Lionel Messi, still chasing international glory nearly two decades into his career, says he hopes to play at the 2026 World Cup in North America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/28/soccer/messi-2026-world-cup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #lionelmessi #argentina #majorleaguesoccer #intermiami #2026worldcup
Bad news
#Argentina's #Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday's midterm elections, after defining the first two years of his presidency with radical spending cuts and free-market reforms.
His party, La Libertad Avanza, won nearly 41% of the vote, taking 13 of 24 Senate seats and 64 of the 127 lower-house seats that were contested.
His gains will make it easier for Milei to push ahead with his programme to slash state spending and deregulate the economy
I have never seen “soft power” diplomacy wielded so openly before by the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.
#Argentina 🇦🇷 had two realistic options: elect the party of the man #Trump wanted & receive $20 billion in cash, plus an additional $20 billion in loans (from private banks who are friends with Trump) or economic collapse.
👉🏾 Argentina 🇦🇷 election results deliver Trump-backed President Javier Milei a bolstered mandate https://www.cbsnews.com/news/argentina-election-results-javier-milei-trump-backed-party-wins/
"In the last 9 days, Trump:
- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"
~ Max Burns
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7
"- Threatened Argentine voters with consequences if they didn't support Javier Milei
- Said he doesn't care if Congress stays out of session for the rest of the year
- Refused to distribute legally required SNAP benefits to 40 million kids and families"
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia #shutdown #SNAP #food
/8
"Universities, law firms, news companies are buckling under the president’s threats, and billionaires are treated like members of the royal family."
#Trump #universities #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
/7
"In the last 9 days, Trump:
- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"
~ Max Burns
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7
Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, which currently holds about 15% of congressional seats, is on track to gain a stronger foothold to pass key economic reforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/milei-argentina-election-comeback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #argentina #javiermilei #southamerica
Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul
#HackerNews #Argentina #Elections #Libertarian #Milei #PoliticalReform
jbz
boosted
congratulations to all the american citizens, each of whom will now be personally contributing $100-200 to the #MakeArgentinaGreatAgain movement by buying argentinian pesos and holding them until they are worthless.
more on the #MAGA movement: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again-again
#Argentina #Milei #JavierMilei #uspol #uspolitics #election #libertarian #LaLibertadAvanza #LLA
congratulations to all the american citizens, each of whom will now be personally contributing $100-200 to the #MakeArgentinaGreatAgain movement by buying argentinian pesos and holding them until they are worthless.
more on the #MAGA movement: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again-again
#Argentina #Milei #JavierMilei #uspol #uspolitics #election #libertarian #LaLibertadAvanza #LLA
Me preocupa más Karina que Milei
La hermana es mucho más despierta y discreta. Bailó a muchos hoy a pesar de que su último escándalo casi tumbó al peluca.
El groko a full psyopseando por Milei
“Not only will the loss of SNAP create more hunger in the richest country on earth, it will also rip a hole in local economies just as people’s health insurance premiums skyrocket."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
/5
"And yet, at the same time the Department of Agriculture says it cannot spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, the administration easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina.
What are we doing here?”
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
/6
“Not only will the loss of SNAP create more hunger in the richest country on earth, it will also rip a hole in local economies just as people’s health insurance premiums skyrocket."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
/5
Julio J.
boosted
#Sociology: ‘Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from the Autocrat era of Argentina.”
“By examining the 4,287 officers who served in autocratic #Argentina from 1975 to 1983, they discovered that the ranks of secret police are filled by those who perform poorly in merit-based systems.
Facing firing for their poor performance, they turn to more burdensome secret police work.”
#Sociology: ‘Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from the Autocrat era of Argentina.”
“By examining the 4,287 officers who served in autocratic #Argentina from 1975 to 1983, they discovered that the ranks of secret police are filled by those who perform poorly in merit-based systems.
Facing firing for their poor performance, they turn to more burdensome secret police work.”
Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension with Inter Miami which will see the Argentine superstar remain in Major League Soccer until the end of the 2028 season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/24/soccer/messi-new-contract-2028/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #intermiami #lionelmessi #argentina #majorleaguesoccer #2026worldcup
Alex Akselrod
boosted
guess who’s been buying up #argentina's beef feedstock producers (hint: it’s howard lutnick's #stablecoin company #Tether)
* video of trump: https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1980459802632548586
* more on lutnick + argentina: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again
#adecoagro #javierMilei #uspol #beef #uspoltiics #agriculture #howardlutnick
guess who’s been buying up #argentina's beef feedstock producers (hint: it’s howard lutnick's #stablecoin company #Tether)
* video of trump: https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1980459802632548586
* more on lutnick + argentina: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again
#adecoagro #javierMilei #uspol #beef #uspoltiics #agriculture #howardlutnick
"When all is said and done, the White House hopes to provide $40 billion in rescue money for Argentina. …
Trump’s economic 'policy' has no real philosophy—it just involves throwing money at people he wants to help and tariffs at people he decides to punish. There’s no other rhyme or reason to it, and now even MAGA is starting to notice."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #Argentina #EconomicElites #taxpayers #economy #farmers #agriculture #beef
/5
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-for-me-argentina-heres-40b-trump-america-first-moo
"[Farmers] see that Donald Trump has to make a choice. And his choice is either: Is he going to screw over his billionaire friends in Argentina, or is he going to screw over the farmer? And he’s picking the billionaire."
~ Matt Hildreth of RuralOrganizing.org, whose family has farmed for genereations
#Trump #Argentina #EconomicElites #taxpayers #economy #farmers #agriculture #beef
/4
https://newrepublic.com/article/202097/trump-screwing-voters-badly-shocked-maga-farmer
