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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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Rhetoric and Reality on American Manufacturing
By Veronique de Rugy
Monday, March 31 2025
If you believe the political rhetoric, you probably think America's industrial base has been hollowed out, gutted or "shipped overseas." Across the ideological spectrum, people say U.S. manufacturing is in decline. They argue mostly about who's to blame and how many tariffs we need to fix the problem. This widely told tale is wrong. For one thing, for all the talk of job losses and economic decline, it's worth remembering that the unemployment rate is a very low 4.1%, and real wages (those adjusted for inflation) have been growing. If anything, manufacturing is suffering a labor shortage…
 
The Left's Imaginary COVID 'Reckoning'
When I first came across Jonathan Chait's new Atlantic piece, "Why the COVID Reckoning Is So One-Sided…
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Trump Administration Should Combat Foreign Drug Price Controls, Not Import Them
Drug price controls offer the perpetually alluring yet ultimately illusory promise of reducing consumer…
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Will Trump's DOE Strategy Actually Cut The Bureaucracy?
On March 11, the Department of Education issued a press release announcing that it had "initiated…
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Stop the Litigation-Industrial Complex's War Against Trump
On Monday, the Trump administration struck back at the legal-industrial complex's war against MAGA. President…
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Trump Should End the Biden-Era War on Small Business Partnerships
President Donald Trump has promised to create millions of new high-paying jobs. One easy first step to…
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Invest in Education, Not the Department of Education
If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to…
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Alarming: Public Support for Israel Falls Below 50%
According to Gallup, fewer than half of all Americans now sympathize with Israelis versus the Palestinians. …
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Trump Polling Better Than Democrats Fighting Over How To Fight Him
There are a lot of questions these days about poll numbers, both President Donald Trump's and those of…
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The FDA Can Save Lives by Keeping Copycat Drugs Off the Market
For decades, the United States has led the world in pharmaceutical innovation – developing…
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New Legal Analysis Supports Constitutionality of Innovative Policing Technologies Helping Solve Crimes in America
"When appropriate guardrails are in place, License Plate Reader (LPR) technology does not violate…
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Notable Quote   
 
"The most likely scenario for next week's election is ... that no one will learn anything. I can say that with some degree of confidence because in the last five election cycles or so, the learning curve has been so flat that if it was a politician's posterior, President Trump wouldn't even notice it. Campaigns, individuals, parties and super PACs are going to have spent northward of $12 billion…[more]
 
 
— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
 
Liberty Poll   

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