#bel — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bel, aggregated by home.social.
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"calling it an issue of national security, according to a person familiar with the conversation. The F.B.I. official declined to explain the security issue."
The fact is, the avionics security level of a donated Qatari 747 was a widely-discussed risk from Day One, when the donated 747 story first broke
Period
"The official also asked The Times to disclose its sources for the article; the newspaper refused to do so.”"
The 'sources' could have been any one of scores of journalists
Again, from Day One
Full stop
#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors
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⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 using our machine learning ensemble.
In Quarterfinal: #ESPBEL #ESP #BEL
Probability to advance: 71.9% vs. 28.1%🥅 In normal time:
Mean goals: 1.6-0.8
🇪🇸 56.8%
Draw 25.3%
🇧🇪 17.9%Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:
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It is simply jaw-dropping what a complete and utter moron #JDVance reveals himself to be, every single time he opens his mouth
#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors
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CW: USPolitics FIFAWorldCup
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"The president of the United States pressuring the president of FIFA to change the rules for his favored player perfectly represents the way Trump thinks about the rule of law in the United States.
And the rejection of a level playing field shows in the way Trump and the Republicans have skewed the U.S economy so only their team can win"
And, in the end, long story short, the #USMNT lost to #Belgium
US played Balogun but he didn't score
I don't know the backstory there, but live commentators repeatedly said that US was off their game
In a nutshell, once again, Everything Trump Touches Dies
/fin
Heather Cox Richardson, here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=205726823
#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile
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CW: USPolitics FIFAWorldCup
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"That’s very unfair. That’s, you know, it’s one thing to penalize somebody for the game. But how do you penalize them for a game that hasn’t been played yet? is very unfair. You can’t do that. So, yes, I asked for a review by FIFA.
“I spoke to a man who’s highly respected, and, by the way, whose level of respect has gone up tenfold, and he was good before this started.
But, you know, he really pushed it in this country.”
And then, Trump was back to his usual grievances.
“I’m the one that got them to do it. It was not Biden. Biden was asleep. I got him to do it. In fact, it was very sad because I got him to do it.
And if the progression was normal, I would have been retired. Now, the Democrats are saying, Man, we should have just let him have his way, he would have.
We would have had him gone, but I said, you know, the saddest thing is, I got the Olympics, and I got the World Cup.”
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#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile
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CW: USPolitics FIFAWorldCup
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The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has called the decision “incomprehensible and unjustifiable.” “When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined,” it said.
“Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws.”
But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants.
He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends."
But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants. He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends."
#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors
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CW: USPolitics FIFAWorldCup
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On Sunday, FIFA cleared Balogun to play on Monday. The last, and only, time a red card went unpunished before was in 1962.
The suspension of the suspension has created an international outcry although, as the Associated Press pointed out, this is only the latest step in a pattern in which Infantino appears to have been interfering with the independence of FIFA’s judicial and disciplinary bodies.
The Belgian soccer federation is challenging the ruling. “Regardless of the sporting outcome of the match,” it said, it was “deeply concerned by the way these events have unfolded and will continue, in the hours, days and months ahead, to pursue every available avenue to uphold the fundamental principles of ethics, sporting fairness and the interests of football as a whole.”
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#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors
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CW: USPolitics FIFAWorldCup
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American is one of the most important political analysts I read
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"Almost immediately, Sophia Cai of Politico reported that White House FIFA World Cup Task Force executive director Andrew Giuliani, the son of Trump ally Rudy Giuliani, told President Donald J. Trump about the suspension.
As officials from the U.S. Soccer Federation prepared and submitted an appeal to FIFA, Giuliani and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered White House lawyers and dug into the professional history of the referee who had made the red card call.
Then, on Thursday, Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino, with whom he has been friendly for eight years.
On Sunday, FIFA cleared Balogun to play on Monday. The last, and only, time a red card went unpunished before was in 1962."
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#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors
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CW: USPolitics FIFAWorldCup
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American is one of the most important political analysts I read
I get her posts a day late; here's what she had to say about the whole #Trump #FolarinBalogun #RedCard #GianniInfantino #FIFA #WorldCup dustup
"Last week, U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team forward Folarin Balogun, the team’s top scorer, received a red card in a World Cup match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, suspending him for today’s game against Belgium ... on Sunday, the Disciplinary Committee of the international soccer governing body FIFA made a surprise announcement, saying that Balogun would be allowed a year-long probation, enabling him to play on Monday."
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Here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=205726823
#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors
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David Atkins -- @DavidOAtkins
52mI don't know how this game will end. But I have a strong suspicion that the U.S. team would be doing better if Trump hadn't intervened for Balogun.
Trump ruins everything he touches with his corruption, and instantly turned our team from an inspirational story to a pariah.
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"Brilliant Belgium knock out USA
Belgium have set up an enticing quarter-final with Spain at Los Angeles Stadium after defeating co-hosts USA with ease.
It was a thoroughly professional display for the Red Devils, who march on. By contrast, it was also hugely disappointing performance from the Stars and Stripes, who were in the game for barely a minute.
Belgium dominated throughout and USA bow out with a whimper."
You really have to wonder how much the US players' hearts were into this, after the spectacle Trump made of them
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USA 1 - 4 Belgium
Veteran forward Romelu Lukaku puts the icing on the cake in stoppage time with a brilliant strike into the corner past Matt Freese.
USA have been completely outplayed here.
Full Time
Suck it, #Trump
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Belgium bring on the big guns
What is all the more impressive about this Belgium performance is that it has been without Jeremy Doku, Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne since the start.
Lukaku and Doku are now on, which is the last thing the USA want to see.
And US Malik TILLMAN (USA) is booked by the referee.
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Half Time:
Bel 2 -- US 1
"There goes the half-time whistle and it’s Belgium who lead 2-1 the break. It’s a deserved advantage for Rudi Garcia’s men, who have been the more progressive team from the outset
Charles de Ketelaere has got both their goals. He tapped in to open the scoring early in the piece, before USA equalised when Malik Tillman’s free-kick deflected in off Hans Vanaken. They were not level for long, though, with De Ketelaere rising high to head home just 61 seconds after Tillman’s strike.
Big half-time team-talk needed from USA boss Mauricio Pochettino."
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⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 using our machine learning ensemble.
In Round of 16: #USABEL #USA #BEL
Probability to advance: 38.1% vs. 61.9%🥅 In normal time:
Mean goals: 0.9-1.3
🇺🇸 25.6%
Draw 27.8%
🇧🇪 46.6%Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:
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#BEL spielt zu statisch. Deshalb kommt nun #Lukebakio und wird bestimmt mehr Tempo bringen.
Fällt der Anschluss, kann es noch mal richtig spannend werden. Hoffentlich. -
⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 using our machine learning ensemble.
In Round of 32: #BELSEN #BEL #SEN
Probability to advance: 58.2% vs. 41.8%🥅 In normal time:
Mean goals: 1.4-1.1
🇧🇪 43.8%
Draw 26.8%
🇸🇳 29.4%Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:
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#Mundial2026 | GRUPO G - J3 | Min 90+5’ ⏱
¡VAR! El árbitro anuló el gol de #Irán por fuera de lugar.
📌 Con este resultado #Egipto pasa como segundo lugar e #Irán cae al tercero.
#NZL 🇳🇿 1-5 #BEL 🇧🇪 | #EGY 🇪🇬 1-2 #IRN 🇮🇷
📲 http://bit.ly/CalienteEnOnce
Acciones: https://bit.ly/4gIT5Jq
