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Dec 30, 2025 • 26min
Why Bryce Reeves Stepped Out of Virginia’s 2026 Senate Race
Many political viewers in Virginia were gearing up to watch the 2026 U.S. Senate race between State Senator Bryce Reeves and long-time incumbent Sen. Mark Warner. However, the week began with news that Reeves was pulling out of the race to focus on the health of a loved one.
On the plus-side, he will remain in the Virginia Senate.
We sit down with Reeves to talk about what brought him to step out of the contest, what happens next, and what will happen in January when the General Assembly convenes.
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Dec 30, 2025 • 2min
Quick Top News in 10 Announcement | Dec. 30, 2025
We will not be uploading any more Top News in 10 episodes this week, December 29 through January 2. You can catch our daily news roundup on our flagship show, "The Tony Kinnett Cast."
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Dec 29, 2025 • 8min
Victor Davis Hanson: AI Is Hijacking My Image
Artificial intelligence is being used to steal voices, faces, and reputations. Victor Davis Hanson knows this firsthand.
Hanson explains the growing problem of AI-generated deepfake videos that falsely use his image, voice, and setting to promote ideas he has never expressed and often strongly disagrees with. He breaks down this dishonest and unethical practice and why it’s harmful to public discourse on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words."
(0:00) Introduction
(0:16) The Rise of Deepfake Technology
(0:45) AI Hijacks Hanson
(1:29) Motivations Behind Deepfake Creators
(2:07) Impact
(5:56) Conclusion
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Dec 29, 2025 • 12min
Somali Migrant Fraud Now Includes Empty Daycares, Trump & Zelenskyy Meet in Florida | Dec. 29, 2025
On today’s Top News in 10:
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Florida.
Independent investigations in Minnesota reveal Somali fraud extends to fake daycares.
Legacy media ignore it by a full day of speculating about AI.
Nick Shirley's full documentary & investigation on Somali "Daycare Fraud" in Minnesota: https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2004642794862961123?s=20
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Dec 26, 2025 • 9min
Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats’ Refined Crudity—Not Trump Insults—Pose the Real Danger
Not all “civil” behavior is harmless. Some actions, cloaked in sophistication or authority, can be far more destructive than overtly crude ones.
From Donald Trump’s press interactions to the actions of journalists, university leaders, and political officials, Victor Davis Hanson distinguishes between crass and refined crudity—showing how the latter misleads the public under the guise of authority or expertise—on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“No need to call Jasmine Crockett a low-IQ person or a reporter dumb or stupid or fatty. And I would call that crass crudity. And it's something that Trump does and probably should not do, and people have probably reminded him of that. But there's another type of crudity, I would call that crudity refined crudity. Crass crudity is openly overt, transparent, and condemned. But it's also rhetorical. It doesn't affect policies. It's the ways one reacts to criticism in Trump's case. But what is refined crudity? I wanna tell you, give you some examples, very different examples of what I would call refined crudity.”
(0:00) Introduction
(0:20) Trump's Crass Crudity
(1:13) Refined Crudity in Media
(2:16) Refined Crudity in Academia
(3:59) Refined Crudity in Law and Politics
(5:12) Refined Crudity in Military Leadership
(8:04) Conclusion
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Dec 24, 2025 • 9min
Victor Davis Hanson: The Generation That Got Wiped Out: DEI’s War on White Men
White men in America face increasing exclusion from key fields, according to a thought-provoking article discussed by the host. The conversation delves into the impact of affirmative action and the post-George Floyd hiring landscape, highlighting a decline in meritocracy. Liberal gatekeepers are critiqued for lowering standards in various industries, raising concerns about the quality of talent. The host argues that these changes foster mediocrity while urging a political pushback against current practices to restore merit-based systems.
Dec 23, 2025 • 8min
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Framed Trump on ‘Affordability’ Crisis. Here’s What Trump Must Do Now.
“Affordability” is the word going into the 2026 midterm elections—and a GOP win is incumbent on Trump’s ability to communicate the truth on the economy.
Victor Davis Hanson says that, despite recent economic wins such as falling inflation rates and tax cuts, the public perception of economic pain persists because Democrats have successfully shifted blame onto President Donald Trump from the real culprit—former President Joe Biden. How did this happen? And can the Trump administration fix this perception in less than a year? Hanson breaks it down on today’s episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
(0:00) Introduction
(0:21) Key Issues in the 2026 Midterms
(1:45) Trump’s Economic Wins
(3:32) Democrat Misconceptions
(4:55) Foreign Policy Focus
(6:42) Conclusion
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Dec 22, 2025 • 9min
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Western Leaders Won’t Acknowledge ‘Radical Islam’
The disastrous way in which public officials handled the Bondi Beach massacre begs the question: Why are authorities hesitant to call out radical Islamist violence when it occurs?
From a mass shooting in Australia to canceled Christmas celebrations in Paris, Victor Davis Hanson argues these incidents are not isolated. Instead, they reveal deeper pathologies facing Western societies: open borders without assimilation, ideological blinders driven by DEI dogma, and a broader cultural, spiritual, and strategic decline. He breaks it down on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“In the case of these incidents, it means, if the perpetrator is from the Middle East, there's a feeling, a general feeling, that you cannot identify him. Or, if you do identify him or you say it's a radical, Muslim, you have to then say, ‘We deplore all violence. We don't—we deplore antisemitism’—which is the case in point in Australia—‘but we also deplore Islamophobia, of which there is no examples of people mass shooting Muslims in the case that we have seen.’”
(0:00) Introduction
(1:31) Champs-Élysées Christmas Cancellation
(2:01) Brown University Shooting
(3:11) Broader Issues in the West
(3:21) Open Borders and Lack of Assimilation
(5:42) Western Decline and Its Consequences
(7:23) Final Thoughts
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Dec 19, 2025 • 12min
Brown University Suspect Found Dead, 2nd Bondi Beach Attack Thwarted, Migrant Fraud | Dec. 19, 2025
On today’s Top News in 10:
The Brown University and MIT Shooter suspect is found dead, reported suicide, in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.
A follow-up terrorist attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia is thwarted before more were killed.
Haitian migrants in Massachusetts join Somali migrants in Minnesota with another major welfare and NGO fraud scandal.
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Dec 18, 2025 • 9min
Victor Davis Hanson: War With Venezuela Could Break Trump’s MAGA Base
Tensions between Venezuela and the United States are rising as Trump cracks down on drug trafficking, illicit oil shipments, and hostile foreign influence in Latin America. With talk of confrontation swirling in the media, questions are mounting about how far the U.S. should go—and what lessons history offers.
Victor Davis Hanson puts Trump’s standoff with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into historical perspective and explains why a military invasion of Venezuela would be a strategic mistake on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“Something that the world is looking at. And for the United States to go in there and have a ground removal, I think would be unwise at this point. So, what would be the alternative? It's sort of what we're doing now. We're isolating all drug shipments, illegal transportation of embargoed oil out of Venezuela. It's kind of a quasi-blockade/embargo. And they're going to tighten the screws.”
(0:00) Introduction
(0:50) US Interdiction Efforts
(2:18) Historical Context: The Invasion of Grenada
(5:24) Challenges of a Venezuelan Invasion
(6:21) Political Ramifications
(7:37) Final Thoughts
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