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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Trump Doctrine: No More Free Defense for Ungrateful Allies
    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. Jack Fowler:  Let’s talk one other—since we were just talking about Fort Hood, keep on the Islamic, Islamicism, if that’s a…
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Iranian Regime Has Only One Way Out
    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. This is the first week of October, and the Iran war conflict, whatever term we want to…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The Daily Signal Sits Down With Bert Mizusawa
    The midterm race that no one is talking about. By nobody, I mean the Virginia senator whose term is up in January. Sen. Mark Warner has dodged two debates, which isn’t unusual for a long-term incumbent. What is unusual is that the debates were going to be hosted by AARP and the League of Women…
    Joe Thomas
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Truth About Oct. 7 Massacre, 3 Years Later
    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. This week marks the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 slaughter of Israelis, civilians, some people in the…
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    CAIR Sued to Get El-Sayed’s Sister-in-Law Removed From Terror Watchlist
    The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed two lawsuits with the federal court system during the administration of former President Barack Obama in an attempt to remove Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s sister-in-law from a terrorist watchlist, claiming it violated her Fifth Amendment rights. CAIR filed the lawsuit, along with another seeking damages, after Mariam…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Approves Firing Squad for Radical Islamic Terrorist
    President Donald Trump has approved execution by firing squad for convicted mass murderer Nidal Malik Hasan, the Islamic terrorist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended—and President Donald J. Trump has approved—death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    What Is the Golden Dome Actually Providing? 
    The Senate Armed Services Committee’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee held a hearing on Sept. 29 discussing President Donald Trump’s ambitious plan for American missile defense called the Golden Dome.  Senators and witnesses attempted to flesh out the administration’s vision for the Golden Dome and whether partisanship is preventing action that could keep America safe from its…
    Caroline Berkness
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    Why Did the US Suddenly Withdraw Its Bombers From RAF Fairford?
    On Oct. 4, the United States removed all bombers stationed at Royal Air Force Fairford from active service and sent them back to their home bases in America. The Pentagon and the U.S. European Command did not announce it until after the planes had left, and they provided no explanation. The number of aircraft that…
    Peter McIlvenna
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    Don’t Let Flydubai Terror Scare Derail Abraham Accords Progress
    Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace. It’s why they fly planes into buildings, don explosive vests, and rain indiscriminate missiles on civilian populations. The response to such terrorism isn’t to cower. It is to lead with boldness, courage and, sometimes, outright heroism. The world just saw precisely such heroism in the high drama…
    Josh Hammer
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    Flock Is Always Watching 
    Do you worry that you’re being watched?  If you drive, you probably are.   My new video covers the cameras that photograph the backs of millions of cars.  A company called Flock has 80% of that market.  Flock’s CEO says the goal is to “eliminate crime.”  But lots of people hate the cameras.     “We are asked…
    John Stossel
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    Revolutionary-Era South Carolina’s Mantra: ‘Be Cool and Do Mischief’ 
    On Feb. 9, 1776, Christopher Gadsden stood before South Carolina’s Provincial Congress in Charleston with what the congressional record called an “elegant standard,” a yellow flag bearing a rattlesnake poised to strike and four words beneath it: “DON’T TREAD ON ME”  The story of that flag takes us into a fascinating stage of South Carolina’s…
    Jim Sanderlin
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s Regime Is Running Out of Options
    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: Iran, let’s turn to. It looks like internal strife is increasing, not because of the protesters out there, although…
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    Trump’s Pressure on Nigeria Just Saved Hundreds of Christians’ Lives
    Even amidst tragic news that at least 18 Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt state of Plateau were killed by Fulani jihadists over the past week, there is reason for hope: The nation’s government has finally bowed to pressure and taken concrete action against the plague of anti-Christian violence. Because of pressure started by President Donald…
    Sean Nelson
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    Supreme Court Move Could Have Major Consequences for Trump Deportation Policy
    The Supreme Court lifted the injunction against deporting illegal immigrants to a country other than their country of origin, known as sending them to a “third country,” and announced it will hear a case on the Trump administration’s policy. The case, D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security, is about whether the government can deport illegal…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Camp Mystic Flood Tragedy Exposed a Systematic Failure
    The New York Post reported on Sept. 23 that Texas Rangers are investigating whether crimes, including manslaughter, were committed in the deaths at Camp Mystic during the July 2025 floods. Investigators are seeking evidence; no finding of criminal guilt has been made. Whatever that inquiry concludes, it raises broader questions: Why do we keep building…
    David Richardson
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    Refrigerators: The Next National Security Frontier?
    RealClearWire—Refrigerators are probably the last thing anyone would consider a national security vulnerability, which is precisely why the unusual refrigeration failures at U.S. military commissaries deserve more attention than they are getting.   There is no public evidence that the incidents were caused by a cyberattack or a foreign adversary, and they may ultimately prove to…
    Timothy J. Maney
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    Man Behind Bars Over Death Threats to Firebrand GOP Rep and Kids
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Daily Signal has obtained the death threats made against an outspoken House Freedom Caucus member and his kids that have landed the perpetrator with an almost 10-year sentence in federal prison. The man behind the threats, 26-year-old Edwin Guerrero, was also hit with a $15,000 fine, United States Attorney Gregory…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s Blind Spot on 9/11, Charlie Kirk, & Oct. 7
    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. Jack Fowler: Douglas Murray’s a friend, a great writer. He’s written this essay for The Free Press, “The 9/11 Failure That Still…
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    Victor Davis Hanson Challenges Tucker Carlson: Show Me Where I Called Hiroshima ‘Glorious’
    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.  About a month ago, I talked about the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on…
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    Victor Davis Hanson: What Tucker Carlson Gets Wrong About Hiroshima
    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. Jack Fowler: Well, Victor, you wrote and talked about Hiroshima, and I don’t want to say the virtues of it because…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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