Travis Waldron

Incredible story that is worth your time to read. It exposes the ways in which the Trump admin is turning the legal immigration system into yet another arm of the mass deportation machine, transforming a benefits agency into a trap for those seeking legal status.

Colombian Candidates Retreat as Violence Shakes 2026 Election US demands to hunt down and extradite warlords threaten to unleash more violence before May’s vote

Candidates are avoiding the campaign trail. Parts of the countryside are no-go zones for politicians.

Violence fueled by powerful criminal groups is gripping Colombia as elections approach. A manhunt for warlords wanted by Trump may unleash more chaos.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

There’s never been a college basketball program as fraudulent as Tennessee.

Venezuelan VP Calls for Maduro’s Return, Defying Claim From Trump President Donald Trump said the US will work with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to transition to a democratically elected government after Nicolás Maduro’s capture early Saturday, but she ...

A good rundown here of the key players in Venezuela now that Maduro is gone — particularly VP Delcy Rodriguez, a close ally who sounded defiant even after Trump said they’d work together. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Lifts Sanctions on Brazil Judge Who Led Bolsonaro Trial The US lifted sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes as the nations continue to repair ties that frayed over the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro earlier this yea...

Trump put tariffs on Brazil and sanctions on a Brazilian judge to try to stop ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on coup charges.

Five months later, the most threatening of the tariffs are gone, the sanctions have been lifted, and Bolsonaro is behind bars.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Worst OC in history

God that was almost 20 years ago now. Andre Woodson and Stevie Johnson are responsible for several of the greatest moments of my live sports-watching life.

I’m not a CFB historian but the OC’s gotta be in the convo for worst coordinators in recent SEC history.

I could be fine with them being boring, or fine with them being bad. But not both!

Sigh.

Shoulda let Malachi Toney throw more.

(And I say this so, so endearingly about both.)

There was a popular meme a few years back that "Brazil is more than soccer and samba" and yes, 100% it definitely is but also sometimes...nope.

Covering Brazil is a battle not to turn everything into a football metaphor only for the president to often turn things into a football metaphor.

O apelido futebolístico que Lula deu a Eduardo Bolsonaro Presidente criou apelido em uma brincadeira com o fato de a atuação do filho de Jair Bolsonaro ter ajudado a melhorar sua popularidade

"In conversations with close aides, Lula has begun referring to the son of Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo, as 'my #10,'" an ironic nod to his lobbying for Trump tariffs and sanctions that have given the Brazilian leader a boost in popularity.

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Trump Lifeline Does Little to Boost Milei With Argentina Voters Donald Trump’s extraordinary financial assistance for Argentina may be enough to shore up local markets until a key midterm election later this month, but it’s doing little to boost President Javier M...

Trump's lifeline, meanwhile, appears set to do little to boost Milei in midterm elections that will serve as a key referendum on the libertarian leader's austerity drive. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bessent’s Big Gamble on Argentina Has a Narrow Road to Pay Off For Scott Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right – things that in the past, in Argentina, have tended to go wrong.

For Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right.

The problem is that in Argentina -- a nation with a track record of squandering other people’s money and defaulting on its own debts -- those things have tended to go wrong.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Brazil Posts Export Growth, Resisting Blow From US Tariffs Brazil’s overall exports grew last month as greater shipments to destinations like China and Argentina blunted the hit from 50% tariffs imposed by the U.S. government, according to data published on M...

Relevant here: Brazil’s exports rose 7% in September even as shipments to the US plummeted again.

Exports to Argentina, China and other markets are blunting the impact of Trump’s tariffs, while the levies drive higher coffee prices for American consumers. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Seems to Turn Page on Bolsonaro in ‘Very Good’ Lula Call When Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump finally talked over their differences Monday, the man at the center of their months-long spat didn’t even merit a mention.

Trump and Brazil’s Lula spoke by phone Monday. The man who inspired their months-long battle — Jair Bolsonaro — didn’t merit a mention.

It’s too early for Lula to declare victory. But the leader known for an ability to charm sure seems to have momentum behind him.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Amanda Shires Tells Her Side of the Story After Divorce From Jason Isbell: “I'm Not Scared” After a marriage in the spotlight ended in brutal divorce, the singer-songwriter-fiddler is telling her story, her way.

Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Loved this, great piece

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Found Guilty in Coup Case by Majority of Supreme Court Panel A majority of judges on a Brazil Supreme Court panel found Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a coup after his 2022 election defeat, making him the country’s first former president convicted of such ...

Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of attempting a coup in Brazil after his 2022 defeat.

A historic ruling for a country that has had more than a dozen coup attempts in its past but never before prosecuted such a high-ranking official for one. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s unfortunately time to raise Norm’s taxes.

Will never forget sitting in a cafe at the entrance of Mare talking to residents about Olympic policing efforts as military vehicles drove past to secure routes to the airport.

The community magazine, O Cidadão, had a question on the cover that month: “Segurança pública para quem?”

Opinion | The Death of the Fourth American Republic

“There is good reason to think” SCOTUS “will use this case to conclude its war on the Voting Rights Act.”

“In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality,” @jamellebouie.net writes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

Bolsonaro Ordered Into House Arrest for Disobeying Brazil Court Jair Bolsonaro was ordered into house arrest Monday by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who said the former president had violated a social media ban for the second time while awaiting trial on an al...

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest Monday, ahead of his trial on charges he attempted a coup.

Now the question is if Trump, who’s threatened tariffs and sanctioned a top court judge, will further escalate his pressure campaign against Brazil. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

I will say this again and again until the cap fetishists get it. There is a 1:1 correlation between "leagues that have broken their unions" and "leagues with a payroll cap." Let that be a clue as to who wins in a cap system.

what a year

Chloe Kelly rules.