Kirk Rudell
@rudell
Professional writer. Also amateur. AN AMERICAN GAME podcast:
LEE HARVEY OSWALD: With only three shots I can make millions of people sad. FRENCH NATIONAL TEAM: Tiens notre bière.
A @nytimes.com reporter who only posts that anecdote on X because she’s not “skeptical” about fueling the white nationalist/AI porn engine.
Seeing the midterm polls and the dying Republicans and deciding to keep the Senate by just declaring various Democrats illegitimate.
WARREN: He was working on a tech bill with me (that he knew would never pass) while wallowing like a pig in shit over the money the US could steal from Iran.
The Swiss coach will be disappointed but at least he can look forward to selling a crate of Stinger missiles and a NOC list to Ethan Hunt.
Obviously Linda McMahon had no tolerance for her husband’s sexual assaults and demanded he face some legal- oh
The amount of “he never happened” that will happen when he dies would astound him. The orders of the demented, now-dead Commander-in-Chief will disappear like a magic trick.
Not sure who I’m rooting for. I don’t have a favorite “country that let Nazis hide stolen Jewish gold.”
“Rod Dreher tells me why he's a fan of Viktor Orbán-as a model for American conservatives.“
This is the one I always go to see at the Met. Title: Joan of Arc Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris) Date: 1879 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 100 x 110 in. (254 x 279.4 cm)
I’m a Spurs fan who likes Poch but the US got through the group with two great halves. They showed grit against B-H, a relatively easy knockout game in a diluted WC. I think his hiring appeased some Euro-based players (like CP) but, say, BJ Callaghan probably could’ve gotten the same results. Also:
I agree with a lot of O’Hanlon’s analysis, but most people would put Switzerland and the US at roughly the same level. We played like shit against Belgium for whatever reasons—nerves, distractions, Belgium—but I don’t think anyone would say “the Swiss have no chance against Belgium.”
Give up all of life’s pleasures and spend a fortune biohacking yourself just to end up a Habsburg.
The red card on Balogun was poor officiating, which happens. The US was going to be at a disadvantage against Belgium. That's sports. By wading in to get his credit, Trump has made the US corrupt villains trying to cheat their way to a win, because that's his brand and now it's the whole country's.
MY FRIEND BONNIE WHO IS NOT ON BLUESKY: Just before Trump starts his speech, Taylor and Travis should release their wedding video.
“World Cup After Hours with James Corden and Whitney Cummings” is used to break prisoners in CIA black sites.
