Marky Mark - freedom isn't free

Riddle me this, @RoKhanna. If closing USAID could cause so many child deaths in Africa, why would the African Union's top diplomat in DC celebrate USAID's shutdown? Does she like dead babies? Is she ignorant? How else do you explain her arriving at the same conclusion as DOGE?

This is the real reason they’re mad at Elon Musk and DOGE for shutting down USAID.

All DOGE required was contact information of the recipients to confirm that funding was not fraudulent. No validated medical funding was stopped. Anything that appeared to be legitimate lifesaving funding continued and is now administered by the State Department. If anyone had actually died as a result of DOGE, their names would be worldwide headline news! On the other hand, USAID did help fund the Wuhan Virology Institute, which caused the deaths of millions, and the revolution that started the Russia-Ukraine war.

I know this will come across as insensitive, but we need a real conversation about front line female police officers / infanteers. She shot a civilian and then ran away when the gunman came at her. She abandoned her injured partner. This is similar to what happened with female officers at the Bondi Beach massacre. Everyone has a fight or flight, but can we at least inquire as to whether women are more prone to flight? Because if so, it’s exceptionally dangerous to civilians and other officers.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump-endorsed right-wing Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo De La Espriella STUNS THE WORLD and WINS the presidential election He plans to go FULL BUKELE MODE, locking up criminals en masse, destroying the cartels and cooperate with President Trump significantly better than the current leader "Under my government, any bandit who resists will be eliminated as appropriate, and if he submits, we will imprison him in a mega prison so he can pay his debt to justice as they should." 👏🏻 "The only peace process I believe in is one imposed by the force of arms and the laws of the republic." MASSIVE WIN IN LATIN AMERICA! THE RIGHT-WING IS RISING! 🔥🇺🇸🇨🇴

An Iranian fan holds a sign asking: “Where is Rashid Mazaheri?” Rashid was Iran’s former goalkeeper who was abducted by the IRGC back in January after he spoke out against the regime’s senseless killing of protesters We wont let the world forget 🇮🇷

@fishontherun02 STFU! These people are “rowing an imaginary boat”! That is a huge difference from “mass prayer in public streets to shut down entire towns in an attempt to show force and take over western civilization”!

@PlumPoplar @manyapan The Dutch coined a Total Football indeed

@manyapan 在中国球迷眼里，荷兰队一直是"全攻全守"打法的代表，克鲁伊夫时代就有"无冕之王"的称号。 希望有一天荷兰队可以真正加冕，世界足坛需要新的世界冠军。

It's not often that I get to feel a sense of national pride while explaining China's No. 1 trending topic 😂. Right now, it's "The Dutch are killing it." The hashtag #荷兰队杀疯了 (Hélán duì shā fēng le) essentially means "The Netherlands is on fire" or "The Dutch team is unstoppable," and started trending after the Dutch team's 5–1 win over Sweden, with many Chinese netizens cheering them on. 🧡⚽️ #NEDSWE

@sportsrage They will hang with those teams, they will probably lose though

Yes ...France , Spain , Argentina , Germany , Brazil , England , Columbia . Portugal. i could on lol

@hypocane @joeykatzen @cosmorxn Wtf are you talking about distance from black people? This isn't 1950

@joeykatzen @cosmorxn The entire economy is oriented on balancing distance from black people with proximity to job centers. We have great freight rail and road infrastructure. We have great little town centers with the right demographics.

I’m seeing this sentiment quite a bit, but I think it fundamentally misunderstands how people perceive wealth in the 21st century. Much of America’s wealth is effectively invisible. The country can lose billions through waste, inefficiency, or corruption and barely notice the impact (the Somali Minnesota daycare scandal is one example). Wealth is reflected less in visible infrastructure and more in things like high salaries, retirement security, and access to the world’s most advanced healthcare. Football fans aren’t necessarily going to be impressed by those things because they are difficult to see. Most Europeans have little idea how wealthy Americans actually are. Walking around New York, for example, they are likely to see cities that feel familiar in many ways: older buildings, historic neighbourhoods, and dense urban environments similar to European ones, albeit with more skyscrapers. Even the huge stadiums, while visually impressive, may strike some visitors as more extravagant than evidence of everyday prosperity. They are also going to use subways full of graffiti, crazy people, rats, and fare dodgers. A useful comparison is China. Someone visiting a Chinese city might come away thinking China is exceptionally wealthy because of its infrastructure: the modern airports, high-speed rail, and newly built urban areas (pictured). But they would be drawing conclusions from what is most visible rather than from the underlying reality. China remains significantly poorer than the United States on a per capita basis. In both cases, the average person is misled by what they see.

@JamesStatman Yes

Are Netherlands the greatest footballing nation that hasn’t won a World Cup? 🇳🇱

@Nathanswfc2004 “Proper footballing nation” NOT england 🤡

USA HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IN FOOTBALL

Łzy w oczach, helikoptery nad murawą - po prostu czyste i piękne emocje 🥹Amerykanie kochają swój hymn, kochają swój kraj i POKOCHALI mundial 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The crowd in Seattle sings "Take Me Home, Country Roads" after the U.S. 2-0 World Cup victory over Australia.

@EVE4ever_ It's a threat

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The @USMNT faithful serenade their team with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in Seattle 🇺🇸

ROFL

@GuiermoGalapag1 @MusialaEra 12 p but yes

@MusialaEra It's 3 EDT, 11 Pacific. We couldn't care less about the start time in Australia. The world revolves around us. This is how all the European discourse has been so far anyway.

USA is a shameless host. It‘s 11am in Seattle and ~4am in Australia. They could have easily put the game 10 hours later, prime time in the US and also great for Aussies. Instead they put the game 9pm European prime time because they want our validation. Main character syndrome

@MusialaEra If you think the game’s start time is for “European Validation” YOU are the one with main character syndrome 😂