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...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
Diesel Export Ban: A Simplistic Proposal That Would Backfire
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, September 24 2026
With domestic diesel prices temporarily elevated, some in Washington advocate an idea with simplistic appeal but potentially disastrous consequences.   Namely, why not simply prohibit American refiners from exporting diesel fuel?   Prohibit overseas shipment, the argument goes, keep it here, increase domestic supply and watch prices fall.   Global and domestic energy markets, however, don’t function as simplistically as bad ideas out of Washington, D.C.   According to United States Energy Information Administration data, American exports are averaging…
 
Trump, Good Economic News and the Midterms Elections
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Target the Jihadists, but Stay True to the U.S. Constitution
Republican politicians are warning about the Islamization of America, which is spawning homegrown jihadists…
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Al Gore's Inconvenient Lies
It was 20 years ago that Al Gore's book "An Inconvenient Truth" was published, and ... well…
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Americans Are Right: Inflation Is Not Just the Fed's Problem
Inflation hasn't gone away – it's going up. With the midterm elections seven weeks off…
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Where Have All the Hurricanes Gone? New York Times Concedes Climate Alarm Flop
Newspaper headlines sometimes employ such delicious phraseology that additional commentary seems almost…
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Trump, Inflation and the Midterms
Last week, the Commerce Department released inflation figures for August, and what they showed was ...…
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Record Number Distrusts Government, So Why Give It Even More Power?
Here’s an odd paradox.   According to a new Gallup survey asking Americans whether they…
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Call in the Feds to Investigate Lawless Mamdani
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is weaponizing the apparatus of city government to crush landlords…
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How to Waste $9 Trillion to NOT 'Save the Planet'
The world has spent $9 trillion to combat climate change since 2020. That is a World War II-type number.…
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Trump and His Voters
A new analysis in the Wall Street Journal offers striking evidence that, for all his problems, President…
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Notable Quote   
 
"The clock is ticking on the upcoming congressional election. House and Senate Republicans are facing some rough headwinds in these final days, including the president's negative job approval and their slippage with voters on the question of who can better handle economic issues. There may not be many cards left for the GOP to play, even with their cash advantages.But in all the talk of a blue wave…[more]
 
 
— David Winston, President of The Winston Group and a Longtime Adviser to Congressional Republicans
 
Liberty Poll   

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