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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. Europe is in a turmoil. The government of France fell in the sense that the prime…
The immediate response of many “mainstream” liberal journalists to the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk demonstrates why so many Americans loathe the corporate media. Many of the responses to Kirk’s killing on social websites like TikTok and Bluesky have been celebratory and downright evil. It’s ironic in a certain way that Bluesky had become such…
The Southern Poverty Law Center rightly condemned the horrific assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk Wednesday, but if the SPLC is serious in opposing political violence, it should do one better: It should remove Turning Point USA from its “hate map,” which plots Kirk’s organization alongside Ku Klux Klan chapters. The FBI is…
Like many of you, I’ve been glued to my phone over the last 24 hours, poring over news updates and the articles and posts from friends sharing their memories of Charlie Kirk. Some of these are rich with articulate, highly descriptive prose, summarizing a phenomenal man whose impact we’ve only begun to see the fruits…
So much of the media coverage of a political cycle revolves around (or devolves into) stories about polls and fundraising totals, and this story is no different. Well, … it’s a little different. >>> Sign up for our Virginia email newsletter In a poll of 512 Virginia likely voters conducted Sept. 3-5, Winsome Earle-Sears, the…
“Jefferson lives!” Those reportedly were the last words spoken by Thomas Jefferson’s partner in drafting the Declaration of Independence, John Adams, before he died on July 4, 1826. Hours later, Jefferson passed away as well. In light of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University Wednesday,…
When Charlie Kirk was shot Wednesday, there was no mistaking his condition was dire. Like so many across the nation, I prayed for a miracle. We had a miracle in Butler, Pennsylvania. We had a miracle at President Donald Trump’s Florida golf course. We had a miracle when House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., somehow…
“The more a society drifts away from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” Charlie James Kirk knew the cost of telling the truth. Without fear, he paid with his life. He was 31. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 4:40 p.m., President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the “Legendary”…
The shooting death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University Wednesday marks one more in a list of violent attacks against prominent conservatives. Kirk, 31, had been hosting an event with students, and was in the middle of discussing shooters who identify as transgender. >>> Authorities Provide Update on Charlie Kirk…
I write this from my daily commuter train. I’m on my way home. My wife is making dinner. My 1-year-old daughter is just learning to say “Daddy,” and hopefully, she’ll make an attempt to do so when I come through the door. Charlie Kirk’s daughter, not so much older than my own, will not have…
Conservative radio host Charlie Kirk has been shot, according to the Utah Valley University Police Department. As of this article’s publication, The Associated Press reports the Turning Point USA co-founder is in critical condition. [Editor’s note: After publication of this article, Kirk’s death was announced.] MSNBC has covered the incident in the most disgraceful way possible….
President Donald Trump has nominated Riley Barnes to serve as the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, which is dedicated to helping “advance individual liberty and democratic freedoms around the world.” At his confirmation hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, Barnes delivered a brilliant opening…
Iowa has been rated as one of the most fiscally prudent states for several years running, due to sound tax and spending policies. Yet thanks in part to a recent downturn in the agricultural economy, economic growth in the state has slowed. Additionally, the state has been losing residents to other states every year since…
PBS News tweeted out something unexpected from conservative Christian author Allie Beth Stuckey, author of the book “Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion.” This was the Stuckey quote they shared: “Empathy becomes toxic when it encourages you to affirm sin, validate lies, or support destructive policies.” At first, I hoped “PBS News Hour” interviewed…
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Watch Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with American Moment CEO Nick Solheim on The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel. “Personnel is policy” is an old truism in the conservative movement. After President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, one of the big question marks as he…
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. I’ve been a big supporter—as all of you have, in most cases—of what we’ve seen the…
If China were to attack Taiwan, it may well also bring the fight directly to the U.S., with a long roster of potentially catastrophic actions it could inflict against Americans in their homeland. Experts warn of a “menu” of choices for damage and chaos the Chinese Communist Party could sow—including, but not limited to, the…
A decade-long effort to leverage asset managers to impose net-zero and social justice policies on corporations has gone into reverse with reports from this year’s corporate voting season that the most influential fund managers are no longer voting for these policies. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with more than $11 trillion in assets under…
The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress are nothing short of catastrophic. They are an indictment of an education system that has been subject to decades of top-down “accountability” and consumed trillions of dollars—more and more each year—only to deliver worse results. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the 2024…
Last week, the Chinese Communist Party commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a meticulously orchestrated military parade, showcasing an impressive array of advanced weaponry. This grand display, however, is merely a façade that barely conceals the vulnerabilities of the authoritarian regime. Strategically, the regime highlighted an impressive collection of…