2026: The Year That’s Already Beating the Odds, One Silver Lining at a Time

Ah, yes, the human condition—wired to fixate on doom like a moth to a porch light, especially when the porch is on fire. But here we are, barely six weeks into 2026, and the world hasn’t imploded yet. In fact, it’s coughed up a few genuine wins amid the usual circus of chaos. From economies […]

Rubio Tells Europe What It Needs to Hear

I think all of us have heard some news of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s very impressive speech at the Munich Security Conference. 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 […]

Public Schools: Pouring Billions Down the Drain While Kids Flee the Sinking Ship

If there’s one thing that proves the government education racket is a total scam, it’s this: We’re dumping more cash than ever into public schools, but the classrooms are emptying out like a bad party after the cops show up. Enrollment’s tanking, test scores are in the toilet, and yet the bureaucrats keep demanding—and getting—fatter […]

California’s Gubernatorial Gong Show: Who’s Winning the Jungle?

Ah, California, the land where dreams go to get taxed into oblivion and the governor’s race looks like a casting call for a bad reality show. With Gavin Newsom term-limited out after turning the Golden State into a glittering tent city, the 2026 election is shaping up as a free-for-all under the state’s infamous “jungle […]

House Republicans Pressure Senate to Force Vote on SAVE America Act

A group of House Republicans, accustomed to pressuring their own chamber’s leadership, is now publicly calling for the Senate to use a “talking filibuster” in order to pass voter identification legislation. “I don’t think the votes are there [in the Senate] to eliminate the filibuster, but they might be there to actually force the Democrats to do […]

Vance Rejects Midterm Poll; GOP ‘Still Digging Out of the Hole the Democrats Put Us In’

Vice President JD Vance took issue with a Fox News poll showing a majority of voters preferring Democrats to Republicans in the upcoming November 2026 midterms. “As much as we love Fox News, we always think Fox News has the worst polling, me and the president agree on that,” Vance told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum […]

California’s Voter Rolls: A Fraud Factory Built on Lies and Leftist Laziness

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If you thought the Golden State’s beaches were the only thing getting eroded, wait until you hear about their voter rolls. California’s election system is a dumpster fire of epic proportions, rigged to let anyone and their dog—literally—sign up to vote without so much as a sideways glance. No ID? No problem. Fake address? Welcome […]

NOTE TO AOC: Western Culture Is Anything But ‘Thin’

This weekend, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed her contempt for the rich heritage of Western culture, and why the Right is correct to oppose her Marxist politics. Speaking at the Technical University of Berlin on Sunday, AOC responded to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, and she chided him for attempting to build on […]

The Democrat 2028 Field: Slim Pickings in a Very Thin Stew

If the Democrats’ 2024 performance taught us anything, it’s that their idea of a comeback is like a bad sequel—same plot, worse acting, and nobody’s buying tickets. With President Trump back in the White House and the midterms looming like a bad hangover, the party’s presidential bench for 2028 looks like the remnants of a […]