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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Unanimous Supreme Court and Congressional “Stop Climate Shakedowns Act” Jointly Target Abusive Climate Litigation
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, April 23 2026
Lawsuit abuse remains among the most dangerous but underrecognized threats to the American economy and consumer well-being.   It distorts markets, unfairly targets lawful conduct, enriches unscrupulous plaintiff lawyers and too often elevates courtroom theatrics over sound science and evidence.   Against that backdrop, a unanimous decision from the United States Supreme Court offers a welcome and overdue corrective, along with a signal that limits to aggressive attorney tactics exist.   Meanwhile, new legislation introduced in Congress titled the “Stop Climate…
 
Trump's Frustration and Iran's Delaying Tactics
If anyone knows that President Donald Trump, for all his bluster, can mean what he says, it is the Iranians.…
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Lawyers Sue for Higher Prices
You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopoistic for cutting prices…
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CFIF Endorses the “Stop Climate Shakedowns Act” to Protect American Energy and Curb Abusive Litigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) today announced its strong support…
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Hey, Socialists, We've Already Figured Out the Supermarket
There are at least 76,000 supermarkets in the United States. Most of us probably have a dozen within…
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Even Pew and The Washington Post Admit: Wealthier Americans Pay More Than Their “Fair Share”
April 15 Tax Day arrived this week, and with it a widespread reminder that transcends our otherwise polarized…
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Debunking Five Tax Day Myths
Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time…
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JD Vance's Hard Road to 2028
Vice President JD Vance faced an impossible task trying to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against…
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Price Controls Will Deny Millions of Americans Credit Cards
There's a famous scene in the movie "The Graduate" in which a young Dustin Hoffman receives…
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CFIF Commends the Tennessee House of Representatives for Passing Significant Certificate-of-Need (CON) Reform Legislation
 Bill Will Repeal CON Laws for Acute Care Hospitals and Other Critical Services  NASHVILLE…
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American Franchise Act (AFA) Offers Bipartisan Reform for Small Businesses and American Workers
Year after year, public opinion polling shows that Americans feel more positively toward small businesses…
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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
 
Liberty Poll   

Do you believe that two years of a deeply divided Congress will produce the stimulus for more civil and collaborative government change or an even greater political divide?