The Witless Speaking To The Clueless

RADDATZ: I'm talking about now. What is your message to Americans now who are suffering because of these gas prices?

SEAN DUFFY: We just went through tax season. I'm talking about their tax refunds

RADDATZ: Clearly they're not feeling it

DUFFY: Energy prices have come up,… pic.twitter.com/iy9SDYYsor

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2026

RADDATZ: I'm talking about now. What is your message to Americans now who are suffering because of these gas prices?

SEAN DUFFY: We just went through tax season. I'm talking about their tax refunds

RADDATZ: Clearly they're not feeling it

DUFFY: Energy prices have come up, you're right. But you have to look at the president to say, 'What does a leader do?'

The whole country is asking that question.

A friend asks: “Has it occurred to anyone that the MAGAs think you have to show IDs at restaurants because they’ve been eating all their meals at strip clubs? This isn’t even an unreasonable theory” https://t.co/Te22xam6GV

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) May 3, 2026

Suddenly Blanche makes sense.

Sen. Jack Reed: "The language of the statute does not provide for timeouts like in a football game ... the president is ignoring the law, and we have to keep the pressure on" pic.twitter.com/pDQjtHsdph

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2026

The exception to this post’s rule. One should also point out that a time out in football does not signal the start of an entirely new game.

In this clip, Pirro says she can start investigations and open grand juries into individuals based on mere rumors. That’s very convenient when her boss is the biggest purveyor of rumors and smears of people out there. https://t.co/7K3yNQULeM

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) May 3, 2026

The 5th Amendment is suspended for the duration, and the convenience of the President.

Next, a two-parter. Part one:
 

BARTIROMO: Do you think oil prices will be lower before the midterm elections?

BESSENT: Ahh -- I think oil prices, we can see in the futures market that oil prices are already lower 3 months, 6 months, 9 months out

(Not a yes!) pic.twitter.com/iP1EZ8x25l

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2026

Part two:

1) this doesn't answer the question.

2) futures do NOT predict future prices, they represent a contract for delivery at a future date

3) futures are primarily useful for refiners gauging the present market condition and calls on inventories--lower futures (backwardation)… https://t.co/mrqt82fPEN

— Gregory Brew (@gbrew24) May 3, 2026

1) this doesn't answer the question.

2) futures do NOT predict future prices, they represent a contract for delivery at a future date

3) futures are primarily useful for refiners gauging the present market condition and calls on inventories--lower futures (backwardation) indicate a tight market.

And breaking the theme again:

Warnock: "I know that there are those who are tired of the remedy. I'm tired of racism. I think it's a strange position to be more concerned about the medicine than you are about the malady." pic.twitter.com/dgYrLBFmHn

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2026

The Rev. Sen. Warnock is right. Then again, the problem was, the medicine was curing the malady.

But then, I’m woke.