Nick McGeehan
@ncgeehan.bsky.social
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Nick McGeehan
@ncgeehan.bsky.social
· Dec 6
Substitute: FIFA not fit to govern world football, external reform essential to prevent future harm
A major new report from FairSquare, published today, identifies serious structural flaws within FIFA, football’s global governing body, that have resulted in the organisation contributing to a wide ra...
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Infantino is a symptom of the problem.
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FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
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FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
FIFA is unfit to govern world football.
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"The uncomfortable truth is that Infantino seems unwilling to risk his personal relationship with Trump by publicly criticizing policies that fundamentally contradict FIFA’s stated mission."
Excellent from Rasoul Rahmani on @antoineduval.bsky.social's sports law Blog
www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl...
Excellent from Rasoul Rahmani on @antoineduval.bsky.social's sports law Blog
www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl...
Asser International Sports Law Blog | A World Cup Without the World? How Trump’s Travel Ban Contradicts FIFA’s Values - By Rasoul Rahmani
Editor's note: Rasoul Rahmani is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku, Finland
www.asser.nl
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
"The uncomfortable truth is that Infantino seems unwilling to risk his personal relationship with Trump by publicly criticizing policies that fundamentally contradict FIFA’s stated mission."
Excellent from Rasoul Rahmani on @antoineduval.bsky.social's sports law Blog
www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl...
Excellent from Rasoul Rahmani on @antoineduval.bsky.social's sports law Blog
www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl...
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🚨🚨" Some leaders have chosen to hunt them down and deport them through operations that are both unlawful and cruel. My government has chosen a different way: a fast and simple path to regularize their immigration status." Spanish PM Pedro #Sanchez on why #migrants are essential for Western society:
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
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I had to check the date on this three times
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I had to check the date on this three times
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
Those crazy Spaniards. Imagine treating people who have left their families and risked their lives in search of a better life like humans and integrating them into society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was once an undocumented migrant in Spain – this new decree will change lives | Francheska Melendez
Yes, migrants are key to Spain’s economic boom. But Pedro Sánchez’s decision to regularise 500,000 people should rather be applauded for its humanity, says journalist Francheska Melendez
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Those crazy Spaniards. Imagine treating people who have left their families and risked their lives in search of a better life like humans and integrating them into society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
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If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
Good to see Guardiola address Sudan and Ukraine in his advocacy on Palestine. Let's hope he's got a good response prepared for the next question that comes his way.
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Good to see Guardiola address Sudan and Ukraine in his advocacy on Palestine. Let's hope he's got a good response prepared for the next question that comes his way.
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“Shakir said that his experience illustrated that while public opinion has evolved on Israel in the last several years – with “concepts of apartheid, genocide and ethnic cleansing” increasingly voiced in mainstream circles – the right of return remains a third rail.”
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked | World news | The Guardian
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“Shakir said that his experience illustrated that while public opinion has evolved on Israel in the last several years – with “concepts of apartheid, genocide and ethnic cleansing” increasingly voiced in mainstream circles – the right of return remains a third rail.”
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A lot going on here and all ugly, but one thing I still can't get my head around is how any British government can do business with Thiel at this point.
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A lot going on here and all ugly, but one thing I still can't get my head around is how any British government can do business with Thiel at this point.
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More than a year after the Nov 2024 ceasefire, there are still 64,000 internally displaced people in Lebanon, according to the IOM.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
A year after Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire, over 64,000 Lebanese displaced
Many say they have received little support from government or Hezbollah, not enough to rebuild lives or homes destroyed.
www.aljazeera.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
More than a year after the Nov 2024 ceasefire, there are still 64,000 internally displaced people in Lebanon, according to the IOM.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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So Trump came up when I was debating with Andrea Jenkyns of Reform…
And unbelievably she almost walked off the show.
And unbelievably she almost walked off the show.
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
So Trump came up when I was debating with Andrea Jenkyns of Reform…
And unbelievably she almost walked off the show.
And unbelievably she almost walked off the show.
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The Peter Thiel connections to Epstein, Ehud Barak, Palantir and...of course....JD Vance should get more scrutiny.
Thiel created Vance and essentially hand delivered him to the White House.
Thiel is a white nationalist billionaire, part of the "Pay Pal" mafia. Buddy David Sacks is Trump's AI Czar
Thiel created Vance and essentially hand delivered him to the White House.
Thiel is a white nationalist billionaire, part of the "Pay Pal" mafia. Buddy David Sacks is Trump's AI Czar
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The Peter Thiel connections to Epstein, Ehud Barak, Palantir and...of course....JD Vance should get more scrutiny.
Thiel created Vance and essentially hand delivered him to the White House.
Thiel is a white nationalist billionaire, part of the "Pay Pal" mafia. Buddy David Sacks is Trump's AI Czar
Thiel created Vance and essentially hand delivered him to the White House.
Thiel is a white nationalist billionaire, part of the "Pay Pal" mafia. Buddy David Sacks is Trump's AI Czar
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‘But why are we victims of the hate we spew? Jeez!’ - Emirati Muslim lacking in self awareness.
“Privately, Emirati officials welcome Farage’s pledge to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK, although some are concerned at growing anti-Muslim rhetoric on the nationalist right in Europe and beyond.”
“Privately, Emirati officials welcome Farage’s pledge to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK, although some are concerned at growing anti-Muslim rhetoric on the nationalist right in Europe and beyond.”
ICYMI, the UAE - owners of Manchester City - are openly courting the UK far-right and will look to help them into government. The UAE's hatred of the Muslim Brotherhood aligns with Reform's islamophobia and the quid pro quo will be gruesome for UK democracy.
www.ft.com/content/7f05...
www.ft.com/content/7f05...
UAE treated poorly over failed Telegraph bid, says Nigel Farage
Reform UK leader visits Abu Dhabi to generate funds and boost ties with Gulf petrostate
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
‘But why are we victims of the hate we spew? Jeez!’ - Emirati Muslim lacking in self awareness.
“Privately, Emirati officials welcome Farage’s pledge to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK, although some are concerned at growing anti-Muslim rhetoric on the nationalist right in Europe and beyond.”
“Privately, Emirati officials welcome Farage’s pledge to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK, although some are concerned at growing anti-Muslim rhetoric on the nationalist right in Europe and beyond.”
ICYMI, the UAE - owners of Manchester City - are openly courting the UK far-right and will look to help them into government. The UAE's hatred of the Muslim Brotherhood aligns with Reform's islamophobia and the quid pro quo will be gruesome for UK democracy.
www.ft.com/content/7f05...
www.ft.com/content/7f05...
UAE treated poorly over failed Telegraph bid, says Nigel Farage
Reform UK leader visits Abu Dhabi to generate funds and boost ties with Gulf petrostate
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
ICYMI, the UAE - owners of Manchester City - are openly courting the UK far-right and will look to help them into government. The UAE's hatred of the Muslim Brotherhood aligns with Reform's islamophobia and the quid pro quo will be gruesome for UK democracy.
www.ft.com/content/7f05...
www.ft.com/content/7f05...
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This huge @wsj.com scoop about a UAE government-linked company agreeing to invest $500m in the Trump family’s crypto company makes the 1st term concerns about foreign officials staying in Trump’s DC hotel seem quaint by comparison. 🎁🔗
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This huge @wsj.com scoop about a UAE government-linked company agreeing to invest $500m in the Trump family’s crypto company makes the 1st term concerns about foreign officials staying in Trump’s DC hotel seem quaint by comparison. 🎁🔗
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Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
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I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
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At least one of the newly released Epstein file is already down.
This link no longer appears to work (www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
It contained an FBI email chain outlining an allegation against Trump involving sexual activities with a child.
This is a screenshot from that email chain.
This link no longer appears to work (www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
It contained an FBI email chain outlining an allegation against Trump involving sexual activities with a child.
This is a screenshot from that email chain.
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
At least one of the newly released Epstein file is already down.
This link no longer appears to work (www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
It contained an FBI email chain outlining an allegation against Trump involving sexual activities with a child.
This is a screenshot from that email chain.
This link no longer appears to work (www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
It contained an FBI email chain outlining an allegation against Trump involving sexual activities with a child.
This is a screenshot from that email chain.
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Elon Musk chatting it up with his friend Jeffrey Epstein five years after he was convicted for child sex crimes 👍
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Elon Musk chatting it up with his friend Jeffrey Epstein five years after he was convicted for child sex crimes 👍
"How can FIFA continue to operate without meaningful political or legal oversight? ... And why does the responsibility to speak out so often fall on athletes and fans?"
These and other important questions asked by @staniselsborg.bsky.social
www.playthegame.org/news/sports-...
These and other important questions asked by @staniselsborg.bsky.social
www.playthegame.org/news/sports-...
Journalists must stop framing sports boycotts as yes-or-no questions
The debate over boycotting an international sports event is back - this time with the 2026 FIFA World Cup at its centre. So is the media’s familiar simplistic framing: boycott - yes or no?
www.playthegame.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 AM
"How can FIFA continue to operate without meaningful political or legal oversight? ... And why does the responsibility to speak out so often fall on athletes and fans?"
These and other important questions asked by @staniselsborg.bsky.social
www.playthegame.org/news/sports-...
These and other important questions asked by @staniselsborg.bsky.social
www.playthegame.org/news/sports-...
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Not so by the way, the reason she is in France and not the UK is because our dear government won't give a visa to her Mexican husband. They're not rich enough. It doesn't matter they're young, hard-working, talented and, in fact, *successful*. She doesn't earn enough in their eyes, that is all.
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Not so by the way, the reason she is in France and not the UK is because our dear government won't give a visa to her Mexican husband. They're not rich enough. It doesn't matter they're young, hard-working, talented and, in fact, *successful*. She doesn't earn enough in their eyes, that is all.
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Proud father speaking. Very proud indeed. My daughter Camille has just completed this large canvas (oil and gouache), and I invite you to visit her online gallery at www.instagram.com/p/DTvX1OBjW0.... After living and working in London, Oaxaca and Mexico City, she is now in Paris.
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Proud father speaking. Very proud indeed. My daughter Camille has just completed this large canvas (oil and gouache), and I invite you to visit her online gallery at www.instagram.com/p/DTvX1OBjW0.... After living and working in London, Oaxaca and Mexico City, she is now in Paris.