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Swede

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Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:04 AM Monday

This guy, Kevin Hassett, doesn't get it. [View all]

"A month or two until oil shipments return to normal." With damage to oil facilities that's gonna take up to two years for repairs. That's only when the shooting stops.

Hassett: "As soon as the straits are open, then energy prices are gonna plummet like nothing you've ever seen before"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-26T12:11:57.443Z



Then there's this duzy. WTF? He should get a refund on his education.

BREAM: The Journal says percentage of delinquent credit card balances is 13%, the highest in 15 years. People are using them for necessities. Your message to them?

HASSETT: We talk to CEOs of the credit card companies all the time, and there's not any threat to them. People are taking a bit longer.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-31T15:19:56.658Z
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