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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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France Is the Future Khanna Wants. Look How That's Going
By David Harsanyi
Tuesday, October 27 2026
"This is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few," says prospective 2028 presidential candidate and socialist Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) about the mass rioting and social unrest unfolding in France. As with most issues, Khanna has it backward. It's Democratic economic and social ideas that have destabilized France. France, after all, is home to socialized medicine, high minimum wages, powerful unions, some of the most generous worker protections in the world, big government spending and a massive welfare state. France's Gini index, the standard…
 
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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Britain's Socialist Catastrophe Offers Preview for American Voters
Whenever confronted with socialism’s uninterrupted history of failure, its stubborn defenders often…
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$2 Trillion – and No Excuse
The federal government just closed fiscal year 2026 with a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, according to…
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The High Cost of Abdul El-Sayed
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, expresses irritation when he is asked about…
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Medicare for Nobody
Political pros will remember that a dozen or so years ago, the Democrats produced a famous (or infamous)…
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America Owes Mahmoud Khalil Nothing
Pro-terrorist activist Mahmoud Khalil was asked by CNN the other day if he would condemn Hamas. He, of…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Last night, voters in seven states were asked whether they wanted to reduce property taxes through statewide ballot initiatives. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia said yes, while those in Wyoming and Oklahoma said no.These ballot proposals follow dozens of property tax relief measures enacted in recent years in states like Texas, Ohio, and North Dakota.Among…[more]
 
 
— Mariana Trujillo, Reason Foundation
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.