Matt Pfeffer

Husband, Dad, Aggie Engineer, Airline Pilot, spent 20 years in the Navy.

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@propjoesays

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Today in 1978, your mom traded in 1.75 million green stamps for a toaster.

[Texas A&M University @TAMU]

This afternoon, the @AggieCorps commissioned 145 cadets into the U.S. armed forces — an indication of the confidence the Department of Defense has in the Corps to produce some of the nation’s finest military officers. These newly commissioned officers will enter the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force as second lieutenants and ensigns.

#AggieCorps #MilitaryCommissioning

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@propjoesays Auburn 2013

[Joey Mannarino @JoeyMannarino]

Viktor Orban didn’t cancel any elections and never arrested people for social media posts. He also stepped down after his election loss and is partaking in a peaceful transfer of power.

But, don’t forget, he was a dictator.

Keir Starmer attempted to cancel about 1,000 local council elections next month and arrests about 12,000 people a year for social media posts. He also refused to let a rival run for a seat in a by-election because he was worried it would be a threat to his leadership.

But, don’t forget, he’s a democratic leader.

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@politicalmath I really can’t believe they’re still churning out these “live action” remakes. They must truly have zero ideas in house - and must not have for over a decade at this point. Very sad.

[el gato malo @boriquagato]

the current TSA mess is american politics in a nutshell.

the basic issue itself is manufactured and either side could break this deadlock but neither will.

the dems added policy terms/riders to a "must pass" funding bill to try and force them through.

the GOP are refusing to pass it because of those terms which would limit and hamstring ICE, provide asylum, etc.

the dems offer to split the bill and fund TSA. the GOP is saying no.

and everything deadlocks.

and so DHS goes unfunded and the pain gets piled on us while the donkeys and elephants play at brinksmanship.

they both love it.

the GOP get to yell and fundraise on "the donkeys won't limit immigration or let us arrest illegals!"

the dems get to yell and fundraise on "the GOP shut down the airports with bill riders!" and claim that "the jackboot republicans want to arrest your gardener!"

both sides think they are benefiting from the positioning and neither seems to care that there is a country full of people attached to their partisan poo flinging and the wreckage it inflicts.

this whole "and now it takes 3 hours to check in at the airport" is a contrived and needless problem. they generated it to play politics by inflicting pain on americans because this stuff is cash contribution gold and it benefits them.

the entire american political class has become a vicious parasite. they do not care what happens to we the people so long as their money keeps flowing.

and if you doubt this, consider: wev'e seen 1000 stories about corruption, graft, theft, mysterious $30 or 3000 million fortunes accumulated in a few years on a $175k salary. everyone sees it. they agree it's an issue, talk about it on TV, stump speech about it, but has anyone actually done a damn thing to stop it?

has anyone been investigated, held accountable, arrested? has any of the money been taken back? nope. nada. zilch. all the outrage is fake. there is just the swamp. and the swamp will lie and accuse and its dwellers will vilify one another and accuse each other of every kind of immorality and stupidity. but it's a just a cacophony of calumny played as pantomime and devolving to farce.

congress and the permanent state is a rancid and corrupt aristocracy. nothing more.

they do not serve the people, their serve themselves.

they will not solve the problem because they are the problem.

and they will never allow accountability because, above all else, the swamp protects its own.

[Molly Cantillon @mollycantillon]

CA faces an extreme concentration problem: a tiny number of taxpayers matter enormously. what happens if they all leave?

i tracked every billionaire leaving california, where they went, how much tax revenue walked out the door

scraped 10-K filings, IRS migration data, census finance records, and FOIAs

of the 12 publicly leaving, they take $1.07T in wealth - and with it, $12.7B in tax revenue. that's 19% of the entire deficit

the budget is broken at every level. SF spends 5.7x more per homeless person than K12 student.

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@CardiffGarcia @stevesi This is also true with jeans

[Dr. Eric Berg DC @dr_ericberg]

Here's something that might surprise you: The American Heart Association, an organization dedicated to preventing heart disease, opposed a bill to restrict people from using food stamps on sugary drinks and candy.

You'd expect them to be against junk food, wouldn't you? But they actively lobbied against a measure that would steer people towards healthier, more nutrient-dense options.

Why? Well, the American Heart Association gets significant funding from the junk food industry, and they even have an "Industry Nutrition Forum" that includes companies like Pepsi and General Mills.

This leads to conflicts of interest, where maintaining financial ties seems to outweigh promoting actual heart health. It's a shocking revelation when you consider the impact processed foods have on chronic diseases.

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@ElieJarrougeMD Yep - I’m down 15-17lbs, halved my insulin, CAC score of zero, but high LDL 🤷‍♂️

[TexAgs @TexAgs]

geauxing home (three OTs later) with a w 👍

#GigEm | #BuckyBall

[Panzer @panzer]

Critical thinking is going to be the world‘s rarest resource in the years ahead. Most people never learned to do it in the first place and half of the ones that know how don’t do it now. Most of the rest are rapidly offboarding this function to AI as we speak.

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@Southernpilot 🤣 - there’s TSA delays at DEN on a good, normal day

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@KenDBerryMD Coffee

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I liked the world better when the news came on for 30 minutes and then we did other shit for 23 1/2 hours. Now it follows you around all day like a hobo begging for change.

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@Slate Get out of your bubble, dipshits

[Matt Pfeffer @mpfef]

@mkhammer Feels like he’s just getting warmed up 🥴

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

Every sports piece during the last 48 hours: “Someone did something good. But then they did something that upset me, a political obsessive. And that complicates things. My story.”