Chad Rector

German FA official wants 2026 World Cup boycott talks A German football association official believes it is time to consider a boycott of the 2026 World Cup in the wake of United States President Donald Trump's actions.

Do it. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.

Judge William Young, who invalidated Trump's policy of arresting & deporting students for their pro-Palestinian advocacy, is 85-years old and was appointed to the bench by President Reagan 41 years ago. Here's how he concluded his "annotated judgment" in the case. knightcolumbia.org/documents/k4...

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

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Gonna make a "Peace Prize for Presidents who Don't Invade Greenland" trophy. Cheaper than going to APSA; might get cited more.

This is what clown time in Washington has produced. I agree with this read.

Americans need to get ready for a world in which we are poorer, more isolated, and weaker than in any of our lives. And we need to think seriously about how to repair relations with our closest allies. The need is urgent.

John Bel Edwards passed on this race but I assume he's being asked to reconsider...

YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota:

youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.

Theory: GOP insiders think odds are rising of a sudden Vance presidency this year.
- No major bills: negotiations take months, and the final veto player might shift
- SCOTUS stalling in hopes Vance might moot issues (also: delayed retirements, preferring Vance pick successor)

16 hours in, my guess this was all intended basically as a coup to put VP Delcy Rodriguez in power (likely without her knowledge but 🤷).

At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.

All speculation, but let me explain:

52% disapproval among white people seems like a notable problem for a party with a one-issue platform of white supremacy.

We tell our kids that they have to get each other a Christmas present.

So they've started going to the store together. They each pick out something they want of equal price, and each one pays for the other's. They think they are getting away with something but actually I couldn't be prouder.

Just so we are all on the same page, when Trump says that 11 months ago he inherited a ‘mess,’ this is the mess he inherited.

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

A $12 billion bailout for farmers sounds like a lot, but / 3 million farmers = $4,000 each. The tariffs cost the avg family $4,900 each (Yale budget Lab) so they don't even cover tariffs alone (farmers still have to buy food, unless their families just eat mountains of raw, unpurchased soybeans).

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

Anyway I really think under other circumstances Ds would freeze out Cuellar (and Rs Mills) but if there's even a chance of a 1-seat margin next year...

My best guess about Jeffries's thinking is that in the event that Mace and whoever else resign in January, Jeffries only gets the gavel if Cuellar doesn't switch parties at the same time.

Social scientists spent the last 50 years arguing that racism is still prevalent in US even if it's covert (racism w/ a veneer), unconscious (racism w/out intent), or systemic (racism w/out racists).

Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.

The hustle that Trump's fixers are putting into getting the pardons signed ASAP suggests that *they* think he's near the end of his term.

Or maybe they just want to fuel the perception that time is running out, as that increases the price?

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. "The order was to kill everybody," one of them said. A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack - the opening salvo in the Trump administration's war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water.

This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.

If Gavin Newsom gets some of the newly-gerrymandered GOPers to retire early for sinecures on some sort of state beautification commission, I will be seriously impressed.

I am genuinely curious how Maxwell thinks Epstein died.

Outside the train station in Seoul is a statue of a guy who threw a grenade at the Japanese Governor in 1919.

Our statue outside Union Station in a few years is going to be way cooler.

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

Show us on the doll where the sandwich hit you.

Show us on the doll where the sandwich hit you.