FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...
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...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="668"] Biden Versus Trump on Inflation[/caption]

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CFIF Scores Legal Victory Against Campaign Finance Regulations, Vindicating First Amendment
By Timothy H. Lee
Friday, September 21 2012
Imagine the following harrowing scenario.  You’re an ordinary citizen.  You live in an ordinary community, leading a relatively normal American life.  Perhaps you own a small business.  You struggle to stay afloat in a difficult economy made worse by adverse regulatory headwinds.  Lacking the spare thousands of dollars required to retain a personal lobbyist representing your values and interests in Washington, D.C. or your state capital, you decide to make your voice heard by contributing a small amount of your hard-earned dollars to an organization that happens…
 
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"Seven years ago, I warned that Democrats were 'courting disaster' by turning their frustration with the Supreme Court into a campaign to remake it. Their 2020 presidential field was talking about adding justices, limiting their terms, and otherwise changing the rules because Donald Trump had gotten to replace Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy. The Democrats' flirtation with blowing up the high court…[more]
  
 
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Liberty Poll   

Although Canada ultimately has much more to lose than the U.S. and does play fast and loose on some trade issues, given all other current concerns, is this the time to escalate a tariff war?