36 posts from Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The president, you heard that magnificent speech he gave today. All that fire, all the ability and passion he brings up. That Save Act is what's going to save the Republican Party, and the Senate better get on the ball, or they'll be the ones who cost us the midterms. I think that's a great point. And Ben, the Pennsylvania audience, the Mack Truck Factory, went wild when the president talked about the Save Act. What is up with the Republicans and the Senate not getting this done? That's absolutely ludicrous. Republicans and the Senate do not want to get rid of the filibuster in order to pass the Save Act. And I think that they're quite honestly being delusional about the fact that as soon as Democrats have control again, they're going to get rid of the filibuster. We know this. Like, we know the way that this is going to play out. In the same way that we know that they're going to try to pack the Supreme Court, in the same way that we know that they're going to try to play the same games that they have been telegraphing for years now that they want to play with our representative democracy. So, look, if you want to try to have representative elections and have an actual voter ID qualification on the national level, look, I want to hold these people's feet to the fire. I disagree with a lot of these centrist Republicans who say, "Oh, no, we wouldn't even get to 50 votes anyway." I don't think that that's actually true. I actually think that if you voted on this, you would hear it in your ear from your constituents to the point where you would be able to actually pass it. Yeah, we're preserving. Look, the president has his opinion, and I think that he's right about this.

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19 million barrels passed through yesterday, you're probably going to go through 20 million. You were basically almost halfway back of the original shortage of world oil supply, which was about 20% out of 100 billion barrels a day, so 20 billion dollars barrels a day. And look, I just wanted, I guess I have to say it, this memo is non-binding. It's just a political document that opened up a conversation. And whatever the IRGC people may or may not say, they're like Baghdad Bob during the Iraqi war reminds me of that, because there's no bearing in any. They're saying, for example, the Strait of Hormuz is closed, and we're having record transits right now. Women in the streets of Tehran are not wearing their hijab, walking around in short skirts on motorcycles, saying things and singing songs. It's as though they've lost the morality play that they tried to do. Trump has destroyed Iran's military, its industrial base, its economy. They're on their knees, and they're suing for peace. And he's got a diplomatic initiative, and it's going to take a while. I agree with that. It's going to take quite a while, but I take it very, very seriously. And meanwhile, energy prices coming down, gasoline prices coming down, and any money that might go in the next 30 days to Iran, or 60 days, is going to pass through the U.S. Treasury's escrow account. In other words, we will control any money from Iranian oil sales. You're talking about frozen funds. Actually, oil sales first, and the frozen funds may come later, but it will go through a Treasury escrow account which is aimed at purchasing American farm products, various commodities and medical products, to help the people in Iran. So I think, you know, Trump is absolutely in control. There's so much hand-wringing going on here, probably for political reasons, but I think he's on the right track.

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