FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...
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...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Federal Regulators Repeatedly Failed to Stop Bernard Madoff - But Now Want Even More Control Over Our Lives?
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, September 10 2009
The embarrassing saga of federal regulators’ failure to stop Bernard Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme despite multiple inquiries and tips provides a very timely lesson.   This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a 477-page report admitting that it overlooked repeated tips and red flags on Mr. Madoff dating all the way back to 1992.  At that time, the SEC investigated two Florida accountants who had funneled dollars to Madoff, but curiously chose to prosecute the accountants while taking no action against Mr. Madoff. According to their…
 
This “New” ObamaCare Game Is for Suckers, Just Like the Old One
First, Obama and Company bought off the drug companies.  Then the hospitals. By the time they got…
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A Victory for Free Speech or More of the McCain?
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. …
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California’s Warning for America
Americans in the other 49 states can be forgiven if they don’t understand what the big deal about…
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Anything You Can Do the Fed Can Do Better?
President Obama has now nominated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term as the head…
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Taking Stock of the Obama Revolution
During a press conference at April’s G-20 Summit in London, President Obama said, “I'm the…
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Obama’s Latest "Never Mind" - $2 Trillion Deficit Recalibration
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Help Wanted: CIA Director
Memo To: Rahm Emanuel
From: O Looks like Panetta may quit before we can fire his ass, so you…
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If the Public Option is Dead: Then What?
This week, opponents of a government-run health care system welcomed the news that President Obama might…
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Statism’s Waterloo
If a revolution takes root throughout the country and no one in Washington hears it, does the revolution…
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Waxmanism, the New McCarthyism
Since over-the-top name calling is the new sine qua non (see Boethius) of public policy debate…
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"The Transportation Department released a final rule Monday that aims to 'reset' the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's fuel economy standards, rolling back substantial required mileage increases for automakers' fleets implemented under the Biden administration.Dubbed 'Freedom Means Affordable Cars' by the department, the 892-page rule will impact Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards…[more]
  
 
— Kelly Livingston, Roll Call
 
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