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Another product on the Walmart site that spiked in price was a left-handed fishing reel. It rose from $57.37 to $83.26 from April to May, a jump of 45 percent, with a post on Reddit showing the two price stickers. Aisle Gopher's price history says that the price of the reel was $51.12 on March 14.

Another Reddit post showed an increase in the price of cocoa powder from $3.44 in May 2024 to $6.18 in April 2025.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 43 points 2 days ago (4 children)

HitlerPig's primary campaign promise was to lower prices, which were already under control. Now prices are going up significantly, and the media isn't going after him for it. I have heard him claim in multiple interviews that gas is $2 a gallon, and yet I've never heard a journalist challenge that easily disputable lie. There is not a single place in this country where gas is $2, so why aren't they demanding answers when he says this? Where is it $2?

Every interview should be demanding how he intends to bring down prices, like he promised, and when it will happen.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, you see, the people who voted for him weren't actually expecting lower prices, they were expecting racism, because they're racists.

So far he's delivered on schedule.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, there's a portion of Trump voters that just believe him because they're idiots who don't pay attention to any news and lack even the most basic critical thinking skills. I know from firsthand experience as several of my family members are in this category.

They're not red hat wearers but voted for him because they're poor and he said he'd make things cheaper. They're surprisingly not racist, but their stupidity supports racism.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And most of them are socialists. I sat my reliably republican voting aunt down and had a discussion about policy. Point for point. Healthcare. Immigration. Labor. Even stuff like gay marriage. Point by point I proved to her that she was and always has been a socialist. But the instant the big scary S word left my mouth her pavlovian conditioning kicked in. I was a fool and an idiot. Didn't know what I was talking about. etc.

She shut down the convo.

God, the number of times I've painted things in Orange and Purple instead of Red and Blue and seen people ardently support the Orange argument, only to shut down in a brainwashed BSOD as soon as I replace the name tag...

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I've actually seen them posting about eggs and only eggs now. They want to know why liberals aren't talking about egg prices now. They're ignoring the rest. They're down to $3 a dozen or so, which is better, but it's still at least double what they were not long ago.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shitler has a nice ring to it btw.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I like Clown Prince.

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Closest I’ve seen where I live is 2.50

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most places in America, it's about $3. Where I live, it cycles between $2.90 and $3.20. it's about $3.09 today.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Goddamn, we're at around $4.10-4.20 per gallon here. Same as Hawaii, 33% more than NYC. Gotta love the PNW.