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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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The IRS, Campaign Finance and Freedom of Association
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 16 2013
Amid the unfolding IRS scandal, one important lesson remains underreported.  Going forward and from a broader perspective, it’s also one that may prove particularly potent and lasting.  Specifically, what the debacle teaches in our ongoing debate over campaign finance regulation and the First Amendment freedom of private association without fear of retaliation or persecution.  Absent that freedom, other rights can be effectively nullified.  In that regard, the U.S. Supreme Court provided enduring guidance with its 1958 decision in NAACP v. Alabama.  There, government…
 
Death in Benghazi, Dishonor in Washington
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Notable Quote   
 
"Democrats swept elections coast to coast on Tuesday night and seized control of Congress and prized statehouses in the deep red South, as Americans punished Republicans for failing to finish the job of taming inflation and fixing an economy about to be transformed by artificial intelligence.Hispanic, young and independent voters who powered Donald Trump's improbable comeback in 2024 markedly…[more]
 
 
— John Solomon, Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News
 
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