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Image of the Day: The Ongoing Biden Pay Cut

Posted without additional commentary, per the latest Labor Department data, here's an illustration from economist Steve Moore of the immediate and ongoing pay cut that Americans have experienced since Joe Biden became president:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="522"] The Biden Pay Cut[/caption]…[more]

June 06, 2023 • 11:45 AM
The Pregame Is Over for Trump vs. DeSantis

The Pregame Is Over for Trump vs. DeSantis

The numbers suggest that, whatever the number of only-Trump voters in Iowa, both Trump and DeSantis would win a general election contest against the current president.

Stop Scaring Our Kids to Death

Stop Scaring Our Kids to Death

Death to the machine. Turn the lights out. No more cars. No more flush toilets or washing machines. What's next to save the planet? Euthanasia?

Resist Dangerous Political Theater and Look to 'That Which Is Not Seen'

Resist Dangerous Political Theater and Look to 'That Which Is Not Seen'

By diverting some travelers from the air to the roadways, the French government will almost certainly cause more travelers to die.

Democrats Abandon Working Class, Become Party of Freeloaders

Democrats Abandon Working Class, Become Party of Freeloaders

The new Democratic Party is repudiating its own history and the work ethic that has made America a land of opportunity even for people who start out poor.

U.S. Experiences Record Drug Shortages in Wake of Price Controls

U.S. Experiences Record Drug Shortages in Wake of Price Controls

Instead of perpetuating the cycle of price control insanity, elected leaders should return to the more market-oriented approach that brought unrivaled innovation before even more Americans pay the needless cost.

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Oyez, Oyez: The Latest SCOTUS Opinions

Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at The Manhattan Institute, discusses this week's announced opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, other recently released and highly watched decisions, and some of the more controversial decisions still to be decided as part of the October[more]
Unaccountable Power in Government Agencies

Quin Hillyer, Political Commentator and Contributing Writer to the Washington Examiner, discusses a recently released report that exposes how there are now more federal agents with arrest and firearm authority (200,000) than U.S. Marines (186,000), the frightening over-arming federal domestic agencies, such as[more]
Debt Ceiling Politics and the Need to Limit, Save and Grow

Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment, discusses the "Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," how it would help to reduce government spending, grow the economy and encourage the production of American energy, and more[more]
2024: The Issues, Candidates and More

William J. Conti, a former law partner in the Washington, DC, office of Baker & Hostetler, discusses who's running, who’s likely running, and who's not running for president in 2024, and some of the issues that may impact the candidates' chances of winning the nomination and the election[more]
World IP Day and the Problems with Julie Su’s Nomination to be U.S. Labor Secretary

Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, discusses World IP Day and this year’s global theme, “Women in IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity,” and Julie Su, President Biden's troubling nominee to be Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor[more]
Reforms to Modernize Medicare and Increase Competition

Dean Clancy, Paragon Health Institute Public Advisor, discusses how Medicare’s trust fund is on a fast track to insolvency, why President Biden’s “Mediscare” message and solutions are disingenuous and flawed, how the personal option and flexible HSAs can modernize healthcare benefits, and more[more]
Congress Must Reject Calls to Increase FDIC Deposit Insurance

Bryan Bashur, Federal Affairs Manager of the Americans for Tax Reform, discusses the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, why lawmakers should reject any legislative or regulatory actions to increase or expand federal deposit insurance on a temporary or permanent basis, and why increasing or expanding[more]
Another Troubling Nomination by President Biden

Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the recent nomination of Julie Su to be Secretary of Labor, why elevating the current acting head to the Secretary position is a bad idea, and how Su's track record as the Secretary of California's Labor & Workforce Development[more]
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"The exodus from high-tax states continues.A growing number of Americans are migrating from predominantly blue states with steep taxes like California and New York to red states with lower taxes like Florida and Texas, according to a Bank of America analyst note that is based on aggregated and anonymous internal customer data.'We constructed near real-time estimates of domestic migration flows and…[more]
 
 
— Megan Henney, Fox Business
 
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