Release from gasoline reserve raises doubts Biden will replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it would release 42 million gallons of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve. The release, the Department of Energy explained, is “strategically timed and structured to maximize its impact on gas prices.” This will, according to the DOE, help lower prices at the pump during the summer months when prices tend to go up along with demand.

The Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve was created in 2012 following Superstorm Sandy, which damaged two refineries and shut down 40 terminals in New York Harbor. Some New York gas stations went as long as 30 days without a supply of gasoline as a result of the supply disruption. The Obama administration established the gas reserve to prevent such a shock from happening again.

The 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which became law in March, included language requiring the DOE to sell off the inventory from the reserve and shut it down once it was drained.
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ICYMI: No deal. That was the message for World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday after his proposed global pandemic treaty was rejected after two years of closed-door meetings in Geneva, Switzerland.

AP reports Roland Driece, co-chair of W.H.O.’s negotiating board for the agreement, acknowledged countries were unable to deliver an agreed proposal. W.H.O. had hoped a final draft treaty could be agreed on at its yearly meeting of health ministers starting Monday in Geneva.

“We are not where we hoped we would be when we started this process,” he said, adding that finalizing an international agreement on how to respond to a pandemic was critical “for the sake of humanity” even as a host of countries disagreed with the basic principle that unelected, unaccountable, health bureaucrats could somehow decide major global decisions on government policies.
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Hillary Clinton praises ‘tremendously impressive’ GOP tactics, lamenting Dems have ‘nothing like it’

“One thing I give the right credit for is they never give up,” she told the New York Times in a recent interview. “They are relentless. You know, they take a loss, they get back up, they regroup, they raise more money.”

“It’s tremendously impressive the way that they operate. And we have nothing like it on our side.”

A bevy of Democrats have complained about conservative infrastructure over the years.
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President Trump to visit NASCAR- the pre- race show will honor fallen soldiers- Dems put up a negative billboard

Political branding on the cars racing in the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 has been banned by the IndyCar Series.

The move comes after at least one request made to an entry in Sunday’s race that would have promoted former President Donald Trump and independent hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a report.
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The Apprentice left the Cannes Film Festival empty-handed, with no announcement of a U.S. distribution deal following former President Donald Trump’s threat of a lawsuit and cease-and-desist demand against the filmmakers.

In addition, the movie failed to win any prizes at Saturday’s closing ceremony, despite some movie pundits predicting that actor Sebastian Stan would be rewarded for his portrayal of Trump.
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Donald Trumps plane flies over Charlotte Motor Speedway. Trump is expected to attend the Coca-Cola 600. #NASCAR https://x.com/mattdeason/status/1794828808694149322?s=46

Folks - If you are in or around the Charlotte area, please keep an eye out.

One of our vans from the gym we train at was stolen. It has of course been reported to the proper authorities, but never hurts to get eyes on. 👀

If you happen to see it, you can contact Leadership Martial Arts at 704-LEADER1. Or you can send an email through Leadershipma.com.

Thanks frens! 🙏🏻

^^This makes me mad bc our gym is a family place and they use those vans to pick out kids for after school care and also takes the kids to events and outings.

PLEASE PLEASE KEEP AND WYE OUT IF YOU’RE IN THIS AREA.

View from Trump Force One flying over Charlotte Motor Speedway!

https://x.com/margommartin/status/1794834184055263238

President @realDonaldTrump arrives at Charlotte Motor Speedway! 🇺🇸 https://x.com/margommartin/status/1794844581441487115?s=46

“President @realDonaldTrump watching C-17 flyover at NASCAR 🇺🇸”
- @MargoMMartin

C17’s flyover my house every day.

Gotta be honest - I love it. Literally rumbles the house.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸