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Ignore Biden Talk About Zero Inflation. Here’s the Reality.
The highly anticipated consumer price index numbers for July came out Wednesday, and while energy fluctuations drove the headline number down, ominous trends show President Joe Biden’s inflation will continue to devastate the American people. The headline consumer price index came in at 8.5% year-over-year inflation, down from last month’s read of 9.1% year-over-year and…Peter St. Onge -
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Democrat Defectors Imperil Biden’s Future
President Joe Biden is confronting a record-low job approval rating and a growing calls from within his own party to abandon a reelection campaign. Last week, congressional Democrats from Minnesota and New York cast doubt on Biden’s political future, suggesting it was time for a new generation to step forward. Those public statements came on…Rob Bluey -
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Senate Democrats Advance Schumer-Manchin-Biden Tax and Spending Bill
The Democrat-controlled Senate voted Saturday evening along party lines to proceed toward passing a $570 billion tax hike as part of a spending bill packed with costly climate provisions. Vice President Kamala Harris, in her role as president of the Senate, cast a tie-breaking vote just after 7:30 p.m. to make the tally 51-50 in…Fred Lucas -
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Heritage Foundation Sues Biden Administration for Failing to Share Details on Limiting Deportations
The Heritage Foundation filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security, seeking the names of those the Biden administration consulted in deciding to limit immigration enforcement, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The lawsuit follows a Freedom of Information Act request in January in…Jennie Taer -
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Why Biden Hasn’t Scrapped Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
The Biden administration has yet to scrap a key Trump-era border policy; the Supreme Court said it could do so and the reason could be because of the president’s political future, experts told The Daily Caller News Foundation. After months of attempts to stop the continuation of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which is used…Jennie Taer -
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Manchin-Schumer-Biden Taxes Would Hit Both Rich and Poor Americans
President Joe Biden promised on Thursday that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act wouldn’t raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year. But, in fact, the bill would increase taxes collected from the American people by more than half a trillion dollars, affecting both rich and poor alike. The massive tax and spending bill—negotiated…Preston Brashers -
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Is Labor Market Really as Good as Biden Administration Says?
Between out-of-control inflation, ongoing supply chain struggles, the crisis at the southern border, foreign policy concerns, exploding energy prices, rising crime, and a high likelihood that the country is either already or soon will be experiencing stagflation (an inflationary recession), it’s no wonder that Democrats and the Biden administration are talking up the strong labor…Rachel Greszler -
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Biden Administration Abandons Biology. What’s Next for Parents?
Lia Thomas was recently nominated as the NCAA “Woman of the Year.” Just one problem: Thomas is male. Yet neither the “progressive media” nor the Biden administration sees this as problematic. Thomas, a collegiate swimmer, declared to be a girl. The “woke” media wrapped him in praise when he exited the pool a Division I…Jonathan Butcher -
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When Clinton, Biden, and Schumer Defended Marriage Against Ted Kennedy
When Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts led the fight in 1996 to stop a federal law that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, he faced some prominent opponents in his own party. They included then-Rep. Chuck Schumer of New York, then-Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, and then-President Bill…Terence Jeffrey -
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‘Not Safe’: England to Shut Down Only Gender Clinic for Minors While Biden Pushes Child Sex Changes
England’s National Health Service plans to shut down its only youth gender clinic after an investigation found it to be unsafe for children, according to The Telegraph. An independent review found that medical professionals at Tavistock transgender clinic were pressured to unquestioningly affirm children’s gender identities and skip the normal clinical assessment process, prompting the…Laurel Duggan -
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Gavin Newsom: OK for California, Too Wacky for America
Democrats coalesced behind the presidential nomination of Joe Biden after Bernie Sanders won the Nevada caucuses, briefly becoming the Democratic Party’s front-runner. Fearing Sanders could not beat President Donald Trump, Democrats quickly united behind the more electable Biden. But compared to “democratic socialist” Sanders, is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on policy, really any different? Newsom…Larry Elder -
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Biden Has No Right to Declare a National Climate Emergency
The Washington Post reported Monday night that President Joe Biden is “considering whether to declare a national climate emergency” to “salvage his stalled environmental agenda and satisfy Democrats on Capitol Hill.” A few hours later, The Associated Press reported that the administration would “hold off” on the announcement as he, presumably, lays the political groundwork…David Harsanyi -
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The Left Should Be Happy With Biden
The left should be ecstatic that President Joe Biden has given them everything they wanted. The left likes inflation. It reduces the value of old money by printing lots of new money. Those richer who have it, lose the value of their money; those poorer who don’t have any money, suddenly do. When combined with…Victor Davis Hanson -
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What You Need to Know About Biden’s Climate ‘Emergency’
In a speech Wednesday in Massachusetts, President Joe Biden announced that he would use yet more executive action in a bid to push his radical climate agenda, despite recent checks on unilateral presidential action by Congress and the Supreme Court. The administration is aiming to overhaul the energy sector and the American economy to achieve…Katie Tubb -
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The Media Secretly Hated Biden All This Time?
Did you ever read a column and think, “You must be joking”? That was my reaction to Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr. on Tuesday trying to explain “How media coverage drove Biden’s political plunge.” Bacon tweeted it this way: “One of the biggest challenges for Biden has been facing a mainstream media looking to…Tim Graham -
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Why Are Blacks Still on Board With Biden?
New polling from Pew Research and from The New York Times/Siena College, released a few days apart, cast similarly dismal pictures regarding the popularity of President Joe Biden. Overall approval for Biden from Times/Siena College stands at 33% and from Pew 37%. However, both polls show approval for the president much stronger than the national…Star Parker -
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Biden’s Newest ‘Build Back Better’ Boondoggle Would Worsen Inflationary Squeeze on Middle America
With inflation surging to 9.1% and averaging much higher in the rural heartland than in urban areas, now is not the time for the federal government to pour gasoline on the fire. Yet, as Democrats negotiate the newest iteration of their socialist nightmare—the so-called Build Back Better Act—that is exactly what they are planning to…Richard Stern -
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Watch AOC’s Reaction When Police Remove Her From Supreme Court
At least 10 congressional Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joined pro-abortion demonstrators Tuesday outside the Supreme Court less than a month after the justices overruled Roe v. Wade in a landmark decision. Protesters blocked the street just outside the Supreme Court Building until police officers arrested and escorted the protesters away for obstructing traffic…Douglas Blair -
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For Biden, Polls Are Probably Worse Than They Seem
President Joe Biden has a miserable 33% job approval rating, according to the New York Times/Siena College poll, making him one of the least popular first-term presidents in history. Sixty-four percent of Democrats say they want another candidate in the 2024 presidential race. No modern president, as far as I can tell, has faced higher…David Harsanyi -
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After 18 Months of Biden, Have We Hit Bottom Yet?
Next week will mark one and a half years since Joe Biden became president on Jan. 20, 2021. On July 20, every American should look within and ask: “Am I better off than I was 18 months ago?” To Biden’s credit, the unemployment rate has fallen from 6.4% when he took office to 3.6% in…Deroy Murdock