Pain of soaring gas prices compounded by electricity rate increases across states
Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report released by Democrats Tuesday.
"A majority so clear that politicians like Kent want to tap into it. And that’s a good thing.
But there’s a cynicism to his letter and its insistence that the president of the United States is some defenseless lamb being led astray by Israel. …
Kent has a tone that speaks directly to Trump and MAGA, assuring them that their blameless leader has been hoodwinked. Israel is to blame…"
#Trump #JoeKent #MAGA #Iran #war #stupidity #economy #consumers #affordability #oil #gas #antisemitism
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"Kent’s letter, for all its patriotic rhetoric, seems a lot like an insider coup against a declining president; and an attempt to capture the leadership of an increasingly unhappy MAGA. …
When Kent says this war isn’t serving America, he’s echoing the view of a clear majority of the country."
~ Ken Klippenstein
#Trump #JoeKent #MAGA #Iran #war #stupidity #economy #consumers #affordability #oil #gas #antisemitism
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"Discord in MAGA-world and resignations from this administration are indeed good. But Kent's letter blames Israel in a she-made-him-do-it way: 'It's clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.'"
~ Rebecca Solnit
#Trump #JoeKent #MAGA #Iran #war #stupidity #economy #consumers #affordability #oil #gas #antisemitism
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Two stories erupted in the last twenty-four hours that have to do with antisemitism. One is deeply positive. It's a letter signed by 132 Jewish faculty and staff at UCLA rejecting the Trump Administration's definition of antisemitism while pointing out what's dangerous about this right-wing definition of antisemitism: it's an
"Joe Kent’s resignation shows that Trump’s illegal war in Iran is creating a fissure within the MAGA upper ranks, but don’t expect many others to quit soon."
~ Minnah Arshad, Andrew Perez, and Asawin Suebsaeng
#Trump #JoeKent #MAGA #Iran #war #stupidity #economy #consumers #affordability #oil #gas
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"Only nine percent of MAGA opposes it. In addition, beyond MAGA, the broader GOP base is overwhelmingly on board with this war. For example, while a new Quinnipiac Poll found only 40% of Americans support Trump’s iran war--among the GOP that number shoots up to 85%. ...
What you are seeing is a reminder that MAGA is fascist movement that is a danger to our democratic Republic."
#Trump #MAGA #Iran #war #stupidity #economy #consumers #affordability #oil #gas #fascism
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