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... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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New Poll Exposes Flaw in Trump Opponents' Plan
By Byron York
Wednesday, November 01 2023
The headline from a new Des Moines Register-NBC News poll of Iowa is that former President Donald Trump still has a big lead in the Republican race. Among those likely to take part in the Iowa caucuses, Trump is at 43%, with Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley tied for second place, at 16%. So, Trump has a 27-point lead, which is actually bigger than his lead in the last Des Moines Register poll in August. A lot of news reports are emphasizing Haley's rise in the poll. Back in August, her support was at 6%, and DeSantis' was at 19%. Now, she has shot up 10 points to 16%, while DeSantis has slipped 3…
 
The Great 'Green Energy Transition' That Wasn't
One of the textbook marketing flops of all time was the Ford Edsel sedan, which was heralded as the hot…
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Polls Showing Support For Israel Hide Some Ugly Truths
According to a new Harvard/Harris poll, only the police and military are more respected than Israel.…
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It’s Official: Biden Just Doubled the Deficit in 2023
It’s official:  Joe Biden is the new deficit king.   When even CNN and The New…
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No Populists in Sight in the World of Politics
In the grand ballroom of American politics, Democrats have long waltzed to the melody of progressivism…
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Democrats' Noncitizen Voting Scam
If you think offering migrants luxury hotel rooms, free meals, laundry service, transportation, health…
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Trump's Lead and GOP Decision-Making
Former President Donald Trump's support now stands at 59% among Republican voters nationwide in the 2024…
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America's Top National Security Threat Is Our Runaway Debt
After spending $6 trillion on social welfare and a Green New Deal spending spree and running our national…
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CFIF Leads Coalition Letter Opposing Biden Administration Push for Broadband Rate Regulation
In a letter organized by the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) and sent today to U.S. Secretary…
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“Net Neutrality” Is Bidenomics for the Internet
Bidenomics continues to punish working Americans, sow uncertainty and imperil the U.S. economy.  …
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Americans Learned a Financial-Crisis Lesson. Washington Did Not.
Congress and the Biden administration seem unaware that rising interest rates are about as "transitory"…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Writing in the Wall Street Journal last week, former Fidelity Investments head Robert Pozen wrote what he always has, and that countless budget and Social Security scolds have written before him. According to Pozen and a Rose Bowl-sized collection of commentators who've come before and who've yet to come, a combination of benefit cuts and 'revenue measures' (yes, tax increases on the richest…[more]
 
 
— John Tamny, Editor of RealClearMarkets, President of the Parkview Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Market Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.