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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Socialist Paradises? More Scandinavians Migrate to America Than Vice-Versa
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 09 2016
Beyond the intrinsic merit of human freedom itself, free market economies bring greater prosperity and well-being to mankind than their alternatives.  Socialism's history, in contrast, remains one of comparative misery, material deprivation and brute oppression under the force of government.  That record isn't coincidental or statistically insignificant, given the sheer number of times socialism has been attempted in all corners of the world, in nations of all sizes and in a wide variety of circumstances.  Comparative failure and deprivation are simply inherent in socialism itself. …
 
CFIF Flag Day Quiz

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Notable Quote   
 
"The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration's embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported this morning that felony violent crime fell 25% in 2025. Rape declined 13%, robbery fell 27%, and aggravated assault dropped…[more]
 
 
— John R. Lott Jr., RealClearInvestigations
 
Liberty Poll   

Considering the exceptionally hostile mid-term elections rhetoric and activity, does that make you at all reluctant to vote in person?