Rick Matthews

No DMs. I follow verified users only. Dad. Papa. Patriot. Wanna-be golfer. Retired from Air Force and industry.

[PNW Conservative @PNWConservative]

Yeah, Trump is making a mockery of the White House.

Biden Christmas 👇

[Fitness Doctor 🩺 @FitnessDr_]

High blood pressure is a symptom... Not the disease

[Patricia Heaton @PatriciaHeaton]

This

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore

[Rick Matthews @thinkthenact7]

Truth.

[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?

[Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson]

Import poverty; romanticize illegal immigration; demonize the middle class; drive out private-sector capital; and exempt elites from the consequences of their own ideology—and you’re left with a state where democracy dies, along with everything else.

https://t.co/pRqKeQbTRX

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

This will go down as the greatest 2026 World Cup interview

[Rick Matthews @thinkthenact7]

Love his line, "The patient (Iran) has been anesthetized. We can operate at will."

[Jesse Watters @JesseBWatters]

🚨 WOW: THE ARCHITECT OF TRUMP'S ABRAHAM ACCORDS JUST TORCHED OBAMA'S IRAN DEAL 🚨

"They didn't stop the threat—they FUNDED it." 🔥

"The infrastructure that the Obama and Biden administrations paid for, that I suspect are being mourned right now, ultimately have been destroyed by President Trump"

"The best verification is done by EXPLOSIVES" 💣

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

A ruthless and brilliant strategist, Washington was one of the greatest instinctive military thinkers in world history. He then became a populist hero who modestly established the presidency as a servant of the people he governed. It’s difficult to say which was a greater achievement. His farewell address was a masterpiece of geopolitical management, and his warnings about the entanglement of foreign alliances hold today as the most powerful cautionary advice. Our first and greatest president.

[Dangerous Thoughts @DangerousThinkg]

When someone from a communist country looks at the state of the US

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

It’s amazing how quickly the gatekeepers of culture decide what’s acceptable.

In June, every logo becomes a rainbow. Every stadium, every jersey, every broadcast gets a political message.

But put a Bible verse on your cap? Suddenly that’s “controversial.”

Put an American slogan front and center? Suddenly that’s “divisive.”

The NFL had no problem painting political movements in the end zone. Major League Baseball has no problem turning every June into a month-long corporate activism campaign.

Yet the moment someone wants to celebrate faith, patriotism, or traditional values, we’re told those things don’t belong in sports.

Funny how the people preaching inclusion always seem to have a very specific list of viewpoints they’re willing to include.

If rainbow logos belong in sports, then so do Bible verses.

If political messages belong in sports, then so do messages celebrating faith, family, and country.

The double standard isn’t subtle anymore. EVERYONE sees it.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

To the New Yorkers fleeing NYC, a couple things…

1. You are fleeing policies. Those policies are a result of a leftist worldview, that in many ways you supported, donated to or assisted, even if it was with just your silence or apathy.

2. The places you are fleeing to, have done a much better job protecting their society and environment from that worldview than you did. So you need to learn from them, not try to lead them.

3. You may be rich and powerful and very intelligent in your respective field, but none of that power stopped the inevitable takeover of your beloved city, most likely because you thought you could placate or compromise with the left. You were wrong.

4. Respectfully, the lesson that needs to be learned from this, is not that the left went “too far” but that there is no such thing as “far enough” for the left. They can't be negotiated with, they need to be defeated. You can either help with that, or you can keep fleeing from place to place until there is no place left.

[Q STORM RIDER @_Qstormrider]

🚨 LMFAO! Scott Bessent just TORCHED the New York Times right to their faces for inventing garbage about President Trump’s health. Pure domination.

“I don’t read the New York Times anymore! People send me articles, but there’s this feverish swamp!”

Then he nukes them:

“The NYT is no longer the paper of record. ‘President Trump is slowing down, mental capacity’ — it’s 100% FAKE! I mean, he only called me twice at 3AM instead of three times?”

The room LOST IT.

And then the kill shot:

“You had one of the greatest scandals of all time — Biden’s diminished capacity and the COVER-UP. Where was the New York Times?”

Scott Bessent is doing what every Republican SHOULD be doing: exposing media fraud right to their faces.

[A Gene Robinson @AlBuffalo2nite]

For nearly a decade Americans were told every investigation of Donald Trump was sacred, untouchable, and beyond question.

Ninety-four charges.

Raids.

Mugshots.

Perp walks.

Wall-to-wall media coverage.

We were lectured daily that ‘nobody is above the law.’

Now Gavin Newsom says he’s being investigated and suddenly the same people who cheered every investigation, subpoena, and prosecution are screaming political persecution.

Interesting.

When Trump was the target, we were told to trust the process.

When Newsom is the subject, we’re told the process itself is corrupt.

Either the law applies equally to everyone or it doesn’t.

Principles that only exist when your opponents are under scrutiny aren’t principles at all.

They’re partisan loyalty dressed up as moral outrage.

#AStoneGroove #SilentMajoritySpeaks

[Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM]

Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the press conference last night:

​"Dear citizens of Israel,
​For decades, I have been fighting against Iran’s efforts to arm itself with nuclear weapons. I can define it as my life’s mission. I have met this challenge to this day, and I will continue to meet it in the future. With an agreement, without an agreement – Iran will not have nuclear weapons. Not today, and not tomorrow. As long as I am Prime Minister of Israel – this will not happen.

​I hear people asking: What have we achieved? And my response to them is: "What have we achieved"?! We have fended off an immediate threat of annihilation. Together with our American friends, we launched the largest offensive air operation in Israel’s history. We neutralized nuclear scientists, decapitated the leaders of the terror regime, pulverized nuclear facilities, destroyed missiles and the vast majority of the factories that produce them, struck countless military industries and infrastructures, destroyed their navy, their air force, neutralized Basij commanders who massacred the Iranian people, and caused enormous damage. We estimate it in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and some even estimate it to be closer to a trillion dollars – enormous damage to the economy of Iran that took them decades to build.

​But here is the most important thing: we saved the State of Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation. Because, it is crucial to understand, Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon just before Operation Rising Lion; it was racing toward a nuclear weapon and racing to bury its missile and nuclear industry deep underground.

​If we had not acted at the time we did, and with the overwhelming force with which we did – both in Operation Rising Lion and later in Operation Roaring Lion, in historic cooperation with President Trump and the American military – if we had not acted in this way, Iran would already have atomic bombs. And what does that mean? It means that millions of Israeli citizens, you who are listening to me now, you would all have been in terrible danger of mass death. All of us would have been in that danger. And this danger, of the elimination of Israel’s population, we have fended off for years to come. That is what we have achieved – we saved the State of Israel from annihilation.

​But I tell you, citizens of Israel, the struggle is not over and done. We will need to maintain our vigilance, remain strong and determined to defend ourselves as required. This is true not only vis-à-vis Iran. This is also true vis-à-vis Iran’s terror proxies, which we have hit in an unprecedented manner. We did it in Gaza, we did it in Lebanon, in Syria, in Yemen, we did it in the refugee camps in Judea and Samaria – we did it everywhere.

​We eliminated Deif, Haniyeh, and Sinwar, along with many of Hamas's leaders. Actually, almost everyone who was there during the horrific massacre; I think there is one more left, he too will be eliminated. We destroyed thousands of terrorists and countless terror infrastructures. We returned all our hostages from Gaza, down to the very last one. No one believed we would do that. I did.

I was told: Prime Minister, we must give up, don't enter Rafah, end the war – we will bring the hostages and we will frame our exit from Gaza as a victory. I did not accept this nonsense. We entered Rafah, we entered Gaza City, contrary to the opinions of many – and we returned all the hostages, to the last one. And not only that, we exploded the pagers, we eliminated the arch-enemy Nasrallah, we prevented the invasion of the Radwan Force into the Galilee, we destroyed the vast majority of the 150,000 rockets and missiles that Nasrallah built in order to devastate the cities of Israel.

​You remember what we were told: If we go to battle with Hezbollah, we will have tens of thousands of casualties, the towers will come down in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, in Jerusalem, in Be'er- Sheva; Israeli cities will be reduced to ruins. You remember that. I did not accept that, we fought them, and we fought them hard; we also captured their key positions like the Beaufort, which Hezbollah had used for years to threaten the northern communities, and in fact the entire country.

​Simultaneously, we did another thing: we established deep security zones around the State of Israel. We did it in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Syria – where, by the way, we destroyed all the weaponry of the Assad army, which was a central link in the Axis of Evil. And I wish to clarify: we will remain in the security zones for as long as it is required to defend our country. ​Because after October 7th, I established a simple principle: Israel will not allow terror organizations to encamp on our borders; to tunnel into our territory; to prepare for a massacre close to our citizens. Today, the heroic IDF fighters stand as barrier between the terrorists and our citizens.

What we did, in fact, was change our entire security doctrine; change ourselves as well. We broke the barrier of fear. We take initiative, we attack, we surprise, and we strike at those who threaten our lives.

​Israel is stronger than ever, and Iran’s Axis of Evil is weaker than ever. If someone had told you at the beginning of the war that we would achieve everything I have detailed, and I haven't detailed everything – you would have said they were hallucinating. Just talk, just promises – no, we did all that. And today, after we have achieved all this, there are those who want to minimize it, to dismiss our tremendous achievements. And I tell you: we are going to achieve many more great things.

We will continue to neutralize threats in the region, we will build new alliances with countries in the region and beyond. We will ensure our own domestic armament independence, this is another principle I established, and I am investing 350 billion NIS in that, as a supplement to the defense budget. We will develop technologies that break the boundaries of imagination, and we will turn Israel into an even stronger power. Because our strength is the key to our future, it is the key to our security, it is the key to our economy, it is the key to our alliances. Because alliances are made with the strong, and Israel today is a very strong country. It is strong thanks to you, citizens of Israel.

​I wish to thank you, citizens of Israel, for your steadfastness, for the support you give to the government and for the support you give me as the Prime Minister. And above all, I wish to thank our heroic fighters, men and women in active duty and in the reserves, at sea, on land, and in the air, in the IDF and in all the security branches. There is no one like you, heroes of Israel. ​Together we will continue to stand, and together we will continue to win.

"Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and be not dismayed, O Israel!"
Together, with God's help, we will ensure the eternity of Israel."

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Rob Schneider is putting his money behind the message.

The Hollywood star says he'll cover any potential fines for MLB players who wear Bible verses on their uniforms after league officials warned three San Francisco Giants pitchers who displayed Bible references on their Pride Night caps.

The moment has quickly turned into a bigger fight over religious expression, league rules, and where MLB draws the line on what players can show on the field.

[Rick Matthews @thinkthenact7]

This is funny.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Inside Look At How The Iran War Ceasefire Negotiations Are Actually Going

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Inside Look At How The Iran War Ceasefire Negotiations Are Actually Going

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region – and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold.

While the result represented the best of investigative work, it was also nothing out of the ordinary for this law enforcement team – we are built to detect, respond to, and bring to justice those who threaten the lives of American citizens - particularly during large gatherings like the historic UFC 250 fight. That’s exactly what we did here. I want to thank our great agents and partners, this work remains ongoing and we will continue to update the public as permitted. 

We continue to encourage any American to report anything suspicious at 1-800-CALL-FBI or https://t.co/m55w5cqC7Y.”