty&responsibility. I think the time has come that we start cancelling cable and satellite subscriptions. No one is watching these Sunday shows or cable news programs anymore anyway. Dems ought to skip them. Voters don’t watch.

Bravo to my friend @joepatrice.bsky.social who just crushed this abovethelaw.com/2026/04/kash...

The game is gone … beyondthe90.substack.com/p/the-first-...

I’m just your average man in his 40s recreating that Coby White shot in my driveway at 7 AM this morning

Chill guys the President who cut more Red Cross funding than any President ever thought AI made him a doctor so he could honor the Red Cross. Who among us hasn’t been similarly misunderstood?

Blasphemy from Trump of course but are those the Avengers in the clouds?

Man. This is bold even from the New Statesman

This might be the strangest NYT notification I’ve ever received. Which is saying something!

A statement from the NASR regarding the denial of @FrancoPanizo for a credential for @InterMiamiCF's Nu Stadium opener. The NASR stands with local journalists and believes deeply in clubs and those journalists fostering a positive working relationship and mutual respect.

Join us to canvas and win this election! lindsey-boylan-for-city-council.solidarity.tech/lindsey-boyl...

It’s unlikely to be upheld but all this actually creates is more litigation and uncertainty in a regulatory environment riddled with litigation and uncertainty.

War update: Russia helps Iran resist Trump, succeeds Russia helps Cuba resist Trump, succeeds Trump helps Russia invade Ukraine, fails

An absolute tragedy - she was a trailblazer in this community

It’s World Autism Day, which means I am celebrating the gift of neurodiversity and the blessing of being an Autism Dad. I can’t even begin to describe how grateful I am to be Elizabeth’s Dad and for the blessing of seeing the world through her big, curious, kind brown eyes.

If Trump was going to gaslight us all and lie about winning the war soon, he could have at least had the courtesy to do it on an aircraft carrier with a cool ass banner.

We are deeply saddened by the death of Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen, a RFS alumna who exemplified the ethos of our work. Nancy was a young leader who always showed up for her neighbors, and our thoughts are with her loved ones and community at this difficult time.

I’m in shock. Absolutely gutted. Nancy was a New Leaders Council Leadership Fellow in Broward County a year before me, and I was thrilled and honored when she asked me to offer legal and election law insight on her first campaign for office. 🧵…

God Bless Daniel Hurley.

I was told last year that my forceful pushback on this might severely damage my career in the academy and my potential for lateral opportunities, and that I should think twice.

Incredibly useful that here. Would also add that at 8-9 million protesting you are approaching the critical mass where empirically resistance wins, and the question simply becomes “when”…

9 million patriots protested against President Trump’s failed policies and escalating wars today. That’s an astonishing level of public activism. Corruption, incompetence, and rage will lose.