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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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Coldest Winter in Over Ten Years Further Erodes Climate “Expert” Credibility
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, March 13 2025
The same sort of “experts” who assured us that Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation,” and who banished any suggestion that Covid originated in a Chinese laboratory rather than a purely coincidentally nearby bat cave, have lectured us for nearly fifty years that anthropogenic (man-made) climate change is an “existential” threat.   Can anyone remain surprised that populations across the world increasingly tune that so-called “expert class” out?   The latest occasion for that eroding trust arrived with the announcement…
 
Will Defense Spending Avoid the Scalpel Again?
Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political…
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Want to Soak the Rich? Tax University Endowments.
Republicans are searching for ways to "pay for" their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to…
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Don't Fall for Democrats' Zany Decarceration Plans
There's trouble ahead for New Yorkers distressed about crime levels. New York City's Democratic establishment…
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Elon Musk's Talking Problem
Polls have repeatedly shown that majorities of voters support the work President Trump's Department of…
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Virginia S.B. 1252 Would Punish the Consumers It Claims to Help
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government…
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Architects of Disastrous Obama and Biden Foreign Policies Shamelessly Malign Trump
Whatever your foreign policy views – isolationist or neocon, pacifist or paleocon – ask yourself…
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Grappling with DOGE: Why Cutting Waste and Fixing Entitlements Are Both Essential
The Department of Government Efficiency draws two extreme reactions from budget-focused observers. On…
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The Truth Behind the Medicaid Melodrama
Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish paid ads and Democratic politicians warning about grandmothers…
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For One Leading Democrat, Trump, Musk and Putin Paranoia Merge
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is one of the Democrats urging his party to more aggressively resist President…
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DOGE Can Root Out the Lois Lerners Populating Government
Consider the following inverse relationship, and its obvious implications.   As the federal…
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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.