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2026-04-13 Economy

Trump says gas prices may remain high through November midterm election

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-13 08:40|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1795 views ] Top
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1 There's a Rooters paywall, so I assume the conclude Trump will be swept away in November. I hope he has some more cards to play.

Posted by Bobby 2026-04-13 09:17|| 2026-04-13 09:17|| Front Page Top

2 No pay or registration required.
Just bot intervention.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-13 09:19|| 2026-04-13 09:19|| Front Page Top

3 I hope he has some more cards to play.

Poss setting the stage for a Labor Day price drop.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-13 09:47|| 2026-04-13 09:47|| Front Page Top

4 Meanwhile the Texas oil shipping terminals are full and the backups are going to look like a TSA line.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-13 09:58|| 2026-04-13 09:58|| Front Page Top

5 $1.99 unleaded regular will get my vote.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-13 10:01|| 2026-04-13 10:01|| Front Page Top

6 Pretty much what you suspect, Bobby:

Trump's political standing at home has suffered, with polls showing the war is unpopular among most Americans, who are frustrated by rising gasoline prices.

In business, unlike government, a good strategy is to under-promise and over-perform. Trump is a business guy. I predict the future will be interesting.

Posted by SteveS 2026-04-13 10:10|| 2026-04-13 10:10|| Front Page Top

7 Pope joins backlash at Trump after US President launched attack on pontiff and posted a picture of himself as Jesus

Now it seems the President has gotten himself into a pissing match with the Pope. Trump makes some good points in his rant about some of things the Pope has been saying but the meme at the link might be a bit over the top.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-04-13 12:20|| 2026-04-13 12:20|| Front Page Top

8 The Vatican has just started to enrich uranium in its catacombs...

Posted by European Conservative 2026-04-13 12:26|| 2026-04-13 12:26|| Front Page Top

9 EC 'Snark O'The Day' contender.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-13 12:50|| 2026-04-13 12:50|| Front Page Top

10 Fuck the Pope.

Posted by chris 2026-04-13 14:02|| 2026-04-13 14:02|| Front Page Top

11 European Conservative definitely wins the thread. :-)

There's a Rooters paywall,

Clicking on the Show Reader setting reveals all, Bobby. In my browser it’s the first item in the drop-down menu in the rectangular box on the left side of the URL bar. In the meantime, I’ve added the first section of the article to the post — the rest, as shown by the quote SteveS shared, is just political bellyaching by cherrypicked NeverTrumpers of various types.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-04-13 14:09|| 2026-04-13 14:09|| Front Page Top

12 Touche, EC. While I usually agree with Trump's incendiary rants, and I don't believe the Pope is above reproach, I think the POTUS should know better than to piss off all the Catholics in the world. And that meme was so stupid that at first I thought some Democrat must have posted it just to make fun of him.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-04-13 15:31|| 2026-04-13 15:31|| Front Page Top

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