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 Energy Blunders Beget Global Instability and Domestic Pain
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 17 2022
The peril of presidential policy blunders is that, by the time their consequences become obvious, it’s too late to avert the painful lessons.   Both at home and overseas, we’re witnessing that dynamic due to the self-inflicted wound that is the Biden Administration’s energy policy.   Here at home, the federal government reports that rising energy prices account for a disproportionate 21% share of the alarming overall rise in consumer price inflation.  For perspective, the average U.S. household spent $1,200 more on energy expenditures in 2021 compared…
 
Hillary Clinton's Greatest Masterpiece
Hillary Clinton's never-ending shenanigans in 2015-2016 could be summarized as an attempted slow-motion…
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The Border Crisis Reaches Your Child's Middle School
Think you live too far from the Mexican border to be hurt by the chaos there? Bloomfield is a picturesque…
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Yes, They Spied On Trump
One of the most contentious claims Donald Trump ever made was his insistence that he had been the target…
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Biden's Afghanistan Debacle Looks Worse and Worse
While the Biden administration's chaotic and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan was unfolding in August…
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Biden Administration Pushes Destructive Pro-Union Agenda that Workers Continue to Abandon
In the abstract, labor unions would appear to be enjoying a resurgence in public approval.  …
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Why Ideology Is the Ancient Enemy of Civilization
What ultimately destroyed the evil empires of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were bankrupt dogmas. Crackpot…
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GOP Backward or Forward?
There is a wrenching debate going on inside the Republican Party over the simplest of questions: Should…
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Biden’s Record Poll Collapse Driven by Policy Mismanagement, Not Misfortune
Quick: Name a single situation involving an element of uncertainty – whether domestic or abroad…
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Russian Appeasement Was a Left-Wing Monopoly
One way of understanding the 2009-2014 Obama Administration policy of "reset" with Vladimir…
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Biden Drags Democrats Down
Most of us see President Joe Biden's falling job approval rating as a measure of his declining popularity.…
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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?