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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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In Midterm Politics, Historical Analogies Work – Until They Don't
By Byron York
Wednesday, September 28 2022
If history is any guide, Democrats do not have a chance – not even a small a chance – of keeping control of the House in the midterm elections. But the question is: Is history any guide?  There's been a lot of attention paid to the new ABC News/Washington Post poll, which makes clear that President Joe Biden is a drag on his party as November approaches. Biden's job approval rating in the poll was 39% – even lower than some other surveys at the moment – and just 35% of Democrats said they want Biden to be the party's presidential nominee in 2024.  But the big…
 
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Martha's Meltdown Model
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CFIF Urges U.S. Senate to Reject DISCLOSE Act
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Republican Leader
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An Inconvenient Summer for Climate Alarmism
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Ukraine With a Whimper or a Bang?
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Welcome to the Green New Deal, California
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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?