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U.S. gasoline prices fall to pre-Ukraine invasion levels

Source: Reuters

U.S. wholesale gasoline prices fell to their lowest levels since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, suggesting motorists in the world's largest energy consumer will see lower pump prices in coming weeks.

U.S. gasoline futures fell as low as $2.5899 per gallon on Wednesday, the lowest since Feb. 18, just before Moscow invaded Ukraine, setting off a series of sanctions from the United States and its allies that boosted prices across the energy markets to multi-year highs.

Energy costs have been the primary driver of global inflation, with retail gasoline prices hitting an all-time record in the United States at more than $5 a gallon in mid-June.

Lack of spare refining capacity pushed costs for refined products higher, but headed into winter, gasoline prices have started to retreat as demand dips.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-gasoline-futures-settle-lowest-since-before-ukraine-crisis-2022-08-30/

Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Fo

Source: Emerson Polling

The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general election finds Senator Raphael Warnock trailing his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker by two points, 44% to 46%. Four percent plan to vote for someone else and 7% are undecided. Regardless of whom they support, 53% expect the incumbent Senator Warnock to win while 47% expect Walker to win. This reflects a tightening of the race since April, when the Emerson College poll had Walker ahead 49% to 45%.

Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling said, “Walker leads Warnock among rural voters 58% to 24% while Warnock leads Walker 66% to 25% among urban voters. In the suburbs, voters are breaking for Walker by a nine-point margin, 50% to 41%.”

Read more: https://emersoncollegepolling.com/georgia-2022-walker-holds-two-point-lead-over-warnock-in-tight-senate-race-kemp-leads-abrams-by-four/

Hershel Walker makes bizarre comment about the military and Egyptian slaves

I don't understand what he said as usual.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1564018257937539079?t=Zi0N0fCX-EHXm0ea7p7X0w&s=19

Exclusive: Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College

Source: Reuters

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College, according to a copy of the photo obtained by Reuters.

The previously unreported photo, released by the War College to Reuters after a request under the Freedom of Information Act, showed Mastriano in a 2013-14 portrait for the Department of Military Strategy, Plans, and Operations, where he worked.

Faculty at the time had been given the option of dressing as a historical figure, people familiar with the photo said. At least 15 of the 21 faculty in the photo opted to appear in regular attire. Although one man wears a trench coat and sunglasses and another carries an aviator's helmet,

Mastriano is the only one wearing a Confederate uniform. Mastriano did not immediately respond to requests for comment made by email and phone. A Reuters reporter attended a Mastriano event on Wednesday to seek comment, but the candidate did not make himself available for questions.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-pennsylvania-candidate-mastriano-posed-confederate-uniform-army-war-2022-08-26/

New CNN Chairman meets with Mitch McConnell and McCarthy, in attempt to "inject more balance"

Associated Press:

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Privately Blew Up Biden Nominee Needed to Enact Regulatory Agenda

Source: The Intercept

ARIZONA SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA was the one to scuttle President Joe Biden’s choice to head the obscure but all-important Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, according to sources familiar with the standoff.

The office was created to help speed — or, more accurately, make somewhat less torturous — the process of writing regulations, which requires input from the public, legal reviews, and coordination among a variety of agencies. The office will be crucial for implementing the Inflation Reduction Act, particularly its climate provisions, and with the House and Senate not guaranteed a Democratic majority come January, it could play an outsize role in carrying out Biden’s agenda.

The Biden administration began vetting Ganesh Sitaraman, a law professor at Vanderbilt University, in 2021. On August 24, in a piece criticizing the Biden administration for dragging its feet, Politico reported that Sitaraman’s potential nomination ran into trouble amid concern that “he couldn’t win support from the moderate Democratic lawmakers needed to secure confirmation.” In fact, two sources close to the situation told The Intercept, Sitaraman was on the cusp of being publicly nominated in early spring when Sinema informed the White House of last-minute hesitations, wanting to slow down the process. The sources were not authorized to speak publicly.




Read more: https://theintercept.com/2022/08/26/kyrsten-sinema-biden-oira/

Desantis' felon fraud case disintegrating: Some were told BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS they could vote

And there's no evidence the rest thought they were ineligible:
Desantis will be embarrassed if these people charged with fraud are acquitted:

Tell your friends: The Supreme Court might reject Biden's student loan forgiveness

It is extremely important to vote. If one of these conservatives judges retires or dies in The future, a majority Democratic Senate would confirm a democratic appointed Justice.
Read this, about decisions the supreme Court has made recently that hint at a real possibility of them limiting the executive authority once again.

What is "discretionary income"? (loan forgiveness question)

I like one of the provisions in President Biden's student loan forgiveness announcement. It caps monthly payments to 5% of discretionary income..

But when I googled the term I get two different definitions...

Some websites tell me that it means your income minus the taxes you pay. Sounds a lot like net income to me.

But other websites define it as income minus expenses.
That is, electricity bill,, phone bill, etc.

Which one is it?