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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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Fueling the Decline: How Obama’s Energy Policies Are Propelling Us to the Next $4 per Gallon Gas Crisis
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, April 22 2010
The only thing “energetic” about President Barack Obama’s energy policy is its unrelenting destruction of the capitalist spirit.  From maintaining the price-distorting regulations that artificially limit the supply of gasoline to cynically suggesting that his calls for more nuclear power plants and off-shore drilling will benefit taxpayers, the Controller-in-Chief is practicing his craft: sounding like a pragmatist while governing like a leftist.  Consider the price of gasoline.  In a month’s time, Memorial Day arrives, bringing with it the start of the summer…
 
Poll: Community Organizer-in-Chief Obama Confronts Plummeting Public Trust of Government
For someone with such paltry private sector experience, Barack Obama sure seems to think he’s qualified…
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Today’s Robber Barons are on Capitol Hill
If conventional wisdom in Washington is to be believed – the beginning of a syllogism that almost…
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Nukes Have Kept America Safe; Obama Hasn’t
“Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;  And the Wolf that…
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New Obama Administration Rule Greases Union Wheels, But Runs Over Taxpayers
Barack Obama promised to bring an end to old-style crony politics during his “post-partisan”…
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The Corruption Stops Here: Darrell Issa’s War on Democratic Overreach
For all his work as the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell…
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Charles Krauthammer Is a Great American, and That’s a True Fact
Boy, did we step in it last week.  In our Commentary piece -- “Here Come the VAT” --…
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The GOP’s ‘Doc Fix’ to ObamaCare: Doctors as Congressional Candidates
With elements of ObamaCare going into effect before the November mid-terms, voters in at least 31 congressional…
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Here Come the VAT, the Mother of All Taxes
The Value Added Tax (VAT) cat is finally creeping out of its bag.  No longer is it just those hysterical…
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Thwarting the Aggressive Obama Agenda: Appellate Court Quashes FCC’s "Net Neutrality" Scheme
Politics isn’t the only means by which we can defend freedom and thwart the Obama Agenda. …
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Deconstructing America, One Industry at a Time
The next time you have a taste for horror, ask a liberal the following question: “What are the…
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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?