But we don't even want the Iran war.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2026
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is it ok to call the pedo epstein elite class pedo epstein elite class here? was banned on multiple social media sites for calling the elites that own the social media platforms out.
If in doubt, just stick to 'Epstein Class'. The pedo affiliation is implied.
thanks but calling them facts is now banned by multiple large social media platforms its sickening. especially the ones that are larger corporations now its so obvious too our first amendment rights are being restricted using loopholes by the epstein class and ai bots in general fake engagement bots reports by bots used by ai to block real users.
Only 19.5 years left to go. Count your pennies.
What
Probably what's going on in his mind: "What could a gallon of gas cost? $40? What are they complaining about?"
Inexpensive? It was 2.19 in my town when he took office this time around. It's now 4.12. that's nearly a 100% increase.
Yup, and for a guy that got elected on affordability promises, his dementia has really made it difficult for him to understand how insane he sounds.
Pentagon has said this war has cost over $45 B, and what have we got out of it?
$45B was just the military cost. US spend an extra $100B on gas.
It's made some other people richer, that's all they care about
yup, I believe that's the sole focus of this admin., get themselves and sycophants richer by any means, and congress and scotus have green lit the efforts
You cannot let Iran have nukes. That's it. That's their spin on it.
$45B is a gross understatement, but paying $5b to Iran would go a long way to ending any nuclear program.
So theft, fraud, corruption, incompetence, pedophilia, all ok with America. It all comes down to gas prices.
In fact, no.
If the several assassination attempts haven't demonstrated it, or the several socialist candidates that have become electable, then consider the fact that the simple sabotage that took place in LA, Chicago, Portland, and Minneapolis earlier this year forced Donald to fire ICE's leadership and reconsider their Gestapo tactics.
As for gas prices, Donald was elected largely for promising to address affordability, so yes, there is going to be a significant amount of anger that he has not only failed to do so, but launched a war that exacerbated the poverty already rampant here in the US.
several assassination attempts
one. if it even really happened. Broadway wasn't even this staged.
forced Donald to fire ICE’s leadership and reconsider their Gestapo tactics.
LOL. Then this happened , today.
So yeah, Americans only give a shit about gas prices.
one
Factually incorrect.
LOL. Then this happened , today.
I'm aware. Resisting fascism is a process, and one that we in the US have to navigate very carefully thanks to the Insurrection Act. (Among other things.) As one of the seven people in the US who was against the War on Terror from the start, I agree that the long road it's taken for Americans to get to this point is pretty shameful.
And I see you just kinda ignored the other points, but that's okay. Clearly you're operating on confirmation bias.
oh, don't kid yourself. they're mostly still gonna vote for magats, cuz the 'right people' are getting hurt worse and more frequently. hate will overrule their wallet.
Peak oil = peak chud.
Up! Up! Up! Up!
After 50 years of living with conservatives in Texas, I can confidently say the only good war would have been the civil war if we had finished it properly. We wouldn't have concentration camps in US or be funding genocides if we had finished it properly.
Conservatives have infested both major parties all because we didn't properly finish that damned war. Wtf, Sherman?! Conservatives would never have let us live. Now they will prove it.
Yeah I feel like a lot of your current problems are because the Union didn't hang/shoot more Confederates and make the South understand that they, in fact, lost the civil war.
Don't blame Sherman, he wanted what you want. It was Lincoln who stopped Sherman's good work.
No new wars btw
Says the guy who travels to his plane in a motorcade a dozen vehicles long without paying for a single litre of fuel.
America never used the litre [sic]. It used to use gallons for gasoline prices, but a recent Presidential decree renamed those to Americans.
Renamed what? The unit of measurement?
Yea liters are now Americas and Meters are now Americas. Grams? You mean Americas.
Results are back, you are HIV America.
Fuck it. Let's embrace this and rename everything America. Then you can America your America while you America in your American America. murica. Amirite?
“I don’t feel like it’s a good trade-off,” Martinez said. “I don’t feel like this is good for anyone.”
Climate scientists have been telling us for 30 years we need to stop burning fossil fuels.
personally I'd rather we had $100 a gallon and deal with the consequences of that rather then cheap gasoline and diesel and deal with the cosequences of that
A $300/ton CO2 tax (paid as dividend to residents) is $3/gallon gasoline. It doesn't get to your $100/gallon target, but it does bring CO2 air capture technology into play. accelerates EVs/emobility, makes green H2 competitive for those who need to refuel often and aviation/heavy shipping. Obviously solar/wind are that much more economically obvious.
I'm with you bro, I pray the gas prices keep going up. The redneck shitbags are still driving their giant heehaw trucks around all day and night. I'll know gas prices are high enough when harrassing your neighbors stops being a recreational daily event.
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