David Letterman, the former late-night TV host, had a popular segment he called “stupid pet tricks.” We thought of that recently as politicians invent news ways to blame inflation on everything except their own policies.

President Biden has blamed the OPEC cartel for producing too little oil and accused U.S. oil and gas producers of market manipulation. But our favorite stupid inflation trick has to be Elizabeth Warren’s attempt last week to blame a poultry cartel for the higher cost of your Thanksgiving dinner.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) in October.

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David Letterman, the former late-night TV host, had a popular segment he called “stupid pet tricks.” We thought of that recently as politicians invent news ways to blame inflation on everything except their own policies.

President Biden has blamed the OPEC cartel for producing too little oil and accused U.S. oil and gas producers of market manipulation. But our favorite stupid inflation trick has to be Elizabeth Warren’s attempt last week to blame a poultry cartel for the higher cost of your Thanksgiving dinner.

“Americans are paying record high prices for their Thanksgiving turkey while big poultry companies are paying billions in dividends, giving CEOs raises & earning huge profits. These companies are abusing their market power. I’m asking DOJ to investigate,” the Massachusetts Senator tweeted before turkey day.

You know Democrats are desperate when they have to invent a new example of business collusion for the soaring price of meat. We’re supposed to imagine the fat and happy execs from Big Poultry sitting around a table, or maybe on a Zoom call, saying here’s the plan: We’ll stick it to our customers by raising prices on staples for the one day of the year that will really infuriate them. Great idea. Yeah, let’s do it.

Ms. Warren may have taught law at Harvard, but she apparently thinks Americans are stupid.