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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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For Many, Trump's Inauguration Means the Return of Optimism
By Byron York
Wednesday, January 25 2017
"It was a Trump speech," said Beth Lesser, a Donald Trump supporter from Greenville, South Carolina, after listening to the president's inaugural address on the Mall. "He hasn't changed at all — and I don't want him to." Lesser was one of the thousands who traveled a long way to come to the inauguration, and who loved what they heard. They didn't come to hear soaring rhetoric from Donald Trump. They didn't come to hear Trump try to sound like Marco Rubio or, God forbid, Barack Obama. They came to hear Trump sound like himself. That's what they got. And to them…
 
Trump Pushes for Rapid Action on Obamacare
Congressional Republicans are huddling at a closed-door retreat this week to craft a replacement for…
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The Democrats' Fight Against School Choice Is Immoral
There's something perverse about an ideology that views the disposing of an unborn child in the third…
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What Will a Successful Trump Legacy Look Like?
As eight long years under Barack Obama finally come to an end, we instinctively return in time to January…
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CFIF Presidential Inauguration Quiz

Take CFIF's 20-Question Inauguration Quiz to test your knowledge of the history behind U.S. Presidential…
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Dem Dilemma: Stand With Lewis?
Once Donald Trump responded to John Lewis's "illegitimate president" attack, the question wasn't…
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Dems Need History Lesson on U.S. Elections
Rep. John Lewis' claim that President-elect Donald Trump isn't a legitimate president wouldn't matter…
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Sponsors of Anarchy
Hoodlums will be out in full force this Inauguration Day weekend. Count on it. I've covered the left's…
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The Comforting Fictions of Obama's Farewell Speech
Watching President Barack Obama's soaring 2008 Democratic National Convention speech in Denver, I never…
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Obama's Presidency Sputters to an End
Barack Obama's tumultuous presidency has now come and gone, which merits assessment of his performance…
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Six Questions About the Russia Hacking Report
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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?