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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Biden’s Executive Order Overreach May Not Endure
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, March 18 2021
In a December 2007 Boston Globe interview, Barack Obama alleged that the Bush Administration had habitually disregarded Congressional authority in favor of executive overreach, and promised a reversal under his administration.  "A president is not above the law," he pontificated.   As president, however, he infamously sang a very different tune.   "We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help they need," he said.  "I’ve got a pen and I’ve got…
 
Biden's Migrant Blackout
Is there something missing from press coverage of the thousands of unaccompanied children who have illegally…
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The Border Crisis May Be Coming to Your Kids' School
The Biden administration is scrambling to shelter thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern…
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Biden Prepares to Strip College Students of Due Process Rights
It's worth reminding people that if President Joe Biden were compelled to live by the standards he intends…
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U.S. Plummets to Lowest Ranking Ever in Annual Index of Economic Freedom
The United States’ economic freedom score is 74.8, making its economy the 20th freest in the 2021…
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COVID Hypocrisy at the White House
Biden administration health official Rochelle Walensky announced Monday that vaccinated Americans can…
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Why the Cuomo Case Drives Republicans Crazy
Things are looking worse by the hour for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Recently, a fourth, and then a fifth…
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CFIF Joins Coalition Opposing Financial Transactions Tax
In a letter to Congress, the Center for Indiviudal Freedom ("CFIF") today joined a coalition…
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AOC's Terrible Minimum Wage Argument
"It is utterly embarrassing that "pay people enough to live" is a stance that's even up…
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Proposed Financial Transaction Tax and Regulations Would Punish Everyday Investors and Retirees
In the latest example of the political left cynically leveraging passing events to impose their longstanding…
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Nancy's Election-Rigging Bill
Nancy Pelosi's top priority is to turn America into a one-party nation ruled by Democrats. Her bill HR…
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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.