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On Sunday, as gas prices hovered around $4 per gallon,
Energy Secretary Chris Wright predicted to CNN’s Jake Tapper that gas prices may not return to under $3 a gallon until potentially “later this year,” or “not happen until next year.”
Tapper pressed Wright on his past predictions, pointing out that early in the conflict the secretary had said he believed the price spike was “worst case” a “weeks”- and not a “months”-long problem.
“Prices have likely peaked, and they’ll s…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-03-12 06:17:26
Content warning: CW: uspol, Hegseth panty-bunching over inevitably unflattering photos.

“Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth’s staff took issue with #images taken in a rare #briefing last week and decided to shut out #photographers

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the podium (erroneously labelled “Department of War”) of a Pentagon press conference. He holds his hands, palm up, in a motion of supplication; his face suggests he’s trying to crap out a particularly uncooperative ferret.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the podium (erroneously labelled “Department of War”) of a Pentagon press conference. His expression suggests that the aforementioned ferret has slipped back in. Both hands point off-camera, as if trying to distract the audience so he can deal with the problem manually.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the podium (erroneously labelled “Department of War”) of a Pentagon press conference. One hand rests on the podium, and the he points with the other’s index finger as if he has something particularly relevant to say. His expression suggests he’s channelling the spirit of a long-discarded sex doll.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the podium (erroneously labelled “Department of War”) of a Pentagon press conference. His expression suggests he’s seen his tiny, unmanly tie knot in a reflective surface, and can’t believe his minders let him out in public that day.