Mythmaking

Kevin Hassett: "The affordability crisis is a myth" https://t.co/BjfxCHmKKl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 26, 2026

Reporter: Bethel, Alaska is an isolated town that can only be reached by plane or boat. People living there say they're used to higher gas and grocery prices, but now both gas and heating oil hover around $8 a gallon. Residents are worried that "if we don't get relief, some of our villages are going to disappear."

— FactPost (@factpostnews) October 26, 2026

Reporter: Bethel, Alaska is an isolated town that can only be reached by plane or boat. People living there say they're used to higher gas and grocery prices, but now both gas and heating oil hover around $8 a gallon. Residents are worried that "if we don't get relief, some of our villages are going to disappear."

Tennessee farmer's fuel bill was $20,000 for just 2 weeks: "I wish they could see what it costs us to plant a crop and what we are getting paid... A farmer doesn't like a handout. He would rather have a fair market." https://t.co/ZRLZcXHEGJ

— FactPost (@factpostnews) October 26, 2026

Farm subsidies go largely to corporate farms. Less gets to individual farmers.

Message from the White House; “Fuck the farmers. Fuck the rural people. We got ours.”

It’s one week to Election Day.