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    Victor Davis Hanson: Republicans Can’t Just Trash the Left—They Need a Plan to Win
    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 anticipation of the November midterms is mounting every day, and the polls show that, typically, in…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The Midterm Rematch That Will ‘Determine the Fate of the Country’
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Virginia is home to the race that will “determine the fate of the country,” according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. Republicans came together in Virginia Beach to fundraise for Rep. Jen Kiggans, who faces a 2022 rematch against former Rep. Elaine Luria. After the event, Johnson told reporters that 2026 will be a…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    On the Campaign Trail: Johnson Casts Midterms as ‘Common Sense vs. Communism’
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Speaker Mike Johnson is joining House Republicans on the campaign trail this month as they face an election cycle that could change the fate of the country. He says Republicans aren’t just up against Democrats; they’re facing off against communist threats.  At a campaign event for Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., on Monday, just one of the stops on Johnson’s 30-day tour…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    The DSA Has a Diversity Problem
    For a movement that talks incessantly about diversity, the Democratic Socialists of America has an awkward problem of its own: it is remarkably white. According to an internal survey obtained by City & State New York, 60% of respondents in the New York City chapter of the DSA identified as white. Some 63% of the chapter’s 15,600…
    Michael Freund
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    Hakeem Jeffries Punts on Adopting Socialist Agenda as New Polling Shows Dems Embracing It Over Capitalism
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Kristen Welker during a Sunday “Meet the Press” interview that he doesn’t support the Democratic Socialists of America’s agenda. Democrat New York Rep. Jeffries told the NBC News host he doesn’t support the Democratic Socialists of America’s current agenda, despite leaving the door open for more…
    Spencer Lombardo
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    DSA Praises Fidel Castro in 100th Birthday Tribute, Denounces Marco Rubio as ‘Genocidal’
    The Democratic Socialists of America website called deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro a “stalwart symbol of anti-imperialist struggle and self-determination,” while denouncing Secretary of State Marco Rubio as genocidal. In a tribute to Castro on what would have been his 100th birthday Thursday, the DSA website commemorated the “historic significance of both this day and…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Not Winning? Just Change the Rules
    What binds the new Democratic Party to the new democratic socialists is a set of shared issues and values. That is, the radicalism of the Democrats in the age of Trump Derangement Syndrome—lawfare, de-balloting, the Mar-a-Lago raid, and calls to destroy the Electoral College, the nine-justice Supreme Court, and the filibuster—helped give birth to the…
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    The Little-Known Democratic Socialist Plan to Reshape the American Left Through Labor Unions
    The Democratic Socialists of America is quietly building a network of activists to influence unions that are central to the Democratic Party. The organization’s plan encourages young socialists to select jobs where they can either unionize or join existing unions and move them further to the Left. While most Americans are aware of DSA-backed officeholders…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Republicans Must Shine the Light of Freedom to Stop the Socialist Scourge
    How can anyone escape the irony that in this year, as we celebrate 250 years since the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, the principles of that declaration are being widely challenged? When Americans should be basking in the light of our hard-fought-for freedoms, standing guard on our God-given rights noted in that declaration,…
    Star Parker
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    Victor Davis Hanson: You’re Not a Socialist—You Just Chose a $200K Degree Over a Trade
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition 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: So, Victor, let’s look at some of these primaries. We already talked a little bit…
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    No Distinction Between Socialism and Communism, Survivors Say
    Daily Signal journalism fellow Pedro Boccalato Rodriguez-Aparicio and Manhattan Institute fellow Daniel Di Martino drew on their own experiences under Venezuela’s communist regime to expose the intentions behind the new push for “democratic socialism” in the United States. In a special Daily Signal podcast, the fellows explained how socialism and communism are the same, despite…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Born From the DSA
    After Tuesday’s primary results, officeholders and pundits from the Democratic Party establishment went on a full-on offensive against the insurgent Democratic Socialists of America. Irony abounded as allegations that voter fraud and funny business with failing “zip drives” were used to allegedly keep socialist internet-star state Rep. Francesca Hong from winning the gubernatorial primary in…
    Joe Thomas
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    What El-Sayed’s Victory and the DSA’s Rise Could Do to the Economy
    Last week, democratic socialist Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democrat primary for U.S. Senate, securing 48.5% of the vote. El-Sayed will now face former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in a toss-up November race that could determine control of the Senate. This result is not an isolated event. Across the country, socialists…
    Nicole Huyer
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    AOC Laughs Off the ‘Woke 1’ Era. The Damage Was No Joke.
    Peak woke revealed a totalitarian mindset in America that raged out of control for a few years, until unpopularity, a little courage from the minority who stood against it, and the election of President Donald Trump in 2024 turned the tide against it. But leftists—especially ones running for office—are determined to rewrite history (they’re used…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Far-Left Democrats Lose to Far-Far-Left DSA Challengers
    A fundamental error distorts news about the Democratic Socialists of America’s takeover of the Democratic Party. Journalists claim that the DSA’s radical contenders and their comrades are defeating “moderate” Democrat incumbents. Pundits are wondering how pro-Hamas Abdul El-Sayed deprived “centrist” Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan’s Democrat U.S. Senate nomination. While the largely triumphant DSA candidates…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Don’t Let Socialists Fool You: They Still Want to Abolish Police, and Prisons Too
    Socialists just can’t let the “dream” of prison abolition go until it becomes your nightmare. Leftist politicians are struggling to handle the crime issue on the campaign trail as the signal has clearly gone out from their top “influencers” to avoid talking about “defund the police.” Their media allies say that socialist candidates are “recalibrating,”…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Is ‘Communist’ No Longer a Slur?
    It is not difficult, these days, to see the neo-communist flipside of “democratic socialists”—once they find power. Indeed, the more the ossified Democratic Party claims that its growing cadre of socialist renegades are not really socialists, the more they act like—and even appear comfortable being called—communists. With every new policy they propose, the socialists have…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The Value and Virtues of Free Enterprise
    Socialism is on the rise, and capitalism is on its back foot. The implications span all parts of our society but certainly include corporate governance. As is often the case, the corporate governance issue boils down to who makes decisions, and to what end those decisions are—and should be—aimed.   Should corporations strive solely to maximize shareholder value?…
    Stefan Padfield
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    How Pittsburgh Became the Early Alarm Bell for the DSA’s Rise
    PITTSBURGH—The rise of the Democrat Left in Pittsburgh did not happen overnight. It was built over years through patient organizing, disciplined recruiting, and a clear-eyed focus on the races that mattered most: low-turnout primaries where entrenched power was vulnerable. Mik Pappas’ 2017 race for Pennsylvania’s 31st Magisterial District judge offered an early hint that the…
    Salena Zito
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Democratic Party’s Socialist Divide
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition 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: All right, Victor. So, we had primaries. Speaking of lots of money spent, and I…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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