Nervously watching what's unfolding in Belfast as racist bigots use a stabbing as an excuse to wreck havoc and mayhem, burning cars & buses, homes, and businesses of ethnic minority residents
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is doing his best to escalate the violence. This is a good 🧵 of his efforts on Twitter
I’m not going to pretend to be the world’s biggest soccer fan, but I do love global sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. And this piece by @lebassett.bsky.social nails the disgraceful, dumb, and racist bullshit we are pulling as a host country. open.substack.com/pub/laurabas...
USPS will not deliver mail ballots to voters from any state that refuses to turn over voter rolls to the federal government. Twenty-three states and various advocacy groups are suing to block the unconstitutional trump election EO.
not loving the way this worldwide game of mad libs is turning out
What a weird fucking question
Perfectly sums up my summer of discontent with the World Cup, my favorite sporting event since I was old enough to remember. As I live in a host city, hoping to catch some spontaneous joy with tourists outside of the stadium.
www.laura-bassett.com/p/us-is-deli...
@lebassett.bsky.social
Dogs are welcome with their owners at a homeless shelter in Brazil
This would be so satisfying
I grew up in Northern Ireland during the conflict. I was nearly murdered once and hospitalised twice. I covered the Troubles as a reporter. Be in no doubt: this is frightening & real. Violence in Northern Ireland is of a type that folk in England, Scotland and Wales don’t understand. This scares me.
You hate to see it
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State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.
Locking fans, team staffers and even referees out of the country for the biggest sporting event in the world is embarrassing, insulting, and financially stupid.
Locking fans, team staffers and even referees out of the country for the biggest sporting event in the world is embarrassing, insulting, and financially stupid.
📌BREAKING: Nancy Lacore, a former 3-star admiral fired by the repulsive Pete Hegseth advanced to a Democratic primary runoff for the seat vacated by Nancy Mace in South Carolina.
"I've served my whole life, and I'm not done yet," Lacore said.
Elon Musk is unambiguously calling for a violent race war.
This is far from unprecedented. The Rwandan Genocide was stoked and enabled by Felicien Kabuga, the wealthy owner of the RTLM radio station that helped coordinate the genocide and used euphemisms like "go to work" to signal attacks.
Elon Musk incited pogroms in Belfast.
MIKA: Given your sexting, can you call for release of the Epstein files?
PLATNER: Of course. I engaged in consensual romantic activities with adults. That seems like a fairly normal thing. Going to an island with billionaires to possibly assault children is a vastly, vastly different thing
