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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To Reduce Crime, Incarcerate to Incapacitate
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, September 22 2022
Last week’s video of a hatchet-wielding maniac terrorizing patrons in a New York City McDonald’s deepened the sense that it’s the 1970s again in New York.   The footage resonates even more deeply for symbolizing an increasing sense of random lawlessness across America, particularly after the assailant was released without bail under New York’s “bail reform” laws.   Accordingly, a man who should remain jailed under any reasonable standard was instead unleashed upon the public without spending a single day behind bars.   In a similarly…
 
Martha's Meltdown Model
Martha's Vineyard has been all over the news. The tony resort community so loves aiding and comforting…
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Freakout Over Martha's Vineyard Flight Ignores the Real Problem
Much of the nation's political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans…
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CFIF Urges U.S. Senate to Reject DISCLOSE Act
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Republican Leader
United States Senate
Washington…
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An Inconvenient Summer for Climate Alarmism
With August in the rearview mirror, did you notice something conspicuously absent?   Like…
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Ukraine With a Whimper or a Bang?
Russia started the war with Ukraine in late February with a shock-and-awe effort to grab Kyiv. It failed…
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The Democrats' Filibuster Scheme
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in a pre-taped interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" last…
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Welcome to the Green New Deal, California
If California, our most populous state, were its own nation, it would rank as the world's fifth largest…
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War on the Working Class Targets Short-Term Lending
The strange and pervasive new war on the working class has another target:  short-term lenders,…
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The Secret Curriculum
School is starting, but don't count on getting answers about what your child is being taught. School…
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Harriet Hageman is the environmental lawyer who defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by a landslide in…
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Notable Quote   
 
"The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration's embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported this morning that felony violent crime fell 25% in 2025. Rape declined 13%, robbery fell 27%, and aggravated assault dropped…[more]
 
 
— John R. Lott Jr., RealClearInvestigations
 
Liberty Poll   

Considering the exceptionally hostile mid-term elections rhetoric and activity, does that make you at all reluctant to vote in person?