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Today’s revolutionary movement to subvert America’s integral values has been 50 years in the making, and President Trump is the first true counter-revolutionary challenging the Left’s narrative. Unlike the Bushes, John McCain, or Mitt Romney, Trump is signing legislation and implementing policies to end the revolution, from classrooms to the military to the border. “He’s the first authentic counter-revolutionary since Andrew Jackson,” says Hanson. Who would’ve thought America First policies could solve most of the country’s problems?
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Rob Bluey
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The Heritage Foundation
We’re hearing more and more from the Democratic Socialists about America's troubled past. But what exactly are America’s sins? Of course, they have no answer except to criticize capitalism, the very system that brought them a $9 million home and a $120,000 Porsche. And if you ask most Americans, they’d tell you the Democrat Socialists have gone too far. Mao Zedong’s communist China doesn’t really sound like a paradise.
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Tim Walz. James Talarico. Graham Platner. The Left can’t stop propping up “middle-class” candidates that somehow resonate with no one from the actual middle class. The November midterms are fast approaching, and Democrats may be realizing that elite socialists masquerading as men and women of the people is not the win they think it is.
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The Democrats’ strategy of propping up socialist candidates and disguising them as the average middle class has finally caught up to them with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. The allegations against Platner are damning and have come from both sides of the political aisle. Today, the news broke that Platner officially dropped out of the Maine Senate race. Where do Democrats go from here? And do they have enough time to recover?
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Europe is always angry, but the last two weeks particularly so. First it was Trump’s tariffs, then it was Greenland, and now it’s the NATO budget—that the U.S. is carrying by 50%, mind you. What Europe should really be upset about is the socialist agenda ruining their countries: DEI, redistribution, green energy, open borders, you know the rest. America had better learn from Europe quickly, or we’ll be Europe 2.0 before long, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
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Even though Americans didn’t ask for it, Mamdani thought America would appreciate a July 4th message from him on why the country is racist and unfair. (Spoiler, you’re the problem.) In reality, the racist and privileged individual is Mamdani himself. He has never been a victim. He comes from wealthy parents, immigrates to America, and then criticizes the host country that took him in. “That’s about as racist as you can get,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
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America’s 250th anniversary raises a bigger question about whether the country can endure for another 250 years. The Constitution, federalism, legal immigration, natural resources, free markets, private property, and a strong middle class helped build the United States into the most successful nation in history. The rise of socialism, attacks on the constitutional system, open-border policies, hostility toward energy and agriculture, and class warfare all threaten the foundations that allowed America to flourish for centuries, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
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Modern-day socialists are orchestrating their own revolutionary takeover of the Democratic Party, much like what occurred in France in the 18th century. Their agenda is less bloody but just as destructive: open borders, mass immigration, defunding police, institutionalizing diversity, etc. And it’s anti-everything that makes America great. Either this will be a trendy wave that comes and goes, or it will permanently transform the Democratic Party into one that is unrecognizable.
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Caitlin Clark is single-handedly driving drastic revenue increases for the WNBA. So why are players trying to get her to retire? The jealousy, racial politics, and league mismanagement may be enough to prematurely end Clark’s career if the league can’t get back to what it was created for: basketball.
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June 2026
Even as the ink dries on the 60-day memorandum of understanding with Iran, attacks on American cargo ships persist. Whatever President Trump chooses as his next course of action, he must be mindful of the fast-approaching November midterms. One wrong move leads to lost Senate or House seats and two years of lawfare by the Democrats. President Trump may need to reply to Iran's attacks disproportionately or risk being a lame-duck president with only a phone and pen as power.
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Gavin Newsom and his wife are currently under investigation by the Department of Justice in a serious state fund scandal. Allegedly, Newsom transferred millions to charities operated by his wife, creating an obvious conflict of interest and funding left-wing organizations that keep the Newsoms in power. While Newsom claims the investigation by Trump’s DOJ is law-fare, the real law-fare may have occurred during Joe Biden’s presidency. “Now there’s no cover, no exemption and now you’re going to face scrutiny.”
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The Left likes to argue that neocons are fueling the war in Iran, but the same radical, anti-Trump Leftists will say anything to criticize the president’s foreign policy. When one actually goes looking, America doesn’t seem to have enough ‘neocons’ to be fueling an entire war. Once again, the war may actually be a strategic part of Trump’s foreign policy in the Middle East. 👉Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit JoinADF.com/HANSON or text HANSON to 83848 to give today. Every dollar you give will be DOUBLED thanks to a special matching grant, while funds last.HTTPS://WWW.JOINADF.COM/HANSON.COM
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People have also mischaracterized the deal itself. This is not the end of the negotiations or the war. This is the very beginning of the problems for Iran. Once the kinetic part of the war stops, they have to face the people, and the people are angry, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
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May 2026
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