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With five weeks until the midterms, the tightest Senate races face an unpredictable finish. Polling accuracy, redistricting, fundraising, candidate records and ideological baggage all come under scrutiny. The discussion spans contests in Michigan, Maine, Minnesota, Texas, Iowa and Kansas, while Iran, gas prices and economic conditions emerge as potential election-shaping forces.

Victor Davis Hanson examines the sudden wave of AI doomsday warnings and tech leaders’ resistance to liability. He explores why international agreements may fail to restrain dangerous actors, then revisits election-year scares involving population growth, nuclear winter, climate change, MeToo, COVID lockdowns, and post-George Floyd unrest.

Rep. Riley Moore, a former West Virginia treasurer and welder, joins congressional reporter Virginia Grace McKinnon and politics editor Bradley Devlin. They examine the 2026 midterms, socialist candidates, affordability, tariffs, debt, faith, and family policy. The discussion also covers MAGA’s coalition, J.D. Vance’s appeal, election integrity, Senate races, Susan Collins, John Fetterman, MAHA voters, and the battle for the House.

Victor Davis Hanson examines Elon Musk’s expanding influence across Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, X, and artificial intelligence. The discussion covers Tesla’s resilience, SpaceX’s impact on American space power, X’s surprising staying power, and Starlink’s role in global communications and military operations. Together, Musk’s ventures are framed as forces reshaping technology, industry, and America’s future.

The midterms are about 50 days away, and Democrats continue to search for ways to gain back control of the House and Senate. Their answer may come from the conflict in Iran. Iran is most likely planning an October surprise of their own to shock Americans and hurt Republicans in the November elections. Democrats are all for it. But will that surprise be enough to give Democrats control of Congress until the end of Trump’s second term? Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit http://www.JoinADF.com/HANSON or text HANSON to 83848 and for a limited time your first gift to ADF will be MATCHED by a special matching grant—while funds last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s clash with the United States sparks a wider debate over trade, energy, immigration, defense, and national identity. The discussion examines Mark Carney’s outreach to China, Canada’s imitation of Europe’s economic model, tensions within NATO, uneven moral criticism abroad, and the country’s controversial assisted-suicide policy.

Victor Davis Hanson, a historian and military scholar at the Hoover Institution, examines Iran’s mounting desperation under sanctions, battlefield losses, and economic strain. He explores Tehran’s miscalculations about America’s midterm politics, possible Kurdish protests and internal revolt, and how Trump could turn the deadline into leverage for a major Middle Eastern realignment.

Pollster Brent Buchanan, founder of Signal, examines the GOP’s divided coalitions, affordability concerns, voter enthusiasm, and the polling numbers that could shape the midterms. Historian Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution senior fellow and author of The Counterrevolution, explores Trump’s remarkable comeback, MAGA’s evolution, deplatforming and debanking, class-based appeal, and the battles ahead for Republicans.

Victor Davis Hanson examines Mark Carney’s escalating trade confrontation with the United States, from tariffs and Canadian job losses to accusations of sovereignty violations. He explores Canada’s economic dependence, anti-American political rhetoric, Arctic defense vulnerabilities, and the risk that deteriorating relations could bring painful consequences.

Victor Davis Hanson examines why Democratic Socialist candidates soften or conceal their positions on borders, healthcare, taxes, energy, religion, and private enterprise. The discussion contrasts campaign-friendly personas with the governing agendas they may pursue, explores socialism’s tension with human nature and American enterprise, and considers political symbolism, patriotism, and traditional beliefs.