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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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Call in the Feds to Investigate Lawless Mamdani
By Betsy McCaughey
Thursday, September 10 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is weaponizing the apparatus of city government to crush landlords and seize their property, violating state law, the U.S. Constitution and fundamental fairness. If you're not a landlord, you may think this doesn't affect you – but think again. Landlords are just the first: Anyone who owns anything is in this socialist mayor's crosshairs. He ignores the limits of government power and his duty to govern for all the people. As evidence of the danger ahead, see Mamdani's new Office of Worker Power, announced on Labor Day. It's a first-in-the-nation…
 
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