Matt Schaefer

My daughter dislocated her knee. The in-network outpatient MRI was $2,400. A direct primary care MRI clinic right here in southwest Missouri did the same scan within an hour for $600. Same machine. Different building. Different price. That is the racket.

“Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.” 1 Samuel 2:12

We are barreling towards $40 trillion in debt by the midterms. This should be the No. 1 thing we talk about.

Some of us in the House tried to defeat this Orwellian automobile kill-switch. 57 “Republicans” teamed up with 211 Democrats to stop us.

We got a $1,500 hospital bill 14 months after Kid 2 was born. I wrote a letter asking for a detailed bill and saying that waiting a year to mail a nondescript bill was unacceptable. Kept checking the pay portal. It disappeared within a few days.

My thoughts on the security at the WHCD last night. The first exterior security for me was on the street outside of the hotel. I flashed my ticket and was waved through in one second. My name was not checked against any list, I showed no ID, I was not patted down and did not go through a metal detector. I probably could have shown a ticket from a prior year or a fake one as they barely looked at it. (I don't know who that exterior security was, they were guys in suits). From that point, I walked into the hotel with no further security check, and I walked down to the Fox pre-party where there were multiple ballrooms that were absolutely PACKED with attendees. Still did not go through any security at that point. Hypothetically, If I had hidden an explosive in my shoe or my jacket, I would have had no problem getting into one of those ballrooms. Only once it was time to get into the main ballroom for the dinner did we pass through magnetometers, empty our pockets, and get a pat down. And even that checkpoint was just outside of the dinner room. Two things can be true at the same time. Secret Service reacted quickly to an active armed threat and prevented that threat from getting into the ballroom. But the security leading up to that point, in my opinion, appeared to be lacking severely.

Every new car in the U.S. will be required by law to have tech that puts constant surveillance on the driver by 2027. AI in your car will determine if you're sober and fit to drive, automatically turning off the vehicle if it determines you're a danger on the road.

If you prefer visuals over numbers.... OPEC+ monthly crude production.