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Air quality map from the forest fires in Canada. My entire state is at hazardous levels. Unfortunately this is becoming an annual summer tradition in Michigan.

Same, i will take a 3-0 forfeit

1986 Belgium made it to the semi final. Also, Mexico won the confederation's cup final at Azteca against Brazil in 1999. Goes without saying that was a really good Brazil team.

Not to mention the batteries thrown at US players, bottles, bags of urine, etc. Gio Reyna got hit in the head a few years back with some sort of projectile. There's also frequent uses of Lazer pointers being shot at your goalkeepers eyes. That said, Mexican fans will get after their own players too. If you can take the game to El Tri, their fans will start whistling and booing their players. When the US was dominating Mexico, their fans started Ole-ing everytime the US passed through Mexico's press..

The only good thing Trump has ever done 😂

It's wild how hot it is here. I was surprised to see most of the world cup has been unaffected. Lots of indoor stadiums where the heat would have been brutal and the west coast / Mexico have been very mild. Playing outside in this heat would be brutal.

Ancelotti?

I can't imagine after going through the group stage, having to then go through a second group stage (like in 1982).

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On cloud 9 right now. One of the most comprehensive performances I've seen this team have

Should have scored there. Shot it right at the keeper.

Love the Canadian national anthem.

How do I buy my way out of the group? (Saudi Arabia)

I am really curious to see how the whole Iran situation will play out at the world cup. Will they use everything going on politically as a source of unity in their team, to drive them to go on a run and give their country something positive, or will everything going on be a distraction that takes away from their ability to get out of the group.

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So we're overdue.

The supreme court decisions that have occurred in my lifetime make me very pessimistic that our system can be fixed through in ways that the constitution provides for. To do so would require taking back the supreme court, and then systemically overturning the precedents laid out by Roberts' court. All of the precedents his court has made have dramatically tilted the basis of power in the country, and electing progressives that would advocate for the changes needed is now near impossible. When people in power make change impossible via democratic means, it leaves only one other option...

Multiple people have allegedly tried.

The US House oversight committee just voted (bipartisan) to subpoena DOJ Secretary Pam Bondi over the release of documents in accordance with legal requirements of the Epstein files transparency act. The committee could in theory force her to actually give answers to questions about Trump's involvement, missing documents that could implicate Trump, DOJ's involvement in a cover up, the malicious redactions of information that would implicate other conspirators (or failures to redact victim information), etc. It's not a high probability that what comes out of the hearing would actually lead to Trump's downfall, but the chance isn't zero either. If anything else it might retake the news cycle from the Iran war, which will start to become less exciting to US audiences.

We're not talking about the Epstein files right now, or how the economy is in the shitter, so it is doing its intended job. Trump can cosplay as a war-time leader and talk about how he deposed Maduro and Khamenei.

It just is another example of Trump's administration usurping the power and responsibility of Congress. The President cannot declare war. He can only deploy troops for a short duration. An official declaration of war must come from congress. This is a very unpopular move, and would not have gathered bipartisan support.

This isn't by accident. Over the last 10-20 years, the media conglomerates have been taking over independent newspapers, cable news stations, etc. Now the vast majority of our media is owned by billionaires that are either cozying up to Trump to protect their main stream of income (example - Washington Post not endorsing Kamala Harris because it is owned by Bezos, and he cares more about Amazon than the Post). He has also used his vast power to sue, silence, and intimidate any members of the media who dissent. Look at how he barred the Associated Press from having White House Access. Look at how he mandated that any reporters working in the Pentagon sign an agreement that they will run all of their reporting by the Military prior to publishing. What we have witnessed in America is an authoritarian takeover. Though Trump himself is an idiot, the people behind him have carefully planned all of this.

Most owners that have the money necessary to buy clubs of this size come with their own baggage. Corporate conglomerates (like Red Bull), Middle eastern oil barrons, American billionaires from the tech industry or private equity, etc. There's not going to be a white knight coming in to save Leicester. We are just exchanging the devil we know for the devil we don't. That said, it is probably still worth the risk.

He's currently embroiled in the Minnesota childcare fraud scandal, which Trump & Fox News has done their best to taint him with, even though it occurred before his time, the state basically turned over the investigation to the FBI and fully cooperated. But the mere association with the fraud made him pull out of running for re-election for Governor. He's not out the running for a federal position, but I think he is trying to take one for the team so someone else can run without easily being propagandized against.

What do you mean?