Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists “regime change has occurred” in Iran and said that the US is focused on pursuing a deal to end the war.

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        And even though all this was rather obvious, the redcap dumbasses were blaming Biden, because, well, they are really fucking stupid.

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          My coworker kept saying that it was because Biden didn’t want to drill, even though oil production during the Biden administration was the highest in history at the time. I offered to show her the numbers and she said she didn’t care about the numbers.

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            It’s all about the vibes. The movement that always accuses liberals of being about “emotions” (because they show empathy) are the emotional ones, it turns out.

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      Seems like a variety of things contributed. The two biggest things I can see are recovery from covid meant more driving meant more gas consumption, and Russia invading Ukraine meant higher oil prices.