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opinion
France Escalates Weaponization of Hate Speech Laws to Silence Islam’s Critics
Summary In past weeks, France has been rocked by protests by anarchist leftists who seek to tear the country apart and unassimilated Muslim agitators looking to loot and pillage a country they have no investment in. So, now the French government is cracking down. Oh, not on the rioters (or “students,” as we’ve been told… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats’ Hegseth Impeachment Gambit BACKFIRES
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 Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So, Victor, I do know what they’re going to do. They are going to, apparently, from what they talk about, impeach… -
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Muslim Sen.-Elect El-Sayed to Take Oath on a Quran
Summary The first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate says he will take his oath of office in January on a Quran. “Which Quran, we’re not sure,” Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., told NPR’s Leila Fadel Thursday. “I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Quran. So when Keith Ellison was sworn in to Congress,… -
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Is There a Difference Between Islam and Islamism? These Experts Say ‘No’
Summary OXON HILL, Md.—Americans must understand the true nature of Islam to diagnose its challenge to Western societies, scholars said Thursday. At The Heritage Foundation’s conference, The Forum, a pair of scholars highlighted the often-false distinction made between Islam and “Islamism” that causes confusion. Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, an anthropologist and research fellow at the National Centre… -
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Trump Directs Vance to Settle Issue Other Than Iran War
President Donald Trump directed Vice President JD Vance to focus on fighting fraud in Democrat-run states instead of ending the Iran war. “I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S.,” Trump said Thursday… -
opinion
The Patient Islamification of the West
Summary The Muslim Brotherhood has engaged in a century-long project to “Islamify” modern countries through gradual, lawful, multisector action. Across Europe and now the United States, the Brotherhood builds institutions, exploits rights language, and forges “red-green” alliances. In this way, it prepares ground for jihadist violence while avoiding overt illegality. This “Brotherism,” as I call… -
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US Treasury Chief Bessent Moved to Military Base After Iranian Threats, Sources Say
Summary WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Reuters)—U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, D.C., residence to a U.S. military base after Iranian threats against his life, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The New York Times first reported the move. A senior intelligence official in the Trump administration warned in… -
opinion
Vance Is Right: The Iran War Lost Republicans the Midterms
Summary The morning after Republicans suffered the most devastating midterm loss in recent memory, Vice President JD Vance posted his response to the election results on X. Vance’s poignant diagnosis has garnered over 72 million views and widespread support from both the administration and voters on the right. To riff off a famous line from… -
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How Hegseth Plans to Remake the Schools That Train Future Generals
NEWPORT, Rhode Island—War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced 33 new directives Monday to change how war colleges teach America’s future generals to fight wars. “For years, our war college mission statements have been choked with gauzy academic platitudes,” Hegseth told nearly 700 students and faculty at the Naval War College. “The word ‘win’ is entirely absent…. -
analysis
Iran War Was Seldom Mentioned by Virginia Republicans on the Stump
Virginia is proud to host the largest Navy base in the world. Naval Station Norfolk is home to 149,000 military-related personnel. There are 75 ships and 134 aircraft based there. Many of those sailors and pilots have been or may soon be deployed to the Persian Gulf region to take part in ongoing military actions… -
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The Plan to Impeach Hegseth: Massie Says Support Has Grown
Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., plans to bring articles of impeachment against Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors” first thing next week. “I plan on introducing it Monday or Tuesday, as soon as we get back,” Massie told the Daily Signal, adding that he “believe[s] support for impeachment has grown”… -
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CAIR Closes Up Shop in Florida After Federal Court Defeat
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has suspended operations in Florida after a federal court rejected its request to block the state’s designation of the organization as a domestic terrorist group. Earlier Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier posted on X: “This morning, a federal court upheld Florida’s Domestic Terrorist Organization law and rejected CAIR’s attempt… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Second Term—the Counterrevolution Explained
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 video was recorded before Tuesday’s midterm elections. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. In an earlier video, I talked a little… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: America Faces a Radical New Political Reality
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’m speaking late on midterm night, and it looks like this blue wave materialized in the… -
news
‘Everyone Knows Why We Lost’: Vance Blames Iran War for Blue Wave
Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for 2026 Democrat victories Wednesday in a blunt post on X. “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” stated Vance, who, at this point, is the presumed front-runner for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination. “If you’d like to argue it… -
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Trump Ends Billions of Military Aid to Major US Ally
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will no longer provide $4 billion in yearly aid to Israel starting in 2027. “You can consider it barter. You can consider military aid or cash. Look, we give them $4 billion of things and money, and they don’t need it,” he said in a Fox News interview. “And I… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Final Phase?
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. We’re at about 240 days since the Feb. 28 beginning of the so-called Iran war. We’re about… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Is Carney Choosing China Over 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. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We’re into five or six months now of the Canadian-American trade wars. It’s kind of… -
opinion
Upcoming Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping Meeting Explained
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. There’s a lot of acrimony right now about a planned summit with the three… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Think They’re About to Win Big
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’m speaking about 10 days before our Nov. 3 midterms, the second midterm in…