Big Oil Cashed In While War Sent Prices Soaring
ScheerPost Staff It’s All About The Oil As ordinary people paid more at the pump, fossil fuel executives were cashing out. A new analysis reported by The Wall Street Journal…
‘The Situation Is Scary’: Global Economic Chaos as Trump’s Iran War Sends Markets Diving
Brad Reed for Common Dreams President Donald Trump’s unprovoked and unconstitutional war against Iran is sending shockwaves across the global economy in the form of skyrocketing oil prices and diving…
Price Increases Persist Despite Supply Chain Progress
The overall Consumer Price Index rose 0.1 percent in August, core was up 0.6 percent; up 8.3 percent and 6.3 percent year-over-year, respectively.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: With President Biden in Saudi Arabia
Biden is in Jeddah to beg the Saudis to increase oil production, but will he betray his previously expressed concern over the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
Biden Says US Will Support Ukraine For ‘as Long as It Takes’ To Win War
The president also said Americans will have to deal with high gas prices 'for as long as it takes'
‘In the Middle East, We Are Hearing a New Set of Excuses to Justify the Same Old Policy’
CounterSpin interview with Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi trip.
Progressives Say Windfall Profits Tax a ‘Better Solution’ Than Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday
"A windfall tax would get more relief to more people by penalizing the Big Oil profiteering that's driving up prices," said one campaigner.
Glenn Greenwald : Joe Biden’s Submissive — and Highly Revealing — Embrace of Saudi Despots
Biden's immediate abandonment of his 2020 vow to turn the Saudis into "pariahs," and his increasing support for the regime, shows the core deceit of U.S. propaganda.