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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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In Midterm Politics, Historical Analogies Work – Until They Don't
By Byron York
Wednesday, September 28 2022
If history is any guide, Democrats do not have a chance – not even a small a chance – of keeping control of the House in the midterm elections. But the question is: Is history any guide?  There's been a lot of attention paid to the new ABC News/Washington Post poll, which makes clear that President Joe Biden is a drag on his party as November approaches. Biden's job approval rating in the poll was 39% – even lower than some other surveys at the moment – and just 35% of Democrats said they want Biden to be the party's presidential nominee in 2024.  But the big…
 
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To Reduce Crime, Incarcerate to Incapacitate
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Martha's Meltdown Model
Martha's Vineyard has been all over the news. The tony resort community so loves aiding and comforting…
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CFIF Urges U.S. Senate to Reject DISCLOSE Act
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Republican Leader
United States Senate
Washington…
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An Inconvenient Summer for Climate Alarmism
With August in the rearview mirror, did you notice something conspicuously absent?   Like…
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Ukraine With a Whimper or a Bang?
Russia started the war with Ukraine in late February with a shock-and-awe effort to grab Kyiv. It failed…
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The Democrats' Filibuster Scheme
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in a pre-taped interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" last…
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Welcome to the Green New Deal, California
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Notable Quote   
 
"The Doomsday Clock, last adjusted in January, has not since moved any closer to forecasting global catastrophe. But media headlines over the course of 2026 have moved in that direction and are suggestive that midnight is drawing nearer.Silicon Valley companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, are warning that artificial intelligence -- renamed 'super intelligence' by President Trump's…[more]
 
 
— Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, Co-Founders of INTREP360
 
Liberty Poll   

Do you believe that two years of a deeply divided Congress will produce the stimulus for more civil and collaborative government change or an even greater political divide?