Matthew Shafer

Managing my responsibilities, finding meaning...

[Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge]

Here’s One Idea For The Media Blackout About The @DNIGabbard Covid Records Via @grok

[Russell Brand @rustyrockets]

Never forget.

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

They would be reporting on themselves

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

JJ WATT GIVES THE INSIDE STORY OF CONNECTING WITH LEGEND OF THE WORLD CUP, @FreddyLA7 🏆🇩🇪

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Tough loss for the Scots but hearing Flower of Scotland live was worth it. A remarkable run for Scotland in Boston sadly comes to a close. The Tartan Army will live on forever though in the history of Boston sports. What a special week.

[jay plemons @jayplemons]

The great lie is that society is divided between rich and poor.
The great truth, as David Friedberg puts it, is makers vs takers.

Makers build, create, and deliver real value: houses, software, art, businesses, and everything that moves civilization forward.

Takers watch, criticize, analyze, and politic. They push the lie that the rich hoard unfairly so the poor must seize it… all while positioning themselves to rule the chaos.

As @friedberg tells his kids: “At the end of the day, if you made something and someone else valued it, you were a maker. That was an amazing achievement. That is a great day.”

Takers thrive on division. Makers drive progress.

Time to choose your side.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

We’ve reached the part of Freddy’s journey when a private jet operator, two $5B+ airlines and the Governor of Utah are sliding into his DMs so he can make it to Canada to watch the German World Cup team play. Incredible.

[Matthew Shafer @Matthew__Shafer]

@TrungTPhan https://t.co/AHJluitUf0
We need Pops on this asap. I want to see a handshake at the end of this journey. This is why we are awesome! USA!

[NotKennyRogers @NotKennyRogers]

There are currently 190,000 children in Chicago living below the poverty level.

For the price of the $900 million Obama library, we could have given each one of these poor children in Chicago $4,736.

Am I doing this right?

[Tony Greer @TgMacro]

Patriotism in sports. Nothing else. No cross gender competition. No attacks on bible verses on ball caps. No pride campaigns. No commie Mayors getting ANY airtime. Just appreciate the place that encourages you to compete. 🇺🇸

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth.

https://t.co/3YJSstB7d4

[Matthew R. Kratter #BIP-110 @mattkratter]

This is the biggest piece of alpha in the Bitcoin space right now. Ignore it at your own risk

[ego death @this_Just_in89]

incredible

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Listen to this…all the way. You’ll thank me later.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

A reminder that the Constitution was not written to restrain the citizens' behavior.

It was written to restrain the government's behavior.

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

Harvesting just one kidney from 20% of America’s politicians would give a new kidney to EVERY SINGLE PERSON currently on the transplant waiting list.

[TFTC @TFTC21]

Illinois just signed the most aggressive bitcoin tax in the US.

Starting January 2027, the state will impose a 0.20% tax on the gross value of digital assets exchanged, transferred, or stored for customers.

Buy bitcoin? Taxed.
Transfer bitcoin? Taxed.
Hold with a custodian? Taxed.

No profit required. No capital gain. Just moving a digital asset triggers the tax.

Move $1M through a bank wire, ACH, or brokerage and Illinois takes nothing. Move that same $1M as a digital asset and the state takes $2,000.

There is no comparable tax on stocks, bonds, derivatives, bank deposits, or any traditional financial transaction anywhere in the country.

The message to every bitcoin company in Illinois is clear: leave.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Lara Logan just broke down a pattern that hits different once you see it.

They keep creating problems that can never actually be solved: racism that’s “unconscious,” masculinity as inherently toxic, CO2 as the enemy even though we breathe it out, and differences turned into permanent grievances.

The goal? Issues without end. Skin color can’t change. Breathing can’t stop. Masculine instinct doesn’t vanish. So the problems stay… and so does the control.

It’s not about fixing anything. It’s about keeping the fight alive so we stay divided and easier to manage.

Once you spot the tactic, everything gets clearer.

What “unsolvable problem” have you noticed getting pushed the hardest lately?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@HansMahncke During the lawsuit against them, we will find out exactly which cretin wrote this terrible lie

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

Can’t stop the youth from using nostr…