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opinion
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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Don’t Be Fooled by China’s Recent Months of Low Military Activity
A day before the Washington meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, Chinese military activity in the Taiwan Strait has been relatively subdued compared to previous years. Recent restraint, however, should not be mistaken for a strategic shift. If past patterns hold, Beijing’s respite after months of high military activity levels around… -
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Trump Officials Tell Controversial Truth About Women at UN
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Geneva Consensus Declaration, a pro-life coalition of nations that acknowledge that there is no international right to abortion, is holding its first-ever dedicated event at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week on Wednesday, the Daily Signal can first report. Representatives from the U.S. government and some of the 43… -
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Coalition Can Defend Life, Family, and Sovereignty at the UN
As world leaders gather in New York City this week for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, over 40 countries—representing some 2 billion people worldwide—have pledged their support to the Geneva Consensus Declaration in defense of life, family, and national sovereignty. Launched in 2020 under U.S. leadership, the Geneva Consensus Declaration brought together nations… -
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Canada’s MAID Nightmare Gets Even Worse
Canada’s medical assistance in dying, or MAID, program continues to produce the grotesque results that its detractors warned about. The latest MAID horror north of the border was first reported in a Substack post by Kelsi Sheren titled “The Last Ten Days of Brigitte ‘GG’ Stegemann.” Sheren reported how an 83-year-old Belleville, Ontario, resident with… -
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What ‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’ Teaches Hollywood—and Us
On Sept. 20, The Daily Wire released its new movie “Run Hide Fight: Infidels.” Daily Wire, a conservative media company based in Nashville, produces a variety of podcasts, television series, and full-length motion pictures. Without a Hollywood budget, Daily Wire ventures into waters no other filmmaker dares. Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh has made… -
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China Tried to Silence the Philippines. Instead, It Proved Teodoro Right.
China tried to intimidate the Philippine defense secretary in the middle of an international security conference. Instead, Beijing gave the world a live demonstration of the coercion its neighbors have been writing about for years, and the Philippines gave a master class in how to push back against Chinese bullying. On Sept. 8, Philippine Secretary… -
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6-Figure Ad Buy Calls on Trump to Send This Message to China on AI Threats
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Alliance for a Better Future will run a six-figure ad campaign urging President Donald Trump to discuss artificial intelligence safety with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during Thursday’s state visit. The ad will encourage Trump to continue “beating China on AI without becoming China.” “President Trump knows America wins by building AI… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: 5 Reasons Mark Carney’s Animosity Toward the US Will Backfire
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western foil to President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement—he is the global one. Accordingly, he seems determined to demonstrate to the world how to stand up to Trump, to force Trump to lose the midterms, and to hurt the U.S. economy… -
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What to Expect From Trump’s Summit With Xi
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinpeng will likely confront China’s ties to Iran, the artificial intelligence race, Chinese prisoners, and Taiwan policy in their meeting in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 24. Adam Savit, director for China Policy at America First Policy Institute, said the summit should be viewed as a follow-up to Trump’s May… -
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Documentary Shows How Mass Muslim Migration Takes Advantage of America
Lewiston, Maine, has transformed from a working-class, historic town to the gun violence capital of the state. In his documentary “The Basilica or the Mosque—Mass Migration to Maine,” Daily Signal contributor Steve Cortes details how Somali immigrants take advantage of the American government and its people to enrich themselves and their home country. Maine: A History and… -
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New Documentary Answers the Question UK’s Ruling Class Won’t Ask About Mass Immigration
The West is in a self-inflicted crisis, and the only way to fix it is to recognize the problem. A new documentary created by The Heritage Foundation in collaboration with former Virginia Delegate and current Blaze TV host Nick Freitas shines a light on how decades of mass immigration have dramatically transformed the U.K. for… -
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Sweden’s Election Has a Harsh Lesson for ‘America First’ Conservatives
Sweden’s conservatives may have discovered a painful electoral paradox: Winning the immigration argument does not guarantee winning the election. Mass migration has transformed Sweden’s social fabric, strained public order, and helped create an electorate very different from the one that built the country’s postwar consensus. Policies once dismissed as unacceptable have become governing orthodoxy. Yet… -
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German Chancellor’s Attack on Free Speech Reveals Europe’s Growing Fear of Dissent
Free speech isn’t just dying in Europe; it’s being ruthlessly strangled by an out-of-touch ruling class that’s desperate to snuff it out before it loses power. And those elites are hardly hiding their contempt for what we here in America consider a foundational, God-given right. On Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public, frontal… -
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Top Cabinet Official Signals Prices Will Drop Soon
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told the Daily Signal that she predicts beef prices will decrease before the November midterm elections. Beef prices fell 1% in August, after a 0.8% decline in July. But Rollins said the Trump administration is not done working toward lower prices. “I think there’s a lot… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran Is Preparing an October Surprise Before the Midterms
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 about 50 days out from the midterms, and everybody seems to have an October surprise. What’s… -
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Congress Hears Pleas for Release of God-Fearing Chinese Democracy Advocate
A top congressional panel on Wednesday examined the imprisonment of Chinese media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and the state of press freedom and judicial independence in China. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing, titled “A Son and Daughter’s Appeal to Xi Jinping to Release Their Dad, Jimmy Lai,” comes a week before the Chinese Communist Party… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Mark Carney Is Leading Canada ‘Right Over the Cliff’
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 know we’ve talked a lot about the current Canadian-American trade dispute, but it involves larger issues… -
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Hearing on America’s Bad Actors Examines Islamic Extremism
A top Heritage Foundation scholar sounded the alarm to a key House panel on Tuesday about the merger of Islamism and Marxism, which he said has been increasingly prevalent in the United States by the alliances of Marxist and Islamist groups. Throughout the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia’s hearing, titled “Trojan… -
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Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth, Citing ‘Illegal’ Military Operations
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is working to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” The Republican congressman brought the charges to the House floor on Tuesday and is attempting to force a vote in the next two days. “By engaging in hostilities in Iran for more than 90 days without congressional…