As the football world processes Guardiola's revelation and awaits further developments, one thing is certain: his impact on the sport has been profound, and his legacy will endure long after he decides to step away from the spotlight. Whether he chooses to return to coaching in the future or explores new ventures outside of football, Guardiola's influence will continue to shape the game for years to come.
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All the justices need to do, he says, is to stand aside and suspend a pending law that could shut down TikTok on Jan. 19, the day before Trump takes office again. “President Trump alone possesses the consummate deal-making expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform,” his attorney said in a friend-of-the court brief filed Friday night. His plan might work, at least to buy more time. The justices had agreed to make a fast-track decision on the potentially momentous issue involving social media and free speech. “I think the court is likely to see great benefit in issuing a stay and little downside,” said UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. “The case poses a novel and very difficult 1st Amendment issue. Never before has the government tried to ban a medium of communication, but there also is a history of judicial deference to national security claims.” Prior to Trump’s intervention, TikTok appeared to face a difficult fight in the court. The House and Senate had passed legislation by large bipartisan majorities requiring the platform to separate itself from its Chinese owner or to shut down in this country. President Biden signed the bill into law in April. And by its terms, it was due to take effect in 270 days. Although the justices are not shy about striking down federal regulations, they are wary of overturning an act of Congress, particularly one that is based on threats to national security. The U.S. appeals court in Washington cited national security when it upheld the law earlier this month. In a 3-0 decision, the judges said the law did not target speech or expression. Rather, lawmakers were convinced the Chinese parent company could gather personal data on millions of Americans, the judges said. If the law took effect on Jan. 19, Apple, Oracle and other U.S. companies could have faced large civil fines if they continued to work with TikTok. Trump’s attorney D. John Sauer filed a friend-of-the-court brief that differed in tone and substance from all the others. Rather than weigh in on the 1st Amendment question the justices had agreed to decide , he explained why Trump was better-suited to decide it. “Through his historic victory on November 5, 2024, President Trump received a powerful electoral mandate from American voters to protect the free-speech rights of all Americans — including the 170 million Americans who use TikTok,” he wrote. “Moreover, President Trump is one of the most powerful, prolific, and influential users of social media in history.” Noting that Trump has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, Sauer argued that the president-elect is well-positioned “to evaluate TikTok’s importance as a unique medium for freedom of expression, including core political speech.” He also wrote that as the founder of another social-media platform, Truth Social, Trump has “an in-depth perspective on the extraordinary government power attempted to be exercised in this case — the power of the federal government to effectively shut down a social-media platform favored by tens of millions of Americans.” “In light of these interests — including, most importantly, his overarching responsibility for the United States’ national security and foreign policy — President Trump opposes banning TikTok in the United States at this juncture, and seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office.” In 2020, Trump had voiced alarm over TikTok because of its Chinese ownership. Lawmakers later heard classified briefings that convinced them the foreign ownership posed a danger. But by the time the law won approval, Trump had switched sides. He said he believed TikTok helped him win the support of young voters. “TikTok had an impact, so we’re taking a look at it,” he told reporters two weeks ago. “I have a little warm spot in my heart.” A year ago, his attorney Sauer drew criticism from some legal experts for boldly asserting that Trump as a former president had an absolute immunity from criminal charges for his official acts while in office. But in July, he won a 6-3 ruling from the Supreme Court that gave him and Trump what he had sought. Sauer is now set to represent Trump and his administration before the Supreme Court as U.S. solicitor general. He did not say precisely what the court should do now, only that it “should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space” to the incoming administration and that one provision in the law allowed for a 90-day extension before it took effect. The court asked for responses to the competing briefs by next Friday. It scheduled two hours of argument for Jan. 10. It’s not certain the justices will readily comply with Trump’s request. Two weeks ago, former Trump attorney Noel Francisco filed an appeal on TikTok’s behalf urging the justices to put the law on hold for a brief period. But the justices brushed aside that suggestion and said they would decide whether divestiture law violated the 1st Amendment. “I am skeptical Trump’s intervention will make a difference,” said Alan Rozenshtein, a University of Minnesota law professor who has written about the pending law. He noted that the Supreme Court denied TikTok’s request to stay the law because it did not think TikTok could meet the requirements for a stay: a reasonable chance of winning on the merits. “Trump’s argument does not change that,” he said. “It may be bad luck for TikTok (and Trump) that the law goes into effect the day before inauguration, but such is life.”Title: Mac Mini Expansion and Upgrade Guide: Easily Enhance Your Setup with ORICO Mini Series
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In conclusion, Enzo's celebration of the stripping gesture and Jackson's response of "No thanks needed, just repay me with an assist" have sparked important conversations about sportsmanship, teamwork, and unity within the world of soccer. While individual actions may sometimes stir controversy and debate, it is through collective effort and mutual respect that true success and fulfillment are achieved on and off the field. As fans and players alike reflect on this memorable incident, they are reminded of the enduring values of sportsmanship, camaraderie, and teamwork that define the beautiful game of soccer.
ANAS Sarwar was doubtless delighted to be named Scottish Politician of the Year at an awards bash on Thursday. But while the applause of fellow politicians , lobbyists and journalists may be good for the ego, the contest that matters is the Holyrood election in 17 months’ time. 2 Anas Sarwar will have his work cut out if he wants to restore Labour in Holyrood Credit: Alamy 2 Chris Musson reckons UK Labour's tough start could also have an impact Credit: Andrew Barr That will be determined by votes, not the whims of a chin-stroking judging panel. And while Labour may have trounced the SNP in July’s General Election , the May 2026 Scottish Parliament vote is a different ball game. Focus will be on Sarwar and SNP leader John Swinney . Not Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak . And without trust in Sarwar, Scottish Labour will fail . READ MORE POLITICS NASTY BUSINESS Trump's son says SNP makes doing business in Scotland 'virtually impossible' PARTY'S OVER Nigel Farage's Reform Party could wreck SNP's hold over Holyrood Last week, two worrying signs emerged for Labour on that very issue. Firstly, another poll showed the SNP - despite their obvious shortcomings - are still most trusted to run the show at Holyrood. The Nats have a comfortable lead in Scottish Parliament voting intentions, despite losing support. That can perhaps be put down, in part, to Labour’s rocky first months in power. Look how public opinion has changed since July. Most read in The Scottish Sun HIT AND RUN Car 'deliberately' ploughs into fans outside Premier League stadium after match PHIL THE HEAT Latest on Philippe Clement's future at Rangers amid swirling sack rumours TRAGIC FIND Body found on Scots island in search for missing woman, 28, as family informed REST EASY Andy Murray flooded with messages as he shares heart-breaking family update Despite Labour claiming they’d do things differently to those dastardly Tories, they seem to be doing their best to disappoint. If there is one thing that people dislike, it’s being treated like mugs. Anas Sarwar gets behind the decks and dances on stage at Labour conference There’s enough people who feel Labour are doing just that. There was the feigned horror at the state of public finances right after the General Election. Find out what's really going on Register now for our free weekly politics newsletter for an insightful and irreverent look at the (sometimes excruciating) world of Scottish Politics. Every Thursday our hotshot politics team goes behind the headlines to bring you a rundown of key events - plus insights and gossip from the corridors of power, including a 'Plonker' and 'Star' of the Week. Sign up now and make sure you don't miss a beat. The politicians would hate that. SIGN UP FOR FREE NOW The next stage in this act — probably scripted months before the election — was to say they’re going to have to cut the universal Winter Fuel Payment to help fill this hole. This is a party that deployed the “Tory cost of living crisis” mantra precisely because they knew how much it mattered. So, to make it worse for millions of pensioners was a bold move. They also whacked up employer’s National Insurance at the Budget. This was clumsy sleight-of-hand, with Labour insisting they had stuck to their manifesto pledge that “We will not make working people pay more tax”. So, they lump the burden on employers — but in the full knowledge this will be passed on to workers. Worse still, the Labour-controlled Treasury then boasted in a thoroughly dishonest social media campaign that there were “no increases to rates of income tax , National Insurance or VAT”. Such was the backlash, they removed the ad. But with power, comes arrogance. They think they can get away with this stuff — especially as they are at the start of a five-year term. However, Scottish Labour leader Sarwar is not in power. He doesn’t have the luxury of time. He needs to earn trust, not haemorrhage it, and show that he, unlike Starmer and Reeves, is not in the business of hoodwinking ordinary folk. Yet last week — in that second of the worrying signs I mentioned — he did just that. His emphatic claim that a Scottish Labour government would “reinstate” the Winter Fuel Payment is misleading at best. A bit of background is needed to explain this nonsense. The Winter Fuel Payment has just been devolved and is now called the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment. The SNP echoed the Chancellor and ended the universal nature of the benefit, arguing it had lost cash due to the Westminster change. So, across the UK , the payment will now go only to those who get pension credits. But Scottish Labour know — because Swinney has said so — that SNP ministers may bring back the universal payment from next year. They may well announce this at the Holy-rood Budget next week, using some of the extra funding that came to the Scottish Government from Reeves’s UK Budget. With this in mind, it seems Sarwar decided to get in first. And I admit that when I saw Labour’s snazzy social media graphic, I fell for the spin. A photo of Sarwar smiling at a pensioner was accompanied with the statement: “JUST ANNOUNCED: A Scottish Labour Government will reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment.” I thought — like many readers doubtless will — that this means that all pensioners would get the payment again, on the same terms they did previously. Because that’s what “reinstate” means. But no. On looking into the details, Scottish Labour admit they intend to “taper” the payment — meaning the payment amount falls as a pensioner’s income rises. So, they are going to means-test it, but in a different way. Not “reinstate” the previous regime, as the emphatic pledge says. Might the “taper” mean some pensioners get, say, a token £1? A Labour spokesman told me this was possible, but details had not yet been decided. So, what are we left with? A pledge to “reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment” which will not reinstate the previous regime. That’s not just spin, it’s utterly misleading. It exploits the fact that the subject is a bit complicated and many people would just swallow the soundbite. But even if not now, people will twig in the end - especially given 17 months. And what’s that going to do for trust in Sarwar? Leaving people with a false impression, is of course a technique deployed frequently in politics . This is done on the basis that a great deal of people who work for parties and governments are smartarses who do think you’re mugs. Read more on the Scottish Sun REST EASY Andy Murray flooded with messages as he shares heart-breaking family update COUGH UP Motorhome park owner shuts after guests leave without paying using shock trick That is starting to look as true of Labour as it is of the SNP and the Tories. But if the slipperiness continues, it will not bode well for Sarwar’s electoral fortunes.