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Victor Davis Hanson: 25 Years After 9/11—Has America Forgotten?
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: It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and I know that we’ve been watching New York… -
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Reflections on 9/11 After 25 Years
Twenty-five years later, the images remain seared into our national memory: A brilliant September sky blackened by smoke; office papers drifting through the canyons of lower Manhattan; strangers running toward danger while thousands fled from it; and, by evening, an America stunned, grieving, and suddenly united. Sept. 11, 2001, was not merely a date on… -
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Mike Johnson Tells GOP ‘We’re Not Done Yet’ as Republicans Push Pre-January Agenda
DALLAS—The midterm elections are just weeks away, but House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are “not done yet.” The GOP has a guaranteed majority until January, when the next Congress begins, and they still have time to pass legislation and codify the conservative agenda. Johnson took the stage on Thursday night at the Republican National… -
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We Spend a Lot More on Welfare Than Bombs. That’s a Problem.
The other day, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told Qatari state media that the United States was “spending tens of billions of dollars on killing people” when that money “could have been used to make life easier” for the public. “There always seems to be money for war,” he went on, “but not to… -
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New York Hospital to Provide $2M in Care for Patients Harmed by Pediatric Gender Interventions
The Justice Department announced on Friday that Mount Sinai Health System, one of New York’s largest hospital systems, agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries to minors. It now must pay a monetary penalty and dedicate $2 million in free medical care to those suffering harmful consequences from those interventions. “The… -
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Mamdani Turns Rikers Murderer Into Victim in Larger Plot to Abolish Prisons
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonstrated yet again this week how much of his ideology ultimately leads to mass mercy to the guilty and cruelty to the innocent. On Tuesday, he posted a tribute on X to an unnamed prisoner at the Rikers Island facility. “I am deeply saddened by the death of a… -
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Mamdani’s Grocery Store Plan Lands NYC in Major Court Battle
New York City on Monday was named in a lawsuit over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open multiple taxpayer-funded grocery stores in the city next year, which could put mom-and-pop grocery stores out of business. A coalition representing immigrant-run grocery stores brought the suit. “These grocery stores and bodegas are right to be concerned about… -
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Karen Bass’ Video Invites Scrutiny Over Donation Match Program
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat running for reelection, made a curious post on social media this week when she solicited campaign donations that would be matched by the city. The post is raising plenty of scrutiny and questions. “The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Wednesday opened with the eyebrow-raising story, as host Tony Kinnett… -
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‘Statistical Illiteracy’ Rick Scott Demands AG James to Explain How NY’s Fraud Got Away
Special Senate Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James demanding answers on alleged rampant Medicare fraud in her state. The Florida Republican’s letter noted that the number of indictments and convictions for Medicare fraud has declined under the New York Medicaid Fraud Control Unit since James… -
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Mamdani Promised Affordability. His New Amazon Delivery Plan Could Make NYC More Expensive.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is once again using a big corporation as an easy target in a scheme that will likely make New York City more unaffordable, not less. On Monday, the socialist mayor announced the so-called Delivery Protection Act—which received significant union backing—that will allegedly be used to “rein in the power… -
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Trump Slams Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax as Judge Halts Implementation
President Donald Trump slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax on certain second properties in a Tuesday post on Truth Social and threatened federal action. The president said the tax “is costing New York City and State a fortune in that the money, eventually to be gotten, is very little compared to to… -
SEE YOU IN COURT: 3 More States Slapped With Lawsuits Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
The Justice Department filed three lawsuits Monday against states that offer in-state tuition for illegal aliens, after securing victories in five similar cases. “Congress long ago made clear that states cannot put illegal aliens over our nation’s own citizens,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement first provided to the Daily Signal. “By… -
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Mamdani Blames E-Bike Sellers for Crisis He Refuses to Police
When real-world problems arise, you can always count on socialists to fall back on blaming their old ideological bugaboos rather than addressing them head on. That appears to be the case in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been forced to deal with an escalating problem of e-bike fatalities. You can guess who… -
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Mamdani Releases Video Demonizing Landlords. But He Is NYC’s Biggest Slumlord of All.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a slick video this week portraying landlords as villains and housing advocates along with their government allies as heroes. But the truth is that Mamdani and the government are by far the biggest slumlords in the city and increasing public ownership, as he clearly intends, will only further… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Bar Complaint Rejected After Claims E. Jean Carroll Lawyer Concealed $7 Million Funding Source for Trump Lawsuit
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The lawyer for E. Jean Carroll will not face any sanction for not immediately disclosing that a major Democrat donor funded Carroll’s sexual assault lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The New York State Attorney Grievance Committee of the New York State Supreme Court sent a letter Monday to the watchdog group… -
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Mamdani Purges Business Leaders to Cement Socialist Control of NYC
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he intended to govern as a socialist, he meant it. And he is doing what any dedicated communist does when he rises to power: purge the kulaks, promote the apparatchiks. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Mamdani had eliminated all the businessmen and various other civic leaders from… -
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Mamdani Backtracks on IDs for Marxist Marts
New York City’s Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani is on a crusade for government control in his latest push for government-run grocery stores. Such stores have been attempted and failed before, and no amount of government subsidization will change the fact that these Marxist Marts are a taxpayer-financed disaster. Like any public program, they will… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: New York’s Property Tax Crackdown Is Just the Beginning
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. Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York, has just stirred up a lot of controversy. He said that he wanted to go after property owners who had… -
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New York Immigrant Business Coalition Threatens Lawsuit Over Mamdani’s Government-Owned Grocery Stores
A coalition of immigrant business owners has threatened New York City with a lawsuit over planned government-owned grocery stores they say will unfairly undermine their businesses. On Monday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would move forward with building a series of government-owned grocery stores and promised a 30% discount on certain staple… -
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Mamdani’s Tax List Reveals the Dark Side of Socialist Class Warfare
It should be no surprise that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not only wants to tax the rich but dox them too. On Monday, New York’s Department of Finance published a searchable database of properties that could fall under New York’s new so-called pied-à-terre tax on second homes in the city. The New York…