Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. The Democrats have a new narrative, the Left in general does, that they are saving democracy […]
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Oh, Virginia, what fresh hell is this? As if the Old Dominion hasn’t suffered enough under the thumb of swamp creatures, here comes Abigail Spanberger, the former CIA spook turned Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, slithering her way toward the governor’s mansion like she’s got some classified intel on how to bamboozle voters. With the election set […]
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A Democrat whistleblower reportedly warned the FBI starting in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., approved the leak of classified information for the purpose of smearing President Donald Trump with now debunked Russiagate claims. FBI reports obtained and first reported by Just the News state that a staffer who worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee sounded […]
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Slowing Inflation Confirms Time To Cut Interest Rates Consumer inflation grew by 0.2 percent in July and is 2.7 percent above last year’s level according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, relatively flat from the prior month as food and energy prices continue cooling amid boosted production globally, down from 2.9 percent […]
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President Donald Trump on Aug. 7 via executive order directed federal departments and agencies to take on debanking by financial institutions, which deny access to checking accounts, payment processors and other financial services due to political grudges and other viewpoint-based discrimination that has taken place against small businesses, individuals and even the President himself who was debanked […]
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Listen up, folks, because if you thought the elites were just content with telling you what to eat, drive, and think, think again. They’ve got their sights set on your thermostat, your TV, and even your fancy electric car battery. And leading the charge is none other than Patricia Poppe, the big cheese at California’s […]
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Trump’s Recent Deployments and Historical Precedents President Donald Trump has federalized state National Guard units twice in 2025, first in Los Angeles and now in Washington, D.C., to address domestic challenges ranging from immigration protests to urban crime. These actions, invoking laws like the Insurrection Act and specific federal statutes, mark a continuation of a […]
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President Donald Trump announced Monday he’s taking decisive action to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., drawing attention to violent crime rates not only in the nation’s capital, but in major cities across the U.S. “We have other cities that are very bad—New York has a problem, and then you have, of course, Baltimore and Oakland,” Trump said […]
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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. This is the 80th anniversary of the Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, bombings—with nuclear weapons, […]
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Kentucky voters will head to the polls on November 3, 2026, to elect a new U.S. senator in an open race following Mitch McConnell’s decision not to seek an eighth term. McConnell, who has held the seat since January 3, 1985, announced his retirement on February 20, 2025, marking the first open contest for this […]