I’ve talked about affordability, this new meme, this new theme that the Democrats are using against the Trump administration. 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 […]
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No one spends a dollar better than the person who earned it. That adage reveals the crux of massive fraud and improper payments that plague federal health insurance programs and drive up costs for taxpayers. According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, more than 95% of the fictitious applications the GAO created and attempted […]
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Brooke Rollins, the bulldog at the helm of the USDA, is done playing nice with the welfare wasteland that’s SNAP. She’s blasting the program for hemorrhaging billions in taxpayer dollars to deadbeats, double-dippers, and outright crooks, and she’s got the numbers to back it up. This isn’t some feel-good handout—it’s a slush fund for fraudsters […]
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Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz, that squishy socialist who couldn’t secure a border if it was his own backyard, is at it again. In the face of the biggest fraud heist in state history—a Somali-led scam that vacuumed up over a billion dollars in taxpayer cash meant for hungry children—he’s got the gall to point the […]
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Listen up, Chicagoans. Your radical mayor, Brandon Johnson, that teachers’ union puppet who’s turned the Windy City into a fiscal dumpster fire, is at it again. Facing a whopping $1.1 billion budget hole for 2026, he’s dusting off the old “head tax” playbook—a per-employee shakedown on big employers to rake in cash for his pet […]
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In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss former President Joe Biden’s failure to make sure our adversaries in Syria paid a cost for attacking Americans, and the failure of so many immigrants to say “thank you” for all we do. Editor’s note: This is […]
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Ah, the joys of international politics in 2025—where the ghosts of Cold War paranoia mingle with the fresh stink of modern aggression like a bad cocktail at a Brussels summit. Mark Rutte, the fresh-faced Dutchman who’s traded his bicycle for the NATO hot seat since October 1, 2024, dropped a bombshell in Berlin on December […]
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If you’re an American taxpayer who’s sick of watching your hard-earned dollars get flushed down the toilet of government incompetence, this one’s going to make your blood boil. We’re talking about the massive Somali fraud scams ripping through states like Minnesota and now Ohio, where billions—yeah, billions—in fraudulent payments have been siphoned off from programs […]
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Ah, America, land of the free—unless you’re crossing state lines with a perfectly legal hunk of metal strapped to your side. Then it’s more like land of the fee, the fingerprint, and the futile wait for permission from some desk jockey who thinks the Second Amendment is a suggestion. Enter Eva Marie Gardner, a plucky […]
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Ah, Washington, D.C.—that swampy circus where every grand idea gets buried under a pile of paperwork thicker than a lobbyist’s wallet. Enter President Donald Trump, fresh off his triumphant return to the Oval Office, swinging a wrecking ball at the White House’s East Wing like it’s an outdated hotel annex. His dream? A sprawling 90,000-square-foot […]