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Dec 7, 2025, 5:37:14 PM (2 days ago) Dec 7
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The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
opening thoughts: What is the FIFA Peace Prize and why is Donald Trump expected to win?
producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins
Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude)
streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon & 7pm EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH
opening thought: h/t Mark Jacobs
FIFA, soccer’s historically corrupt governing body, will name the winner of its first-ever “FIFA Peace Prize" today. Trump is widely expected to win, showing the moral vacuum of all concerned. A legitimate organization would move the World Cup out of the U.S. because of the abuse of immigrants.
What is the FIFA Peace Prize and why is Donald Trump expected to win?
nugget: As billions of fans around the world tune in to watch the World Cup draw on Friday, they’ll also have the opportunity to watch FIFA President Gianni Infantino present a new, somewhat puzzling, award. World soccer’s governing body announced in November that this year will see the introduction of the FIFA Peace Prize – a new annual accolade given to someone who FIFA says has taken “exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world.”FIFA says the award will be presented on behalf of more than 5 billion soccer fans worldwide, but how the winner is chosen isn’t exactly clear.And, perhaps most notably, President Donald Trump is widely rumored to be the recipient of the inaugural prize.The new prize will be awarded after the World Cup draw takes place on December 5. The ceremony for the award will also take place in the same venue as the draw: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.Trump now sits as the Board Chair of the Kennedy Center after an overhaul of the previous leadership group.FIFA has remained tight-lipped over who will be bestowed the inaugural Peace Prize amid rumors it’s destined for the US president.Infantino certainly seems to be a huge fan of Trump and the pair have seemingly developed a close relationship in the buildup to next year’s World Cup.On several occasions, the two have been seen together, not least at Trump’s inauguration and at the Sharm El-Sheikh peace summit earlier this year.Infantino was also a vocal supporter of Trump’s bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize, an award ultimately given to Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado. A day before the award was announced, Infantino had taken to Instagram to say that Trump “definitely” deserved it.It’s perhaps not a coincidence, then, that FIFA created its own peace prize this year and is presenting it in  DC, just minutes from the White House.Trump, of course, is set to attend the World Cup draw, along with leaders from the other co-host nations, Mexico and Canada.The current prediction from Kalshi as of 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday says that Trump is 91% likely to win the award. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/sport/soccer-world-cup-peace-prize-trump-intl

rethink the week
talkers:
Bill Curry  was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. 
Felipe De La Hoz is a  contributing editor at The New Republic and lecturer at NYU.
Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Master in Public Policy program at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, numerous articles, and the Host of the New Books Network's public policy channel. 
Lincoln Mitchell teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. He is the author of nine books and his writings have appeared at CNN, Reuters, the New York Times, NBC, the San Francisco Examiner and numerous other media platforms. For more of Lincoln’s work you can subscribe to his Substack “Kibitzing with Lincoln” at /lincolnmitchell.substack.com/.”
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 Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: “I can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.”



it is the billionaires stupid
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Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism? Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.   https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-cabinet-meeting-racism/685129/


The Cost of Climate Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it  https://prospect.org/2025/12/04/cost-of-climate/


GOP frustrations grow over lackluster ‘big, beautiful bill’ sales pitch https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5632658-gop-big-beautiful-bill-sales-pitch/

Americans More Likely to Accept Guidance from AMA than CDC on Vaccine Safety The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania



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