Now we come to Dr. Anthony Fauci. For some 38 years, he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as his private fiefdom. Given the revolving-door tenures of the directors of the larger, grantmaking National Institutes of Health (NIH) during that era, Fauci also had enormous influence over its some $50 billion […]
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Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The diversity, equity, and inclusion project, often seen as a major element of the so-called “woke” creed along with green fanaticism, keeps popping up as a possible subtext in a variety of recent tragedies. In the case of the Los Angeles fires, Mayor Karen Bass, who cut the fire department
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Join the Saturday episode with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the ancient pyramids in Giza and recent news: Bankman-Fried’s parents want a pardon, Trump re-opens Guantanamo, a retrospective on executive orders and pardons, the hysterical style of interrogation, and David Mamet’s art. Share This
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Our Ultra subscribers are invited to join Victor Davis Hanson in this short discussion of the many reasons for Adam Schiff’s anger in the recent hearing of Kash Patel for FBI Director. Share This
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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Trump’s early presidency, executive orders, the D.C. plane-helicopter collision, DEI policies, meritocracy, immigration challenges, the fentanyl crisis, Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing, and the left’s response to political apostates. Share This
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Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Mexican nationals, likely cartel members, recently crossed the border and shot and wounded an American hiker. Did they assume that Joe Biden was still president, and so it was still a veritable open season on Americans without consequences? Mexico also recently balked at allowing a U.S. transport plane to land,
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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump’s America First Manifesto contrasted with Obama, how Mexico thinks DJT is unserious, Greenland’s status, facing China’s Belt and Road Initiative, meritocracy’s comeback, de-DEIing the university, the irony of Biden and mental fitness, and the anniversary of the Alger Hiss conviction. Share This
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Victor Davis Hanson Three other Biden pardons stand out: Liz Cheney, Dr. Fauci, and Gen. Milley. Liz Cheney was the Republican minority whip in the House. During Trump’s first term, she voted with his agenda over 90% of the time. She was convinced after January 6 that the buffoonish riot was instead an “insurrection,” that
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Victor Davis Hanson So far Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have both voted not to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary and thereby joined every single Democratic senator to reject his nomination. That rejectionism seems striking when they both voted to confirm in 2021 two of the worst and most leftwing cabinet secretaries