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While California Democrats thought they could swarm the gubernatorial general election ballot with Democrats and win, Republicans had other ideas. 

As of now, Republican candidates Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton are leading the jungle primary neck and neck, with Bianco at 16% and Hilton at 17% approval rating, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”(00:00) California Recall Shock

(02:04) Jungle Primary Backfires

(03:02) Newsom Record Under Fire

(04:55) Wildfires And Rebuilding

(05:40) Outmigration And Taxes

(07:54) Fraud Exposé Smear

(09:09) Boondoggles And Green Failures

(09:59) Energy Refineries Gas Prices

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The only consistent part of the Democrat Party agenda over the last decade is Trump Derangement Syndrome. Their inconsistent nihilism is at all time high:

Within the same breath Democrats both mock Trump, saying that he “always chickens out” (TACO) of a fight but decry the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and military strikes against the Iranian regime. Presumptive Democrat presidential primary nominee Gavin Newsom says he wants to punch Trump in the mouth.Sen. Cory Booker yells at ICE agents in airports as passengers waiting in line smile in the background. For the first time ever in U.S. history they took a former president to trial.

What I'm getting at is there's no consistent message amongst the party of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words”

(00:00) Democratic Nihilism Explained

(01:29) Iran and Policy Whiplash

(02:20) TDS and Unhinged Leaders

(05:06) Collusion Hoax to Lawfare

(07:39) Why the Party Changed

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For all practical purposes, there is no longer a Democratic Party, at least as we’ve known it for 50 to 100 years. It is a full‑blown socialist revolutionary party.

The players of that party who are running things are not even Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries. They’re people like Rep. Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico in Texas, Zohran Mamdani and Elizabeth Warren.

What happened to Clinton‑era Democrats?

Globalization and open borders would be a good place to start looking, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

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By all traditional methodology and criteria, Iran is now inert: naval and air forces eviscerated, missile defenses offline, and an army rendered largely useless, as no one is fighting on the ground.

However, tactical success is not necessarily equivalent to strategic victory.

It is hard to think of a single battle lost in Iraq or Afghanistan, yet the United States lacked a plan for strategic resolution in either theater.

With this in mind, Iran’s current strategy is as follows: The mullahs can afford to lose their military because, ultimately, without U.S. troops on the ground, the regime will remain intact.

This, and many other factors, begs the question: Where does Trump go from here? asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

“In other words, they're saying as long as we have oil, Kharg Island, and as long as we have these huge oil fields, when you get tired of pounding us into rubble, you're going go back to the United States. Israel's going go back and be quiet, and we're going get all of our oil revenues and we're going have them.

“And we are going to buy from Russia, North Korea and China missiles, drones, recreate our own drone industry, and we probably have enough fissile material that you didn't get, and nobody could get. It's hidden deep in the mountains, that we will make bombs. And this time we're going to use them because we understand what you will do next time.”

(00:00) Standoff And Attrition

(02:08) Remaining Threats And Civilians 

(03:09) Tactical Wins Strategic Traps 

(04:30) Iran Strategy: Outlast Trump 

(06:49) Trump Agenda Endgame Risks

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Recent legislative actions by some Virginia Democrats threaten to undermine the reform Brian Cannon helped pass five years ago.

 

It was rare moment where both parties aligned to protect democracy in passing a bipartisan constitutional amendment in Virginia that aimed to remove politicians’ control over drawing district maps, explains the head of NoGerrymanderingVA.org, when he joined Joe Thomas, The Daily Signal’s Virginia correspondent, today.

 

“ I'm a democrat, and you and I probably don't vote the same way 90% of the time when we go into the voting booth, but I believe in your right to cast a meaningful vote in a free and fair election.”
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