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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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Socialist Agenda Rests Upon a Mythical Europe
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, November 21 2019
Political leftists often recoil when someone affixes the derisive “socialist” descriptor to their agenda.  Apparently, those who object are old enough or historically literate enough to fathom socialism’s dismal historical record and react accordingly.  This week, however, brought inconvenient news to such people in the form of a new Gallup survey.  Namely, Democrats who maintain a positive view of socialism now outnumber those who maintain a positive view of capitalism by an astonishing 13%.  As recently as 2012, Democrats viewed capitalism more favorably…
 
'Coup' Concerns Suddenly Don't Seem So Far-Fetched
For most of the last three years, Donald Trump's critics have scoffed at supposed "conspiracy theories"…
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Why Democrats Don't Want Public to Know Origins of Ukraine Probe
Why are House Democrats stonewalling questions about the identity of the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower?…
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Vindman's Claims Don't Hold Up
For Tuesday's impeachment show, House Democrats are trotting out their star witness, Lt. Col. Alexander…
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The Trump Manchurian Candidate Theory Will Never Die
One of the most durable conspiracy theories of our times finds Vladimir Putin recruiting a billionaire…
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Mexican Bloodshed Affirms Value of 2nd Amendment
"We’ve never seen such a brazen attack on U.S. citizens."   That was the disquieting…
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What Happened to California Republicans?
From 1967 to 2019, Republicans controlled the California governorship for 31 of 52 years. So why is there…
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No, Michael Bloomberg Will Not Save the Democrats
WARNING: Parts of this column may bear strong resemblance to my earlier columns when Michael Bloomberg…
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Impeachment Dems Have Rumors, Not Evidence
On Wednesday, the curtain rises on the House's impeachment show, featuring State Department career diplomats…
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Trump Economy Roars, Leftists Pivot from Predicting Doom to Claiming Credit
As the American economy continues to defy naysayers and reach unprecedented heights, a funny thing has…
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ABC Keeps Covering for Jeffrey Epstein
This week, James O'Keefe's Project Veritas, a group that has often infiltrated news organizations to…
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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?