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Gas prices just became a DOJ issue.


President Donald Trump says he has instructed the Department of Justice to “immediately” look into major oil companies, accusing them of not lowering prices at the pump fast enough as wholesale oil prices fall.

In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump wrote that “the big Oil Companies” are not dropping gas prices in line with the lower prices they are paying for oil, adding that customers are being “gouged.” Speaking later at the White House, he named companies including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and BP, and said he believes gasoline should be closer to $2.25 a gallon.

The national average for regular gas was around $3.90 to $3.92 this week, down from roughly $4.50 a month ago, according to AAA and GasBuddy data cited in reports. But prices are still higher than the roughly $3.22 average from a year earlier

Oil markets have been shifting as U.S.-Iran peace talks continue and movement resumes through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway where about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply normally passes. Crude prices have eased from recent highs, with U.S. oil trading around the low $70s per barrel and Brent crude falling back near the mid-$70s.

The American Petroleum Institute pushed back on the idea that pump prices should instantly match crude oil declines, saying gas prices “don’t move in lockstep with crude oil,” especially when supply, refining and inventories are still being affected by global disruption.

A DOJ spokesperson said fuel prices affect both national security and Americans’ wallets, adding that the department is committed to affordability. No further details on the investigation have been released.

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With crude prices falling but gas still expensive, do you think the DOJ should investigate oil companies, or are pump prices just slower to catch up?






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Your limited intelligence continues to shine on plop!

E D M is real and proven every day 

    You approve of Sweet saying CUNT?     Why dont you and Sweet get a room?   

If it’s so dangerous for horses, why is it only a Class 4 (lowest) drug?
Shouldn’t it be elevated to a higher classification?

I'm no fan of Burke. Unless it's some exotic, designer drug that has no place on the racetrack/farm, I have no problem with a trainer appealing a suspension. There MUST be uniform, universal standard rules that apply everywhere and have reciprocity. If you don't have that, your model is a joke. I also have no problem on a first offense taking the days when it's convenient. Forcing a trainer to take a suspension when he has a horse in a stakes race is not the answer in my mind. Too much potential collateral damage. Second offense, force the trainer to take the days during the meet where the positive occured and have every state honor it. Third offense, immediate suspension. Any penalty is deferred during an appeal, but lengthened if found guilty. Something along these lines.

However, this is going to be very difficult and will cost more than current to inforce. Backstretch and farms. Even if horses are coming from authorized, governed training centers, it's hard to police and govern them. But the industry must.

I admire Gural for everything he's done. However, I don't think he played fair when it came to Burke, and possibly another of his trainers. I want to see the details before I say he was wrong. I don't buy into the race office needs so and so to fill the entry box. I also don't buy into nobody wants to go against so and so because he'll boycott your overnight races. People said the same thing about David Brooks and the market would fall apart if he sold all his horses. People are saying similar things about Howard Taylor. There is no one owner, not even Burke and his partners, who are bigger than the business or the sport. If someone ever does become bigger, then you no longer have a sport of a business.