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1We’ve all heard the Democrat talking points ad nauseam—from the Epstein files to Obamacare, from Trump’s health and MRI to inflation, affordability, and Biden-era policies.
But what’s the strategy behind focusing so heavily on their GOP opponents instead of the bigger picture? Victor Davis Hanson says it’s “just an excuse for the lack of a serious agenda”—and Democrat voters don’t seem to mind. Hanson breaks down these Democrat narratives and what it means for 2026 and beyond on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“Do they say, ‘Here's my alternate plan for immigration. I want one million, two million, three million illegal. I want to go back to the Biden [administration] , two million illegal aliens a year’? No, nothing. ‘Obamacare: Here's how we're going to solve it so we don't need subsidies. A, B, C.’ Nothing.”
(0:00) Introduction
(0:24) The Epstein Files Controversy
(0:07) Obamacare and Government Shutdowns
(3:03) Trump’s Health and Media Narratives
(3:52) Affordability and Economic Policies
(5:00) Lack of Democratic Initiatives
(6:55) Conclusion
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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
President Trump obliterates the Biden administration fuel economy standards.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D - Ariz.) may have illegally leaked details of a classified Inspector General report to the Wall Street Journal.
Minneapolis triples down on protecting Somalian migrants from deportation.
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Ukraine is back in the headlines as President Donald Trump puts forth new peace proposals to the international community.
To make sense of where the conflict currently sits and what ending the war would entail, Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the core questions behind the conflict: Why did Putin invade? Why does Russia keep fighting? Why won’t NATO fully support Ukraine? And what will it take to end the war? All on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“What is the dispute left about? Ukraine's not gonna be in NATO. Putin knows that. All it is, where is the DMZ? Does Putin get to push areas westward that Ukraine, Ukrainians are currently in and fighting successfully and he can't dislodge, or not? So, that's what we're gonna, that's what the dispute is over, and the security guarantees.
“If Ukraine is not in NATO, how can it defend the next invasion from Russia? Well, it's the greatest military in Europe right now. It's battle-hardened. It's got a huge army. It's well supplied. Will that continue? Will the EU or NATO continue to arm it? Will the United States back them up in extremis?”
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(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine?
(1:59) The Ongoing Conflict and Its Implications
(4:53) NATO's Role and Western Support
(7:28) Why Support Ukraine?
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“The Chair Recognizes”
With November’s stinging election results not even a month behind the Virginia GOP, their chairman, State Sen. Mark Peake, announced that he will be stepping down.
Peake told me that he’s leaving his post at the end of December because he wanted to make sure he could devote his full effort in the Virginia Senate to defeating the redistricting referendum before it needs a special election.
He also said that the Republican Party requires a chairman who can devote a similar amount of energy to getting out the vote should it make it to a Spring special election, and beyond that, helping win whatever districts there will be come November’s midterms.
Peake stepped in after longtime chair Rich Anderson earned a post as assistant secretary of the Air Force.
Cameron Hamilton has announced that he wants the State Central Committee to consider him. Hamilton mounted a challenge for the GOP nomination in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District in 2024 and his wife Karen was just elected to Virginia’s House of Delegates from the 62nd District, succeeding the retired Nick Freitas.
Some other frontrunners for the chairmanship include current chairs of Virginia’s 1st, 5th, and 6th congressional districts. They are Jeff Ryer, Rick Buchanan, and John Massoud respectively.
Ryer has helped Rep. Rob Wittman win reelection in a very competitive district while even outperforming statewide and national Republicans. Buchanan led the 5th District through the tumultuous (and expensive) primary battle between challenger John McGuire and incumbent Rep. Bob Good. Buchanan also pulled the district together to deliver a 15% victory for McGuire in the general election.
Massoud has helped Rep. Ben Cline build a strong base that supports him at a better-than-60% clip and has also managed to withstand out-of-state money attempting to flip Virginia House 34th District where incumbent Tony Wilt survived the 2025 “blue wave.”
Would Loudon County GOP chair Scott Pio try again for the chairman position? He has been vocal on social media about the need for a change and called for Peake to step down in the wake of the Democrat sweep of the statewide races and a 14-seat “flip” in the house. He was a candidate for the position when Anderson departed and lost to Peake at the State Central Committee vote.
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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
Republican Matt Van Epps beats Democrat Aftyn Behn in the special election for Tennessee’s 7th congressional district.
Minneapolis threatens to “intervene” in a major federal immigration operation.
The latest from the War Department on the “war crime scandal” that wasn’t.
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It’s common knowledge that good performance in midterm elections hinges on one key issue: the economy.
The Left knows this, and it knows that Trump’s economy is not only doing better than last year at this time during the Biden administration, but it’s doing better than any time in history. Victor Davis Hanson explains the strategy behind the Democrats’ attempt to distract Americans from booming growth before the 2026 midterms on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“The economy is going to boom in 2026 and the Left knows that. So, what is their strategy? Don't talk about the Trump economy. And we've seen what? Go after Tesla. Firebomb Tesla dealerships. Drive Tesla off, automobiles off the road because Elon Musk was the prince of darkness and he was involved in DOGE. Demonize DOGE. Go after ICE. Have street theater. Have riots. Call them Gestapo. Say they're worse than Hitler. Go after the National Guard that has cleaned up Washington, D.C. Encourage massive resistance. Call it illegal. Shut down the government.”
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(0:00) Introduction and Overview
(0:12) Economic Outlook for 2026
(1:40) Strategies of the Left
(2:57) Disruptive Tactics and Epstein Files
(4:56) Focus on the Economy
(5:28) Conclusion
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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is in hot water over allegations he purposefully ignored over a billion dollars in fraud by Somali migrants.
Senator Mark Kelly responds to accusations of encouraging sedition by saying President Trump is trying to kill him.
A special election for Congress in Tennessee includes a candidate who says she hates Tennesseans.
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“Yes, we are a nation of immigrants.*
“*We're a nation of legal immigrants whose first mission upon arrival in America was to be a better American than a native-born American. And many millions were. I don't think that is the case now, and the fault is not just with the immigrant, it's with us,” argues Victor Davis Hanson, following a string of high-profile, immigrant-related crimes, such as the brutal shooting of two National Guardsmen blocks away from the White House and a billion-dollar fraud scheme amongst the Somali diaspora in Minneapolis, on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
As President Trump announces an airspace closure over Venezuela, Congressional officials and media pundits debate a Washington Post allegation of “war crimes” ordered by the War Department.
Meanwhile, new revelations in the investigation into the Afghan migrant that shot two National Guardsmen in Washington DC.
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Americans have a glum view of the economy, but that is not expected to affect their consumer spending as holiday shopping kicks off.
According to a recent Fox News survey, 76% of Americans have a negative view of the economy. At the end of President Joe Biden’s term, this number was 70%. Yet while Americans appear to be losing faith in the vitality of the U.S. economy, they don’t plan on slowing their own holiday shopping habits.
The International Council of Shopping Centers reports that between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, 235 million American adults are expected to spend $127 billion, for an average of $542 a person—a $13 increase from the average spent over the long holiday weekend last year.
Millennials are projected to be the biggest spenders, with the International Council of Shopping Center estimating the generation born between 1981 and 1996 will drop an average of $764 a person during the five-day shopping period.
So what’s the disconnect? Why do the same Americans who feel the economy is flooding appear to feel good enough about their personal bank account to go out and drop several hundred dollars in just a few days? Nicole Huyer, a senior research associate in The Heritage Foundation’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, joins this week’s edition of “Problematic Women” to discuss.
Also on today’s show, we discuss spending differences between men and women. Plus, will New York City-Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani actually be able to implement his socialist wish list in the Big Apple? And if he can, what will that mean not only for New York City’s economy, but the economic health of the nation.
Catch the conversation on this week’s edition of “Problematic Women.”
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02:16 Generational Shopping Habit
11:20 Trump and Elon are Back?
19:02 Economic Long Game vs. Short Term Gains
20:28 Zohran Mamdani and NYC's Affordability Crisis
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34:13 Final Thoughts and Farewell
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The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be one of the most consequential midterm elections in modern American history.
In November 2024, the American people gave Republicans the trifecta—the White House, the Senate, and the House—a mandate victory that some conservatives did not think possible. Democrats were already expected to have the advantage heading into the 2026 midterms, but impressive Democrat wins in off-year elections just one year after their thorough electoral embarrassment has cemented the idea that Democrats are poised to make a comeback.
As Republicans look to break a blue wave before it crests, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the 2026 midterm elections and his bid to become the next governor of South Carolina.
Norman is looking to leave Washington and head back to South Carolina because “Congress is irredeemable.”
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Climate alarmists don't just get the science wrong but also demonize the engine of wealth that has brought billions out of grinding poverty; and this "climate colonialism" is "morally unconscionable," a Christian leader says.
"What I believe we're seeing in the demand from wealthy Western nations that we fight climate change by reducing our use of fossil fuels is that they are demanding that the poorest nations of the world forego the use of the most abundant, affordable, reliable energy sources that can lift them out of poverty and keep them out of poverty," E. Calvin Beisner, president of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, told The Daily Signal.
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Why does America support Israel?
The answer isn’t rooted in theology or special-interest politics but is grounded in strategic national interest. Victor Davis Hanson explains how Israel’s status as the Middle East’s only stable democracy, its alignment with U.S. security priorities, and its role in countering Iran’s decades-long campaign of terror against Americans make it an essential ally on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words."
“ There's only one government that is truly a free democratic government, and that's Israel. So, it has affinities with the United States and interest with the United States that transcends anything to do with the 7 million Americans who are Jewish Americans. That's just a given.
“They are not directing American policy. They couldn't unless Israel was democratic, consensual, Western, an outpost in a dangerous part of the world that has key resources for global prosperity with oil and, more importantly, is an enemy of our existential enemy that transcends any question of Israeli or Iranian animosity, and that's the theocratic government of Iran that began its existence by taking Americans hostage and storming our embassy.”
(0:00) Introduction: Why the U.S. Supports Israel
(1:39) The History of the U.S. and Israel
(3:08) Iran: The Shared Threat
(4:02) Strategic Alliances
(4:40) Why Israel Is Unique in the Middle East
(7:05) U.S. Interests: The Real Bottom Line
(8:05) Final Thoughts
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Assassins and would-be assassins—Thomas Matthew Crooks, Ryan Routh, Luigi Mangione, and Tyler Robinson—have emerged from the shadows over the past year with their sights set on Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, and even former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The common thread is that they’re all products of the radical Left.
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the cultural climate that lowered the bar for political violence and the alarming public reactions that followed on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“When you combine those two facts, insidious though they are, that A) there are people out there who are unstable, who feel that they will be rewarded, no matter how deranged or demented that idea is, rewarded psychologically by taking the life of a controversial conservative figure, and 2) there may be people within the apparat who are responsible for the security who also feel that the person that they're supposed to protect may be not deserving of the excellent level of protection that is usually accorded to other people, then you have a recipe for disaster, and we've seen it happen.”
(0:00) The Disturbing Commonality
(0:38) Thomas Matthew Crooks
(0:58) Ryan Routh
(1:32) Luigi Mangione
(2:01) Tyler Robinson
(2:13) Common Traits of the Assassins
(3:33) Public Reaction
(8:30) Conclusion: A Recipe for Disaster
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Six Democrat lawmakers urged members of the military to openly defy their commands from President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth last week.
Their video sent shock waves through the political narrative as Trump called their actions “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH” on Truth Social. But this Democrat insurrection is not new, as they’ve spent the past year openly encouraging defiance of federal law, from sanctuary cities to calls for soldiers to ignore orders. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down this disturbing trend on the left on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“ We have 600 jurisdictions in which blue cities and states say that the federal law no longer applies in their jurisdiction. That's sort of neo-Confederate nullification that's prompted the Civil War. And you know, when Jefferson Davis, when he ordered South Carolina troops to fire on Fort Sumter, all he was doing was saying that the federal government is at war with the state. That's what our mayors are doing in these blue jurisdictions.”
(0:00) Introduction(0:11) Historical Context (3:10) Nullification by Local Authorities(7:40) The Left's Broader Agenda
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Jeffrey Epstein died over six years ago, yet his shadow still looms large.
The Left spent years insisting incriminating evidence on President Donald Trump was hiding in the Epstein documents, but now that the files are finally being released, a very different picture is emerging.
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the facts—why 90% of Epstein’s political donations went to Democrats, why the Biden DOJ sat on the trove for years, and how the rush to implicate Trump may have backfired spectacularly—on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“There is even a fourth- or fifth-dimensional chess explanation. And I'll throw it out there. In other words, Donald Trump knew that he was not in those files. But he had heard…that 90% of the references of fundraising and money and associates, to the degree they were political, involved Democrats. He also knew that, unlike himself, who had ostracized Jeffrey Epstein before he was convicted of trafficking and sexual crimes—that is, before he was a de facto pedophile—he had distanced himself and others had not.
“The Democrats would overreach and say, ‘Get it out. Get it out. Get it out.’ And he thought: Ah, they didn't get it out because they are incriminated. And now they've leaked all they can about me. And unlike me, a lot of these people were involved after Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of a sexual crime. And I'm just gonna let them demand and clamor, until an opportune moment, I will release it.”
(0:00) Introduction
(1:02) The Epstein Files Explained
(3:09) Trump and the Epstein Files
(4:34) Speculations and Theories
(7:58) Democratic Involvement
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“Nazi.” “Hitler.” The smears have been used against conservatives for generations—but something new is happening.
Victor Davis Hanson warns that a small, vocal corner of the Right is beginning to flirt with World War II revisionism and even speak favorably about aspects of Nazism. He explains what the Nazi Party truly was, the destruction it unleashed, and why these comparisons—and this revisionism—must be confronted immediately on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“For the first time in all of our lives, we are seeing people openly, overtly—not very many, but they have a larger audience, it seems, every couple of months—who defend Nazism and the horrors that followed from Adolf Hitler's career. And so, it's very incumbent upon us that we know what the Nazis were, when they rose, what they caused, how we defeated them, and how an American elected president or mainstream political figures, even if we don't agree with them, are not Nazis, are not Hitler-like. That is a given.”
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Repeat of this moron again. Please don't spam my downloads. I walk away!
A nation can not survive under unfettered immigration combined with a hammock styled safety net welfare state. Many politicians are extremely well aware that this will be the demise of this nation, yet fervently support these measures? Very well done addressing the correct melting pot national strengthing assimilation vs. the disaterous bastardized national weakening salad analogy approach.
2:30 more dimocrat hyperbole creating another scandal. Standard dimocrat ball licking #presstitute reporting with the usual 'unnamed sources combined with the obligatory if true allegations'.
Merry Thanksgiving!
Sounds kinda like Victor is not sure how to address these fetishes. Can't disagree.
dimocrat rhetoric!
That rhetoric wasn't directed at service members. It was designed to implant a false idea in the minds of the electorate. The dims want the US to fall to the world gubmit. Merry Thanksgiving!
Couldn't make it through this one with the guests constant smears without providing anything but anecdotal evidence. Seems to be establishmentarian in origin and the exact type of folks that epitomize the problems with the GOP. As a side note, I'd hate to be his dog.
@6:30 seems a reasonable outcome to perps on behalf of the victims, given the offense.
Who would have thought Representatives and Senators would encourage mutiny and sedition in the armed forces. Arrest and treat them like the J6 folks. Many of them were tried for sedition.
The show opened with a MSNOW commercial? What the Hell?
Just because they weren't all convicted criminals don't mean the other arrested detainees weren't aiding and abetting by interfering with the arrests as they typically do in Chicago.
Tucker isn't the only one of the supposed conservative media darlings, who after going "independent" seemed to have had a change of heart on conservative policy after attracting the attention of specific large foreign investment influencer interests. Correlation isn't causation, but the timing of these sell outs combined with the policy pivots does warrant consideration.
we all have responsibilities with the stations that were given in life. I hope it took a realizes that he's mishandling his right now
@7:25 subsidizing something doesn't make it more affordable! It only changes the distribution of how it is paid for and in the longer term makes it more expensive. In order to reduce expense, points of inefficiency must be reduced, but I suspect that this is a non-starter with the dimocrat insurance lobby.
There is a lot of discussion about data, but data doesn't win elections. Messaging competently a strong vision with solid policy prescriptions for a better societal future can. Delivering on that vision will win future elections. Look to what the Governor of FL has accomplished.
The GOP needs to get back to the basics of TEA party movement policies. The current "populist" center-left croniest venture socialism policy approach really doesn't reach voters. Voters now have a choice between center-left weak venture socialism and extreme leftist hard core communism. Of the small number of voters attracted by this pathetic choice, the real hard core deal will win out over the weak fake everytime.
@1:15 Fang Fang Fart Man Swalwell blows up in mortgage fraud
if the filtering and or correcting necessary in all movements needs to be done now is a good time to do it not during the midterms. I hope Candice and Tucker and so many others who are not being as careful as they should be, who aren't wisely storing their platform, like you Mr Hanson, will turn around, or at least reconsider their positions or at least their techniques. I do not think they are on The winning side of this argument nor is this argument they are making productive.
Remember what Pelosi said, "We won't know what's in the bill until we pass it." That's a hell of a way to run a nation.