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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...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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10 Big Lies from the Obama Administration
By Troy Senik
Thursday, August 18 2011
“I won’t lie to you. I expect to be judged by results” – President Barack Obama, February 10, 2009
 
From its germinal days, the presidency of Barack Obama has been an inchoate affair. As a candidate, the junior senator from Illinois was prone to stirring but intangible rhetoric. When Obama spoke of “the audacity of hope” or triumphantly pronounced “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for," he inspired without informing. No one knew what his phrases meant; they were simply empty vessels in which the American people could…
 
Warren Buffett: Hypocritical and Factually Incorrect in Calling for Higher Taxes
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Obama Lectures Carmakers on How to Run a Business
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Obama Preaches Newest Version of Tax “Bracket Creep”
Ever heard of “bracket creep”?  It’s the scourge of middle-class families, and…
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Lawless Obama Courts Defeat
On subjects ranging from Black Panthers to black gold, the Obama administration is having a very bad…
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Do Recent Events Show the World Is Falling Apart, or Reaffirm Timeless Principles?
To some people, recent events suggest that the world as we know it is falling apart.  But think…
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Liberals Can’t Tell the Truth About Social Security Funding
During the recently concluded debt ceiling debate, prominent liberals like Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)…
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Against Bernanke’s Market Manipulations
Try this thought experiment: You are sitting on a pile of cash or cash-equivalents. You are worried about…
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Debt Crisis Reveals America’s Quarter-Life Crisis
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The Battlefield Cross
Tonight, I watched as time stood still. Battle hardened men and women wept. Tears of sadness. Tears of…
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Out of Balance: Why the Critics Are Wrong About the Balanced Budget Amendment
With the prolonged debate over the debt ceiling finally having concluded earlier this week, many Americans…
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Notable Quote   
 
"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]
  
 
— Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute and a Contributing Editor of City Journal
 
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?