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.@BarackObama condemned Wednesday's SCOTUS ruling against race-based redistricting—calling it a gutting of the Voting Rights Act. One week earlier, he championed Virginia's Democrat redistricting map—which eliminated the state's two majority-minority congressional districts and replaced them with districts packed with Northern Virginia government employees. He doesn't really care about giving black voters better representation—he cares about the Democrats' grasp for raw, naked political power, writes @Tyler2ONeil. dailysignal.com/2026/05/03/oba…

AI IS COMING FOR RURAL AMERICA. ⚠️ @TheElizMitchell says Texas farmers are sounding the alarm: data centers could spike water, power, and land costs. Her warning: innovation is great—but not if it destroys the communities powering America. @bannons_warroom

Victor Davis Hanson: Radical Left Sees Trump as an Enemy of the Progressive Project Who Deserves To Die Wanna-be assassins, like Cole Tomas Allen, are highly influenced by the progressive world on social media. If you keep saying again and again that President Donald Trump is “literally Hitler,” or that you’re at maximum warfare with Republicans, what do you expect these people to absorb from it? I can tell you what they absorb. In the words of Hasan Piker: “somebody has to do it.” And you know what he meant. He meant to kill Trump, argued @VDHanson on last week’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” following the arraignment of White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen. Full episode: youtu.be/nFDw6qwLoxA

The Left's message to black conservatives: if you don't vote Democrat, you're not really black. @JoyVBehar said Clarence Thomas and @SenatorTimScott "don't get" being black. The Congressional Black Caucus has 60 members—zero Republicans. "When the Left can't beat a Conservative Black man's argument, they attack his Blackness," said Rep. @BurgessOwens.  @TimJGraham writes👇 dailysignal.com/2026/05/02/med…

Texas Republican legislators want to win the AI race against China. They also don't want data centers draining rural communities' water and driving up electricity bills. Data centers could consume up to 17% of U.S. power by 2030. The @WhiteHouse wants one national AI standard. Texas lawmakers want their own guardrails. "We can do both—but not at the cost of future generations having water issues and power issues," said Rep. @HelenKerwin4TX. @TheElizMitchell reports: dailysignal.com/2026/05/03/as-…

The AI boom is fueling the growth of hundreds more data centers, and Texas offers ample space for their construction. While Republican state lawmakers want Texas to support innovation, they are concerned about rural communities. “We have to support it to stay ahead in the race, but not at the cost of future generations having water issues and power issues," state Rep. Helen Kerwin told @DailySignal. dailysignal.com/2026/05/03/as-…

An illegal immigrant—already serving 30 years in a Georgia prison—was sentenced this week to 25 additional years for running a cartel trafficking ring from his cell: - 1,000+ kilograms of meth and fentanyl - 223 military-style firearms shipped to Mexico All of this was coordinated via a contraband phone. "There are no more drugs coming in—or firearms going out—at Corona Penaloza's direction," said U.S. Attorney Hertzberg. @FredLucasWH reports: dailysignal.com/2026/05/03/tru…

MAGA Inc. has nearly $350 million on hand heading into the midterms. The @NRSC outraised the @dscc in 2025. Sen. @JohnCornyn has built a significant war chest in Texas. But Texas Democrat @jamestalarico raised over $27 million in Q1 alone—and Jon @ossoff pulled in over $14 million in Georgia. Control of Congress is going to be the most expensive midterm fight in American history. 👇 @GCaldwell_news  dailysignal.com/2026/05/02/big…

.@JoeBiden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate nearly cost retired airman Nick Kupper—a 20-year military veteran—his career and his medical benefits for his disabled daughter. He survived only because of a 2023 injunction filed against the DOD by Children's Health Defense. He now serves in the Arizona state House. His story is featured in "Duty to Disobey," hitting theaters in June. @pedrobrodrigue7 reports: dailysignal.com/2026/05/02/mil…

Private sector workers average $46.05 per hour in total compensation. State and local government workers average $65.28. They also get richer pensions, more holidays, lifetime healthcare—and almost no accountability for poor performance. They used to be underpaid public servants. Now they're just overpaid. @brucebialosky writes: dailysignal.com/2026/05/02/pub…

Ideological Decisions Are Hurting American Consumers, Mehek Cooke Warns Senior National Security and Legal Analyst @MehekCooke joins @NewsNation to explain why the shutdown of Spirit Airlines was not an accident—but the result of ideological decision‑making by the Biden administration and Democrats. Cooke pushes back on claims that fuel costs are to blame, argues the blocked Spirit–JetBlue merger could have saved the airline, and warns American consumers are now paying the price. She also breaks down the Supreme Court’s major ruling on racial gerrymandering and what it means for states across the country.

Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s Useful Idiots In America Iran was a new ally in its ongoing war against the United States: The American Left. Their preferred option is delay, delay, delay, the same 47 years and seven different presidents. And why are they doing this? When they lied and said 12 tankers had broken out of the blockade, Chris Murphy, a U.S. senator, amplified that lie, and not only did that, but he editorialized and said it was awesome. Full episode: youtu.be/A6XMWCMvzLs @VDHanson

The SPLC has been running a campaign to demonize conservatives for many years. @Tyler2ONeil has been tracking their tactics and joined the latest episode of the Heritage Explains podcast to break down their nefarious operations. Listen to the full episode here: heritage.org/heritage-expla…

Dems Panic Over SCOTUS Ruling, Propose the Most Absurd Power Grab Yet The radical Left is actually floating the idea of splitting Washington, D.C. into eight separate states just to pack the Senate with 16 new Democrats. This desperate power grab proves they will do absolutely anything to rig the system forever after a major Supreme Court loss Full video: youtube.com/live/e111hFjUc… @TheTonus

@elonmusk Watch my full interview with @herandrews on the Signal Sitdown here! youtu.be/X6DAKy9jjzc?si…

Lawfare Isn't About Trump—It's a War Against Self-Governance The left has found the one thing that's really working for them: lawfare. You elect someone and they get four years. Lawfare takes away two, three, or even four years of that term. That's a fight against the people. Alito saw the loopholes in the nationwide injunction ruling immediately. It took him a few weeks to be proven right. @MZHemingway, editor-in-chief of @FDRLST, joins the Signal Sitdown this week with @bradleydevlin to discuss her new book "Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution," and more! Full episode here:  youtu.be/4rkImXVuEsI

The Conservative Majority Won't Last Forever—And Alito and Thomas Know It 50 years ago, conservatives had nowhere on the Supreme Court. Today they have six justices. But the real divide isn't between conservatives and liberals—it's between the justices who feel the urgency of this moment and those who don't. Alito and Thomas have been in the minority before. They know things are fleeting. And they think you work while you have the time to work. @MZHemingway, editor-in-chief of the @FDRLST,  joins the Signal Sitdown this week with @bradleydevlin to discuss her new book "Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution," and more! Full episode: youtu.be/4rkImXVuEsI

On today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” Victor and Sami Winc argue the Iran war has been highly asymmetrical and strategically successful, rejecting media claims about Iran’s remaining capabilities and urging sustained pressure to force concessions while oil dynamics shift, including UAE talk of leaving OPEC and the potential for prices to fall. youtu.be/JDQn-3Zzt5c?si…

Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Lowered the Bar, Inviting Every Nut To Target The President Unhinged rhetoric from prominent leftists comparing Donald Trump to Hitler is doing far more than just riling up a political base—it is actively putting a deadly target on his back. By lowering the bar for political violence, desperate politicians and commentators are dangerously encouraging lunatics to step out of the woodwork in search of leftist glory. Full video: youtu.be/RYhB74pHUlc @VDHanson