MattRiffs.bsky.social
@mattriffs.bsky.social
Public health consultant. I love democracy and red wine. I detest rudeness and bigots. Co-author of Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the Sports World (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024). 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent said if people want to escape high inflation, they should move from Blue states to Red states.
CNBC just shared an analysis of the available data showing that inflation was *not* lower in Red states. A CNBC anchor put it this way: “The point is it’s bad everywhere.”
CNBC just shared an analysis of the available data showing that inflation was *not* lower in Red states. A CNBC anchor put it this way: “The point is it’s bad everywhere.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent said if people want to escape high inflation, they should move from Blue states to Red states.
CNBC just shared an analysis of the available data showing that inflation was *not* lower in Red states. A CNBC anchor put it this way: “The point is it’s bad everywhere.”
CNBC just shared an analysis of the available data showing that inflation was *not* lower in Red states. A CNBC anchor put it this way: “The point is it’s bad everywhere.”
Scratching my head, trying to figure out how my search for NY Times recipes yielded this as one of the results. Because Trump’s hair is the same color as sweet potatoes?
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Scratching my head, trying to figure out how my search for NY Times recipes yielded this as one of the results. Because Trump’s hair is the same color as sweet potatoes?
It is neutrally worded — choice A or choice B — bullshit questions like this that (almost) make me want to take a train to NYC just so I can throw a rock at the Times building.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It is neutrally worded — choice A or choice B — bullshit questions like this that (almost) make me want to take a train to NYC just so I can throw a rock at the Times building.
A good crowd at today’s March for Health & Science, co-sponsored by @standupforscience.bsky.social
#vaccines #science #publichealth
#vaccines #science #publichealth
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A good crowd at today’s March for Health & Science, co-sponsored by @standupforscience.bsky.social
#vaccines #science #publichealth
#vaccines #science #publichealth
Live in or near the Washington DC area? Join me this Wednesday at the March for Health & Science.
We’ll gather on the Mall (near 7th St.) at 2:30 and march from there! #ACA #APHA #healthcare #respectscience
We’ll gather on the Mall (near 7th St.) at 2:30 and march from there! #ACA #APHA #healthcare #respectscience
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Live in or near the Washington DC area? Join me this Wednesday at the March for Health & Science.
We’ll gather on the Mall (near 7th St.) at 2:30 and march from there! #ACA #APHA #healthcare #respectscience
We’ll gather on the Mall (near 7th St.) at 2:30 and march from there! #ACA #APHA #healthcare #respectscience
Grocery and housing costs remain high. In Virginia, many are losing their jobs (fed workers) or revenue (contractors) due to DOGE cuts.
Meanwhile, Virginia’s GOP leaders do nothing to push back on Trump. So, I’m stunned @bluevirginia.bsky.social that GOP candidates see this as a winning tagline:
Meanwhile, Virginia’s GOP leaders do nothing to push back on Trump. So, I’m stunned @bluevirginia.bsky.social that GOP candidates see this as a winning tagline:
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Grocery and housing costs remain high. In Virginia, many are losing their jobs (fed workers) or revenue (contractors) due to DOGE cuts.
Meanwhile, Virginia’s GOP leaders do nothing to push back on Trump. So, I’m stunned @bluevirginia.bsky.social that GOP candidates see this as a winning tagline:
Meanwhile, Virginia’s GOP leaders do nothing to push back on Trump. So, I’m stunned @bluevirginia.bsky.social that GOP candidates see this as a winning tagline:
During his political career, Sen. Joe McCarthy used red-baiting to harm or destroy the reputations of many people.
It would have been immoral for anyone to have murdered him. It also would have been totally inappropriate for people to pretend that he deserved to be treated as if he had been a hero.
It would have been immoral for anyone to have murdered him. It also would have been totally inappropriate for people to pretend that he deserved to be treated as if he had been a hero.
September 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
During his political career, Sen. Joe McCarthy used red-baiting to harm or destroy the reputations of many people.
It would have been immoral for anyone to have murdered him. It also would have been totally inappropriate for people to pretend that he deserved to be treated as if he had been a hero.
It would have been immoral for anyone to have murdered him. It also would have been totally inappropriate for people to pretend that he deserved to be treated as if he had been a hero.
White supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes does his best Billy Graham impression on X.
September 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
White supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes does his best Billy Graham impression on X.
There are 2 Metro system law enforcement officers (left) assigned to the Metro Center station in Washington DC. It makes no sense to assign 2 National Guard troops to the very same spot.
If the Trump-ordered deployment of the National Guard was truly about crime-fighting, you wouldn’t see this.
If the Trump-ordered deployment of the National Guard was truly about crime-fighting, you wouldn’t see this.
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
There are 2 Metro system law enforcement officers (left) assigned to the Metro Center station in Washington DC. It makes no sense to assign 2 National Guard troops to the very same spot.
If the Trump-ordered deployment of the National Guard was truly about crime-fighting, you wouldn’t see this.
If the Trump-ordered deployment of the National Guard was truly about crime-fighting, you wouldn’t see this.
Once again, Musk does his best to make the situation far, far worse.
This is the ridiculous, inflammatory rhetoric that encourages violence like the Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shootings.
This is the ridiculous, inflammatory rhetoric that encourages violence like the Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shootings.
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Once again, Musk does his best to make the situation far, far worse.
This is the ridiculous, inflammatory rhetoric that encourages violence like the Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shootings.
This is the ridiculous, inflammatory rhetoric that encourages violence like the Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shootings.
False.
As Jefferson wrote in 1802, our founders decided that the government “should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”
As Jefferson wrote in 1802, our founders decided that the government “should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”
September 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
False.
As Jefferson wrote in 1802, our founders decided that the government “should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”
As Jefferson wrote in 1802, our founders decided that the government “should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”
New day, but the same destructive trash-talk by the Trump regime.
On CNBC, the Commerce Secretary just referred to one of our closest allies as the “ridiculous Canadians.” Such a shameful, embarrassing spectacle.
On CNBC, the Commerce Secretary just referred to one of our closest allies as the “ridiculous Canadians.” Such a shameful, embarrassing spectacle.
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New day, but the same destructive trash-talk by the Trump regime.
On CNBC, the Commerce Secretary just referred to one of our closest allies as the “ridiculous Canadians.” Such a shameful, embarrassing spectacle.
On CNBC, the Commerce Secretary just referred to one of our closest allies as the “ridiculous Canadians.” Such a shameful, embarrassing spectacle.
The screenshot below is from Google AI. It sums up the language misalignment — even this non-political source recognizes that the left is using a term that the rest of the world does not. And pushing others to use “unhoused” does nothing to find housing for a single family.
August 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The screenshot below is from Google AI. It sums up the language misalignment — even this non-political source recognizes that the left is using a term that the rest of the world does not. And pushing others to use “unhoused” does nothing to find housing for a single family.
Y’know — because Trump’s attorneys are the best people to analyze history and reach conclusions.
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Y’know — because Trump’s attorneys are the best people to analyze history and reach conclusions.
People who are homeless in Washington DC have a message for Czar Donald I. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles
August 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
People who are homeless in Washington DC have a message for Czar Donald I. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles
I won’t hold my breath and wait for Trump to announce that he is taking over police responsibilities for the 3 cities on this list that are in red states.
It all comes down to politics.
It all comes down to politics.
August 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I won’t hold my breath and wait for Trump to announce that he is taking over police responsibilities for the 3 cities on this list that are in red states.
It all comes down to politics.
It all comes down to politics.
Helpful instructions
August 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Helpful instructions
When Trump says that Epstein “stole” a female employee from Mar-a-Lago, it sounds like he’s describing a wallet or a hubcap — not a human being.
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
August 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
When Trump says that Epstein “stole” a female employee from Mar-a-Lago, it sounds like he’s describing a wallet or a hubcap — not a human being.
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
Opponents of fluoride show just how disconnected they are from real science by citing sources like this — Ukrainian Business News.
No hyperlinks to an actual study. Just fear-mongering.
#science #publichealth 🧪
No hyperlinks to an actual study. Just fear-mongering.
#science #publichealth 🧪
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Opponents of fluoride show just how disconnected they are from real science by citing sources like this — Ukrainian Business News.
No hyperlinks to an actual study. Just fear-mongering.
#science #publichealth 🧪
No hyperlinks to an actual study. Just fear-mongering.
#science #publichealth 🧪
After watching their GOP colleagues allow Trump/Musk to unleash mayhem for 6 months, Dem leaders in Washington seem surprised that Republicans won’t be bipartisan.
Schumer and company are so out of their league — so unprepared for this crisis.
Schumer and company are so out of their league — so unprepared for this crisis.
July 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
After watching their GOP colleagues allow Trump/Musk to unleash mayhem for 6 months, Dem leaders in Washington seem surprised that Republicans won’t be bipartisan.
Schumer and company are so out of their league — so unprepared for this crisis.
Schumer and company are so out of their league — so unprepared for this crisis.
Remember the Trump regime’s “90 deals in 90 days” promise? Just as we suspected, it was total BS.
The deadline for a China trade deal was pushed back to August 12. And now Trump’s Treasury Secretary is talking about delaying it even more.
The deadline for a China trade deal was pushed back to August 12. And now Trump’s Treasury Secretary is talking about delaying it even more.
July 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Remember the Trump regime’s “90 deals in 90 days” promise? Just as we suspected, it was total BS.
The deadline for a China trade deal was pushed back to August 12. And now Trump’s Treasury Secretary is talking about delaying it even more.
The deadline for a China trade deal was pushed back to August 12. And now Trump’s Treasury Secretary is talking about delaying it even more.
