Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Energy Abundance Requires Slashing Regulatory Obstruction
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, October 29 2026
To the extent that American consumers experience energy headwinds, they certainly don’t result from any shortage of available resources, technological ingenuity or private investment capital.   Whatever difficulties exist result from something entirely manmade and far less exotic: government red tape.   At a moment when American manufacturing, technological innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) and economic growth demand reliable electricity, both federal and state regulatory agencies too often hold up growth.   Fortunately, reform opportunities to unleash…
 
Billionaires Compensate Us Many Times Over. Wealth Taxes Endanger That.
No matter what happens in Tuesday's elections, support for wealth taxes keeps growing. Its justification…
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The Real 'Dr. El-Sayed' in His Own Words
"I love America," Michigan's U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed insists. Saturday, he rallied…
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The Logic Behind Trump's "Pretend I'm on the Ballot" Appeal
In the 2024 presidential election, President Donald Trump won each of Iowa's four congressional districts.…
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Gas Attack – Blue States Have the Highest Prices at the Pump
Democrats can't seem to decide whether they want higher or lower gas prices. On the one hand, they're…
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France Is the Future Khanna Wants. Look How That's Going
"This is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few,"…
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France Should Export a Warning, Not Its Tax Ideas
French economist Gabriel Zucman has come to California bearing a familiar French solution to a fiscal…
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Midterm Elections Ultimately Decide Judicial Outcomes
Even the most preternaturally pessimistic conservatives and libertarians can celebrate an unmistakable…
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The FDA Should Grant Americans the Right to Try New Cancer Treatments
Every few months, a young 19-year-old woman from South Carolina boards a plane to London. She isn't going…
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Hollywood Lawyers Perverting Justice
The civil trial of the seven Cornell University fraternity men is already being turned into a media spectacle…
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Ilhan Omar Isn't Above the Law Either
One of the foundational ideals of a free nation is that all its citizens live under the same rules. Democrats…
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Notable Quote   
 
"The Doomsday Clock, last adjusted in January, has not since moved any closer to forecasting global catastrophe. But media headlines over the course of 2026 have moved in that direction and are suggestive that midnight is drawing nearer.Silicon Valley companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, are warning that artificial intelligence -- renamed 'super intelligence' by President Trump's…[more]
 
 
— Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, Co-Founders of INTREP360
 
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