took a swing at the mls weekend that was while matt recharged

this is matchday 7

#RIPBOZO bsky.app/profile/stev...

Need you to add the "fans are upset" ☑️ box

Rip bozo #ripbozo

J.D. Vance as Death going down a series of doors marked Pope Francis, Iran negotiations, Viktor Orban’s re-election and U.S. midterms.

i hope the white house sends vance to campaign for Reform in britain

#ripbozo

Politico:

Swalwell campaign imploding after new sexual assault allegation

Multiple people resigned in advance of a report that an ex-staffer accused him of sexual assault

www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Former staffer says Rep. Eric Swalwell, candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted her “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement.

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.

the AOC effect

All four C tier at best

This is real

I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then...

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

The new Mr. Sounder? With a possible World Cup on the horizon, we look at what has made Cristian Roldan such a big part of the organization.

Cristian Roldan made his 400th appearance for the Sounders. Now seems like a great time to remind everyone about this piece @cboehm.bsky.social wrote for IV: The Sounder at Heart magazine.

www.sounderatheart.com/2026/02/the-...

FWIW I've been hearing rumors about Swalwell doing stuff like this for months. It's tricky because the only really published versions of these rumors are clearly MAGA politically motivated but the unpublished rumors are coming from non-MAGA people

The Wild West of GAM Inflation We already spoke about how MLS was able to pump in so much GAM in 2025... but how does it compare to before?

We’ve talked about GAM inflation a lot. In a unique league with this unique currency, it means that last year’s price is quite literally not equal to this year’s. Historically, we need to adjust our expectations for the valuation of assets. We dive into the Wild West of GAM Inflation:

I really don't think it can be understated that, if she sticks to this, it *automatically* changes the way this conversation will be had in 2028.

🇵🇸 Congressional Democrat Palestine Tracker 🇵🇸

Interesting note: The only two House Democrats elected before 2020 to have never voted for weapons to Israel are Tlaib and AOC.

Full spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Book and movie are both still good tho

Extremely funny to say this about his book which has a whole chapter that serves an entirely unnecessary to the plot screed against copyright and intellectual property law

Israel passes bill mandating death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terror The Bill's Wording Creates a Distinction Designating It Almost Exclusively for Palestinian Terror, While the Ideological Burden of Proof It Sets Is Expected to Make Its Application to Jewish Nationali...

The Knesset passed a bill today mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terror - but not for Jews.

There is a word for a legal system where different legal standards apply to different categories of people.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

🚓LAPD working with ICE
🎯Deploying teargas and foam bullets on peaceful protestors
🚫Pretextual traffic stops targeting Black & brown communities

City Council doesn’t currently have the power to set LAPD policy, but that could soon change thanks to a decision last night from the Charter Commission.🧵

Real-time arrivals We've got to improve the way we deliver transit information before millions more people get here

Sharing my story yet again as I'm still encountering a lot of Metro riders who don't seem to know about the outage and how it's impacting their ability to get around. Issues seem to be ongoing!

I am one but I almost never find other people who meet the description. And I'm not rooting for City

football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost538

The Sounders have the longest average tenure for players of any club in the world.

I see a lot of fans frustrated, thinking the success has come in spite of a lack of signings, but just look at the teams near them on this metric. It’s a winning strategy.

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NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

I could win MLS with an average MLS Next Pro team. Not because of the talent level but because of the tactical schooling players receive in Next Pro. Just look at my RBNY team, they do a ton of basic things right and decoded this league in no time.

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