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Mike Sowden's avatar

Go wipe the floor with these clowns in November, American friends. We're rooting for you to find a way to push these losers out of power and put a stop to their omnishambolic nonsense.

- sincerely, a Brit.

Abby From Maine's avatar

Thanks! God I hope so! It's really our only hope!

Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Thank you for the article, Mary. Professor Krugman is one of the best economists, in fact. Gas has jumped 80 to 90 cents and I live in an Oil and gas producing region. It’s holding at 3. 89 per gallon. I wonder if the market is being manipulated? Businesses are struggling with inflation and some have closed their businesses, here in the Midwest. I think our voters go to the polls in August. If you like Independent Media, and honesty in reporting if you can please subscribe to Mary Trump Media.

JOHN MILLER's avatar

Right, this will hurt small businesses first. They stop paying their suppliers first and then go bankrupt. that works up through the order of magnitude and finally the Oligarchs will cry out. Then Donnie might yield. But we're all screwed.

Kathy Roeske's avatar

With all the mess going on in this country and the world, I can’t believe that Todd Blanche stood in front of cameras with a straight face and announced an indictment of James Comey for seashells. It’s astoundingly stupid, politically motivated and a waste of time and money.

Adam's avatar

"It’s astoundingly stupid, politically motivated and a waste of time and money."

And what's SO WRONG WITH THAT? You weren't thinking about those dratted Epstein files were you, huh? HUH? See?

I am joking in a dark and bitter manner Kathy Roeske. You can't make sense of nonsense but you can damn sure make fun of it!

Critical Thinking's avatar

This is a serious question in spite of how it sounds. First, I realize DT has mental issues such as narcissistic and inferiority I assume.

My question is just how stupid he really is. He seems to be very good at reading what people would like or like to hear but beyond that he’ seems to be a one trick pony.

I just wonder who and how many people are the puppet masters behind the scenes thrying to keep a brain damaged president from running the ship aground or sinking it completely.

Nadine Roddy's avatar

Or assisting him in the effort.

Tracey Queripel's avatar

We need first and foremost to make sure the midterms don’t get hacked. Who is building the necessary cybersecurity?

2 groups I know of are analyzing the vote manipulation that was done in 2024: www.electiontruthalliance.org and www.smartelections.us, but I don’t know of anyone working on prevention. Y’all must know that Donald is positively salivating at the thought of the all-MAGA Congress that is within his reach.

SLSRPH's avatar

And this is why Trump's minions are gerrymandering desperately. They know that making it impossible for Black votes to count is their only way to win the upcoming elections.

If that strategy fails, there's the SAVE Act's promise to disenfranchise women, elderly people, and minorities nationwide.

Not to mention the threat of ICE goons staring at us while we wait our turn to vote, followed by the Orange Felon's standard shout about how the election was stolen from his poor little hands.

Catherine Alvarez's avatar

Trump thrives on chaos. It’s what keeps him going .

Lois W. Halbert's avatar

I am praying every night that Democrats take the House and Senate in November.

Robot Bender's avatar

Even if the SoH opened tomorrow, it will take years for oil production to return to normal. Iran has done serious damage to the infrastructure. It will take years to repair it. This is our new normal and it sucks.

Adam's avatar

"Even if the SoH opened tomorrow, it will take years for oil production to return to normal."

And that is the nuance which goes unsaid while we break for advertisement and station identification interspaced with more ads. The moment to actually inform the public-at-large is lost, never to return.

Robot Bender's avatar

I strongly suggest subscribing to Malcolm Nance- Black Man Spy on Substack. He's a retired Naval Intelligence Officer and has in depth podcasts every morning. I've learned a lot from him and he's almost always right.

Adam's avatar

Thanks for the suggestion mister. I only get occasional posts at the moment but as you say, the Senior Chief knows his stuff up down inside and out!

RRiveter's avatar

This entire Iranian "war" has been nothing but market manipulation of oil prices, stock market trends, tied to the timing of DT's announcements of "ceasefires" and "negotiations", all of which Iran has said never happened in the manner his highness said it did. This market manipulation has made DT, his family, friends, cabinet members, golfing partners even more rich than they already were. Because this man is totally incapable of working at an honest job position that actually makes honest money without cheating everyone around him, he resorts to this bullshit. Even Iran agrees with my scenarios. They may be the "evil empire" and hate our guts, but they ain't stupid. His BS excuses of: Regime changes? That's gone well, as even more hardline, radical Guards are now in charge of the country. Free the Iranian people? You mean the folks swinging from scaffolds in the public squares, or rotting in their jails? Allowing the Strait of Hormuz open access to a large part of the world's oil supply? That's gone really well. Jammed up oil tankers who cannot pass through the strait without getting bombed or shot at, cannot get their crude to refineries, so again, as always, who loses? Common folks: Americans, Brits, etc at the gas/petrol tanks. Insider trading is illegal, plain and simple, and those folks who engage in it go to jail, at least they used to. Why not now? And Congress, as always, just slogs along, enriching themselves in the manipulatory scheme, instead of launching a thorough investigation of this fraud.

MariElena's avatar

Yeah, what was Rex Tillerson's description of Herr Trump? F*cking Idiot? Nothing has changed.

Ghostlyair59's avatar

His actions are affecting the entire planet and potentially disrupting life on a global scale. He needs to be arrested and prosecuted as an international war criminal. Can’t wait for that day🤞🏻!!

Carol Gamm's avatar

Thanks to all. We need to keep the pressure up.

christopher o'loughlin's avatar

Mary,

Excellent assessment of yours mine and the entire globes cost for Trump's illegal unconstitutional war of choice with Iran. SOH was open Feb 27 2026, Feb 28 2026, Trump invaded Iran, with bombs and Iran's predictable response was to close SOH by suggesting there are mines in the SOH and immediately all maritime insurance carriers canceled all ships in SOH insurance and 99.7 % of all SOH transit shipping has stopped, frozen in place. All SOH petroleum and its myriad byproducts supply chains are frozen in place and will stay frozen unless and until Trump negotiates a peace settlement for losing his illegal unconstitutional war of choice with Iran. As you say cost of chaos.

We are in this together. No Kings. Peace.

Christopher and family in Upstate SC.

Mark's avatar

If America is producing more oil than any other country AND we don’t need any other countries oil then why is the price of gas going up?

SLSRPH's avatar

The kind of oil we produce is neither easy nor inexpensive to transform into gas for our cars.

Debi's avatar

Also - Felon47 lies about everything, including how much oil and what type of oil and what it takes to refine it and what results from the refining process. Actually, I don't think he is smart enough nor has he bothered to inform himself adequately regarding what actually happens in the production process from crude oil to salable consumer products. Those aren't aspects that directly impact him, so not worthy of his attention.

Outdoorluvr's avatar

Because they're reducing our supply by selling (exporting) it to other countries - all those tankers trump is lauding about, coming to the U.S. for our oil and gas... and the oil companies are making a killing. (Look up Mr. Global - Matt Randolph.)

Roslyn Reid's avatar

And we are looking at all this & still thinking, "It can't happen here." Until it does.