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Murray Cooke

@murraycooke.bsky.social
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he/him, father of 2 daughters, union guy, beer league hockey playing Habs fan in Tkaronto

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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A quick 16 min interview with Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton. Well worth a listen.
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Carney's One Big Beautiful Bill.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Glad Toronto Police spent the last 2 weeks blitzing vulnerable road users like e-bikers/e-scooters. Resources well spent. Meanwhile the real traffic issue on our roadways, dangerous drivers: Killed 2 pedestrians in 24 hours & another nearly killed Friday. When is this City going to get serious?
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026
Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
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Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
SEIU Healthcare members at Durham Community Health Centre have been without a new contract for 10 months. Send a message to DCHC management that these healthcare workers deserve a fair deal. seiuhealthcare.ca/dchc
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Durham Community Health Centre: Get a Fair Deal Done - SEIU Healthcare
Add your name. Our fight for a fair contract is also a fight to protect the care our community depends on.
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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 16/08/2026
Ford celebrated ripping out bike lanes 2 days ago. Meanwhile, Bike Share is recording it's 5 millionth rider today. This is more rides than were seen in all of 2022, the system has doubled its ridership in 4 years.
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you support Toronto's bike lanes, it's not helpful to write or speak as if their removal is now inevitable. Most of the lanes are still there, keep using them. And we will defend them. Figure out strategies to protect and expand cycling infrastructure that doesn't rely solely on the courts.
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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Doug Ford knows removing bike lanes doesn't help traffic congestion & could kill people, doesn't care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #Toronto #cdnpoli
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Ontario aware bike lane removals may not reduce congestion, could make people less safe: internal documents | CBC News
Ontario’s premier and transportation minister have said for months that removing bike lanes is a necessary measure to reduce traffic in the GTA. But hundreds of pages of internal ministry documents, r...
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
WestJet has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a decade-long sexual harassment class action lawsuit levelled by its female flight attendants, who alleged the company failed to maintain a safe workplace. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action
Female staff alleged company failed to maintain safe workplace, after allegations of sexual assault against pilot
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Corporate welfare and crony capitalism meets bad public policy. Teachers will be paying retail prices at specific chain rather than school boards using bulk purchasing power. Plus not all teachers have access. Result is fewer supplies for students, but Cons kinda hate public education.
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Dave Gray-Donald @dgrdon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Last week, we announced @thegrindto.bsky.social is being sued for $1.3 million for defamation by an IDF reservist soldier. The legal costs and potential damages claimed threaten the continued operation of The Grind. I want to talk about what could be lost... 🧵
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
After what it calls a “rigorous evaluation and assessment,” the Ford government sold publicly-owned Muskoka land, reportedly with the promise of an MZO, to a mysterious company led by a PC donor who is accused of fraud by Vaughan condo buyers www.thestar.com/real-estate/... #onpoli
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Did the Ford government promise an MZO as part of a secret Muskoka land deal? Residents want answers
The Ford government says there isn’t a controversial Minister’s Zoning Order on the Cliff Bay project, but the team for the developer proposing a resort on the abandoned waterfront site says it’s a co...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This just-released Canada Heritage survey is a stunning piece of anti-Palestinian propaganda weaponized vs. critics of the genocide at universities. It is a reprisal against the encampment movement. Look at the evidence of ‘antisemitism’: a prof calling Israel a Zionist project—as it attests to be.
In a course that had nothing to do with Israel, my professor spent three weeks talking about Gaza and the creation of the State of Israel. He never mentioned the Holocaust as a precursor to its founding, repeatedly calling the state a “Zionist political project.”
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today should be a statutory holiday in Ontario for all workers. It's a statutory holiday federally and in a few provinces. Many, but not all, collective agreements include it.
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Interesting. Ratification vote pending. We shall see what the membership thinks of this deal.
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The Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.
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The Grind Is Being Sued By an IDF Reservist Soldier
This defamation case could sink one of the only publications closely covering the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto and the repression it has faced. We need your help…
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Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca · 24/07/2026
Biidaasige Park is expanding this weekend! Ten new acres of waterfront parkland will be opening tomorrow, including an expanded water's edge promenade and new public art. This view of the Port Lands from 1986 reinforces the remarkable transformation of the area. ow.ly/CuG750Zp3V6
Aerial view over an industrial port area, looking north towards the city. The elevated Gardiner Expressway is visible along the waterfront. Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 400, Item 17.
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Tea’s Emporium & Co. @teasemporiumandco.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Lightweight conservative candidate for mayor of TO, Brad Bradford, who previously supported the name change to Sankofa Square, says he wants to rename it (again). I suspect many Torontonians (if they've ever heard of the guy) would suggest changing Brad Bradford's name, but to each their own.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 30/06/2026
Solidarity to the thousands of healthcare workers who are ready to go ON STRIKE in what'll be the largest nurses’ strike in Massachusetts history. These nurses are demanding better pay, affordable healthcare, and stronger protections for patient care. We’re with you 100%! #CareIsEssential 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻
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More than 4,000 Mass General Brigham nurses to strike on July 8
Nurses say they are walking to demand competitive wages, affordable health insurance, and stronger protections for patient care.
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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Carney’s building an economy on the backs of workers rather than for them.
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The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround
A Senate committee is recommending a permanent tribunal that could ban strikes in federally regulated industries. The proposal would gut constitutional protections workers won in court.
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Patrick Claybon @patrickclaybon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Honestly fitting for the continuation of the apparatus that murdered Lumumba to deny the celebration of his memory. Happy Birthday America www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...
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DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup
Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 22/06/2026
The UAW, a union with some 400,000 active members across the U.S., has voted to divest its estimated $400,000 from Israel bonds. The divestment vote makes the UAW the first major national union to vote to divest from Israel.
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United Auto Workers Vote to Divest from Israel in Historic Victory
The divestment vote makes the UAW the first major national union to vote to divest from Israel.
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devokneivel.bsky.social @devokneivel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The stink of corruption has reached the noses of more people.
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Love to see it.
Toronto star headline: "Protesters boo premier at Ford Fest"
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 20/06/2026
We're now bringing in prosecutors with expertise in mafia activities and organized crime. To investigate the premier's office. Who just lectured First Nations chiefs on corruption. Can't make this up. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
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Veteran Ontario prosecutor brought in on Alberta health procurement probe
Tom Andreopoulos has prosecuted the Hells Angels and mafiosos, and was involved in the criminal investigation of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 04/06/2026
On June 13, the Moss Park safe consumption site will be shut down, along with 7 other sites in Ontario. @emmapaling.bsky.social has been reporting from the site for 18 months. She goes inside Moss Park during the final days of the city’s first safe consumption site. thelocal.to/moss-park-sa...
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The Long Last Days of Toronto’s First Safe Consumption Site | The Local
Nick says he’ll go back to Manitoulin. Texas can’t even think about the closure. Inside Moss Park in the final days of a nine-year era of safe consumption.
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Ottawa Mission @ottawamission.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Closing the doors to #SafeConsumptionAndTreatmentSites will sever the only trusted connection many who are struggling have to mental health support, addiction treatment, primary care, and housing. Write to your MPP to save SCTS ottawamission.com/get-involved/advo…
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 02/06/2026
The left is faltering in our response to antisemitism, argues Jordy Cummings. It must show up with principled, consistent solidarity. Anything else is a betrayal of the left’s historic responsibility—and a missed opportunity to win Jewish people to anti-Zionism. breachmedia.ca/the-lefts-op...
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The left’s opposition to antisemitism must be unconditional ⋆ The Breach
Opposing antisemitism is not a distraction from Palestinian solidarity but a prerequisite of genuine internationalism
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Canada exported $14.6 million worth of military goods to Israel last year. Total of 50 military export permits were utilized to sell these goods. Military goods were shipped *despite* Canada stating that it paused approvals of some new military export permits. www.readthemaple.com/canada-expor...
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Canada Exported $14.6 Million Of Military Goods To Israel In 2025
A total of 50 military export permits were utilized to sell goods to Israel in 2025.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 27/05/2026
Canada's biggest labour body has voted to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart. How Palestine activists eked out a win at the Canadian Labour Congress: pressprogress.ca/clc-histadru...
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How Palestine Activists Eked Out a Win at the Canadian Labour Congress
Canada's biggest labour body agreed to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart
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CHCH News @chchnews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thousands of OPSEU community support workers strike across Ontario.
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Thousands of OPSEU community support workers strike across Ontario
Thousands of community and social service workers across Ontario walked off the job Monday morning to protest against underfunding and understaffing.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The reflex to treat strikes as a public policy ‘problem’ instead of a democratic tool to rebalance power shows how Carney sees unions: disruptions to contain, not organizations workers rely on for fair wages, safety, and a voice. www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Carney government eying curbs on right to strike, labour leaders warn
The Carney government is contemplating changes to Canadian labour law that several unions say aims to designate more workplaces as "essential services" and curb the right to strike while undermining
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CHCH News @chchnews.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Niagara Parks employees, members of OPSEU Local 217 Niagara Falls, will be in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. on May 28 as they demand fair wages.
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Niagara Parks workers may strike next week for fair wages
Niagara Parks employees, members of OPSEU Local 217 Niagara Falls, will be in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. May 28.
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Demand governments move beyond words and take concrete measures to end Israel’s impunity, including by imposing sanctions. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition reaffirms that Israeli violence will not deter us. Together we will #breakthesiege of Gaza, Palestine! freedomflotilla.org/2026/05/21/v...
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition Confirms Release and Deportation of International Volunteers - Freedom Flotilla
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Demand our Governments Move Beyond Words [May 21, 2026] The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) confirms that international volunteers abducted by Israeli forces during the violent ...
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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Kill a Native to be held up as the victim. Only in an apartheid state.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The only thing people hate more than AI are the sociopaths shoving it down our throats.
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RevolutionNow! @revolutionnow.ca · 14/05/2026
Today, delegates at the CLC voted overwhelmingly in support of the amended resolution that calls on the CLC to cut ties with the Histadrut. In doing so, they voted to stand in solidarity with Palestine against Israeli occupation, apartheid, and genocide. www.labourforpalestine.com/statements/h...
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Historic win for Hot Cargo on Israel — Labour 4 Palestine
CLC votes to cut ties with the Histadrut At the beginning of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) convention earlier this week, democratic debate was blocked on a resolution to declare all Israeli goo...
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 08/05/2026
Therme's bid to build a spa at Ontario Place cited Aecon as a ‘construction partner,’ according to a document obtained by the Star, but no partnership existed.
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Assessment of Therme Ontario Place bid cited Aecon as 'construction partner,' but no partnership existed
An Aecon spokesperson said the two companies did discuss a potential collaboration at the time, but nothing was finalized.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My God, it's like Ontario Political Corruption Bingo
The island airport’s terminal is owned by Nieuport Aviation, which is owned by a J.P. Morgan-controlled group of companies. J.P. Morgan is headquartered in the United States and has assets and operations amounting to $3.9 trillion globally, according to its website.

Records held by the Ontario Lobbying Registry show Nieuport Aviation actively lobbies the Ford government. One of its lobbyists is Mark Lawson, who works for a company called Anthem Advisory and is a former Progressive Conservative staff member who held numerous chief of staff positions, according to his LinkedIn account. He also worked as the vice president of communications and external relations for Therme Canada — the company behind the controversial spa at Ontario Place. Canada’s National Observer reached out to Anthem Advisory but did not immediately receive a response.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
May 5 is Red Dress Day, the national day of awareness and remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people. Today is about honouring those taken and recognizing the ongoing impact on families and communities.
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Never been so tempted to join TikTok before.
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I’m running for City Council in Parkdale—High Park. I’m running because our neighbours deserve a councillor who has walked alongside them, fought for them, and knows how to turn community demands into real wins at City Hall. Join me at www.dianachanmcnally.ca.
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Diana Chan McNally for Parkdale—High Park
YouTube video by Diana Chan McNally
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
After 40+ years of failed austerity politics and privatization, we're somehow still touting that we can "reduce costs" by handing over public services to for-profit, privatized entities. www.thestar.com/politics/car...
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Carney government eyes privatizing airports to attract investment, cut travel costs
Minister says they want to make operations and passenger services more efficient.
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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Broadcasting from the 3rd floor of Hart House, CIUT FM is as anti-establishment as it was the day it launched in 1987. In our next issue, a handful of staff & on-air volunteers tell us why working at the station still feels like a radical experience. www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...
A photo of the live studio room at ciut fm
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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
When you give Toronto cops $1.4 billion per year, they have a lot of resources to waste.
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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
On a new 🌾 @albertaadvantage.bsky.social 🌾 the team examine the province's reactionary backlash targeting trans people and children and unpack how it may be rooted in the cultural construction of childhood and education. albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/04/16/i...
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In Solidarity With Trans Children
In Alberta as elsewhere reactionary backlash is targeting trans people, particularly trans children. Team Advantage examines the framing of this backlash and explores how it may be rooted in the cu…
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Doug bought himself a #GravyPlane.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Columnist Jennifer Laewetz writes about Mark Carney's comment that Canada was forged on 'accomodation not assimilation.'
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Is reconciliation a thing of the past for the Liberal Party of Canada?
Liberals from across the country gathered in Montreal for the party’s convention, the first since...
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A tournament that’s been hosted by all manner of despots, fascists, and villains was never joyless. The joy has always been FIFA’s secret sauce. This is the first time there will be a joyless World Cup. Everything he touches….
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