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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Five GOP Bills Obama Should Support
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, November 15 2012
Convinced that he has a mandate to increase taxes in his second term, President Barack Obama is reportedly planning to “barnstorm” the country in January if House Republicans fail to accept his demands.  But before Obama bills taxpayers for his transcontinental victory lap, he would be wise to rethink his opposition to five House-passed regulatory reform measures currently languishing in the Democrat-controlled Senate.   Because increases in regulation decrease profit by shifting resources toward compliance rather than growth, new regulations have the same effect as…
 
Inconvenient Truth: Antarctic Sea Ice Grows to Record Size
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Silence of the Media Lambs
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A Good Man and a Good Campaign, but a Candidate Who Could Not Win
Imagine if someone assured you on Election Day morning of the following:  Barack Obama would barely…
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Obama Should Accept Boehner’s Offer to Deal
With a clear victory ushering in his second term, President Barack Obama is in the driver’s seat…
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The GOP’s ‘Inclusion Problem’
Barack Obama, it turns out, is not magic. That was the opening I had prepared for a column announcing…
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Serious Republican Failures
For those who are right of center, this week’s election results look worse and worse the longer…
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Regardless of Election Result, Conservatives Must Remain Vigilant
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again.  There is nothing new under…
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Barack Obama: Closing Arguments
Almost exactly four years ago, as a speechwriter serving George W. Bush in the final days of his presidency…
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Lame Duck Will Be Very Active
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FCC to Expand Obama Phones into Internet Subsidy
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Notable Quote   
 
"The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration's embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported this morning that felony violent crime fell 25% in 2025. Rape declined 13%, robbery fell 27%, and aggravated assault dropped…[more]
 
 
— John R. Lott Jr., RealClearInvestigations
 
Liberty Poll   

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