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TommyT139

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3. Clever pretense!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 07:41 PM

10 hrs ago

Get the states to investigate, knowing they won't, because of oil & gas tentacles into red state govts.

On the other hand, gas & oil are interstate businesses, so doesn't that mean federal jurisdiction?

So the DOJ set up a way to give Trump cover, with no investigations actually resulting.

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Justice Department calls on states to join investigation into oil companies [View all] BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP

Why?................. Lovie777 10 hrs ago #1

U.S. D.o.J. did not exist after Jan. 21st, 2025 dave99 9 hrs ago #6

I've got a better idea: Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #2

Clever pretense! TommyT139 10 hrs ago #3

f'n idiots dweller 10 hrs ago #4

Dunno. Out and about on Wednesday and saw 2.999 as the low price. Igel 8 hrs ago #11

What Bullshit from trump's Mouthpieces dave99 9 hrs ago #5

That's the ticket deflect and gaslight............when all one has to do is look at the orange hair traitor jetting turbinetree 9 hrs ago #7

Time to BUST THE TRUST. multigraincracker 9 hrs ago #8

Trump got all the oil money, but wants the states to pay to stop the grift delisen 9 hrs ago #9

More waste of time and money. angryxyouth 8 hrs ago #10

The #1 exploiter.... hummmm.. who could that be? BettyBlueDot 8 hrs ago #12

As evil as oil companies are, this is a transparent deflection from the regime's policies, especially the bullshit war. Karasu 6 hrs ago #13

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