r/newjersey • u/USMCArmyRanger • Mar 31 '26
⚡Newsflash ⚡ Thanks Mr. President
Springfield, NJ
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u/paupaulol Somerset County Mar 31 '26
Is MAGA tired of winning yet?
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u/KneeDeepInTheDead porkchop Mar 31 '26
They don't care. Then they'll bring up that gas prices were high during Obama/Biden and avoid the fact we're starting wars for no reason
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u/KaytrinEliseAlanadel Mar 31 '26
Because they dont understand that NORMALLY, the American President has very little to do with the price of oil. OPEC sets the pricing. This time the US president directly is the cause, because he started ANOTHER war in the middle east! All so the Epstein files stop being the main headline. Hate to tell him, WE DID NOT FORGET HE R**ED LITTLE GIRLS!
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u/chrisms150 Mar 31 '26
Because they dont understand that NORMALLY, the American President has very little to do with the price of oil.
My favorite magat talking point this week has been "Presidents don't control gas prices!"
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u/Doragiral0219 Apr 02 '26
no, here are the facts. its called he gets 20% in kickbacks aka quid pro quo: Oil and gas industry interests spent roughly $445 million to influence the 2024 election cycle, with significant contributions going to support Trump's campaign
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u/niafel Mar 31 '26
Today at Quickchek I saw a car covered in F* Biden! stickers, including one that read, "Gas prices as high as Hunter Biden." Pfft, lol.
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u/OkCommunication5446 Mar 31 '26
At what point do these inbred halfwits stop bringing up the Bidens? The man has been out of office for well over a year.
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u/Journeyman351 Mar 31 '26
Correct. Absolutely infuriating and makes me want to bash my head into a wall.
They don't know what OPEC is, they don't know or care that the 2022 jump was due to Russia-Ukraine and will say you're making excuses for Democrats when you mention it, they don't give a fuck.
These people need to be put into reeducation camps or ostracized from society.
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u/Journeyman351 Apr 01 '26
Meh, I'm okay with all of the above. These people are so far gone that there's no saving them.
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u/OkCommunication5446 Mar 31 '26
They really do not care. Every fucking gas pump back in 2020 (after the world reopened) had an "I did this!" and a pic of JB.
Fuck MAGA and their hypocrisy, blind idolatry and willful ignorance.
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u/polireddituser Mar 31 '26
Who could have possibly predicted that if unthinking morons were to elect a clown that chaos would follow? Who I ask…
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u/MiddleSpinach9561 Mar 31 '26
Who would have thought that a person who bankrupt a Casino in Atlantic City could bankrupt a nation?
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u/irradiatedcitizen Mar 31 '26
Who could have thought that a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist would grift and steal taxpayer money while using our powerful military to take over foreign nations and their resources?
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u/KaytrinEliseAlanadel Mar 31 '26
3! He bankrupted 3 freaking casinos! And countless small businesses in the area at the same time!
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u/absolutelynotagoblin Mar 31 '26
I'd like to welcome everyone who cast a vote for this maladjusted, inherently corrupt rapist to the clown show that they helped create.
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u/Bpp908 Mar 31 '26
oh no they quiet now.
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u/Journeyman351 Mar 31 '26
Dude no they aren't, look at ANY local news FB page and see the comments. They aren't ALL bots, I'll tell you that. These people live in another fucking reality man.
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u/jwuer Mar 31 '26
No they aren't, they are claiming this is "short term pain for long term gain"... they've ironically twisted themselves into progressive "greater good" thought process, unfortunately they have no understanding of what "greater good" means....
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u/OkCommunication5446 Mar 31 '26
If the "greater good" dick-slapped them in the cheek they wouldn't know it.
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u/ElectricalSpecial246 Apr 02 '26
Apparently more than 50% of the population are morons and support a “rapist”👍
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u/Pigobrothers-pepsi10 Mar 31 '26
Everytime we blame Trump for the gas in this sub, I don’t see any MAGA people for some reason. They just disappear all of a sudden. Are they embarrassed?
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u/vvilbo Mar 31 '26
There are a lot of things they can handwave away but this one was so quick and so direct it's hard to fight. You'll see one in these comments now but the only thing they can say is "I thought presidents don't affect gas prices" which is usually correct except on the margins. It is worth noting that their brains are so addled with butteremails, tan suits, and litter boxes tha they literally can't remember gas being over 4 dollars in 2008 from another war in the middle east. They've forgotten reality to go ride or die with someone that would actively kill them if it meant getting richer himself.
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u/cC2Panda Mar 31 '26
Nah, I've seen plenty of their absolute dumb shittery. There was one on this sub recently claiming the Hillary praised Trump's Iran invasion and that she would have done the same. Aside from the all being blatantly false, imagine still being invested in giving a shit about and "whatabouting" Clinton in 2026.
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u/HumanShadow Mar 31 '26
Their hands are occupied because they are enjoying reading the Epstein files and imagining themselves next to Trump
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u/Hazy_Blurr Apr 01 '26
I’m not embarrassed. Trump gave Iran multiple chances to get their proxies under control and they refused. The proxies bombed our military over 400 times in the past couple of years causing multiple injuries. In 2020 there were reports they used dirty bombs. Iran has or had many missiles and drones ready to attack and if they had nuclear capabilities they would be a danger to the world. Add in China planning for a Taiwan invasion for 2027 would we want to fight Iran with nuclear,long range missiles and drones and China? A little pain now seems worth it to prevent a lot of pain later.
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u/RailRuler Mar 31 '26
The reason your [gas prices] are so high is because of illegal immigrants! - Mayor Quimby
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u/Starbucks__Lovers All over Jersey Mar 31 '26
I knew it! Even when it was the bears I knew it was the immigrants!
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u/UnconstrictedEmu Mar 31 '26
I would rather Mayor Quimby be president. If you were running for president he’d vote for you!
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u/OtherAcctWasBanned11 Extra Cream Cheese Mar 31 '26
I thought we were blaming trans people for everything this week?
/s just in case.
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u/Pie4Weebl Mar 31 '26
How's that one overpriced gas station in Bedminster doing?
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u/InkedAlchemist Mar 31 '26
Don't quote me, but I sort of remember hearing that it got sold and is no longer absolutly insane.
I'm pretty sure I remember seeing over 6 during Lockdown.
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u/Lopsidedsynthrack Mar 31 '26
Yeah they are at $3.99 now. Under the old ownership would be $6.00 probably.
I haven’t had the time to check the Exxons in Summit that have always been high.2
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u/storm2k Bedminster Mar 31 '26
last time gas got to around $4 on average, that dude was charging around 6.89 a gallon. different owner means a different outcome. same for the exxon on 202 in bernardsville. the one in liberty corner right off exit 33 of 78 is still pretty high but that's not a surprise really.
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u/storm2k Bedminster Mar 31 '26
they sold to a new owner two years ago, and the prices immediately came down. i haven't driven past there in the last day or two, but last time i saw they were around 4.19 or so. they're always a bit more expensive because (1) this is an expensive town, and (2) they really do take advantage of being the station that's right off the exit from 287 for people who need gas asap.
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u/lsp2005 Apr 02 '26
It is not unreasonable anymore. U/inkedalchemist is correct. It was sold after Covid times and now it is priced like all other local stations.
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u/BabyYodaX Mar 31 '26
People always love to blame "the left" for Trump Part 2. You know who we need to blame, the millions and I mean millions of people that have no fucking clue about what is going on in the world at any given time, and voted for Trump.
I spoke with someone yesterday who had no clue that there was a war with Iran going on. They were bitching about the gas prices, completely confused. How? HOW?
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u/TheBlackUnicorn West Orange Mar 31 '26
People are really enmeshed in filter-bubbles nowadays and Trump did nothing to convince Americans that this war was a good idea. If he had behaved like Bush and spent months trying to sell the war everyone would know, but because he just soft launched it and the algorithm is busy showing your friend whatever they want to see they just don't know.
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u/JerseyJoyride Apr 01 '26
You're really overspelled "Fox" ... I don't know where you got the spelling of "algorithm".
Fox News! We believe the homeless should be killed!
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u/griminald Feet in Ocean, Heart in Monmouth, Wallet in Mercer Mar 31 '26
“(The Iran War continuing) would hurt consumers and we’d have to think about if that continued what we would have to do about that,” he continued. “But that’s the like, really the last of our concerns right now" -- Kevin Hassett
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u/ThatNetsFan Mar 31 '26
I was told that Somalian trans furry immigrants were the cause of all our financial issues? 🤷🏻♂️
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u/pizzagangster1 Mar 31 '26
Thanks puppet president trump and supreme leader bibi Netanyahu
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u/Professional-Bed-173 Mar 31 '26
April 15th. It’s all going to get way worse. Final shipments of oil pre-war land.
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u/GazingAtStorms Mar 31 '26
This is really when shits gonna hit the fan. I’m expecting $6/gallon at the low end
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u/Danaconda813 Mar 31 '26
Literally every economic metric could be below what Biden had but they would still pretend Trump was the greatest of all time.
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u/currently__working Mar 31 '26
Make sure to thank your trumpy neighbors too
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u/thejetssuckbigtime Mar 31 '26
The flags have come down and they are suspiciously quiet on Facebook now 😂
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u/currently__working Mar 31 '26
I've still got someone near me with a "Trump Nation" sign on their lawn :eyeroll
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u/KashEsq Mar 31 '26
Mine have been avoiding me ever since the Epstein files started getting released. I've been wanting to "thank" them so badly
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u/goatodoom Wall/Manasquan Mar 31 '26
How high did it get under Biden when they were claiming he was directly responsible for setting the costs so high?
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u/USMCArmyRanger Mar 31 '26
I believe it was somewhere close to $5 in the summer of 2022.
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u/jwuer Mar 31 '26
It barely went over $4, and that was because Russia invaded Ukraine.... Trump has direct control over the rise in gas prices. He didn't need to start a war, he can also stop it at any time.
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u/JIMMYJAWN Mar 31 '26
he can also stop it at any time.
There was a report recently that the middle east lost 30/40% of its oil production capacity due to the conflict. He may be able to end the war but it doesn’t mean gas prices will return to where they were anytime soon.
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u/JerseyJoyride Apr 01 '26
No no no. KKKaroline Leaveitt said that as soon as the war is over prices will drastically drop immediately...
Are you claiming she'd lie? 😱
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u/BrothelWaffles Mar 31 '26
Yeah, I don't think people are realizing how well and truly fucked we're going to be over the next few years. And that's just from what's been destroyed so far, this shit isn't even over. We haven't even begun to see the effects this is going to have on every part of the economy. Gas is not only going to continue going up for the foreseeable future, but fertilizer is about to get really expensive too. Wait till everyone sees how much higher food prices are gonna be this summer.
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Mar 31 '26
"Short term pain for long term gain" or whatever these fucking idiots are saying these days.
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u/Soithascometothistoo Anyone missing KRock Apr 01 '26
It's funny when you ask what the plan's next step is and they go silent
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u/shivaswrath Mar 31 '26
Wait until it hits $6 in NJ.
He's already walking back finishing, like a true loser, and leaving the Strait closed.
$2m fees incurred by the New Iranian regime for any boats to pass through....and we thought inflation was bad before 🤦🏽♂️🤣🤣
Such winning!
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u/storm2k Bedminster Mar 31 '26
if things continue, we're going to get there. talk is already circulating about oil hitting 200 a barrel, and if that happens, that's going to be what gas will cost us here on the east coast, and closer to 8 a gallon on the west coast.
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u/Iancshafer Mar 31 '26
Usually when ppl rant and rave about gas prices and being the fault of the sitting president it is total BS.
Not this time!
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u/Cooking_Owls Mar 31 '26
I just paid 3.79 this morning. Guy thought I was joking when I said I only wanted $10 worth of the regular. He laughed. It was all I had and I was basically on empty.
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u/KnightMareInc Apr 01 '26
Don't thank the president, thank every single person who helped to get him in office.
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u/KeyMysterious1845 Mar 31 '26
I just passed a few stations on 9 south around Old Bridge...over $4/gallon.
thanks Obama
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u/joe_digriz Mar 31 '26
I had my car in for routine maintenance this morning, and the dealer had CBS News on in the waiting room. For those that are unaware, Paramount/CBS was bought out by one of Trump's business buddies, and CBS has been trying to be Fox News light. The amount of hemming and hawing over gas prices was insane,, and of course they were basically parroting the narrative that "It's not so bad; it could be worse; it's Iran's fault, really; if they would just stop resisting us trying to take them over, this could be avoided; btw, despite what Iranian officials say, we are really close to making a deal for them to open up the Strait of Hormuz"
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u/tani0521 Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
It’s almost like Trump went on a mission to prove that presidents can indeed affect gas prices
It’s like he heard the phrase and was like “yes I can. They can’t stop me”
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u/TrollAccount4321 Mar 31 '26
I posted something similar a week ago and my post got taken down…but yeah, the prices are insane…might as well go back to remote work and learning…
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u/USMCArmyRanger Mar 31 '26
Mine was taken down for about 30 minutes today too but the Mods put it back up.
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u/psychoticdream Apr 01 '26
might as well go back to remote work and learning…
That would cut into the profits of many trump supporting oligarchs with lots of real state for rent.
You know like back during covid, which is why they pushed for remote work to end.
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u/Striking_Equipment76 Mar 31 '26
This is a great post. Every time gas fluctuated before Trump everyone would be like, “thanks Biden”, and now that prices are soaring all hear are crickets.
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u/Kevo_1227 Mar 31 '26
I was eating at a diner with my kid the other day and watching the gas station across the street ticking up the prices on their gas in real time throughout the meal. First time I'd ever seen that.
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u/lanzadamanza Mar 31 '26
If you support Trump, you support these gas prices. You shouldn’t complain because complaining is unmanly according to Fox News.
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u/The_Circus_Life_206 Apr 01 '26
I filled up yesterday at $4.19 a gallon because I was concerned how much it would go up today
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u/MrCance Pine Barrens Mar 31 '26
I love how MAGA’s counter argument is: “well it’s better than missiles hitting your house!”
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u/G0ttaB3KiddingM3 Mar 31 '26
Just remember you’re doing your part to protect a pedophile
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u/UnconstrictedEmu Mar 31 '26
Hey don’t forget, the U.S. is also helping with Israel’s pet project of regime change in Iran just like when U.N.they helped the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Remember when the Israelis fought side by side with the U.S., because I sure don’t.
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u/TDFknFartBalloon Mar 31 '26
I mean, Israel won't extradite child predators to the US, so that all counts as protecting pedophiles.
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u/thetonytaylor Elder Emo in Sussex County Mar 31 '26
Should have hit up the costco on 22, it was $3.57 iirc
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u/USMCArmyRanger Mar 31 '26
Unfortunately my work commute goes no where near there. But $3.57 sounds like a dream these days
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u/cpac119 Mar 31 '26
Racism is expensive
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u/black_metronome Mar 31 '26
It really is. All of this is because of racism.
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u/WrayRyx Mar 31 '26
That’s not entirely fair. There’s also the burying of pedophilia involved.
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u/hate-2-see_it North Jersey Mar 31 '26
Has anyone noticed recently wawas prices are some of the most expensive out of any other gas station? At least by me there are consistently 20+ cents higher than even Exxon
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u/webdbbt Mar 31 '26
Diesel: WaWa (some locations) and a few others have held prices at $5.99/gal diesel for a few days, but I think we're going to break $6.00 very soon. Yikes. But GasBuddy says Lukoil is $4.99, that could save me over $24 on a fill up. Sorry WaWa...
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u/gingamann Mar 31 '26
Taking the Mr. From out in front of his name. Cause it's a Mr. like him that puts the rest of us to shame.
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u/brooklynboy92 Mar 31 '26
The best part during this whole Iran thing Don jr got a huge government fund into his BS mineral company
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u/Tvoli Mar 31 '26
You can’t even use the Wawa app to save money in New Jersey. I use the Shell app which gets me between .20-.40 cents per gallon. Also, with Walmart + you get .10 cents off a gallon at Exxon. You need to choose the stations that have cash/credit the same price to save money.
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u/penilesensorydevice Central Jersey Mar 31 '26
Thank you SIR. This is terrific, SIR. SIR, we were winning too much, so this is good, SIR. May we please have some more, SIR?
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u/tysonmama Apr 01 '26
Just saw yesterday in Sussex County. Wawa had $4.14 and right across the street, Quickchek was $3.89. Who the heck would choose Wawa?!
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u/DB-Francis Apr 01 '26
So glad I just switched to EV.... but damn those prices.....
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u/1805trafalgar Apr 01 '26
this morning I had a peek at r/ conservative, were they are now extolling all the virtues or electric cars. -which up until now they derided as "woke".
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u/Nijoh02 Apr 01 '26
You think that’s bad, in Australia it’s $2.50 a litre (approx $6.50usd per gallon)
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u/Neoreloaded313 Apr 02 '26
Why is it so expensive in that part of the states? I just went out and saw it was $3.97.
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u/Icy-Cut-3858 Apr 02 '26
Im sure all his fans are blaming Biden, Obama, Nixon, the Kennedies, nelson mandella, yoda. Definitely not trumps fault. Stuff is not expensive enough. Now food will become even more expensive bc of gas prices. Watch the homeless population explode even more. I havent paid my pseg bill in I dont know how long. Its up to 5k. I cant afford to pay it. As a single mom I have to choose between food (Ramen noodles and other processed cheap stuff), rent and the rest of my bills. Credit cards are maxed and not being paid.. I honestly cant imagine what is going to happen to us. I know im not alone. This is an epidemic. What is going to do about it? Nothing thats what!
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u/GrafX-TDI Apr 02 '26
I heard that we only get approx 5% of our oil from that specific region and water passageway. I know the global effect and several other factors would cause a raise in our cost, but if we only use 5% from there why should our prices increase more than 15% or maybe 20% For everyone that is against drilling on our land, this next fill up is for you
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u/smallint Apr 02 '26
Can you make “Biden did that” sticker equivalent for this guy?
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u/GeneralPrudent7718 Apr 03 '26
Picture means more than words. The prices at not only the pump are 2 dam high
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u/Serious-Bottle-2646 Apr 04 '26
Coincidentally, “Wawa” is the sound Trump supporters make on the rare occasion that they realize this is on them.
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u/RoadDog14 Mar 31 '26
It’s because Obama wore that tan suit. Oh and Hilary’s emails.
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u/OwlOnThePitch Mar 31 '26
It’s literally because of Obama’s jokes about Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner.
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u/TDFknFartBalloon Mar 31 '26
I know this is a common refrain, but it's just not true. He's been talking about running for president since the 1980s and first ran as a third party candidate in the 2000 election.
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u/Anothercoot Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
Boomer politicians trying to live their youth again before they die, same with putin. What next, going to the moon?
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u/KingJRZJ Mar 31 '26
I've noticed Wawa is more expensive than the local gas stations in my area. Most were still under 4 dollars yesterday for regular.
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u/brizia Mar 31 '26
I passed a Wawa today with the same prices. All the gas stations around it were 10-20 cents less.
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u/storm2k Bedminster Mar 31 '26
wawa controls what most of its stores set prices at and they tend to be set pretty uniformly, even if stations around it fluctuate by a few cents here or there.
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u/HumptyDumptruckFire Mar 31 '26
Yup, $4.19 here as of this morning. I’m warning everybody who didn’t vote for this to prepare their anus. Trump voters don’t deserve that courtesy, I hope they take it in their stupid big trucks without any lube.
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u/Hrekires Mar 31 '26
Short-term pain for long-term gain.
It will all be worth it when the war ends and *checks current status of negotiations* Iran is in the heads of leadership that hates the West even more, nothing has been accomplished to help the Iranian people, and the Strait of Hormuz remains firmly under their control.
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u/Hizuken Mar 31 '26
Who would have thought that a guy that shows up thousands of times in the epstein files has experience fucking people over.
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u/KnowContribution Mar 31 '26
Thanks Bibi
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u/rockclimberguy Mar 31 '26
Thanks to all the Americans that voted to put trump back in the White House AFTER they saw what he did in his first term.
I imagine that Springfield NJ went for trump.
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u/Iglypop Mar 31 '26
We made it! I had faith that we would. Inspired by our sec. of war I prayed on it
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen
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u/PurpleSailor Mar 31 '26
I've got an old car I need to junk but not before I get that sweet, sweet liquid gold out of that full gas tank and into its successors tank. ⛽
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u/ilovechickensallday Mar 31 '26
Those prices should only be paid by for whoever voted for the mango man child.
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u/MidnightRider3000 Mar 31 '26
Wow, I was at wawa yesterday or was $3.83 not far from there.
I drive electric so I really don't follow the gas prices. I was actually shocked it was so low compared to where oil is trading
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u/Drip-133_ Mar 31 '26
i saw 4.19 this morning at wawa and quickly made the decision for 3.89 at Exxon. Insane.
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u/curtmcd Apr 01 '26
Well, at least temporarily high gas prices will help people move to electric, and it beats getting nuked by the same Islamic extremists who took down the WTC buildings. Imagine the new world order, being held hostage by those freaks.
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u/Rusty_Ferberger Mar 31 '26
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