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Victor Davis Hanson: The Dangerous Decline of Western Civilization Western civilization is facing a crisis of its own making. Across Europe, mass immigration, failed assimilation, economic stagnation, and political paralysis are threatening the very foundations of nations that once dominated the world. Rather than confront these problems, European leaders seem determined to double down on the policies that created them. Meanwhile, Barack Obama's warnings about political retaliation raise questions about his own administration's record, NPR's Katherine Maher receives a free speech award, and America's universities are producing students who struggle with basic reading and comprehension. @VDHanson

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When Democrat state Rep. James Talarico tells you who he is, you should believe him. Or maybe not. Talarico’s answers at a town hall hosted by CNN to questions on his controversial statements, including the Bible’s supposed silence on abortion, abolishing ICE, and his claim that God is nonbinary, don’t add up with his past, writes @laurenbwashburn dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/t…

Victor Davis Hanson: Why Western Civilization Is Fighting Back Western civilization faces a growing crisis as immigration, assimilation, radical Islam and political leadership fuel tensions across Europe and the United States. From rising unrest and cultural divisions to the backlash against established political elites, the stakes extend beyond individual policies to the future of Western traditions, values and institutions. As Europe and America grapple with these challenges, a political counter-revolution may be taking shape. The question is whether the West can confront the problems threatening its cohesion and preserve the civilization it has built. @VDHanson

Far-left political influencer Hasan Piker was recently grilled on a satirical internet show—and the clips it generated were gold. While Piker may shrug off the textbook figures on communism’s death tolls, he may be less familiar with one of its nearly invisible effects: forcing humans to live in impoverished conditions, fearful of the all-seeing eye of the state, degrades trust, freedom, and creativity; it degrades the human soul, writes @llianagordan & Ashley Reese dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/s…

Democrat candidate Gina Hinojosa, who is running for Texas governor against Gov. Greg Abbott, is now being supported by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. A press release from Abbott’s campaign revealing CAIR Action’s support for Hinojosa comes alongside the campaign highlighting how Hinojosa has actively advocated for the Muslim community in the Texas Legislature, writes @emilywilks_8 dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/c…

Despite pundits and pollsters claiming South Carolina could be “a swing state,” Republican Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) insisted that Darline Graham “is fine” and “in good shape” on Tuesday night’s edition of “The Tony Kinnett Cast," writes @RebeccaRoseGold dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/t…

FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Federal agencies are continuing to defend some legal positions of the Biden administration, according to an analysis by two conservative groups. The programs include remnants of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan and a Biden-era policy that threatens funding mechanisms for rural and some urban hospitals, writes @FredLucasWH dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/e…

In a free country, a man’s faith is his own. No American should have to pass a religious test to hold office. The Constitution forbids it, and decency forbids it too. But a candidate’s honesty belongs to the voters. El-Sayed has repeatedly answered fair questions with false equivalences, and he has put Catholics and our Church at the center of them, writes @catholickelsey dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/m…

The Women’s National Basketball Association declared two former male professional basketball players ineligible to join the league because they aren’t women. However, the league did not provide a definition of “woman” in its announcement. Enes Kanter Freedom, who in August said he identified as a woman and was thus eligible to enter the WNBA’s 2027 Draft, highlighted in an X post the league’s lack of clarity. dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/w…

Virginia’s federal elections will be finished in less than two weeks, but some state-based issues are likely to keep simmering long after Election Day. Examples include the state’s policies governing data centers and how the electricity to power those centers—and the homes of millions of citizens—is generated. Steve Haner, an energy policy expert at The Jefferson Forum, blames state policies for playing a role in pushing up customers’ bills. dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/c…

Retired American schoolteacher Stephen Hubbard, 74, spent four years in a Russian jail. On Wednesday, he walked free after President Donald Trump persuaded Russian leader Vladimir Putin to free him. Hubbard, the last American officially determined to be wrongfully detained by Russia, was captured at his home in Izyum, Ukraine in April 2022 and accused of joining a Ukrainian territorial defense unit, writes @TheElizMitchell. dailysignal.com/2026/10/21/t…

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama Had a Vision for the Middle East Why did Obama sign the Iran deal when he knew that within seven or eight years they were going to have a bomb? He wanted to reinforce and empower a Shia crescent from Iran to Syria to Lebanon. “And that was going to balance the Gulf states, which he loathed, and he loathed Israel.” Full episode: youtu.be/7ZKCKweOErU @jackfowler @VDHanson

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Is Telling Europe They Need to Have a Plan to Stop the War in Ukraine When the U.S. said to Europe that there’s an unhinged theocratic government with enough enriched uranium to make nine missiles, it didn’t ask Europe to fight. All it asked was to use NATO bases and fly over their airspace, but Europe said “No.” Now, before the U.S. backs up Europe in Ukraine, Trump has some questions: “What Trump is saying is, ‘We're not trying to thwart you. We just think that after almost five years, nobody has a plan how to stop killing two and a half million people.’” Full episode: youtu.be/7ZKCKweOErU @VDHanson

Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Turned on the U.S. Because It’s Terrified of Its Unassimilated Populations Why won’t European countries support the U.S. or even allow it to use their airspace? Because the U.S. is at war with a Muslim nation. They’re scared that if they help the U.S., their own Muslim populations will riot. “Well, they're going to riot anyway.” Full episode: youtu.be/7ZKCKweOErU @VDHanson