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Financial Times: “Oil prices posted the biggest rise in decades this month as the war in Iran chokes global energy supplies and sends shockwaves across major financial markets and economies. … “Brent crude, the international benchmark, settled at $118.35 on Tuesday, close to its highest level since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, as traders fearing a prolonged shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz rushed to secure cargoes. … The price has risen more than 60 percent in March, eclipsing the previous record gain of 46 percent following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.”

Gas Prices Pass $4/Gallon — Highest Since 2022

March 31, 2026 Buck Banks

+$4

U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war pushes fuel prices higher worldwide, reports the Associated Press. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $4.02 — over a dollar more expensive than before the war began on Feb. 28, marking the largest monthly jump the motor club has seen on record.

The first Iranian regime was changed in a hail of bombs, blood and gore,
The second regime went the way of the first, when an Israeli rocket scored.
So now we’re on regime number three,
And it seems pretty obvious to me,
Iran has more regimes than we have bombs, so what’re we still fighting for?

Magical Imaginary Diplomacy

March 29, 2026 Buck Banks

Trump says we’re talking to Iranians, but he ain’t naming ’em,
Says he doesn’t want Israel finding, killing or maiming ’em.
But he’s got Kushner and Witkoff
Working their unelected butts off,
Negotiating on overtime with a whole team of imaginary Iranians.

Billions Lost in Iran War Already

March 27, 2026 Buck Banks

$1.4 to $2.9 billion

Wall Street Journal: “Billions of dollars of highly sophisticated military equipment has been lost or significantly damaged since the U.S. and Israel began striking thousands of targets across Iran more than three weeks ago. The bulk of the damage on the ground has been caused by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones. … Battle damage and replacement of losses over the first three weeks of the war likely costs roughly $1.4 billion to $2.9 billion.”

Iran: No Terms

March 25, 2026 Buck Banks

“Our first and last word has always been, is, and will be this: someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you — not now, not ever.”

— Iran’s military command, quoted by the Financial Times, in a video message to President Trump rejecting a ceasefire.

Iran Represents an Unprecedented Disruption

March 25, 2026 Buck Banks

“We’ve not seen anything like this — there’s been no disruption of this scale in the past. It’s every oil analyst’s study piece or worst nightmare — one that we never thought would happen.”

— BP chief economist Gareth Ramsay, quoted by Politico, on the impact of the Iran War on the oil market.

‘We Have Become Baghdad Bob’

March 24, 2026 Buck Banks

“The unsettling reality is that with this president, Americans in wartime are in the unprecedented position of having to suspect that the enemy’s version of events is more likely to be true than our own. We have become Baghdad Bob.”

— Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, on X.

Iran Conflict Leaves American Conflicted

March 23, 2026 Buck Banks

90%

A new CBS News poll shows majorities of Americans think it’s important for the U.S. to end the war as soon as possible (92 percent), guarantee the freedom of Iranians (80 percent), end Iran’s nuclear programs for good (73 percent) and end the war without Iran’s current leaders in power (53 percent). Americans overall think that the war is going badly — and, by a 2-to-1 margin, they’re not willing to pay more for gas.

Why Is Scott Bessent Discussing Iran?

March 23, 2026 Buck Banks

Tag: Trump’s War on Iran

Oil Price Rises 60% in March

60%

Gas Prices Pass $4/Gallon — Highest Since 2022

+$4

Hunting the Dream Regime

Magical Imaginary Diplomacy

Billions Lost in Iran War Already

$1.4 to $2.9 billion

Iran: No Terms

“Our first and last word has always been, is, and will be this: someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you — not now, not ever.”

— Iran’s military command, quoted by the Financial Times, in a video message to President Trump rejecting a ceasefire.

Iran Represents an Unprecedented Disruption

“We’ve not seen anything like this — there’s been no disruption of this scale in the past. It’s every oil analyst’s study piece or worst nightmare — one that we never thought would happen.”

— BP chief economist Gareth Ramsay, quoted by Politico, on the impact of the Iran War on the oil market.

‘We Have Become Baghdad Bob’

“The unsettling reality is that with this president, Americans in wartime are in the unprecedented position of having to suspect that the enemy’s version of events is more likely to be true than our own. We have become Baghdad Bob.”

— Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, on X.

Iran Conflict Leaves American Conflicted

90%

Why Is Scott Bessent Discussing Iran?

“Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate.”

— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, talking about the Iran War on Meet the Press.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”