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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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What Will Historians Make of Our Annus Horribilis?
By Victor Davis Hanson
Wednesday, December 30 2020
The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis — "the horrible year." The last 10 months certainly have been awful. But then so was 1968, when both Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The Tet Offensive escalated the Vietnam War and tore America apart. Race and anti-war riots rocked our major cities. Protesters fought with police at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A new influenza virus, H3N2 (the "Hong Kong flu"), killed some 100,000 Americans. But an even worse 2020 saw the COVID-19 outbreak reach global pandemic…
 
Our Upside-Down Postelection World
After Nov. 3, the meaning of some words and concepts abruptly changed. Have you noticed how new realities…
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The Democrats' Eric Swalwell Problem
House Democratic leaders are trying to keep the espionage scandal surrounding Intelligence Committee…
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Leftists Hijacking Vaccination Rollout
You were warned about this first in July. Now, it's happening. On Sunday, the federal Advisory Committee…
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CFIF White (House) Christmas Quiz
Take our 12-Question Christmas Quiz and test your knowledge of White House Christmas traditions. (Answer…
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Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 Fueled Drug Innovation, but Some Now Seek to Reverse That
"You say you’ve got a real solution, well, you know,
We’d all love to see the…
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Biden Should Beware of Nemesis
Joe Biden will be our next president. But he will face Nemesis in a way that few other presidents have…
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Cuomo Not Fit to Be US Attorney General
Governor Andrew Cuomo is reported to be on Joe Biden's shortlist for attorney general of the United States…
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'Misinformation' and the 2020 Vote
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“Suspend Intellectual Property Rights” for Pharmaceuticals? No, Strengthen Them
Would you drag yourself out of bed every morning and commute into work if your earnings were later subject…
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Will Biden give in to the Hydroxy Effect?
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Notable Quote   
 
"The most likely scenario for next week's election is ... that no one will learn anything. I can say that with some degree of confidence because in the last five election cycles or so, the learning curve has been so flat that if it was a politician's posterior, President Trump wouldn't even notice it. Campaigns, individuals, parties and super PACs are going to have spent northward of $12 billion…[more]
 
 
— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
 
Liberty Poll   

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