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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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If You Defer Action, Illegal Immigrants Will Come
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, June 12 2014
When President Barack Obama’s executive order “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” – or DACA – went into effect in 2012, conservatives warned that granting de facto amnesty for more than 1 million illegal immigrants would attract more illegal crossings.  Now there’s proof. In 2011, roughly 6,000 illegal minors crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. From 2012-2013, the numbers rose from 13,625 to 20,000. In the first five months of 2014, federal immigration officials have already apprehended 47,000 illegal youths. A Border Patrol memo estimates that the total…
 
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Pop some popcorn, grab a cold one, sit back and enjoy this emerging spectacle.  Labor unions were…
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In a just world, the scandal over the mistreatment of retired military members by the Department of Veterans…
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Yes, the VA Is a Real Scandal; No, Obama Won’t Do Anything About It
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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?