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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Can Trump Win With Promise To Restore Safety And Order?
By Byron York
Wednesday, August 12 2020
Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and other major cities are experiencing a breakdown of order – violence and conflict that is a mixture of left-wing revolution, racial unrest and old-fashioned crime. Whatever else they might have in common, all these cities are governed by progressive Democrats, and all owe their current disorder in some part to the failure of progressive Democratic policies on the issue of public safety.  That should be an advantage for a Republican president running for reelection. What is unclear is whether President Trump can…
 
Barack Obama's Filibuster Hypocrisy
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Trump Administration Must Correct Drug Price Control Executive Order Before the Damage Is Done
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Our Annual August Debate Over the Bombs
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CFIF Opposes State Attorneys General “March-In” Demand on Remdesivir
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COVID-19 Lies Go Viral
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Why the Talk of Canceling Debates?
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The Chicago Gun Myth
The tragically incompetent mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, appeared on CNN's "State of the Union"…
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"Conservative" George Will Prostrates Himself to Joe Biden
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Our Summer of Cultural Suicide
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Using Lifesaving Drugs as a Means of Redistribution
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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?