🧵3/3 K Shaped Economy
"Lower-income households are pulling back... high-income households have much more... net worth from financial assets." For example, "a 32% gain in the S&P 500 energy sector is shielding shareholders from some of inflation’s bite." https://twp.ai/NSWQ6N
🧵2/3 Who's Benefitting?
"... really the richest of the rich who benefit... Weber equated oil shocks to wealth redistribution. Her research on the fallout from [the Ukraine war] found ~50% of the huge profits from US energy firms in '22 flowed to the wealthiest 1% of Americans"
High Oil Prices Help the Wealthy, Hurt Everyone Else #ABlueView 🧵1/3
"Trump campaigned on cutting Americans’ energy costs in half. Now... he has argued that the oil shock is benefiting the energy-rich US in the form of record exports.
The question is who is the US? It's ..."
🧵2/2 Trump's Win in Indiana Will Increase the Size of Nov's Blue Tsunami
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Trump's Win in Indiana Will Increase the Size of Nov's Blue Tsunami #ABlueView 🧵1/2 By proving his ability to cost R politicians their jobs, Trump has insured they’ll be few R defections from him & his out-of-touch, election-losing ramblings & policies (e.g., ballroom funding) before Nov.
Trump's Primary Wins Will Increase the Size of Nov's Blue Tsunami #ABlueView 🧵1/2
Loses by Republican opponents of Trump in IN and LA will insure R politicians will continue to support & make excuses for Trump's unpopular policies... right over the Nov cliff.
Sunday Funnies #ABlueView 🧵1/3
#SomethingDifferent #MakesYouThink #PoliticalHumor #SundayVibes #SundayFunday
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Saturday's Best Editorial Cartoons of the Week #ABlueView 🧵1/3
#BestOfABlueView #BestOf2026 #BestEditorialCartoons Saturday's Best Editorial Cartoons of the Week
Trump Says the Quiet Part Loud Enough That—Maybe—MAGA is Finally Starting to Hear Him. #ABlueView 🧵1/2
When asked if voters financial situations were motivating an Iran deal Trump said, “Not even a little bit. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody."
