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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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Trump DOJ Targets Duke’s Race-Based Admissions Shell Game
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, August 13 2026
A defiant President Andrew Jackson reportedly answered an unwelcome United States Supreme Court ruling by declaring, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.”   Two centuries later, Duke University apparently embraces the same defiantly lawless approach:  The Supreme Court prohibits “affirmative action” racial discrimination, now let someone enforce it.   Thankfully, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) intends to do precisely that.   Three years ago, the Supreme Court finally struck down…
 
Americans Get Rare Break From Quietly Expensive Law
Since March, America has been running an accidental experiment and glimpsing what the country might look…
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Beware 'Tax the Rich'
Taylor Swift is enemy No.1 to cash-grabbing Democrats in Rhode Island. They've named their new statewide…
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You Can't Erase Woke
This political season, like the last couple, has featured Democratic candidates not only running for…
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What Bank ATMs Teach Us About AI
New inventions and technologies, from the lightbulb to the farm tractor to the automobile to the laptop…
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Abdul El-Sayed Is an American Tragedy
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, grew up in an affluent suburb of Detroit. …
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They Hate Jews and Israel, Not Netanyahu
Anti-Jewish hate crimes in New York City have already surged 8.5% this year under new mayor Zohran Mamdani…
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DSA Stands for Freeloaders – Hold Onto Your Wallets
New Yorkers, hold onto your wallets, and brace yourselves for financial chaos. New York City Mayor Zohran…
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What if Republicans Lose Both House and Senate?
The odds are Republicans will lose control of the House in the coming midterms – for…
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Five Lessons Learned From the Fauci Fiasco
COVID-19 was a traumatic experience for our families, small businesses, schools and country. Understandably…
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Fauci's Cowardly Fifth Amendment Evasion
There's nothing inherently wrong with invoking the Fifth Amendment. The perception that anyone who pleads…
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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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