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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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Trump Wisely Greenlights Nippon Steel/U.S. Steel Deal as Consumer Confidence Surges
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 29 2025
Consumer confidence achieved its highest monthly increase in four years this week, exceeding all expectations in Bloomberg’s survey of economists.   That illustrates once again that when President Trump effectuates an economic agenda of deregulation and market-based policies after four dreary years of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, American consumers welcome it enthusiastically.   This week offered a fitting illustration in that contrast between the Trump and Biden administrations, as Trump announced his approval of Nippon Steel’s proposed investment in U.S. Steel. …
 
New York in Danger of Being Steamrolled by the Rent-Freeze Voting Bloc and Pandering Pols
Left-wing mayoral candidates and a newly launched "housing justice" group are promising a multiyear…
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Who Was 'Shocked' By Joe Biden's Infirmity?
Here is a basic question about "Original Sin," the new book detailing the White House's attempt…
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Welcome to the Intifada, America
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Comey, Trump and '8647'
There has been a certain escalatory logic in the resistance to Donald Trump's rise to the presidency.…
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Biden Forgives Student Loans and ... Behold, Defaults Skyrocket
Here's an economics lesson that belongs in the textbooks.  Student loan debt soared to more than…
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New York City Faces the Threat of an Antisemitic Mayor
The surest way to trigger the collapse of New York City is to elect an antisemitic mayor. Throughout…
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Encouraging Economic News Disappoints Leftists Expecting Collapse
Positive economic news never merits complacency or arrogant victory laps.  After all, to quote the…
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'JD Vance Will Be the Nominee in 2028 - Mark My Words'
Indiana Republican Sen. Jim Banks has long been an advocate for Vice President JD Vance. Before the 2024…
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Scapegoating Joe Biden Isn't Going to Solve the Democratic Party's Problems
"We got so screwed by Biden, as a party," former Obama adviser David Plouffe is quoted saying…
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The Evil Scheme Behind the Spate of Anti-Trump Lawsuits
A left-wing legal group with the misleading name Democracy Forward is proving to be the biggest obstacle…
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Notable Quote   
 
"As last week's midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading…[more]
 
 
— Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's reckless personal behavior, should any adult following the strategic importance of international chip wars believe China has not had access for some time?