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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Trump's Re-Election Chances May Be Better Than You Think
By Victor Davis Hanson
Wednesday, January 16 2019
What are Donald Trump's chances for re-election in 2020? If history is any guide, pretty good. In early 1994, Bill Clinton's approval rating after two years in office hovered around a dismal 40 percent. The first midterm elections of the Clinton presidency were an utter disaster. A new generation of younger, more conservative Republicans led by firebrand Newt Gingrich and his "Contract with America" gave Republicans a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Republicans also picked up eight Senate seats in 1994 to take majority control of both houses…
 
'Medicare-for-All' Would Take Most of Your Paycheck
In a crowded field of Democrats vying for the presidency in 2020, one thing stands out. "Medicare-for-all"…
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Democrats Want 'Technological Wall' That Won't Keep Anybody Out
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be "immoral." Instead…
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Pelosi House’s Top Priority: Chilling First Amendment Speech and Privacy Rights
Well, the new Nancy Pelosi-led House of Representatives has made its top priority clear.  It's…
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The Ironies of Illegal Immigration
Estimates suggest that there are 11 million to 13 million Mexican citizens currently living in the United…
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Dems' 'Tax the Rich' Hoax
The U.S. Department of Labor jobs report, released Friday, shows eye-popping gains, concluding a year…
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What, Precisely, Do Democrats Want To Impeach Trump For?
Newly sworn-in Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib electrified progressives with her passionate declaration…
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Border Wall: Monument for the People, Not Pols
Profligate politicians have never met a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project they didn't like —…
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First on Nancy Pelosi's Agenda: Attacking Free Expression
I have zero interest in financially supporting any politician, much less ones I find morally unpalatable.…
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CFIF to HHS: Don't Blow It With Drug Price Controls
A relatively stable and sound economy has become the new normal, something too many of us are starting…
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Trump Slams Brakes on Federal Gravy Train
President Donald Trump is freezing pay for civilian federal workers, cancelling their automatic 2.1 percent…
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Notable Quote   
 
"The Doomsday Clock, last adjusted in January, has not since moved any closer to forecasting global catastrophe. But media headlines over the course of 2026 have moved in that direction and are suggestive that midnight is drawing nearer.Silicon Valley companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, are warning that artificial intelligence -- renamed 'super intelligence' by President Trump's…[more]
 
 
— Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, Co-Founders of INTREP360
 
Liberty Poll   

Do you believe that two years of a deeply divided Congress will produce the stimulus for more civil and collaborative government change or an even greater political divide?