Thursday, June 25, 2026

Trump accuses big oil firms of price-gouging drivers (Osmond Chiaand & Mitchell Labiak, BBC, June 24, 2026)

Thanks to President Trump, recipient of one billion dollars in campaign contributions from Big Oil, for finally calling out possible Big Oil antitrust violations:  He's on this occasion, based on Big Oil's long history of antitrust violations.  He's right to call them out on this occasion. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thanks to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Frank Pallone and other Democrats for speaking the truth about Big Oil olicooplists. https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-whitehouse-join-forces-press-big-oil-answers-about-suspected-collusion

We the People should expect and demand federal grand juries investigate violations of the Shermn Antitrust Act of 1890, which forbids "every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade."

The State of Florida, St. Johns County and the cities of St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach are hughe purchasers of oil, gasoline, lubricants and other petroleum products.  What are they doing to document our loses and damages and to protect our rights under antitrust laws, parens patriae, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and Class Action Fairness Act?  What are our Florida Attorney General and St. Johns County Attorney doing?  Are they investigating documenting our losses and potential remedies?  Inquiring minds want to know

From BBC:

Trump accuses big oil firms of price-gouging drivers 

11 hours ago

Bloomberg via Getty Images A driver refuels a tractor trailer with diesel fuel while keeping an eye on the nozzle at a Chevron truck stopBloomberg via Getty Images



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