Democrats

Immigration Gone Wild

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness It is hard now even for Democrats to defend illegal immigration, given that the Biden administration allowed in more than 10 million entrants. Among them were an estimated 500,000 criminals. No one believes that was wise or should ever be repeated. Worse, the message went out that there would be […]

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A Newsom Nihilist Nomination?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness As California Governor Gavin Newsom gears up to run for president, what in the world will he run on? Californians know that Newsom will not boast, “I will do for America what I have done to California!” Why not? Count the reasons. California’s astronomical gas prices and taxes remain the highest in

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Insurrection Chic

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Is Jeff Davis the Model? Who is the real, or fictional, inspiration for the new insurrectionary wing of the Democrat Party? The fictitious Hollywood insurrectionist, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “James Mattoon Scott” (Burt Lancaster), who in the 1964 film Seven Days in May attempted to overthrow the presidency? Or perhaps

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How California Progressives Created a Medieval Society

VDH and Sami discuss the overwhelming population of illegal aliens in California, examining the open border agenda of Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass, how both prominent California Democrats are deliberately fighting ICE rather than prioritize wildfire victims, and how Democrats used the government shutdown to their advantage in the lead up to the

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‘So I’m Voting Commie’: Why Mamdani is Likely to Win

VDH and Sami talk about leading New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani posing with a controversial imam named an unindicted co-conspirator in the first World Trade Center bombing. They also discuss why the self-proclaimed socialist is likely to win. Share This

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Who Are the Real Kings?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. He avoided the public, staying ensconced in his

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Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Is Way Out of Her Depth’

Victor and Jack discuss how a recent Supreme Court oral argument reminds us just how “out of her depth” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson truly is, the true “brilliance” behind Sen. John Fetterman’s PR strategy, and why is the Left now trying to “cancel” Taylor Swift. Share This

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The Democrats’ October Surprises

On today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor and Jack list off and examine a few of the Democrat Party’s’ own self-inflicted surprises this October: Abigail Spanberger’s calamitous performance in the first and only 2025 Virginia Gubernatorial debate, and the strategy behind the Democrats’ unpopular government shutdown. Share This

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