Quote (SBD @ 23 Apr 2026 23:06)

Has America won yet?

"US boards ship carrying Iranian oil, as Trump orders navy to shoot any boat laying mines in strait"

"While we don't know exactly what prompted the post, US media reported that Congress was told in a closed door briefing that it may take US forces as many as six months to clear the Strait of any mines that may pose a threat to shipping.

The Pentagon has pushed back on that assessment, but the fact remains that shipping companies very much need assurances of viable, secure shipping lanes for the global economy to reset after the conflict ends - a fact that Trump is very much aware of."

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0mjev4kn9jt

Oh I think we all know how this works though, prices don't exactly reset do they.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Apr 23 2026 04:40pm)

This hot number just dropped.

^gnarjay, ^thesnipa , ^Malopox, ^Norlander , ^Ferdia, ^El1te

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LngDh-wP-Xw

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Apr 23 2026 03:40pm)

This hot number just dropped.

^gnarjay, ^thesnipa , ^Malopox, ^Norlander , ^Ferdia, ^El1te

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LngDh-wP-Xw

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As the United States has explained in multiple letters to the U.N. Security Council, including most recently on March 10, the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense.

Quote (Malopox @ 25 Apr 2026 03:36)

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🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Gas prices just spiked between $0.70 and $0.90 in a single day across Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin, with some stations now hitting $5 per gallon.

-GasBuddy confirming the surge across multiple Midwest states

-Single-day jumps of nearly a dollar per gallon at the pump

-Some stations breaking $5 for the first time since the war began

-National average already at a war-era high of $4.18 before this spike

-Comes as Trump met with energy executives yesterday to discuss extending the blockade for months

The pain everyone has been warning about for weeks is now landing at the pump in real time, and it's hitting the Midwest first because that's where refining capacity and supply lines are tightest.

The economic clock Trump has been managing just got significantly louder, and the political consequences of $5 gas across the Rust Belt six months out from the midterms don't need to be explained.
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Source: GasBuddy, WSJ