So I saw this “uh-oh this can’t be good” post on Axios the other day, Scoop: Sinema enters debt ceiling negotiations (excerpts): Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) has inserted herself into the debt ceiling negotiations, working with both sides to try to bridge differences on permitting reform, according to people familiar with the matter. Permitting reform … Read more
Robert McElvaine writes at Salon, OPEC’s October Surprise: Higher gas prices a boon to Putin, the Saudis — and Republicans: The October Surprise of 2022 has arrived, from an unexpected source — as surprises tend to do. Led by Russia and Saudi Arabia, the oil-producing cartel OPEC and its partners announced on Wednesday it will slash oil … Read more
Update to Senate To Call ‘Big Oil’s Slippery Six’ Back To Testify About Their Price Gouging On Gas Prices. The Washington Post reports, House panel grills oil company executives on high gasoline prices: The top executives of “the slippery six” of the nation’s largest oil and gas companies testified before Congress on Wednesday, at a time … Read more
Millionaire coal baron Sen. “Masarati” Manchin demands an “all of the above” approach to U.S. energy needs, in other words, mantaining the status quo of dependence on fossil fuels because he richly profits from it. House progressives say they may be prepared to accept policies that boost fossil fuels in the short term in order … Read more
Business Insider reports, Senate Dems want to haul in Big Oil CEOs to testify on price gouging. Joe Manchin likes the idea but doesn’t want Congress to be ‘beating people up’: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that oil and gas CEOs would soon be expected to testify before Congress with prices still high … Read more