Scott Byrd

First day of birding in Arizona. #maderacanyon

A nice evening for some history.

@arthurbrooks I just finished reading it. Extremely readable a very insightful. I talk about elements of it with my friends al the time, especially the impact of technology on our meaning.

My new book, The Meaning of Your Life, has debuted as a #1 NYT Best-seller! I want to thank you for your support and for helping bring these ideas to others! I appreciate you.

@thdxr I find it even better to let others get the praise that comes with success while I absorb the blame when things go wrong.

the thing with being a leader is you get to take credit for your team's work so when things go wrong it's only fair that you pass the blame onto them

John C Maxwell - 6 Tough Lessons for Valuing People youtu.be/2XFWPbXyBN4?si… via @YouTube

“He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.” (Matthew 28:6)

@HogsHaven I would love to see them draft Love, not trade down.

Adam Peters would love for that phone to start ringing at #7.

@SalesforceBen Ethical unless it comes to laying off thousands of employees.

Salesforce has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies again. But as questions around culture and leadership grow, the timing feels notable. Henry Martin and Tom Morgan look at the award criteria and why the reaction is more mixed this time. bit.ly/4bJjN0r

@GuntherEagleman Boy, when they come up with a new talking point, they really can't let it go.

Of course… She has so much support she has to turn her comments off.

How about my SS contributions and those from my employer all go to my 401(k)?

@marklevinshow I weep for my beloved Virginia. We are no more.

Awful, fraud foxnews.com/politics/spanb…

@GuntherEagleman This is kind of like asking a kid if they’d rather go to the dentist or go get ice cream

The dog.

@RapidResponse47 Not sure we are seeing this here in VA. Feel like gas stations are gaming us. Saw the price per gallon go up $0.48 yesterday for regular.

Progress made — with a lot more to come!

PepsiCo spent $2.8 million last year lobbying to keep junk food eligible for food stamps. Then RFK got 18 states to ban SNAP purchases of soda, candy, and processed snacks. Within a week, PepsiCo cut Doritos, Lay's, and Tostitos prices by up to 15%. The CEO blamed "affordability." But the timing tells the real story. SNAP is a $100 billion-a-year program. According to the USDA, 20 cents of every SNAP dollar goes to junk food. Frito-Lay products appeared in 7.2% of all SNAP shopping trips. The moment the government stopped subsidizing demand, PepsiCo had to compete on price. No regulation. No price caps. No antitrust probe. The subsidy disappeared, and the market corrected overnight. Now consider that this same pattern — government money in, prices up — plays out in college tuition, healthcare, defense, and every other industry with a guaranteed government buyer. Pepsi was one company, one product line, one program. Imagine what happens when the subsidies stop across the board. schiffsovereign.com/trends/when-go…

@cjt5prkgvv @HarmeetKDhillon @VerizonSupport @Apple I’ve just given up calling them. It’s absolutely infuriating. Total waste of time. We’ve been waiting for a fill up for almost 2 weeks. We’ve had to stop cooking on our stove, minimize our use of hot water, and reconfigure our HVAC system to run without the furnace.

@HarmeetKDhillon @VerizonSupport @Apple Try calling @Amerigas…they out sourced all their customer service to India during last Admin! After years of disliking them, I will be switching to a local service they possibly haven’t bought up.😡

I’m at 3.5 hours on the phone and my fourth customer service rep with @VerizonSupport on the simple task of connecting a new @Apple watch to my account. Shockingly bad and incompetent service. Ruining my day!

This may not be popular, but I do not believe deadly force was needed in the case of the Renee Good incident. I don't debate that her behavior leading up to that event was unlawful, but shooting her was an escalation that was likely not the best choice.

@JPFinlayNBCS 💯 I would root for the devil first, but since that isn't go to happen either, Go Jags!

Not sure I’m really rooting for anybody but it definitely isn’t the Eagles

I have been monitoring the Venezuela issue all day long, and there are so many questions yet to be answered (thanks to great Pentagon OPSEC), but the strategic reason for bringing down Maduro has become abundantly clear. While we ostensibly captured Maduro based on legitimate, outstanding US drug charges from 2020, the real reason for the military operations early this morning is that neutralizing Maduro's Venezuela had become a strategic imperative for the USA. Under Maduro, Venezuela had become the Latin American crossroads for all of the USA's principal enemies. Maduro was nurturing relationships with Russia, Hezbollah and Iran. Worst of all, Venezuela was eagerly becoming a part of Red China's Belt & Road initiative. As America's enemies were lining up Venezuela as their base of operations in the Western Hemisphere to cause mischief and destruction for the USA, Maduro was at the same time making Venezuela a crossroads, safe haven and enabler for all manner of narcoterrorist operations, ranging from Colombia's FARC to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. On top of all that, Venezuela had become a key player in the illegal alien invasion of the USA, shipping its very worst to the USA in a deliberate and comprehensive destabilizing operation that might have worked had Donald Trump not won in 2024. Next in importance: oil. The global and regional ambitions of both China and Russia are in large part dependent on the politics of petroleum, and the USA just deprived both of the cudgel afforded by friendly Venezuelan oil. Trump opponents say "It's about oil" as if that was a bad thing. Yeah, it's about oil. Finally, all of this was in keeping with the most essential and fundamental foreign policy mandate of the USA almost since the nation's inception: the Monroe Doctrine. Operations like what Maduro was running simply cannot be allowed in the Western Hemisphere. Trump was right for falling back on this most basic of doctrines that protects the USA's sovereignty. So was Maduro seized because of some five year-old drug charges? Yes. Legally--yes. However, like so many strategic issues in the world today, an action needed to be backed by the fine points of law, and it was. But the reality is that the Maduro takedown was a Monroe Doctrine-driven necessity that has greatly enhanced the power and national security of the USA. Congratulations, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and the rest of the Trump national security team: you boldly took the steps necessary to defend the USA. Well done.

Yesterday was a great victory for those who cherish freedom. I am so happy that we can provide a chance for this freedom to the people of Venezuela. God is good.

@JPFinlayNBCS That offensive pass interference call was just as bad

How does the ref blow dead a backwards pass? And then they say it went out of bounds? That’s outrageous