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    Victor Davis Hanson: France’s Left Learns Rioters Don’t Check Voting Records
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.  Jack Fowler: Victor, two things I came across today, and I don’t know if it’s apocryphal, one…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    DSA Sets Its Sights on a New Form of Organizing
    The Democratic Socialists of America is training members to form “militant tenant unions” to organize renters against landlords, with the stated goal of “mass organization.” The DSA’s Housing Justice Commission is asking members to apply for its program to train “tenant organizers” and support the formation of “militant tenant unions” rather than mere building-level tenant…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Socialism Isn’t Just Deadly—It’s Soul-Crushing
    Far-left political influencer Hasan Piker was recently grilled on a satirical internet show—and the clips it generated were gold. “Now, Karl Marx said, ‘To each according to his needs.’ You live in a $2.7 million house,” the host said. “Why are your needs more important than 90% of other Californians?” Piker appeared uncomfortable as he…
    Liana Graham | Ashley Reese
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    Wake Up, America: The DSA’s Rising Influence Threatens Public Safety
    As we approach the 2026 midterm elections, Americans concerned about public safety must confront a growing and dangerous trend: the increasing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America within the Democratic Party. While the DSA markets itself as a movement for “economic justice,” its platform includes abolishing police, closing prisons, and opening national borders—policies that…
    Art Gordon
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Deeper Stakes of the Midterms
    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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We’re getting very close to the midterms. We’re less than three weeks away now. I would like to…
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    The Socialists Want to Hold Congress Hostage
    Hakeem Jeffries has a problem. The Democratic Socialists of America is already discussing what it will demand in exchange for helping him become the next speaker of the House of Representatives. And it isn’t being subtle about it. An Oct. 14 article in the DSA’s magazine Democratic Left was titled “Socialists in Congress Should Hold…
    Michael Freund
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    Leftist Network of PACs, DSA, and Activist Groups Backed Candidates Like Abdul El-Sayed: Report
    A leftist network involving the Democratic Socialists of America, Muslim nonprofits, and aligned PACs has promoted far-left Democrat candidates such as Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, according to a new report. “Following the events of October 7, 2023, an influential far-left political network rapidly mobilized by…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    France’s Multiculturalism Experiment Goes Up in Flames
    “French culture doesn’t exist in and of itself; there is no such thing as a single French culture. There is culture in France and it is diverse.” That was French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017, putting his own spin on the insipid “diversity is our strength” mantra that’s been the thoughtless creed of Western elites…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Could France’s Crisis Happen in America?
    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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   In the news right now, it’s rioting in France, rioting in Belgium, rioting in Italy, rioting in…
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Lost 2 World Wars—and America Inherited Its Self-Hatred
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: “It seems to me that postmodernism or French philosophy instilled in my sons the notion of oppressed-oppressor. Rationality is…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The Real Story Behind Socialism’s Rapid Rise in America
    Summary Socialist candidates are running for election this year across the United States, some with the outright endorsement of Democratic Socialists of America and others who prefer to avoid any association with the group. At both the federal level, for the U.S. House and Senate, and locally in cities and states, socialists appear to be…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Democratic Socialist Candidates Outline DSA Priorities for Potential House Majority
    Two members of the Democratic Socialists of America likely to win House elections have already turned their sights toward shaping what they see as a probable Democrat majority in the chamber. In an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, New York Democrat Darializa Avila Chevalier and Colorado Democrat Melat Kiros declined to commit to supporting Rep….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    USAID Was Propping Up Leftist Candidates, Fugitive Brazilian Politician Says
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—American taxpayer dollars were being used to prop up leftist candidates in the Western Hemisphere under former President Joe Biden, a top Brazilian politician who is now seeking refuge in the United States from incarceration under his country’s socialist government, told the Daily Signal on Wednesday. Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Democratic Party Is Undergoing Socialist Rebranding, RSC Members Say
    Outspoken members of the congressional Republican Study Committee called out the Democratic Party for nominating self-proclaimed capitalist candidates in key districts while allegedly undergoing a socialist rebranding. Among those signing the letter are Reps. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, Randy Weber, R-Texas, Randy Fine, R-Fla., Clay Higgins, R-La., Keith Self, R-Texas, Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and Mary Miller,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Poll: Arizona Voters Give Schools Failing Grade, Yet Hobbs Leads Biggs
    Summary FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL—Nearly 80% of Arizona voters have an unfavorable opinion of public education in their state, one of the few areas of agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the weeks leading to Election Day. The League of American Workers shared the polling data exclusively with the Daily Signal. Only one-quarter of Arizona…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    The Hidden Cost of Socialism? The Innovation It Never Creates
    Imagine a day without capitalism. You wake up to a decently sized apartment, just suited to fit your needs. Housing is a human right, after all, but penthouses aren’t. But how can you complain? You barely have bills. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses. They’re common goods. Those are some of the…
    Liana Graham
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    He Saw Life After the Berlin Wall Fell. Here’s What He Learned About Socialism.
    Summary Rep. Warren Davidson witnessed life in East Germany just weeks after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. In the next Congress, he could find himself serving alongside even more Democrats who embrace an ideology millions of Eastern Europeans rejected when they tore the wall down. Ideas once associated with the Left’s fringe are increasingly…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    The Quiet Rise of Democratic Socialism: How DSA Built Power Across America
    How did the Democratic Socialists of America grow from a small group of elderly activists to a political juggernaut, seemingly on the cusp of taking power in the Democrat Party? A new report emphasizes that the real strength of the DSA isn’t a few flashy political leaders like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or New York Mayor…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Johnson Sees an Unusual Force Driving Midterm Voters
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—While campaigning for Rep. Rob Bresnahan in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson compared the 2026 midterms to the election that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks and said fears about the “rise of Marxism and communism” could cause voters to reject Democrats and stick with the party in power….
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Bill to Strip DSA of Party Rights Picks Up Steam in DC
    Legislation to deny the Democratic Socialists of America party status has gained momentum in the House of Representatives. If enacted, the effort from Reps. Rich McCormick and Clay Fuller of Georgia would mirror the Communist Control Act of 1954, signed into law by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, by denying the DSA legal rights and…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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