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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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Stop Scaring Our Kids to Death
By Stephen Moore
Wednesday, May 31 2023
As nearly every standardized test is showing, our schools are doing an abysmal job teaching kids how to read or do math. In some cases, kids graduating from high school can barely read their diplomas. But the schools are wildly succeeding with their climate change indoctrination program. When I speak to kids on high school and college campuses and ask what the greatest threat is to their generation, the answer isn't China's aggression. It isn't a drug abuse problem that is becoming the leading killer of our children. It isn't the failed schools or the corrupt government or the more routine violations…
 
The Pregame Is Over for Trump vs. DeSantis
There's been a huge amount of commentary on former President Donald Trump's big lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis…
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Surprise: Debt Conversation Brings More Pointless 'Tax-the-Rich' Talk
Whenever we have a national conversation about government debt, Democrats invariably respond that spending…
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Media's Coverage of the Debt-Limit Fight Is Intolerably Dishonest
President Joe Biden, writes Politico's White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire, "has prioritized…
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Jail the Shoplifters
Brazen shoplifting is hurting all of us.  I'm brushing with bubble gum-flavored children's toothpaste…
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What's the Matter With Texas Republicans When It Comes to School Choice Legislation?
This has been the year for school choice all over the country. At least six additional states joined…
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John Brennan, Enemy of the People
The just-released Durham report confirmed that the FBI not only failed to corroborate the Steele dossier…
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Gavin Newsom’s $32 Billion California Deficit Versus Ron DeSantis’s $22 Billion Florida Surplus
As the economic climate deteriorates amid Biden Administration mismanagement, the Federal Reserve announced…
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Professional Golf's Political Meltdown
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Democrats' New Rule: Migrants First, Everyone Last
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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?