@jkenney @davidfrum Based on the entertainment value of the Champions League final today, the people of Edmonton aren’t missing out on much
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Hussain
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As Premier, I was attacked for refusing to give FIFA a blank cheque to host a couple of World Cup matches in Edmonton.
We were open to supporting a host bid within reason, but not to give into FIFA’s ridiculous open-ended demands.
It looks like our prudent approach has saved Alberta taxpayers several hundred million dollars.
CHEK News@CHEK_News
The British Columbia government says the cost of hosting World Cup matches in Vancouver has spiked again and could reach $729 million, with even the lowest projection now exceeding the highest estimate from last year. cheknews.ca/b-c-world-cup-…
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@KyleWOrton You need to switch from “popular” to “most recent”.
On your phone there’s an error button next to Following to do this. On desktop, can do it from the settings
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My "Following" tab has been overrun the last two days with accounts I'm not following. This aspect of Twitter had been working to this point. Guess it couldn't last.
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@AlanMCole @JonahDispatch Real WSJ reading heads also know that’s not the WSJ’s font
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@JonahDispatch As a matter of style, the WSJ would never let such a misspelling go to print on such an important element.
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@jarvis_best Still screaming at Ezra Klein for saying Charlie Kirk did politics in a mainstream way.
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@jonfavs You did a bit on a recent episode about how voters lost trust in democrats because of the party leadership and Biden campaign response after the cnn debate.
How does it not undermine trust in the pod and party now to pretend there wasn’t a better option in the primary?
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I'd just say that if the reason you don't want to support a candidate is because he and his wife chose not to share that they went through marriage counseling to deal with infidelity, that's your choice. But I do think there are other factors in the race that will have more of a direct impact on your life.
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@DKThomp @TimAlberta Though having sat through the snooze fest of the Champions League final earlier, I’d say the NBA playoffs and how much better game 7 will be tonight reflects very well on the health of the NBA in contrast.
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New pod: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE NBA?
I talked to @TimAlberta about basketball's era of bad vibes—tanking, flopping, load-managing, ratings woes, worthless regular season games—and his profile of Adam Silver, under whom team valuations have septupled despite this deluge of negativity.
The themes of this pod are the cultural themes of our times, especially the downsides of treating culture like a publicly traded firm seeking to maximize earnings-per-share, and the way that efforts to optimize cultural products for profitability tend to degrade something essential to the thing itself.
We also talk about how villains in sports are great for sports—but something else happens when fans start to believe that the sport itself, and the establishment figures charged with managing it, are the real villains.
youtube.com/watch?v=fxgg2C…
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Hussain retweetledi
It is a bit staggering that Qatar just getting to win a second European Cup is now so normalised
independent.co.uk/sport/football…
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@JimJones69_ “No one gives a shit about Paxton being bad”
Sure dude. Actually people can dislike the podcaster support for Platner, and also support Talarico.
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We're going to lose the senate because a bunch of DC consultants and podcasters thought it would be funny to make their scumbag bartender a senator.
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
The wife of the Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate disclosed the texts between Platner and other women to his campaign. on.wsj.com/4wUyPKR
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I find the Paris Saint-Germain construct, controlled by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, deeply unsympathetic and problematic.
And yet, unlike Arsenal, these players play magnificent football. It is a joy to watch.
Can you separate art from the artist?
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@JillFilipovic There’s actually an interesting history behind why Arsenal are so popular and supported in Africa, the Guardian did a good piece on it recently:
theguardian.com/news/2026/may/…
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I spent the middle of last week in rural Ethiopia and like every fifth person was in an Arsenal jersey. Loved to see it tbh
Mike Bird@Birdyword
The number of Arsenal shirts on show in Brooklyn this morning is making me feel like I've woken up on the alternate earth where there wasn't an American Revolution
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@Birdyword It’s funny because Game 7 tonight in the NBA playoffs is going to be a significantly more entertaining event and product, then that bore of a champions league final everyone who watched it sat through
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@DanFriedman81 @SarahLongwell25 Rubio won’t even run for President dude.
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In a number of key swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia, black turnout is crucial. If Buttigieg is at the top of the ticket, black voters and especially black men will not show up.
He will also do poorly among Latinos, especially if the GOP nominee is Rubio.
When you have a diverse coalition, the norms and values of white liberals do not get to dominate.
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A lot of Dems in focus groups say they love Pete, but worry Americans won’t vote for a gay man. If polling starts to reflect otherwise, I could see Pete getting a lot of momentum, because he’s actually the candidate people like most when they’re not triangulating for the perceived preferences of other Americans.
Political Polls@PpollingNumbers
New - 2028 presidential poll 🔵 Buttigieg 18% (+2) 🔵 Newsom 16% (-4) 🔵 AOC 11% (+2) 🔵 Harris 10% (-3) 🔵 Shapiro 10% (+3) 🔵 Beshear 9% (+4) 🔵 Pritzker 4% 🔴 Vance 36% (-16) 🔴 Rubio 35% (+15) 🔴 DeSantis 5% 🔴 Haley 5% Emerson #A - LV - 5/25
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@mmeJOAN @minakimes Same principle. It’s kids like this who the H1B haters want to shut out. Shameful really.
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Absolutely incredible to witness this in person. The crowd was stunned (as was I, clearly 😭)
Rodger Sherman@rodger
Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of @minakimes
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@s8mb Could make the argument that as sport is supposed to be a collective experience, the scenes of Arsenal fans in London crowding outside pubs since the early morning is a huge positive outcome from this.
Great for the pubs, good shared experience for everyone watching that way.
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I’m really surprised this strategy of ineffectually browbeating private companies into giving their stuff away hasn’t caught on.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Football should bring people together, not shut them out. For the first time since the competition began, fans won’t be able to watch the Champions League final for free. That’s not right. This is bigger than wanting to watch Arsenal in this historic final. It’s bigger than one club. Hardworking people shouldn’t have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match. I urge TNT Sports to reconsider and make the final next Saturday free to watch.
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@huspsa @AaronBlake It's a new version with a new video. The chorus is the same.
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This might be the most Balkan thing I've ever seen.
Football Tweet ⚽@Footballtweet
🇧🇦 Bosnia have released an official World Cup song and it's an absolute BANGER. 💙💛 🎵 "I AM FROM BOSNIA, TAKE ME TO AMERICA."
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@RichardHanania Tony Blair has made fun of this very fact in the past. Brexiteers are such dupes.
max tempers@maxtempers
Tony Blair mocks the post-Brexit migration boom. “We’ve swapped out single people coming from Europe … for families from Asia and Africa. How has this helped us?”
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Before Brexit, there were about 300K net migrants a year, mostly from the EU.
After Brexit, immigration shot up to 900K, and EU migration was negative.
It’s amazing how stupid Brexit was from every possible perspective.
Populism is a low IQ movement.
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