A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Breitbart News Radio on Monday that Republicans should come up with a plan to kill Obamacare again if they take control of Congress and the White House in 2024.
RonJon is doing The Obamacare Squirrel to distract from his love affair with Pootie.
When you have no new ideas you have to resurrect old ones.
On the issue of Russian oil sanctions, from earlier today:
On the issue of RoJo, it’s almost like he’s trying to give the WI Dem Senate candidate a landslide vote, between the ACA idea and the war idea. Both positions are immensely unpopular, even with many Republicans (note - maybe not with the GQP, but most rational ones and there are more of those than maybe we know).
I wanna see a shellacking of this guy that rivals the Dukakis loss in the 80s.
You can’t fix stupid, you can only vote it out.
Oh, Wisconsin will. With a good degree of certainty.
Gee, only 100 years too late. Democracy is one slow moving beast.
It’s just silliness. From the time a drilling rig is brought to a lease to the time the well is brought on line takes at least a year and often longer.
Offshore is twice as long, at least.
Excellent article.
RonJohn Wants To Resurrect Obamacare Repeal Zombie
Considering this is Ron Johnson, he probably just doesn’t remember they’ve already tried this… and FAILED.
That’s not the question - they’ve demanded all these leases and want more of them, but they aren’t doing anything with them once they have them.
This is just whinging on the part of the oil companies while they amass record profits and do as little as possible to increase the supply.
ETA: This article is a little old (about a year), but supports my theory:
The response from the oil industry, however, has been nothing short of dramatic, claiming that the pause will drastically affect production and jobs. A new Center for American Progress analysis finds that these statements are outright false. In reality, companies could continue to begin new drilling operations on unused leases at the current rate for at least the next 10 years without access to any new leases. Despite the industry’s “sky is falling” claims, federal oil and gas development is unlikely to change substantially with a pause on new leasing because the industry already has access to so many acres of public lands.
OT: Jonathan Chait:
By the end of Trump’s presidency, the distinction between his agenda in Ukraine and the Russian agenda in Ukraine was difficult to discern.
So, that’s what Putin demanded–and got–in Helsinki using his kompromat.
Right…but I’m saying it won’t help gas prices in the short term.
No, of course not. There’s no profit if supply meets or exceeds demand. But the continued whinging about ‘we need more leases’ is BS. Start developing what they have and maybe we can talk.
This was all avoidable. Every bit of it. And no one in the media will point this out on the same scale as they point out rising pump prices.
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These morning memos are fucking nuts. Who the cares about Ingram’s design skills and what some asshole said on Brutefart? It seems to me that TPM needs to find new talent. All they have right now is Josh K.
I’m sure this is only my opinion.
And Jen Psaki did an extended, multi-part schooling of Doocy on this. Be sure and watch both clips. No Twitter required.
Tory Oblast.
The ones they already have are the best places to drill, anyway. They always bid on the best places first, the worst places last. So where they really need to be drilling to get the most oil or gas is the places they’ve already leased.
They just want a land grab.