Day: August 6, 2026

Joke Of The Week

Our Dear Donny has voiced his disdain over the huge profits the oil companies have been making……are you kidding me?

President Trump is publicly turning on two of his staunchest industry allies. On Monday, he slammed Exxon Mobil and Chevron for “making too much money” as drivers face gasoline prices averaging about $4.10 a gallon, up from under $3 before US and Israeli strikes on Iran earlier this year, reports Politico. “They’re going to give some of that back to the public,” he said, per CNBC, “and they better cut the retail price, the consumer price.”

“Based on a shortage, they’re making too much money,” Trump said Monday. “I don’t like it, and I should be the last one to say because I’m a big free enterprise guy—nobody bigger.” Both oil giants just posted massive quarterly results, helped by higher crude prices and fat refining margins. Their CEOs warned that limited refining capacity could keep fuel costs elevated into the fall. Chevron declined to comment, while Exxon didn’t respond to a request for comment. The American Petroleum Institute said prices reflect global supply, demand, and geopolitical tensions, not “any one company.” Trump has already ordered a DOJ probe into why prices aren’t falling faster.

Yes that is a joke.

The dimwit does not realize that his indecision and vocal bullshit is what has lead to these huge profits.

His ill-conceived war with Iran has allowed these mega corporations to do as they please when it comes to the price of gas.

Apparently no one in his cabinet has the balls to tell this mental midget what is causing these huge profits.

A stable genius my old ass!

 

A Commie Under The Bed

This is a cross-post from Daily Agitator, my other blog, I post it here for those IST followers that have not yet found the Daily Agitator with the hope that they will find it in their hearts to follow.

The word ‘Communist” has hit the headlines again…..is this 1950?

A Communist Under Every Bed

For those that follow both blogs thank you and hopefully it will be a learning experience.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

The Damage Is Done

There many people that are hoping that the next election we rid ourselves of Donny and Goon Patrol….and then, they say, we can start getting the country back together….I disagree the damage is done and the repair will be a massive undertaking.

An undertaking that I do not feel the Dems are capable of taking on.

Politicians want us to believe the answers are just an election away….I am not one of them and neither is Buttigieg….

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned Democrats on Sunday that defeating President Donald Trump would not be enough to repair the country, while Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey cast her reelection campaign as a defense against the administration’s attacks on immigrants, healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights.

Speaking at a fundraiser for Healey at the Gifford House in Provincetown, Buttigieg argued that Democrats must offer voters something more ambitious than a return to the political and economic order that existed before Trump. Healey, one of the country’s first out lesbian governors, told supporters that Massachusetts must serve as a bulwark against the president, and warned that Trump would attempt to undermine the midterm elections.

“What our task is before us is not just to reconstruct the broken pieces of the previous status quo,” Buttigieg said. “When we talk about something better, that means not just better than now. It means better than before.”

It was the central argument of his speech. Trump did not emerge from a country functioning as it should. The economic and political conditions that preceded him helped make his rise possible, Buttigieg said, and merely rewinding the clock would leave those conditions intact.

Buttigieg said he and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, had traveled through about 32 states since he left the Biden administration, including Republican-held communities that rarely host nationally prominent Democrats. He described drawing crowds in rural Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Georgia district represented by Republican former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

In those places, Buttigieg said, he has encountered independents and people he calls “future former Republicans” who believed Trump’s promises to lower prices and avoid foreign wars. Their disappointment, Buttigieg warned, does not mean they will automatically embrace Democrats.

“An opening is not the same thing as an answer,” he said.

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pete-buttigieg-maura-healey-provincetown

I agree with him….just because you are not Trump does not mean that the country can be repaired quickly.

I see his comment is blowing up social media in a good way.

There is so much damage that repair will take more than a return to what Dems call normal….and normal for them is what lead to a Trump victory.

Americans need to hear the truth and not the usual campaign promises that accomplish nothing.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

The State’s Primaries Battles

The big news was that the progressive won in Michigan primary but there were other races in other states that did not get as much ink.

We have a little FYI…..breakdown of the races….

https://theweek.com/politics/democratic-primaries-wins-leftist-center

Meanwhile back to Michigan….it is fascinating because AIPAC spent a ba-zillion dollars to defeat El-Sayed and it failed spectacularly….but not to worry AIPAC and their cash will not go away in Michigan….The Democratic establishment squandered its remaining credibility kowtowing to AIPAC, the most powerful foreign lobby, widening the chasm between the Democratic base and its leadership. AIPAC funding and endorsements from Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer and Gretchen Whitmer carried little weight in Democratic primaries.

AIPAC just spent $32 million trying to beat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary—and lost. Now the pro-Israel lobbying giant is weighing a second, more unusual maneuver, by putting serious money behind Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the November general election. The tactic would mark a sharp break for an organization that has long cast itself as firmly bipartisan and only began direct election spending in 2022, the New York Times reports. El-Sayed defeated US Rep. Haley Stevens, who had AIPAC’s backing, in a close race on Tuesday.

AIPAC’s United Democracy Project super PAC has about $80 million in the bank, and allies expect “tens of millions” could flow into the Michigan race. AIPAC’s spokesperson said its members are determined to see voters reject El-Sayed, who has centered criticism of Israel in his campaign and pledged to cut off US aid. Rogers, by contrast, calls himself a strong backer of Israel. The group’s primary spending has drawn blowback, per the Times, with polling showing nearly half of Michigan Democrats view AIPAC unfavorably and strategists warning that heavy-handed intervention is backfiring in blue primaries. Still, some donors want AIPAC to “double down.” There are pro-Israel voices warning that siding with a Republican in a swing-state Senate race could further erode AIPAC’s standing with Democrats.

It is no secret that I do not like or trust AIPAC and their intentions….so to say I am pleased that they lost their cash puts a smile on my face.

I doubt that this was a major concern of the voter, their pro-Israel stance, the fact that their candidate lost is a good sign for the US….I just hope this becomes a trend and AIPAC looses all the political teeth.

Maybe now more people will see AIPAC for what it is…..a foreign agent that influences the voting here in the US.

The fun will be that a challenge for debates has been offered…..

After winning Michigan’s Democratic primary contest for US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed wasted no time on Wednesday, challenging the Republican nominee, former Congressman Mike Rogers, to five debates before the November general election.

“Mike,” El-Sayed said at a podium while speaking with reporters on Wednesday morning, “I know you’re gonna say no ‘cause you’re a coward: Five debates, all right?”

“If you’re willing to stand with me and have a conversation—you and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes. But Imma make sure Michiganders know about them,” he continued. “By the time we’re done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you’ve done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida where you belong.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/abdul-el-sayed-results

It will be fun to hear what excuses Rogers will offer to avoid the debate.

Does anyone think that Rogers is willing to put his MAGA leaning policies to the public in this forum….I say nope…..after all like most MAGA leaning people he is a coward.

Anything to add?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”