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Mrs. Betty Bowers on Bluesky (Original Post) red dog 1 8 hrs ago OP
Thank God Donald cut energy prices in half like he promised, eh? Norrrm 8 hrs ago #1
Put It On His Tab modrepub 4 hrs ago #13
Intentional... Hope22 7 hrs ago #2
Yep. Moscow now gets to sell oil to everyone at jacked-up prices. Grokenstein 7 hrs ago #4
"Moscow now gets to sell oil to everyone at jacked-up prices." BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #9
Plus, Putin is on Iran's side. BonnieJW 7 hrs ago #5
Kakistocracy bmichaelh 7 hrs ago #3
This is a GREAT word bmichaelh - OddMom20 6 hrs ago #7
Chump is the stupidest man in history FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #6
Well, he's pretty stupid too. BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #10
Cue Trump to say gas prices have never been lower thanks to his genius foreign policies. Martin68 6 hrs ago #8
The new party line BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #11
Sacrifice is your duty! Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #12
The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'. Norrrm 46 min ago #14

modrepub

(4,064 posts)
13. Put It On His Tab
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:49 PM
4 hrs ago

We’ll just release oil from strategic reserves and put the proceeds in some untraceable Middle East bank account then suspend federal gas taxes and pressure states to do the same blowing up state budgets in the process. Both will increase the National debt on top of whatever money we’ll need to feed the industrial weapons complex to maintain this non forever forever war.

My only hope is the Billionaire class is leveraged to the hilt and Congress refuses to bail their asses out like was done for the 2008 housing crisis.

Grokenstein

(6,335 posts)
4. Yep. Moscow now gets to sell oil to everyone at jacked-up prices.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:18 PM
7 hrs ago

Putin's ass is saved! (For now.)

BaronChocula

(4,435 posts)
9. "Moscow now gets to sell oil to everyone at jacked-up prices."
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:50 PM
5 hrs ago

Including us if the stupidest person in history removes U.S. sanctions on Russian oil.

bmichaelh

(1,147 posts)
3. Kakistocracy
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:18 PM
7 hrs ago

Per Wikipedia:

The word was coined as early as the 17th century[4] and derives from two Greek words, kákistos (κάκιστος, 'worst') and krátos (κράτος, 'rule'), together meaning 'government by the worst people'.

OddMom20

(66 posts)
7. This is a GREAT word bmichaelh -
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:42 PM
6 hrs ago

Thank you for sharing. My 10 year old and I try to read a page of the dictionary a day - maybe today she gets a “bonus word” since we’re nowhere near ‘k.’ 😏

BaronChocula

(4,435 posts)
10. Well, he's pretty stupid too.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:54 PM
5 hrs ago

He ain't curing disease or penning historical tomes. He's just championing things good people were raised not to do.

BaronChocula

(4,435 posts)
11. The new party line
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:55 PM
5 hrs ago

"This spike is temporary and prices will be plummeting in about two weeks."

Norrrm

(4,769 posts)
14. The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:51 PM
46 min ago

The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.

Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices,' he writes

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Visit+to+Arlington+Cemetery+reminded+Donald+Trump+Jr.+of+all+his+family%27s+%27sacrifices%2C%27+he+writes+

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212910508

"I gave up my life to move to Washington to help Americans," Ivanka Trump says in Davos interview.
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