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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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Please, Liberals, No More “Teachable Moments”
By Troy Senik
Friday, July 30 2010
Last week’s media maelstrom over Shirley Sherrod – the Department of Agriculture employee who was accused of racism because of a video excerpt of a speech she gave to the NAACP – claimed many victims. There was Ms. Sherrod herself, who saw her words presented out of context, completely inverting the notions of interracial solidarity that were the theme of her speech. With a jittery White House hearing the footsteps of the conservative media approaching, Sherrod paid with her job, the resignation of which was apparently demanded from within the walls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
 
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Consumer spending fuels two-thirds of the massive American economy.  Meanwhile, the top five percent…
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California’s intensifying economic tremors are widening the divide between two approaches to government:…
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If Liberals Ban Capital Punishment, Next They’ll Target Life Imprisonment
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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?