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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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Second Amendment Scores Another Victory
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 22 2026
“When seconds matter, the police are only minutes away.”   Reciting that adage in no way disparages police officers.   Rather, it simply acknowledges that during home invasions, assaults or active threats, officers must be contacted, dispatched, drive to the scene, locate the exact point of crisis and act as best they can.  That chain of events is typically measured in minutes, not seconds.   The reality that violence can erupt without notice offers a fundamental reason why our Founding Fathers deliberately protected the individual right to keep…
 
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"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]
  
 
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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?