I've mentioned it before but it is definitely an underreported problem that we're all paying the same or more for smaller pack sizes at the store
I bet the 2001 presidents commission to strengthen social security did not act in the best interest of its recipients.
The President doesn’t actually chose Republican nominees for these commissions that are party limited. That’s McConnell’s choice.
Todays Republicans are fascists. Todays moderate Republicans and centrist and moderate Dems are Republicans. Progressives are who they blame for all the bullshit the other groups failings. I’d burn the whole motherfucker to ashes if I had the power.
Mad About Gas Prices? Blame Exports High demand, crunched supply, war in Ukraine, and possible profiteering — you’ve heard just about every reason possible for why gas prices routinely hover above $5 per gallon. Now, another culprit has emerged for the US’ new national headache. American companies are exporting fuel at higher than normal levels and it's contributing to domestic supply problems, analysts claimed in a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday. It’s the first time such a trade dynamic has ever affected prices at home. Spoiler Great Exportations The US has long sent high levels of fuel abroad without pumping up prices at home, in large part due to the booming growth of fracking. But a decrease in production and refining capacity during the pandemic — coupled with the demands of reopening economies and war — has upset the equilibrium. While exports have yet to reach record levels, outbound trade has increased this year with oil companies chasing higher prices in fuel-starved foreign markets: • Market-intelligence firm Kpler tells the WSJ that seaborne exports of gas, diesel, and jet fuel have jumped 32% on average year-over-year in March, April, and May, and are 11% higher than the same three-month span in 2019. • Natural gas exports, however, did hit a record in March, with 22% of all US gas production being shipped out either by pipeline to Mexico and Canada or by tanker to Europe, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. Leaders in Washington — undoubtedly heeding countless constituent calls about pump prices — are split on the solution. Some call for curtailing exports to help lower domestic prices. Others say increasing exports will help wean the world of Russian energy. Everything, it seems, is a trade-off.
Like I said it’s a chemistry issue, we produce light sweet crude most of this came about during the fracking boom of the 2010’s. Our refining capacity is mostly tooled for heavy crude which we import.
Hopefully he’s asked what he was doing in Moscow for July 4th approximately 6 years ago, who he met with, and what their meetings entailed - and his feet are held to the fire. But it won’t happen.
Conspiracy theory: The combination of Uvalde, the dude attempting to assassinate Kavanagh, the Jan 6 committee findings and DHS's recent report basically saying 'Welcome To Thunderdome' has the political elites in damage control mode.
Conspiracy theory: Politicians know people are upset and occasionally throw out bread crumbs to keep people from building guillotines and their blood running through the streets
Also, this Janes Revenge thing is either a fairly violent false flag or exactly what it says it is. Either way, this is poised to be a very violent second half of the year...
This infuriates me. We have so many kids in our community that have done so much better in school and we’ve offered this program in the summer to feed kids that are on free or reduced lunches, because quite frankly it might be the only meal they get on some days. We made the decision to continue the program as a school board, but who knows how long we will be able to do that from a funding standpoint.
It’s really really sad. There are people who outright oppose feeding children in need. It’s disgusting.
We can print money for more weapons and tax breaks for the 1%, but helping regular Americans who are suffering is too much.
I’d like to think we’re better than thinking democrats and republicans are the same. They clearly aren’t. It’s a lazy take that will lead to more pos getting elected.
That’s not their take. Their take is democratic leaders are spineless cucks. It’s a lazy take to think republicans and dems is just a black and white. The Democratic Party has a lot of growing to do if our country isn’t going to burn to the fucking ground. Even if it’s the moronic Republican Party having fun spraying themselves and everyone else with gasoline like they’re in Zoolander that causes the fire.
You hate to see an early morning reading comprehension failure, won’t lie i had to double take the tweet.