TOP NEWS: High Gas Prices and Big Oil's Midterm Scheme Made Plain

This is Day 2 of our Fall Campaign. If you believe in our work please support Common Dreams. To inform. To Inspire. To ignite change for the common good. DONATE TODAY October 20, 2022 Top News High Gas Prices and Big Oil's Midterm Scheme in One Easy-to-Understand Tweet After raking in billions of dollars in profits and price-gouging Americans for gas and other essentials, the fossil fuel industry aims to "undermine the clean energy agenda to keep us addicted to their product," warns one climate campaigner. by Julia Conley 'Lawless and Reckless': Warren Condemns Fifth Circuit Attack on CFPB "Extreme right-wing judges are throwing into question every rule the CFPB enforces to protect consumers and businesses alike," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. by Jake Johnson Campaigners to Biden: 'Tell Congress to Pass a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax' "The price gouging from Big Oil is unacceptable and that's exactly why we need a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax—the most simple first step to stop this profiteering and deliver immediate relief to working people." by Jake Johnson More Top News • Judge Signals Trump Knowingly Signed Court Doc With False Election Fraud Claims • 'Big Win' for Climate: EU Parliament Backs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty • ACLU Accuses DeSantis of 'Grotesque Abuse of Power' for Voter Arrests • Report Shows Google, Other Ad Networks Fund and Profit From Climate Disinformation Sites • 'Most Disastrous PM in Our History': UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns VIEW ALL NEWS Opinion Donald Trump Isn't the Biggest Grifter in This Country. The Republican Party Is When you compare Trump's cons with the $50 trillion that the GOP has swindled out of the American working class and given to the top 1 percent since 1980, Trump looks like a piker. by Thom Hartmann The War on Immigrants Is a War on All Poor and Low-Income Workers If low-income voters stick together, they can stop politicians from turning a humanitarian crisis into political theater. by Shailly Gupta Barnes So-Called GOP 'Solutions' to Inflation Are Just Another Giveaway to the Rich and Corporations If cutting corporate tax rates and making billionaires wealthier actually fixed inflation, it would have been fixed ages ago. by Peter Certo VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194