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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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Trump's Critics Dead Wrong (Again) on the Economy
By Stephen Moore
Wednesday, June 10 2026
Last week's blockbuster jobs report, with more than 265,000 jobs added when including upward employment revisions, was very welcome news to almost all Americans. The exception would be the economists of the left who throughout Donald Trump's now-five-and-a-half years in the White House keep getting the economy dead wrong. Just a few months ago a gaggle of economists on the left, led by Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, started warning of "stagflation,"  a witch's brew of high inflation and high unemployment at the same time. He wrote that "any statement that things aren't as…
 
Trump Builds the Wall
Lately, there have been news stories expressing alarm about the rapid progress the Trump administration…
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The SPLC's Real Scam
It turns out that the most generous funder of white supremacist groups in the United States was likely…
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Will Single-Payer Health Care Champions Ever Offer Something Credible?
Billionaire progressive activist and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer recently remarked:…
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Young Voters Falling for Socialist Myths
Far-left politicians want to annihilate property rights. A large share of young voters are buying into…
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Revisiting 1980s Rock Stars’ Embarrassing Record of Political Incompetence
Desperate to somehow remain culturally relevant, Bruce Springsteen continues his Captain Ahab-like obsession…
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Keep Politicians Out of College Sports
Nearly everyone who is a college sports fan, myself included, knows the state of affairs in the NCAA…
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Democrats Are in No Position to Lecture Anyone About Candidates
Democrats are again acting like they occupy the high moral ground of American politics. But if 2026 has…
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Iran Stronger Under Trump than Under Biden or Obama? Please
Pardon the arguably crude rhetoric, but who would be stupid enough to suggest that Iran is somehow in…
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One Ballot Measure Extends California's Taxing Power. Another Limits It. Stay Tuned.
Californians will face two competing tax measures this November. The first is the Billionaire Tax Act…
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Paul Rivera, a little-known former Clinton White House aide and senior adviser to the losing 2004 John…
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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?