Red State Cesspools Feeling Diesel Pain

Wednesday, September 02, 2026

Republicans have been facing a problem with voters over high gasoline prices for months " but the economic pain from near-record diesel fuel prices looks set to hit at the worst possible time for them. The war in Iran, disruptions in Russian production and refining bottlenecks have sent the price of diesel fuel rising faster than that of gasoline or crude oil, and it's now grinding toward an all-time record just two months ahead of the midterms. That matters for Republicans in particular because diesel prices hit first " and hardest " in rural areas and affect blue-collar businesses like farming and trucking before spreading to suburban dinner tables and the rest of the economy.

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... That matters for Republicans in particular because diesel prices hit first -- and hardest -- in rural areas and affect blue-collar businesses like farming and trucking before spreading to suburban dinner tables and the rest of the economy. ...

First fertilizer prices, now diesel prices.

What does Pres Trump have against the farmers of America?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-02 01:22 PM | Reply

Let 'em all starve

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-03 11:35 AM | Reply

Patrick De Haan
@GasBuddyGuy

43m
Live look: diesel average now $5.813/gal, 0.7 cents from a new record

Pedo 47's promise to cut energy prices in half falls flat

Lol

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-03 03:08 PM | Reply

LOL

Diesel is $7.19/gal in California

#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-09-03 03:42 PM | Reply

Diesel is $7.19/gal in California
^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The rancid orange -------- did that.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-03 05:01 PM | Reply

bUh rEd sTaTeS!!!!

- Rein

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-09-03 05:03 PM | Reply

Was it a red state that made diesel $2 dollars more than the national average, moron?

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-09-03 05:17 PM | Reply

You're a ------- ------, sonny

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-03 05:25 PM | Reply

High prices in California means strong economy.

It means something different elsewhere

Now, everyone knows this ... ... ... except people from California perhaps.

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-03 05:44 PM | Reply

Patrick De Haan
@GasBuddyGuy
BREAKING: according to GasBuddy data, the live U.S. national average price of diesel has set a new record: $5.820/gal, surpassing the previous daily $5.819/gal all-time high that occurred June 17, 2022. (9/3/26 3:25pm ET)

The putrid orange child rapist is #1.

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-03 05:53 PM | Reply

High prices in California means strong economy.

I am paying quite a bit more than RedStates for Diesel these days, fortunately I don't go fishing too often.

I can't vouch for the CA economy, I notice more and more pop up restaurants outside city limits though, is that a good sign? would be a bad sign IMO.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-03 05:55 PM | Reply

Diesel is $7.19/gal in California

#4 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Yeah its crazy expensive, especially for my 40gal tank. ... cha chink...

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-03 05:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

What does Pres Trump have against the farmers of America?

Same thing Democrats do.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-03 05:56 PM | Reply

OneTrumper, our Chinese immigrant contributor, who is an open borders liberal, has driven all 48 continental states, flies planes and has a boat he fills with diesel.

I love reading posts from incels.

The alternative reality they live in is fascinating.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-03 06:11 PM | Reply

Diesel is $7.19/gal in California
#4 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Don't move to California, problem solved.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-03 06:12 PM | Reply

Farm bankruptcies are the highest they've been since the last time the orange chomo stunk up the White House.

www.agdaily.com

#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-03 06:43 PM | Reply

Don't move to California, problem solved.

ClownShack 200,000 people LEFT California last year.

OneTrumper, our Chinese immigrant contributor, who is an open borders liberal, has driven all 48 continental states, flies planes and has a boat he fills with diesel.

I didn't visit all 48States, I missed a bunch in the East coast, and Florida, plus a North Dakota. That was a couple years back, I lived posted here on that trip.

I don't have boat (where does that come from?), if you look at my history, I have a Prius and a F-250 7.3L Diesel. Regarding my plane its a Cessna 182.

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-03 06:48 PM | Reply

I love reading posts from incels.

The alternative reality they live in is fascinating.

#14 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2026-09-03 06:11 PM

Of everyone is a broke dick Muslim living with an old gay guy trying to get an inheritance.

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-09-03 07:42 PM | Reply