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Suspected illegal immigrant is charged with murdering Vegas showgirl, 30, in Strip knife rampage that also saw man, 47, stabbed to death and six others injured​

A Guatemalan man, suspected of being in the country illegally, was formally charged Tuesday in last week's fatal stabbing spree on the Las Vegas Strip.

Yoni Barrios, 32, was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder for his deadly rampage on the Las Vegas Strip last Thursday.

Prosecutors say he stabbed five women posing as showgirls — along with a group of tourists — with a 12-inch knife outside the Wynn Las Vegas.

He claimed he wanted to 'let the anger out' after he thought people were laughing at him for wanting to take a picture with the showgirls, according to a police report.

 

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Most Americans Believe 'Misinformation' Creates ‘Extreme’ Political Views, Increases Hate Crimes: Poll​

This week, the Integrity Institute released a study that found that Twitter and TikTok amplify “misinformation” more than other platforms. In the study write-up, the institute said it would monitor these platforms before and after the U.S. midterm elections to see if they are “taking responsible actions in response to misinformation” spread on them.

A new Pearson Institute/Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that 91 percent of adults say the spread of “misinformation is a problem.” And the majority, 73 percent, believe misinformation contributes to “extreme political views and hate crimes.”
In the poll write-up, researchers claimed that many adults are choosing not to share content on social media to avoid spreading misinformation.

With the midterm elections approaching, significant majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents believe misinformation is a problem. Nearly three-quarters of the public are at least somewhat concerned they have been exposed to misinformation and just under half are worried they have spread misinformation.
The public believes misinformation is having serious consequences. More than half of adults say misinformation increases political engagement, and about 7 in 10 say misinformation increases extreme political views and hate crimes such as violence motivated by race, gender, or religion. About half also say misinformation decreases trust in government.
Given the widespread concerns about misinformation, majorities of adults report engaging in behaviors at least some of the time to avoid consuming or spreading misinformation such as checking multiple sources or even deciding not to share content on social media at all.

In the findings, 77 percent of respondents said misinformation increases hate crimes, including violence motivated by race, gender and religion. This figure includes 85 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of Republicans.

 

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Army Secretary Champions What's 'Important': Making 'Marginalized Communities' 'Feel Included'​

But these days, it seems, everyone should do the opposite of that suggested by John F. Kennedy during his 1961 inaugural address. Our new dictate: Demand what your country must do for you.

Apropos of the radical reversal, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth recently laid out a Defense Department priority. During the Association of the Army’s annual conference, she asserted the branch isn’t woke — it’s just focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The Army is here to care for those who’ve been harmed. It now sees each unique individual — including his or her color, sexual sensibilities, and self-perception — and it’s devoted to being inclusive:

“In terms of, you know, soldiers coming from, um, marginalized communities or, you know, demographics that are not widely represented in the Army, that’s part of why we’ve got to emphasize positive command climates and inclusion.”

 

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Why Can't the Biden Administration Fix Infant Formula Supply Problems a Year After They Began?​

The story has fallen out of the headlines — partially because the Biden administration has ceased treating the issue as a crisis. But according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the “out of stock” level for infant formula was still at 18% at the end of September, when 5% is considered a problem.

Wall Street Journal:

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D., Conn.), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said she plans to introduce legislation next month aimed at addressing the roots of the supply shortage and fostering the growth of smaller domestic manufacturers, but she declined to give specific details.
“For me the underlying piece of all of this is market consolidation,” she said.

That market consolidation is a large part of the problem. When there are only three or four major brands of formula and one of them is forced to shut down due to manufacturing problems, shortages are inevitable.

This is especially true because U.S. law forbids the importation of baby formula from abroad unless it meets the precise, strict guidelines on manufacturing and labeling found in the United States. Eventually, the Biden administration waved those requirements temporarily, but the regulations are anti-competitive and should be relaxed permanently.

 

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Why Can't the Biden Administration Fix Infant Formula Supply Problems a Year After They Began?​

The story has fallen out of the headlines — partially because the Biden administration has ceased treating the issue as a crisis. But according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the “out of stock” level for infant formula was still at 18% at the end of September, when 5% is considered a problem.

Wall Street Journal:



That market consolidation is a large part of the problem. When there are only three or four major brands of formula and one of them is forced to shut down due to manufacturing problems, shortages are inevitable.

This is especially true because U.S. law forbids the importation of baby formula from abroad unless it meets the precise, strict guidelines on manufacturing and labeling found in the United States. Eventually, the Biden administration waved those requirements temporarily, but the regulations are anti-competitive and should be relaxed permanently.

I saw a TV ad for a foreign baby formula company on Sunday. They see an opportunity.

 

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‘The Left Is Out For Blood’: Biden’s DOJ ‘Weaponizing’ Law To Arrest ‘Political Enemies,’ Former Official Says​

“The left is out for blood, and Biden’s base is demanding prosecutions and the DOJ is providing them,” said Roger Severino, who served as an attorney at the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights division, the same division that enforces the FACE Act.

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The FACE Act also protects houses of worship and pro-life pregnancy centers, both of which have been firebombed across the country after the Dobbs decision. Thirty-three churches and 54 pregnancy centers have been attacked, according to the Catholic News Service. The DOJ has not prosecuted any cases of destruction against pro-life centers, Severino stressed.

The effort to arrest pro-lifers is specifically being pushed before the midterms, Department of Homeland Security official under the Trump administration, Ken Cuccinelli, told the Daily Caller.

“This has nothing to do with public safety. This is political virtue signaling to the radical-left base that has control of this administration,” Cuccinelli said.

“I think it will thoroughly backfire on them. I can’t think of a way they’ll get one more vote because they arrest these people, but I guarantee you, a lot [more] pro-lifers will stay home than might have for the midterm election,” he added.

 

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Home Heating Oil Rationing Begins in Northeast, and It's Not Even Winter Yet​

It looks like President Joe Biden might get his winter of death after all, and it’s not because of the unvaccinated.

If you live in the Northeast, you know that even in normal times, heating oil bills constitute a significant expense because winters are usually brutal. Unfortunately, this year could be the worst year ever for residents of the region hoping to adequately heat their homes. Not only are heating oil prices through the roof on anti-fossil fuel President Joe Biden’s watch, but even for those who have the funds to stock up, it doesn’t really matter: heating oil rationing is already taking place.

Rationing. Like toilet paper and baby formula rationing. Why is all this rationing happening on Biden’s watch? For the record, we never once worried about rationing under former President Donald Trump.

But the worst part about this unfolding crisis is that it’s not even winter.

According to a bombshell Bloomberg report:

The US Northeast is so short on heating oil that the fuel used to power home furnaces is being rationed even before the start of winter.

Some wholesalers in Connecticut are putting retailers on allocation, meaning they can only get a limited amount of fuel based on availability, according to Chris Herb, president of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, which represents around 600 family-owned retailers in the state. These retailers must in turn ration their customers.

Bloomberg’s data matches what former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, told radio talk show host Howie Carr this week, in that the heating oil shortage situation in the Northeast is beyond frightening and a genuine cause for concern. LePage essentially begged current Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills to do something, anything, to bring attention to the situation before it’s too late and people start dying, while also blaming Biden for not properly addressing the issue.

“Today, just about an hour ago, we got information from a local oil dealer… oil right now, tonight at five o’clock, is $5.69. Kerosene is $6.69 a gallon. This is what we’re facing right now,” LePage said during the interview Friday.

 

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What a difference Biden makes: Delta Airlines OWNS their suddenly profitable oil refinery​

Skyrocketing inflation, heating oil shortages, constricted goods flowing on the Mississippi, a possible, crippling rail strike, climbing inventories, out-of-control crime, and on and on…EGADS and little fishes!! Could the immediate future of the country look any more dire under Joe Biden and his thugs dang near criminally inept administration?

Oh. You betcha.

There’s a looming diesel shortage, with diesel stockpiles at their lowest record going back darn near 30 years.

The country is down to 25 days of diesel supply with stockpiles at their lowest level for this time of year in records going back to 1993. In the Northeast, where more people burn fuel for home heating than anywhere else in the country, inventories are a third of their typical levels heading into winter. National Economic Council Director Brian Deese called the levels “unacceptably low.” By late October, diesel prices had risen for more than two weeks to 50% above where they were a year ago.

What runs on diesel, besides people’s oil furnaces? Only, like, everything. And the dynamics of this crunch and the prices are pretty interesting as well. Without a doubt, Dementia Joe’s immediate actions upon assuming the throne were the catalyst for the precipitous decline to where we are right now, energy-wise. Period. Everything that has happened in the world since inflaming the energy situation would have been mitigated by our continued energy independence. Biden stripped us of that protection the second he got ahold of one of those fancy pens, and someone told him what to sign.

They have maintained that ruinous course in spite of their baldly mendacious assertions to the contrary…

The Biden administration has leased fewer acres for oil-and-gas drilling offshore and on federal land than any other administration in its early stages dating back to the end of World War II, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

Inventories of diesel are low for a number of those obvious (above, including Ukraine/Russia), and not-so-obvious, reasons. Part of it has been an ongoing lack of refining capability, especially on the East Coast. This would be a self-inflicted wound on their part. I remembered a post I’d written from 2012, where Obama was bemoaning gas prices due to a lack of refining capacity, while HIS EPA was simultaneously shutting down three Pennsylvania refineries. Hello? We are also now in the time of year when refineries close for maintenance as they switch over their seasonal blends to winter – also EPA-mandated – and that crimps supplies available as facilities go offline. Then there’s the lurking Green agenda – changing over existing refineries to create biofuel. Not helpful in the current circumstances, but they will forge ahead destroying us to save the planet for…someone.


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Where does Delta come into all this, after the commodities and doom and gloom lecture? That’s kind of interesting, too. At the top of the post, where I linked to those three PA refineries being closed in 2012? One of them was the Trainer facility, and it was given an EPA reprieve, of all things. CONOCO-Phillips still wanted to unload it, and Delta Airlines bought it as a hedge against oil prices and jet fuel shortages. They lost their butt owning it for years – as a small refinery fighting the EPA mandates tooth and nail didn’t help – and repeatedly tried to unload it, but, HEY! There’s been a sudden turnaround. Things are looking rosy and they are looking prescient. From April:

Delta will see a benefit of 20 cents per gallon of jet fuel from its refinery, which acts as a hedge against the spike in fuel. In particular, the refinery supplies fuel for Delta’s York operations, but Chief Financial Officer Daniel Janki said Monroe Energy’s output acts as a 40-50 percent fuel hedge across Delta’s network. In the first quarter, the refinery knocked about 7 cents off each gallon of jet fuel Delta consumed.
When Delta first bought the Trainer, Pa., refinery from Conoco Philips — now Philips 66 — in 2012, analyst opinions were mixed. Some argued it was a stroke of genius on the airline’s part, while others said it was too far afield from Delta’s core operations to make sense for an airline with no experience in selling or marketing petroleum products. The years since have been up and down for the refinery but now, with oil prices spiraling up in the wake of the Ukraine war, the refinery is proving its worth.
The refinery generated $1.2 billion in revenue in the first quarter, compared with $48 million in the same quarter in 2019, Delta said in its first-quarter results. About 80 percent of its output is diesel and gasoline, prices of which have surged. “Our Monroe refinery provides a unique benefit, acting as a partial hedge to elevated cracks,” Janki said. “This is especially true with New York Harbor Jet cracks, where our production at Monroe provides 100 percent offset.”

So much so, that they’re going to start converting to the “processing biofuels” scam as well, which will quite literally save them bazillions in EPA aggravation.

…Delta Air Lines’ wholly owned refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, will reportedly start receiving shipments of raw materials for the production of renewable fuels, Reuters learned from three sources with knowledge of the matter.
The outlet reported that the airline’s action may signal the start of a new strategy that would, “reduce its environmental liabilities by hundreds of millions of dollars.” It’s being speculated that the move by Delta suggests a tactical shift by the airline’s subsidiary company, Monroe Energy, which has historically been one of the smaller-scale oil refineries pushing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House to reform current legislation on biofuel.

 

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Biden depleting weapons supply with Ukraine aid, hurting potential defense of Taiwan: experts​

"Our weapons stockpiles are low, in large part because of the war in Ukraine, which means if there's another war, or if we need to provide weapons to Taiwan, those weapons aren't going to be there because these weapons are complicated to make — they're expensive," former National Security Council Chief of Staff Fred Fleitz told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Friday.

"My guess is the Biden administration has put no priority whatsoever into weapons production, and there's going to be a severe shortfall," added Fleitz, a former CIA analyst. "It's a dangerous situation."

Former Trump administration National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien issued a similar warning on Fox News this week.

"We need to replenish the stocks of everything that we've sent to Ukraine," he said. "We're low on missiles. We're low on Javelins. We're low on Stingers. We can't supply them to Taiwan now."

The U.S. has committed some 8,500 Javelin antitank missiles and over 1,400 Stinger antiaircraft missiles to Ukraine, according to the Defense Department.

In May, when the U.S. had sent only 5,000 Javelins and the 1,400 Stingers to Ukraine, lawmakers expressed concern that those figures amounted to one-third and one-quarter of the existing U.S. supply, respectively.

 

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Biden depleting weapons supply with Ukraine aid, hurting potential defense of Taiwan: experts​

"Our weapons stockpiles are low, in large part because of the war in Ukraine, which means if there's another war, or if we need to provide weapons to Taiwan, those weapons aren't going to be there because these weapons are complicated to make — they're expensive," former National Security Council Chief of Staff Fred Fleitz told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Friday.

"My guess is the Biden administration has put no priority whatsoever into weapons production, and there's going to be a severe shortfall," added Fleitz, a former CIA analyst. "It's a dangerous situation."

Former Trump administration National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien issued a similar warning on Fox News this week.

"We need to replenish the stocks of everything that we've sent to Ukraine," he said. "We're low on missiles. We're low on Javelins. We're low on Stingers. We can't supply them to Taiwan now."

The U.S. has committed some 8,500 Javelin antitank missiles and over 1,400 Stinger antiaircraft missiles to Ukraine, according to the Defense Department.

In May, when the U.S. had sent only 5,000 Javelins and the 1,400 Stingers to Ukraine, lawmakers expressed concern that those figures amounted to one-third and one-quarter of the existing U.S. supply, respectively.

Not having them is a minor problem that can be fixed easily, what's going to really suck is when those unaccountable missiles end up on the terrorist version of craigslist.

 

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Not having them is a minor problem that can be fixed easily,

depending on the production lead time ...... but you are correct about how many end up on the black market

 

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Are We Being Pranked? Biden-Backed Man-Playing-Girl Is Basically A Gross Caricature Of Women​

The individual doesn’t identify as a woman because, according to the weirdo, Mulvaney never got to experience what it was like to be a girl growing up. So Mulvaney doesn’t just claim to be the opposite sex, but also a teenage female at that.

Mulvaney is ubiquitous across the web and apparently speaks for both women and gender-dysphoric men who believe they are women. None of it is normal.

A look at Mulvaney’s documented statements about what being a woman entails leaves one wondering if we’re not all victims of a well-orchestrated gag.

For example, Mulvaney’s first day as a “girl” led to the former star of the “Book of Mormon” national tour adopting stereotypical behaviors of women.

“Day one of being a girl and I have already cried three times, I wrote a scathing email that I did not send, I ordered dresses online that I couldn’t afford, and then when someone asked me how I was, I said, ‘I’m fine,’ when I wasn’t fine. How’d I do, ladies?”

 

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Grown Women Cringe As Male Bimbette Cosplaying 15-Year-Old Girl Interviews Biden​

President Joe Biden said Sunday that if Americans could spend more time around people like transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, they would be more comfortable with the transgender movement.

What a ridiculous sentiment. If only the issue was the world hasn’t seen enough of Mulvaney’s unflattering imitation of women. For the past 225 days, Mulvaney, who still refers to himself as Dylan, has documented his portrayal of the female experience on social media as a “journey to girlhood.”

After receiving backlash for his characterization of women on TikTok, Mulvaney explained in several videos that his female identity, which seems to jump between being an overtly sexualized teen to a ditzy valley girl depending on the video, is a way for him to relive his younger self. He even auditioned for a role of an actual teen girl, according to a video he posted April 14.

@dylanmulvaney DAY 3 of being a girl – BIMBO EDITION @chrissychlapecka #trans #bimbo #woman ♬ Barbie Girl – Lady Aqua

Mulvaney’s version of a woman is a cruel caricature of the female experience with the “personality” of a brain-dead “bimbo.” His post on Day 66, titled “nature girl,” showed him prancing around in a wooded area wearing a sports bra and biker shorts, with his hair in a half-up ponytail.

“Heels? They’re my hiking heels. I love ’em,” Mulvaney giggled in the video. “Bridges? Love ’em. Coconut water? Love it.” At one point, a bug flew near Mulvaney, and he frantically fell to the ground, hysterically flailing around.

His potrayal of women as flighty and helpless further perpetuates the stereotypes the progressive left claims to hate. It is either that women are born with “girl boss” energy, ready to run the European Union — or they are weak, senseless animals who need men to explain their sex to them.

If women are “strong, female warriors,” then they deserve better than Biden allowing women’s issues to be discussed through a man’s voice – a man who, at best, seems to hate women and think they are dumb or, at worst, fetishizes the naiveté of most teenage girls.

In the fight for “transgender rights,” women bear the most significant casualties. Not only do female adolescents transition at a higher rate than any other demographic, but the girls who manage to avoid the craze are subjected to sexual assault and harassment in their school bathrooms.

 

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New York, New England Begin Rationing Heating Oil—Before Peak Winter Has Even Hit​

(As an aside, every year when there’s a heat wave in Southern Cal, the enviros go whacko and scream, “Climate change! Climate change!” And yet every year that I’ve lived here for the past 30 years there’s been a heat wave in September. Wonder if it could be… the weather?)

Now the Northeast is going to feel it too as a new enemy arrives: winter. Bloomberg is reporting that the rationing of heating oil is already underway, despite it not even yet being November.

The reason: stockpiles are at 30 percent of their normal levels.








Not only will heating oil be rationed, but it will also take a harder hit on your wallet:

In addition to the scarcity, there’s also the cost. Wholesale heating oil in New York Harbor averaged $4.09 a gallon on Thursday, compared with $2.46 at the same time a year ago, according to data from price reporting agency Argus Media. For the wholesaler, that means it costs about $1,125 to fill up a 275-gallon heating oil tank, the typical size used in many homes. But consumers will pay well over that figure after markups by the wholesaler and retailer.

The bottom line? Americans will pay almost 30 percent more to heat their homes than last year—the most in 25 years.

Biden will continue to blame Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine for our oil woes, and scold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for refusing to bend the knee and pump more oil, but it’s Joe’s own fault we’re in this mess.

 

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Grown Women Cringe As Male Bimbette Cosplaying 15-Year-Old Girl Interviews Biden​

President Joe Biden said Sunday that if Americans could spend more time around people like transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, they would be more comfortable with the transgender movement.

What a ridiculous sentiment. If only the issue was the world hasn’t seen enough of Mulvaney’s unflattering imitation of women. For the past 225 days, Mulvaney, who still refers to himself as Dylan, has documented his portrayal of the female experience on social media as a “journey to girlhood.”

After receiving backlash for his characterization of women on TikTok, Mulvaney explained in several videos that his female identity, which seems to jump between being an overtly sexualized teen to a ditzy valley girl depending on the video, is a way for him to relive his younger self. He even auditioned for a role of an actual teen girl, according to a video he posted April 14.




Mulvaney’s version of a woman is a cruel caricature of the female experience with the “personality” of a brain-dead “bimbo.” His post on Day 66, titled “nature girl,” showed him prancing around in a wooded area wearing a sports bra and biker shorts, with his hair in a half-up ponytail.

“Heels? They’re my hiking heels. I love ’em,” Mulvaney giggled in the video. “Bridges? Love ’em. Coconut water? Love it.” At one point, a bug flew near Mulvaney, and he frantically fell to the ground, hysterically flailing around.

His potrayal of women as flighty and helpless further perpetuates the stereotypes the progressive left claims to hate. It is either that women are born with “girl boss” energy, ready to run the European Union — or they are weak, senseless animals who need men to explain their sex to them.

If women are “strong, female warriors,” then they deserve better than Biden allowing women’s issues to be discussed through a man’s voice – a man who, at best, seems to hate women and think they are dumb or, at worst, fetishizes the naiveté of most teenage girls.

In the fight for “transgender rights,” women bear the most significant casualties. Not only do female adolescents transition at a higher rate than any other demographic, but the girls who manage to avoid the craze are subjected to sexual assault and harassment in their school bathrooms.

If this guy is making money off this act I hope he goes bankrupt after. Why aren't women's groups coming out about how this guy is mocking women.

 

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If this guy is making money off this act I hope he goes bankrupt after. Why aren't women's groups coming out about how this guy is mocking women.

1. He's ' Trans ' Thereby Protected Class
2. Any opposition will get the JK Rowling Treatment - TERF's

 

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White House Staff never stop finding ways of fulfilling Creepy Joes fantasies.

 

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New York, New England Begin Rationing Heating Oil—Before Peak Winter Has Even Hit​

(As an aside, every year when there’s a heat wave in Southern Cal, the enviros go whacko and scream, “Climate change! Climate change!” And yet every year that I’ve lived here for the past 30 years there’s been a heat wave in September. Wonder if it could be… the weather?)

Now the Northeast is going to feel it too as a new enemy arrives: winter. Bloomberg is reporting that the rationing of heating oil is already underway, despite it not even yet being November.

The reason: stockpiles are at 30 percent of their normal levels.








Not only will heating oil be rationed, but it will also take a harder hit on your wallet:


The bottom line? Americans will pay almost 30 percent more to heat their homes than last year—the most in 25 years.

Biden will continue to blame Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine for our oil woes, and scold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for refusing to bend the knee and pump more oil, but it’s Joe’s own fault we’re in this mess.

How many will be arrested for cutting down trees for wood.

 

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Oil Companies Report Record Profits, Biden Urges Them to Lower Prices​

Energy, Big Oil, ExxonMobil, Joe Biden, White House, Oil Companies, Russia, Gas Prices

AllSides Summary​

A number of oil companies released earnings reports this past week, revealing large profits in the wake of high gasoline prices. ExxonMobil, the largest oil company in America, recorded a record profit for the second straight quarter with $19.7 billion net income and $112.07 billion quarterly revenue. The earnings reports have drawn scorn from President Biden, who criticized oil companies for spending billions of dollars of profits on stock buybacks instead of lowering prices at the pump.
Key Quotes: A post from the President’s Twitter account read, “giving profits to shareholders is not the same as bringing prices down for American families.” Earlier this month, the President called for oil companies to use profits to lower prices, with CNBC (Center Bias) quoting him saying, “invest in America for the American people. Bring down the price you charge at the pump, to reflect what you pay for the product. You’ll still make a significant profit, your shareholders will do very well, and the American people will catch a break they deserve and get a fair price at the pump as well.”
For Context: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused turbulence in the global energy market. With many Western nations no longer importing Russian oil, a supply decrease allows remaining market players to raise prices.
How the Media Covered it: CNN Business noted the companies did not themselves reference that profits were record-breaking, attributing the decision to “consumer outrage over high gas prices.”