Sean Casten

Trump’s War on Iran Threatens to Drive Up Oil Prices and Inflation The disruption to the Middle East’s prodigious energy exports could have far-reaching economic consequences.

Donald Trump is raising costs and starting wars.
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Immorality and strategy-free tactics is no basis for leadership. But it’s all we have out of this administration. Their bet is only that they can pass these liabilities onto the American people and will not bear personal responsibility.

The Colin Powell / Pottery Barn rule still applies: “you break it, you own it”. But having no plan beyond “let’s blow up the bad things” unleashes regional, political and humanitarian chaos that we will all collectively own.

In today’s classified briefing on Iran we received ZERO information relating to (a) preplanning for anything beyond kinetic operations (b) planning for what happens when the bombing stops or (c) imminent threats to the US to warrant an attack without Congressional consent.

You shouldn’t care about either of those things. Where we make things that last for decades once built is vastly less important to NatSec the fuel you have to use (or not) to generate every single kWh. To conflate opex & capex is just to shill for fossil fuel.

And I feel compelled to make the regular prebuttal to anyone arguing that wind, solar, battery, etc technology depends on overseas inputs: the US hasn’t manufactured steam turbine casings in years. Which are needed for every coal plant and combined cycle gas turbine.

There is no better way to insulate yourself from global oil & gas price volatility than to invest in technologies that generate useful heat & power without any oil & gas input. The Trump WH attack on renewables is a direct attack on your economic security.

Warnings to citizens to evacuate 3 days into this war, when airspace is closed, is a clear sign of ZERO strategy and planning by the Trump admin.

Now Americans have limited options to evacuate at an extremely dangerous moment with no government assistance. This admin is failing its citizens.

Members of Congress demand swift vote on war powers resolution after Trump orders Iran strike without congressional approval Both the House and Senate, where the president's Republican Party has a slim majority, had already drafted such resolutions long before the strikes Saturday.

The Trump Administration's mixed messaging on its strikes against Iran makes clear that there is no legal justification for its actions.

I will vote for a War Powers Resolution this week to stop the Trump Administration's illegal war.
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Two weeks ago, a foreign intelligence officer told me that the Trump WH's negotiations with Iran were a "dialogue of the deaf" that had become way to dependent on foreign - and especially Israeli - Intel. That feels way too prescient today.

Oil prices surge, stock futures slide after U.S. strikes Iran The jump in oil prices could lead to higher gas prices as soon as this week.

Gasoline has been - so far - the only real non-inflationary commodity in Trump's economy. Mostly because of efficiency keeping demand down and the Saudis keeping supply high rather than any positive thing Trump has done. He can act negatively though... www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

One of my Senate colleagues told me years ago that Graham is a moth who needs a flame. McCain was his flame and when McCain died he flitted to the glow of Trump's bug zapper. That's why he does this.

This stuff just radiates fear to me. All these tough guys are so fucking scared all the time.

Casten Statement on US Military Action in Iran | U.S. Congressman Sean Casten The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congressman Sean Casten

My statement on the recent events in Iran. casten.house.gov/media/press-...

That's where all the LNG export terminals are. Gas is flowing there so it can be sold on international markets at a higher price than producers can access at home. Which also puts upward pressure on domestic prices, FWIW

Opinion | Crypto Is Pointless. Not Even the White House Can Fix That.

"Outside of crimes and scams, [cryptocurrency] is useless, and its economics are even worse" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/o...

This is remarkable, but not surprising. If you see a gas well being dug, or a pipeline being built in America it isnt being built for you. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

Capitol Conversations: Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten discusses his upbringing, motivations (NEXSTAR) – On this week’s Capitol Conversations, we sit down with Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten. Our conversation happened on Feb. 26, just hours before the State of the Union address…

Capitol Conversations: Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten discusses his upbringing, motivations

‘They can't lose a single vote’: Republicans say a razor-thin majority has made them ‘untouchable’ A recent scandal involving Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, is testing a blunt dynamic with House Republicans: They can get away with just about anything — and leaders won’t call on them to resign.

Johnson can’t maintain his House majority unless he keeps “one person accused of domestic abuse… and another guy accused of massive sexual harassment… If that’s not a statement about the 119th Congress under Mike Johnson’s leadership, I don’t know what is.” www.ms.now/news/republi...

I hope my opponent also creates a fake video where they are endorsed by a felon and adjudicated rapist with collapsing popularity who is all over the Epstein files. www.dailyherald.com/20260225/us-...

The Trump Administration is hiding documents from the Epstein Files that contain accusations against Donald Trump. This is a cover-up.
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It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to comp...

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Hmm.

What an embarrassment. Here’s to a brighter tomorrow.

He lingers, salaciously over people who were hurt and murdered. But there is no joy, no happiness in this speech. Just an angry, bitter, hateful, man who knows no one in this room loves him any more than he loves them.

33 of the people pardoned by Trump for January 6 have committed more crimes including molesting children and killing people while drunk driving.

This is unbelievable. Everyone of these slack-witted sycophants is proud of the fact that they stand when Trump tells them too. My dog has more independence than these clowns.

Claiming that a data center can get reliable power from a single power plant is mathematically the same as thinking that bypassing insurance to buy health care directly covers all possible future risks. Both equally dumb ideas.

Raising the costs of goods is inflationary. This is not complicated.