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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Trump Admin Withdraws Biden-Era “Joint Employer Rule” in Big Win for U.S. Jobs, Economy
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, March 05 2026
If you’re a plaintiffs’ attorney or Big Labor union boss, what better way to cynically target deep-pocketed American businesses than to grossly broaden the definition of who constitutes an “employer?”   Although it understandably flew a bit under the news radar during an eventful past week, the Trump Administration just notched another significant policy victory for American jobs and our economy by rebuffing that campaign.   Specifically, the Trump Administration’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally withdrew the Biden Administration’s…
 
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Democrats Lie and Slander U.S. to Stop Commander in Chief
The U.S. Senate's resolution aiming to handcuff President Donald Trump, barring him from taking additional…
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Don't Let Congress Ruin College Sports
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Trump, Forever Wars and Iraq Syndrome
For many years in the 1970s, 1980s and into the 1990s, discussions of the use of U.S. military force…
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Americans have good-faith concerns about the prospects of launching an attack on the Islamist regime…
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Jobs Up, Inflation Down, Affordability Improving Under Trump
The United States economy continues to improve across a wide swath of measures, yet too many fail to…
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Government Subsidies Killed the EV Industry
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Is Time Running Out for Sanctuary Cities?
In the end, the conflict between federal immigration authorities and protesters in Minneapolis boiled…
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Trump Administration Can Correct a Biden CFPB Blunder
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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?