Matt Kreiser

about matt

Journalist | Commentator | Analyst

Matt is a journalist, commentator and analyst passionate about pursuing the truth, something he describes as the greatest challenge and most exciting adventure.

In an age of confusion, bickering and divisiveness Matt believes that how one interprets the news is often more important than the news itself.

You can catch Matt focusing on stories in sports, business, politics and foreign affairs.

To learn more about Matt, where he's coming from and what his beliefs are click here or keep scrolling.

Religion
:
Christianity
Political Map
:
Economic Left/Right: 4.0 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.1
Abortion
:
Pro-Life
, against purposely killing the fetus in all cases. If the mother’s life is threatened prioritize the mother’s life while secondarily trying to save the fetus.
Affirmative Action
:
Against
Confederate Flag
:
Against
any display on public property unless it’s a museum.
Congressional Term Limits
:
Undecided
Convicted criminals allowed to vote
:
For
. I’m pro-redemption.
Covid-19 School Closures
:
Against
Cultural Assimilation
:
For
stricter standards like requiring English proficiency.
Drug Decriminalization
:
For and against.
For decriminalizing Marijuana; against decriminalizing hard drugs.
Drug Price Regulation
:
Undecided
Economic School
:
Austrian
Equal Pay Protections
:
Against
Estate Tax
:
Against
Euthanasia
:
Against
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
:
Against
Federal Reserve Audit
:
For
Foreign Aid
:
Generally against
Foreign Election Interference
:
Begrudgingly for
. Game theory.
Fracking
:
For
Free College
:
Against
Freedom of Information Act
:
For
strengthening FOIA rights.
Government Regulation of Private Business
:
Almost Always Against
Government Regulation to deal with Climate Change
:
Against.
Technological innovation will solve the problem. International agreements like the Paris Accords are silly. Game theory.
Government Requiring Masks Be Worn in Public Spaces
:
Against
Government Social Programs
:
Almost always against
Gun Control
:
Generally Against
Immigration
:
For
less restrictive immigration policies if social programs are cut. If not, then for current immigration law being fully enforced rather than status quo where executive branch controls whether immigration law is enforced through executive orders.
International Intervention
:
Begrudgingly for
because of game theory (example: China).
Labor Unions
:
Against
because they hurt economic growth.
Mail in ballot
:
Against
without stricter voter ID measures.
Manufacturing and Farm Subsidies
:
Against
unless there is a national security reason (China).
Monetary Policy
:
Hawk
. Current Federal Reserve Policy of inflating asset prices through near zero-interest rates to prevent a recession and thereby reduce economic hardship for poor is not justified. The Fed is accelerating inequality. The Fed claims their hands are tied and are preventing economic collapse. I disagree.
Net Neutrality
:
Against
Nuclear Energy
:
For
Paris Climate Agreement
:
Against
Photo ID Required to Vote
:
For
Public Healthcare
:
Against
Public Pensions
:
Against
Public Transportation Spending
:
Generally against
outside of major cities. Against public bus transportation outside major cities.
Quantitative Easing
:
Against
. The ends do not justify the means.
Quasi-Government Agencies
:
Almost always against.
Creates corruption.
Reduce Defense Spending
:
For
, but I am partial to the game theory issue.
Religious Exemptions
:
For
Student Loan Forgiveness
:
Against
Administrators should be held accountable for extreme cost increases for attending college.
Supreme Court Reform
:
Against
Tariffs
:
Generally against
. For national security purposes only. Game theory.
Tax breaks for married couples
:
For
. Should be tied to raising children.
Tax Law
:
Reform
to flat tax.
Tax-Exempt Organizations
:
For
much stricter standards.
Universal Basic Income
:
Against
Welfare
:
Generally Against
. Disability income is abused. Stricter measures should be enforced so those who remain qualified can receive more.

Religion: Christianity

Political Map:

  • Economic Left/Right: 4.0
  • Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -.1

Political Views:

Abortion: Pro-life, against purposely killing the fetus in all cases. If the mother’s life is threatened prioritize the mother’s life while secondarily trying to save the fetus.

Death Penalty: For

Myers Briggs: ENTJ

  • Extraverted: 85%
  • Intuitive 58%
  • Thinking: 64%
  • Judging: 76%

StrengthsFinder:

  1. Strategic
  2. Achiever
  3. Competition
  4. Futuristic
  5. Communication

Enneagram 8

HEXACO

Big 5 Personality:

  • Agreeableness: Low
  • Conscientiousness: Moderately High
  • Extraversion: Very High
  • Neuroticism: Moderately Low
  • Openness to Experience: High
A joke is a very serious thing.
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Winston Churchill
A man must be disposed to judge of emancipation by other tests than whether it has increased the produce of sugar,–and to hate slavery for other reasons than because it starves men and whips women,–before he is ready to lay the first stone of his anti-slavery life.
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Wendell Phillips
They know they are lying. We know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. Yet they still lie.
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Unattribued
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
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Upton Sinclair
The level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection.
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Brene Brown
If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.
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Nicolas Taleb
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
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Winston Churchill
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
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C.S. Lewis
True Friends stab you in the front.
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Oscar Wilde
I started finding things that were comfortable, and the more things I found comfortable the more uncomfortable my mind became.
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David Goggins
Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Will Durant
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
I prefer to be true to myself even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence.
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Frederick Douglass
I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were if the utmost importance to the felicity of life.
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Benjamin Franklin
You don't have to see the glory to be the hero
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Unattributed
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Abraham Lincoln
Now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no none on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.
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CS Lewis
The moment of enlightenment is when a person’s dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities.
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Vic Braden
Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You’ll need them throughout your life. God’s Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.
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Ephesians 6:13-18
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
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Matthew 5:44
If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one officials protects another official, and higher officials protect them.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you love me you will keep my commandments.
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John 14:15
But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. Go and learn what this means.”
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Matthew 9:12-13
The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; the purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little flame.
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Proverbs 27:21
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14
Better a poor man who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
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Proverbs 19:1
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope in steadfast love.
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Jonah 2:8
Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.
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Proverbs 13:20 MSG
Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.
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James 5:18-18
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to Him, ‘Follow me!’ So he got up and followed him.
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Matthew 9:9
Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy, share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody.
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Romans 12:15 MSG
Remember the words of our Lord Jesus for he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.
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Acts 20:35
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
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1 John 3:16
You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
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John 8:32
If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.
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Matthew 16:25
If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.
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Proverbs 24:10
If you disregard this advice, you’re not offending your neighbors; you’re rejecting God, who is making you a gift of his Holy Spirit
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1 Thessalonians 4:8 MSG
For man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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Matthew 4:4
This playlist should give you a good idea of what I'm about, my internal vibe and how I try to live my life.