While working people struggle to pay more than $4/gallon at the pump, this week several oil giants reported record profits from last quarter.
- Shell reported $9.8 billion profit, a 130% increase over the same quarter last year and its best quarterly profit in four years.
- Chevron reported $12 billion profit, a nearly 400% increase over last year and the highest since 2020.
- ExxonMobil reported $14.5 billion profit, more than double the same quarter last year.
- TotalEnergies reported $6 billion profit, a 68% increase over the same quarter last year and the most in three years.
Iran is carrying out these attacks because the US targeted a conscript dorm in the middle of nowhere Iran, killing many sleeping soldiers. So Iran is retaliating by pivoting from targeting military infrastructure -- radar systems, hangars, helicopters, etc -- to targeting servicemembers in their quarters.
There was zero strategic value in the US killing some sleeping 18-year-old conscripts in their dorm. The only purpose would be to satisfy Secretary Hegseth's openly expressed bloodlust. Utterly reckless.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.