# cbp (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover cbp. Page: Feed: --- ## [Fans launch global petition demanding FIFA President Gianni Infantino resign: AP](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fans-launch-global-petition-demanding-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-resign-ap) _2026-08-20 · Tyler.Thrasher@fox.com (Tyler Thrasher) · Latest News | FOX 7_ A global coalition of soccer fan groups is calling for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign as criticism continues over a proposed World Cup investment plan. ## [Proof of origin](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/proof-of-origin) _2026-08-17 · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Marco Lopez on the White House transshipment report, fifty cancelled Mexican visas, and the 2028 questions nobody is asking. ## [The Metric Arizona Is Missing](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/colorado-river-arizona-chips-housing) _2026-08-16 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Chips, housing and a river that just got cut ## [The announcement is the easy part: Everything That Has to Be True Before You Build in Mexico](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/the-announcement-is-the-easy-part) _2026-08-12 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Former CBP Chief of Staff Marco A. Lopez, Jr. lays out the seven questions that determine whether a Mexico operation succeeds, from rules of origin to workforce to border throughput. Most companies can answer two. ## [Arizona's 265 Billion Chip Boom Meets a 1994 Visa List](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/from-marco-lopez-we-spent-265-billion) _2026-08-10 · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Former CBP chief of staff Marco Lopez on the TN visa list frozen since 1994, and the five categories that could staff Arizona's 109 billion dollar year. ## [FIFA World Cup: US host cities say FIFA owes them $1 million each from promised legacy contribution](https://www.fox7austin.com/sports/fifa-world-cup-us-cities-egacy-contribution) _2026-08-04 · Daniel.Miller@fox.com (Daniel Miller) · Latest News | FOX 7_ U.S. host cities are demanding reimbursement from FIFA, claiming the international soccer governing body hasn’t distributed funding earmarked for operational projects for this year’s World Cup. ## [The water math does not work](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/from-marco-lopez-phoenixs-chip-boom) _2026-08-03 · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Phoenix is adding fabs and losing water at the same time. Plus the cartel tax on your avocados, Ceuta, Spain as a midterm ad, and the World Cup betting record. ## [FIFA scraps plan to sell World Cup stake to private investors following backlash, Infantino says](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fifa-scraps-plan-sell-world-cup-stake-private-investors-following-backlash-infantino-says) _2026-08-01 · Catherine.Stoddard@fox.com (Catherine Stoddard) · Latest News | FOX 7_ FIFA is now scrapping plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors following global criticism. ## [FIFA studies expanding 2030 World Cup to 64 teams: Reuters](https://www.fox7austin.com/sports/fifa-2030-world-cup-64-teams-expansion-study) _2026-07-31 · Chris.Williams@fox.com (Chris Williams) · Latest News | FOX 7_ FIFA is studying whether to expand the 2030 men's World Cup from 48 to 64 teams, according to a document reviewed by Reuters, as the tournament prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary. ## [FIFA World Cup: UEFA says it will boycott tournament over $20 billion investor plan](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fifa-world-cup-uefa-says-will-boycott-tournament-over-20-billion-investor-plan) _2026-07-30 · Mark.Richardson@fox.com (Mark Richardson) · Latest News | FOX 7_ UEFA, the Union of European Football Association, says it will boycott the FIFA World Cup if plans to sell a stake in the tournament go through. ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nSwH3lDoY818) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [CBP officers seize nearly 20,000 counterfeit FIFA World Cup items at George Bush Intercontinental Airport](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/cbp-officers-seize-nearly-20000-counterfeit-fifa-world-cup-items-george-bush-intercontinental-airport) _2026-07-28 · Mark.Richardson@fox.com (Mark Richardson) · Latest News | FOX 7_ U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says agents at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston seized nearly 20,000 counterfeit FIFA World Cup 2026 merchandise. ## [Fifteen Billion Dollars That Do Not Exist](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/fifteen-billion-dollars-that-do-not) _2026-07-27 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ A cartel forfeiture nobody can collect, Arizona's real trade exposure, and the World Cup capability Jalisco refused to shut down ## [IRS in the hot seat over potential cash grab from Spain's World Cup winnings: 'It's a rip-off'](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/irs-hot-seat-over-potential-cash-grab-from-spains-world-cup-winnings-its-rip-off) _2026-07-22 · Latest News | FOX 7_ As reigning 2026 FIFA World Cup champions, Spain won $50 million in prize money, but a large portion of that could be subject to federal taxes in the United States — potentially up to 30%. ## [2030 FIFA World Cup will span across 3 continents and 6 countries, may expand to 64 teams](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/2030-fifa-world-cup) _2026-07-20 · Mark.Richardson@fox.com (Mark Richardson) · Latest News | FOX 7_ After 39 days, 72 group stage matches, the Round of 32, the Round of 16, the Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and third-place Bronze match, the 2026 FIFA World Cup concluded Sunday with Spain defeating Argentina 1 -0. Now the world will have to wait four more years for the next World Cup in 2030 which will span across three continents and six countries ## [Epicenter](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/epicenter) _2026-07-20 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ From the World Cup final to the fab floor, the week our border region became the center of everything, and the fragile trust holding it together. — 145. Evocative, on brand. ## [President Trump presents World Cup to Spain](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/president-trump-presents-world-cup-spain) _2026-07-19 · Nick.Viviani@fox.com (Nick Viviani) · Latest News | FOX 7_ As the president of one of the tournament’s host nations, Trump was there Sunday to help deliver soccer’s greatest prize to Spain. ## [Mbappé tops Messi for Golden Boot, all-time record](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/mbappe-tops-messi-golden-boot-all-time-record) _2026-07-19 · Nick.Viviani@fox.com (Nick Viviani) · Latest News | FOX 7_ The race for the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot as the tournament’s top goal scorer came down to the final weekend. ## [Who builds, who invests, who votes](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/who-builds-who-invests-who-votes) _2026-07-13 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Toyota heads north, a new housing law opens Arizona to investors, Sheinbaum's security gamble, El Tri's World Cup summer, and the fight over your ballot. ## [At 250, America's next chapter runs through the border](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/at-250-americas-next-chapter-runs) _2026-07-06 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Marco Lopez on America's 250th, the USMCA going bilateral, an empty Arizona Sonora table, a socialist warning to Democrats, and Mexico's World Cup run ## [History on trial: from the Azteca to the National Palace to Washington's files](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/history-on-trial-from-the-azteca) _2026-06-29 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Three host nations still alive in the World Cup. A 40-year accountability crisis still unresolved. And a Spanish king who chose commerce over conquest. ## [Stocks ranked by what execs say (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qi87BrEdSuLr) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Evidence-backed watchlists from earnings calls and filings, cited to real transcripts—not guesses. ## [The border doesn't wait for a book deal](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/the-border-doesnt-wait-for-a-book) _2026-06-22 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ A memoir, a stalled extradition, and a World Cup win: this week's border story has three faces ## [War Abroad, Pressure at Home: What It Means for You](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/war-abroad-pressure-at-home-what) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ On my way back to Arizona from Washington, D.C., after several days of meetings on trade, security, and cross-border coordination, one thing became clear: the world is shifting faster than most people realize. ## [Who Gets to Be American: The Supreme Court, the Border, and the Latino Shift That Changes Everything](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/who-gets-to-be-american-the-supreme) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ This week, Power Courier goes deep on the stories that matter most to our communities right now. ## [This weekend, the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/this-weekend-the-us-navy-seized-an) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ This weekend, the U.S. ## [Trump in Beijing, Booker in Phoenix, and the border story no one is telling](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/trump-in-beijing-booker-in-phoenix) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ This week, I am breaking down what the DOJ’s indictment of ten Sinaloa officials means for every state north of Sinaloa and why Mexico’s MORENA party just handed Washington the opening it needed. ## [The USMCA clock is ticking and a million families are holding their breath](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/the-usmca-clock-is-ticking-and-a) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Washington in June really looks like. ## [Tariffs, cobalt, a cartel casino, and a gunman at the WHCD.](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/tariffs-cobalt-a-cartel-casino-and) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ Tariffs are redirecting trade and the border corridor is positioned to win. ## [Mexico is failing three tests that will define the next generation](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/mexico-is-failing-three-tests-that) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ This Memorial Day weekend, I am thinking about the men and women who gave everything to defend the values that make this country worth defending. Among them, thousands of veterans with roots on both sides of the border, soldiers who grew up in Nogales, El Paso, Laredo, and San Diego ## [Consulates, cobalt, and the USMCA renegotiation. This is the week that changes things.](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/consulates-cobalt-and-the-usmca-renegotiation) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ This week, I am breaking down the $850 million Mitsui cobalt deal that is quietly reshaping America’s critical mineral independence, making the case for why Latin American investors need to be paying attention to Arizona’s semiconductor boom right now, and naming exactly why Mexico’s ## [Kickoff week, a governor's visa revoked, and the sport America can't master](https://1marcolopez.substack.com/p/kickoff-week-a-governors-visa-revoked) _2026-06-19 · Marco Lopez · Power Courier by Marco Lopez_ I am writing this from Mexico City, five days before the World Cup opens at the Azteca, and the energy here is electric. ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ck6SqYSTDDSg) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Patching MechCommander’s “left arm bug” for fun and profit](https://mhloppy.com/2026/05/mechcommander-weapons-left-arm-bug-fix/) _2026-05-03 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ MechCommander 1 has an annoying quirk where it shoves all of a mech s biggest weapons into its left arm. If your mech is kitted out with mostly/only big weapons, then losing that arm means you basically lose the mech. Normally this issue doesn t have much impact on the outcome of a mission. Specifically targeting individual Continue reading "Patching MechCommander s left arm bug for fun and… ## [What does the “official” MechCommander 2 patch actually change?](https://mhloppy.com/2026/04/mechcommander-2-patch-changes/) _2026-04-08 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ Having finished MC1 / MCG (complete with noticing a couple of gameplay quirks), I decided to move onto MC2. Several sources provide and/or recommend installing the official patch for the game before playing it: However, having spent a few more hours than I d planned to looking into it, I m now quite confident that this is Continue reading "What does the official MechCommander 2 patch actually… ## [Getting MechCommander running on Windows 10 with minimal crashing (for me)](https://mhloppy.com/2026/04/mechcommander-windows-10-without-crashes/) _2026-04-04 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ Before I forget what I did, I m infodumping how I personally (eventually) got MechCommander Gold (MechCommander 1 + Desperate Measures expansion) singleplayer running nicely on my own Windows 10 system. These instructions were written for me-and-friends with that level of detail in mind. No effort has been made in the instructions to support any other Continue reading "Getting MechCommander… ## [Something seems horribly, horribly wrong with LB-X Autocannon damage in MechCommander](https://mhloppy.com/2026/04/mechcommander-lbx-ac-autocannon-damage/) _2026-04-04 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ Desperate Measures, the expansion for MechCommander 1, introduced LB-X versions of Autocannons. Exactly how they work is a bit nebulous, but combining the in-game information, the official strategy guide, and player-created guides, it seems that each shot either connects or doesn t (there aren t separate hit chance calculations), and then if the shot does hit, damage Continue reading "Something… ## [What’s up with the Commando and Uller (Kit Fox)’s movement speed in MechCommander?](https://mhloppy.com/2026/03/mechcommander-commando-uller-movement-speed/) _2026-03-31 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ With the years-long CBP Alpha 10 done I finally had some spare time/energy and so sat down to revisit MechCommander 1, something I haven t played since I was a kid (and very, very bad at it). After first playing through much of the original campaign in my revisit, I noticed that even though all of Continue reading "What s up with the Commando and Uller (Kit Fox) s movement speed in MechCommander?" ## [CBP Alpha 10 Patch Notes](https://mhloppy.com/2026/03/ron-cbp-alpha-10-patch-notes/) _2026-03-21 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ After slightly too much work and slightly too many whiplash-inducing pivots about what the patch s contents would be, what formally started in 2023 as a small bugfix patch but which slowly evolved into a gargantuan patch has now been split up slightly so that a cut-down implementation of Alpha 10 can be released and players Continue reading "CBP Alpha 10 Patch Notes" [Listen](https://mhloppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RoN-light-infantry-focus-fire-penalty-01-540p-crop3-aom-q28-max-3db.mp4) ## [Defense Secretary Is Clear: He Cares About Headlines, Not Troop Deaths](https://prolib.substack.com/p/defense-secretary-is-clear-he-cares) _2026-03-13 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ In a whiny, pitiful press conference, Hegseth admonished media while largely ignoring the danger he puts people in ## [Trump Can't TACO Out Of This One](https://prolib.substack.com/p/trump-cant-taco-out-of-this-one) _2026-03-09 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Total Market Chaos: The Iran War and the Oil Price Explosion ## [Trump Is $200 Billion Short Of Insuring Hormuz Shipping](https://prolib.substack.com/p/trump-is-200-billion-short-of-insuring) _2026-03-06 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Can the DFC Save the Global Economy? ## [The Future Of Tech Is That You Will Own Nothing](https://prolib.substack.com/p/the-future-of-tech-is-that-you-will) _2026-03-04 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Subscriptions and so-called "modular" tech will create a future of renters, even for the technology we use everyday ## [The Donroe Doctrine In Iran: Our Endgame Is Seizing All The Oil](https://prolib.substack.com/p/the-donroe-doctrine-in-iran-our-endgame) _2026-03-02 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Decoding the Administration’s Plan to Privatize Iran’s Oil. ## [Gen Z and Gen Alpha are Craving "Connected Masculinity"](https://prolib.substack.com/p/gen-z-and-gen-alpha-are-craving-connected) _2026-02-26 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Empathic male portrayals in media are all the rage among the younger crowd ## [The Pentagon Demands Killer AI From Anthropic](https://prolib.substack.com/p/the-pentagon-demands-killer-ai-from) _2026-02-24 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Anthropic executives warned the software could lose control, and endanger U.S. servicemembers ## [Trump's Tariff Tantrum: From Emergency to Everywhere](https://prolib.substack.com/p/trumps-tariff-tantrum-from-emergency) _2026-02-21 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Classic abuser behavior from a petulant, whiny little man ## [I Found Videos Hidden In The Epstein Files](https://prolib.substack.com/p/i-found-videos-hidden-in-the-epstein) _2026-02-16 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Some of them appear to be of children ## [UnburdenedTV Week In Review: ICE, The 1st Amendment, and The New Epstein Files Drop](https://prolib.substack.com/p/unburdenedtv-week-in-review-ice-the) _2026-01-31 · Dom Ervolina · Unburdened_ Checkout our roundup of all the week's most impactful stories [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186367428/1005aa01d6b76b63d9dcef43f0d0b007.mp3) ## [Red Patriots getting craft from Forage techs is probably a bug](https://mhloppy.com/2025/11/ron-red-patriot-forage-craft-supply-wagon-bug/) _2025-11-27 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ RoN has a lot of undocumented gameplay elements where it s ambiguous whether the in-game effect is a bug or not. Using all available context, we can try to make subjective judgement calls about which of these are probably bugs and which of these are probably intentional (just with missing tooltip info). Some examples of this: Continue reading "Red Patriots getting craft from Forage techs is… ## [Quick notes: Accidentally adding new nations to the game](https://mhloppy.com/2025/07/ron-add-new-nation/) _2025-07-04 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ A few days ago I had half an hour free while burger was messaging me about adding new nations to the game, so I decided to see what error message I would get if I tried to add new nations to the game. It appears I have failed the task successfully. As it turns out, Continue reading "Quick notes: Accidentally adding new nations to the game" [Listen](https://mhloppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/RoN-ten-extra-nations-demo-01-720p-crf24.mp4) ## [The probably-outdated formula for RoN’s score calculations from Beta 2](https://mhloppy.com/2025/06/ron-beta-score-calculation/) _2025-06-11 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ Ye olde Beta 2 release includes a lot of interesting things, including a score.xls file which notes how scores are calculated. Since nobody has bothered to share that anywhere except on an advertising platform, I figured I d dump its contents here. I ve named the categories myself, but these are grouped in the spreadsheet already. I Continue reading "The probably-outdated formula for RoN s score… ## [Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia FY2024-25: some notes](https://mhloppy.com/2025/04/fossil-fuel-subsidies-australia-2025-notes/) _2025-04-26 · MHLoppy · MHLoppy_ As part of a uni unit on public policy, I had to complete a 750 word policy briefing based on the report Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2025 by The Australia Institute. Instead of trying to be maximally efficient and doing a good job relatively quickly, I made the mistake of getting genuinely interested in Continue reading "Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia FY2024-25: some notes"