Isn't It Time to Gut the 26th Amendment? (The Marxist Undertones of "Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote" Exposed)

With the news that Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic primary thanks to college towns, it seems far from inappropriate to once more raise the question: isn't it time to gut the 26th amendment?

Indeed, isn't it time to gut most of the amendments of the 20th century? (With the notable exception of those proposed before the year 1900?)

The news that the Democratic Socialists want to abolish the Senate, the presidency, the electoral college, and much more, turns out to be nothing new. Back in October 2016, almost 10 years ago, when Barack Obama was still in the Oval Office while Hillary Clinton was favored to win the White House, I asked:  

Don't the Main Respected Institutions Gutted by the Left Turn Out to Be the IRS, the FBI, the State Department, and the White House?

A famed Iowahawk meme has been, all to accurately, used to describe every kind of institution, from the Smithsonian and the NFL to, most notoriously, college campuses around the country:

1. Identify a respected institution.
2. kill it.
3. gut it.
4. wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect. 

Of course, what is the most venerable institution of all? Isn't it the United States government — most notably the IRS, the FBI, and the State Department, as well as the White House itself?

David Burge's meme is the story of Barack "fundamentally transform the United States" Obama and the Obama administration, and David Burge's meme will be the story of the Hillary Clinton administration.

What can we expect regarding the Supreme Court, the Senate, and the House of Representatives under a Hillary administration, as well as "the miracle at Philadelphia" — the Constitution itself?!

Turning America, one step at a time, into a banana republic.

For this, you can thank in great part the 26th Amendment.

In reply to "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote," the reasonable reply ought to have been the French proverb, "si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait" ("If youth had the knowledge, if old age had the energy", i.e., Youth is wasted on the young).

To the Yahoo Answers question, "What is meant by 'youth is wasted on the young'?", the "Best Answer" reads in part:

It means that young people have everything going for them physically; they're in the best health they will ever be in; their minds are sharp and clear BUT they lack patience, understanding and wisdom which results in so much wasted effort.

In other words, Youth has the muscle, so it fights, it goes to war.

Adulthood has the wisdom, so it votes, it takes care of the laws.

Before you are tempted to protest, let's add to the previous sentence: Adulthood has the wisdom, so it votes, it takes care of the laws; including the laws concerning the beings for whom they have the deepest love in this life — their very own sons.

Think of this: don't the reasons given for the Amendment XXVI turn out to be some of the most extreme-leftist arguments ever raised?

Indeed, what is the main assumption behind "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote"?

That a boy's (or a girl's) father, and a boy's mother, are clueless clods, incapable of reflecting beyond their own self-interest, thinking of nobody but themselves, far too clueless not to vote in favor of what would be the best for their son (or daughter), especially in what concerns matters of life and death; no, for that, you need to go somewhere else.

And what would that somewhere else one should go to be? The… government, of course, and its politicians (those white knights in shining armor come to rescue a hapless citizenry, in this case the young), which has/have so effectively taken over the roles of family (as well as religion) — Big Brother — all over the Western world.

… young people … lack patience, understanding and wisdom which results in so much wasted effort

Another reasonable reply to "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" would be (Churchill's?) famed saying:

If, at 20, you don't lean to the left, you have no heart;
If, at 30, you don't lean to the right, you have no brains.

You have no choice but to wonder whether the United States is where it is at — institutions identified, killed, and gutted, with respect demanded (not to mention "5 Make the carcass apologize") — because it has, out of a sense of "justice" and "fairness", enacted amendment after amendment during the 20th century, most of which have undermined the Republic while building Democracy, thereby enabling the era of the Drama Queen.

You have no choice but to wonder whether the entire Western world is where it is at because it has allowed election after election to be decided by millions of immature voters lacking "patience, understanding and wisdom which results in so much wasted effort"; election after election to be decided by millions of immature voters with plenty of passion ("this is not who we are") but with no brains.

No brains at all…

Related: Dear 16-Year-Olds, Dear High School Pupils, Dear University Students: Do You Have Any Brains?!

At this point, the reader may ask: And what should the Twenty-Sixth Amendment be replaced with? For starters, turn the rules back to the states. Beyond that, as I wrote for a Danish newspaper in November 2022,

Here is a new and better proposal: Change the law, so people don't get the vote until they reach about 25; unless they get a job at a younger age (including — naturally — serving in the military) and until they have paid their first tax bill.  

To repeat what I wrote on this blog earlier in 2016:

Never would I have thought that the Republican Party, and the United States of America, was ready to commit suicide — certainly not in my lifetime…

“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia … could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Dear 16-Year-Olds, Dear High School Pupils, Dear University Students: Do You Have Any Brains?!

 
"If you don't support the Left when you are 20, you have no heart", Winston Churchill has been quoted as saying; "If you don't support the Right when you are 40, you have no brains."

Why — why on Earth — should high school students (and for that matter, university students as well) join in deciding the future of the country, if they… have no brains?! 

Sorry if you (or your parents) feel offended, but the question is an honest one. Most young people are more interested in girls or boys than in how a government works. In fact, most boys' political choices are more about impressing girls (and, in the best case — in their point of view — ending up in bed with one of them). 

One of the Danish high school students who was interviewed when lowering the age limit was discussed in Denmark a few years ago admits as much when she confesses upfront that "the political views of my friends are quite limited."

Last summer, Instapundit's Ed Driscoll reported that in the UK, 16-Year-Olds Can Vote in the Next British General Election. When the idea was floated in Denmark in 2022, I responded with the current text (slightly shortened, for space reasons, when sent to the local newspaper). When a feminist wrote that democracy should be inclusive (meaning voting for 16- and 17-year-olds as well as for foreigners — not distinguishing between legal and illegal aliens), I shot back that democracy should not be inclusive, but rational. Why should foreigners have the right to vote, I asked? I lived in Paris for more than 20 years and never received (or even asked for) French citizenship. 

As a young Dennis Prager reacted, when 18(!)-year-olds got the vote in 1971: "Why are they giving me the vote? I don't know anything!"

In America, the 26th Amendment dates back to the Vietnam War: "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote." But notice what is (very) wrong with this — simplistic — quote (see Alexis de Tocqueville quote below). The message is this: You cannot — no one can — trust your families to defend, or even care for, you: Our fathers and mothers are so indifferent to our well-being that they would vote for war and not care that we would fall on the battlefield; in fact, the only angels wise enough to defend us (as well as our aforementioned fathers and mothers) are those in government — as long as it is run by (left-wing) politicians and bureaucrats. 

In other words: the 26th Amendment is based on typical anti-family Marxism. 

Related: Isn't It Time to Gut the 26th Amendment? (The Marxist Undertones of "Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote" Exposed)

"We must help the poor"; "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote"; "we stand for tolerance"; "no person is illegal"; "we must fix the climate." As Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, as far back as the 1830s, "It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth."

The Left loves teenagers because children — like the Leftists themselves — are drama queens (not to mention emotionally unbalanced) who fall for simple platitudes and who love the idea of joining in the Left's next hysterical Crusade. That is why socialists constantly want to lower the voting age — to 18, to 17, to 16, to — what'll be the next thing? 11?!

But if Greta Thunberg is right (that we are "at the beginning of a mass extinction"), shouldn't the only logical conclusion be that "young people" like her alone should be allowed to vote, while we pathetic adult twits who, after all, "have stolen [their] childhood" should be denied that right? 

"Ignorant, officious, self-important students shouldn’t have that much influence," opines law professor Glenn Reynolds, while Ed Driscoll adds that "the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."

"The problem isn’t that I don’t get what you’re saying or that I’m old" laughs Bill Maher. "The problem is that your ideas are stupid." 

It's even worse than it looks, says P.J. O'Rourke: "The grim truth is, kids are born communists." 

Again: Why — why on Earth — should brainless Maoists with stupid ideas vote? 

As for the green transition, do children — and let's be honest, many adults — have any idea that the miserable times (with price hikes, fuel shortages, etc.) we have been living through are largely due to the green movement's ludicrously absurd "climate-friendly" energy decisions that have been failing across Europe and North America (in the USA's case, until January 2025)? 

"You become an adult when you decide to act like one," thunders Dennis Prager. "You don't become an adult because you turn a certain age." 

Here is a new and better proposal: Change the law, so people don't get the vote until they reach about 25; unless they get a job at a younger age (including, naturally, serving in the military) and until they have paid their first tax bill.  

• "Demokratiet skal ikke være inkluderende men rationelt"
Villabyerne Vol 117 # 47, 24. november 2022, s 8 

In Denmark, Children suffered serious injuries after the COVID-19 vaccine, reports Danish newspaper; Now they are receiving compensation in millions of Danish Crowns

While Dana Bash tries to argue to RFK Jr that the medical and scientific establishment did mostly good, with Dr Fauci allegedly saving lives in the process, perhaps CNN ought to take a trip across the Atlantic to see how European nations are faring.

Children suffered serious injuries after the COVID-19 vaccine, titles one of Denmark's most prestigious newspapers; Now they are receiving compensation in the millions of Danish Crowns. In Berlingske, Flemming Steen Pedersen reports that

The assessment was that vaccinating children during the coronavirus pandemic was "safe and effective." Now the final tally can be made, and according to an expert, it reveals the downsides of mass vaccination. However, the governing parties maintain that vaccinating was the right decision.

Kids did not, in fact, become particularly ill when infected with coronavirus. 

Nevertheless, thousands of children as young as five were encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19—primarily to protect their grandparents and curb the spread of infection within the general population.

Many children—and their parents—were unsure about whether to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but the vast majority ultimately decided to go ahead with it. The Patient Compensation Association has now issued rulings on the majority of the 78 cases in which children aged 5 to 17 sought compensation for injuries they believe are linked to their vaccinations.

Related: • "Thank You for Your Service," Dr Fauci: "Appropriating Greetings to U.S. Warriors Is in the Direct Lineage of Leftist Cosplays of Valorous Combat Heroics.
• "Fauci did his bit, played his part, and was lavishly rewarded by the press": So how did a virus with a ~.02%-.04% mortality rate become 24/7 headline news? It became battle prep for the 2020 election steal

Børn fik alvorlige skader efter covid-19-vaccine. Nu får de millionerstatning

Vurderingen var, at det var »sikkert og effektivt« også at vaccinere børn under coronapandemien. Nu kan regningen gøres op, og den viser bagsiden ved massevaccinationer, mener ekspert. Det ændrer ikke ved, at det var rigtigt at vaccinere, lyder det fra regeringspartierne.

Mange børn – og deres forældre – var i tvivl om, hvorvidt de skulle lade sig vaccinere mod covid-19, men langt de fleste endte med at takke ja. Nu har Patienterstatningen truffet afgørelse i hovedparten af de 78 sager, hvor børn mellem 5 og 17 år har søgt om at få erstatning for skader, som de mener hænger sammen med deres vaccinationer. 
Foto: Ólafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix

De blev ellers ikke særligt syge, når de blev ramt af corona.

Alligevel blev tusinder af børn helt ned til fem år opfordret til at lade sig vaccinere mod covid-19 – primært for at beskytte deres bedsteforældre og bremse spredningen af smitten i befolkningen som helhed.

"Europe's Suicide": French Podcast — The War in Iran Compared with the War in Ukraine ; "France's votes at the UN are scandalous"

an interview with Jean Robin, Philippe Karsenty was grateful that for once he wasn't interrupted by French media folks trying to go for his throat. As spokesman for the Comité Trump France, he points out that Macron's France and Spain's Sanchez want America and Israel to lose — "France's votes at the UN are scandalous" — and that Trump got popular in the French media only when he appeared to be signing a capitulation to Tehran in Versailles. 

"What is crazy is that when Trump appeared to be capitulating, he all of a sudden became popular in France's state medias." As usual, Philippe Karsenty repeats that "There is no alternative to the destruction of the Tehran regime."

As fires have broken out across France during the hottest summer ever recorded in the country, it turns out that Macron's government turned down a foreign country's offer to send aid. Aid in the form of Canadair fire-fighting planes to help blow out the fires. Needless to say, that country was… Israel. (Merci pour l'Instalien, Sarah.)  

Interview de Philippe Karsenty : 
guerre en Ukraine, guerre en Iran

Jean Robin1

"Fauci did his bit, played his part, and was lavishly rewarded by the press": So how did a virus with a ~.02%-.04% mortality rate become 24/7 headline news? It became battle prep for the 2020 election steal

A couple of days ago, with the post "Thank You for Your Service," Dr Fauci, I pointed out that "Appropriating Greetings to U.S. Warriors Is in the Direct Lineage of Leftist Cosplays of Valorous Combat Heroics.

It has been awhile since we've heard from Damian Bennett. Luckily, the Dr. Fauci show on Capitol Hill has brought him back with more insight into the mainstream media. (Thanks for the Instalink, Sarah.)

 … let us all pause from our everyday chores and hand in hand trod the unfrequented path of reckoning, of truth will out. Let us all take a moment to bend and direct our noses to the sweet sweet roses that fragrant our transit. But first a little stink to bring out the roses' perfume:

 

• [viz. supra] White House Rips Fauci In Revamped COVID-19 Website Detailing Virus’s ‘True Origins’ April 4, 2026
• DOJ Indicts Top Fauci Aide David Morens For Concealing Records In COVID Origins Probe April 28, 2026
  
• Anthony Fauci’s Top Adviser [David Morens] Bragged About ‘How To Make Emails Disappear’ May 21, 2024
• Gabbard Leaves With A Bang, Blowing The Lid Off Fauci's COVID Cover-Up June 19, 2026
• HE ‘LIED’: Tulsi Gabbard Releases Evidence Fauci Allegedly Directed Funding For ‘Risky’ Coronavirus Research Linked To Big Pharma And Pursuit Of ‘Universal Vaccines’ June 26, 2026
• Anthony Fauci’s Diary Reveals His Obsession With Popularity During Pandemic: My Fame ‘Is Explosive And Really Unimaginable’ July 27, 2026
• Fauci Diary Shows He Lied To The Public About Coronavirus Fatality Rate July 27, 2026
• Fauci Privately Took Credit For COVID-19 Lockdowns Despite Public Denial, Newly Exposed Diary Entries Reveal July 28, 2026
• Fauci Wrote [On August 13, 2022] About Not Admitting Vaccine’s Ineffectiveness Due To Mandates And Boosters July 29, 2026
• Fauci Quietly Fumed As CIA Briefed Him On Explosive Wuhan Lab Intel, Diary Reveals July 29, 2026
  [A] CIA officer informed Fauci that the Wuhan lab had collected pangolin viruses in the field and received other pangolin viruses from a research group in Beijing. The lab experimented on those pangolin coronaviruses in “transgenic” mice, a reference to genetically-modified mice. Experiments in transgenic mice can evolve viruses to better infect humans. Fauci described the CIA’s briefing as “naive” and “extremely strange,” without providing any scientific rationale as to why the intelligence should be dismissed.

Sweet, sweet.

• Fauci Pleads Fifth Amendment To Avoid Senate Questions On COVID Pandemic July 29, 2026
• Sens. Hawley, Moreno Dismantle Fauci’s Refusal To Answer: Can’t Invoke Fifth Because You’ve Been Pardoned July 29, 2026
• Senator Hawley Forces Fauci To Plead The Fifth On His Tie Color And The Day Of The Week July 29, 2026
• Obstinate Anthony Fauci Pleads The Fifth When Asked If A Red Folder Is In Front of Him July 29, 2026
• Rand Paul Has Fauci's Obnoxious Lawyer Hauled Out Of Hearing – Gallery Breaks Out In Applause July 29, 2026
• Sen. Rand Paul: Congress Will Vote On Holding Fauci In Contempt After He Invoked Fifth Amendment Over 100 Times July 29, 2026

RUH-ROH.

• Florida Announces Investigation Into Fauci Since His Pardon Isn't For State Charges July 29, 2026

All very sweet and mighten it go somewhere were the press to capably report, but, well, you know --  the press. BOO-hoo-hoo. 

So how did a virus with a ~.02%-.04% mortality rate become 24/7 headline news? It became battle prep for the 2020 election steal, an incessant drumbeat of death and lockdowns and an economy gone sideways, an endless news cycle of bad news. The dark powers went all in and, among other illegalities, introduced the loosey-goosey mail-in ballot to complement stay-at-home COVID bug-a-boos and hysteria. And who would've suspected if it had been a repeat 2016 squeaker, but the dark powers didn't want to beat Trump they wanted to humiliate him, break him, to politically memory-hole him. So they fabricated 81M+ votes for zombie candidate Biden from the fag-end of Obama 44. That's 11,784,985 votes over peak Obama (2008) and 6,265,888 over Harris's $2B+ mad money campaign (2024). [Pause.] Yeah. 

Anthony Fauci did his bit, played his part, and was lavishly rewarded by the press, with celebrity by political starfuckers celebrities, A-list invites, and side deals. And now he must be unrewarded. And go to jail. [Short pause.] And stay in jail till released into the afterlife where justice, true and complete, awaits him.

The 2020 election is a subject that Damian Bennett knows well: The two memes below are from the post "Move on" — Eyes front and STFU: In 60 years Joe Biden's 2020 Election Steal story will finally "break" 

From the NP Archives:

• COVID-19 — Here Is the Key Question Regarding the Coronavirus
• Here Are the 7 Basic Points about Covid-19 that You Need to Know
• Is There 100% Irrefutable Proof that the Covid19 Pandemic Is Overstated?
• Anti-Americanism in the Age of the Coronavirus, the NBA, and 1619 

"Thank You for Your Service," Dr Fauci — Appropriating Greetings to U.S. Warriors Is in the Direct Lineage of Leftist Cosplays of Valorous Combat Heroics

Let's start with a question that many of you will (correctly) find is naïve, but will be stated for the record: if Joe Biden pardoned Fauci, how much did the (p)resident — or his enablers — know? How much did he know about the whole Covid (non?-)pandemic? And if the whole democrat party apparatus was complicit in knowing about Fauci's lies, does that not make it a conspiracy?  Is, then, a "conspiracy theory" not the appropriate response to this scandal — one of a magnitude never seen before?

Having said that: One thing that has been fairly unsettling in the latest Fauci revelations is going back to the the many MSM interviews regarding the COVID "menace" half a decade ago and hearing the "independent" journalists calling Anthony Fauci things like a "superhero."

In one clip, we hear a vast number of fawning reporters say to the doctor, over and over again, "Thank you for your service" (in one case, "Thank you for your 37 years of service"!). It certainly sounds like there has been some decision beforehand for all to use the exact same words…

What is worse is that The Left thus appropriates the common greeting to servicemen who have joined the military and shown willingness to enter combat and put their lives at risk and, if need be, sacrifice said lives. For leftists, "public service" is just as valorous as — nay, far more so than — joining the "services" (army, navy, air force, marines, et al) to defend one's country with one's life.

This is in the direct lineage of drama queens likening everything they say and do — usually, without the slightest physical risk to any of them — to war, and to the heroics of combat (as in the war against poverty, the war against racism, etc, etc, etc…) 

Related: Inadvertently Spilling the Truth: What Is the Democratic Party If Not the Party of Sophomoric Teens, Intrepid Cosplayers, and Would-Be Heroes?

And who is the enemy — in each case? It is you and I, dear reader. It is the common American citizen, or, more broadly, the common citizen of the West… (Who, again, are peaceful and tolerant creatures who offhand are not to be feared by the valorous leftist fire-eater…)

Update: "Fauci did his bit, played his part, and was lavishly rewarded by the press": So how did a virus with a ~.02%-.04% mortality rate become 24/7 headline news? It became battle prep for the 2020 election steal

Media: "Thank you for your service, Dr. Fauci."

Public: "Thank you for your service, @RandPaul." https://t.co/RiQFWfFXaQ

— AAE (@AAC0519) July 27, 2026

From the Archives: • COVID-19 — Here Is the Key Question Regarding the Coronavirus
• Here Are the 7 Basic Points about Covid-19 that You Need to Know
• Is There 100% Irrefutable Proof that the Covid19 Pandemic Is Overstated?
• Anti-Americanism in the Age of the Coronavirus, the NBA, and 1619

Fauci's Diary Revealed pic.twitter.com/sdOSUZGAQi

— Gutfeld! (@Gutfeldfox) July 29, 2026

"You just got a whole bunch of things wrong about me; pretty much everything about me in the last 20 minutes, wrong" — The Economist's Full Interview with Elon Musk

You have already seen the best parts of the Zanny Minton Beddoes interview with Elon Musk, but if you want to see the whole thing (which lasts almost one hour and 25 minutes), you can head over to The Economist's podcast or to its Insider's video, where the interview is broken down into nine chapters. 

Obviously, the London weekly's editor keeps her most damaging accusations until the end (the last three chapters). And the SpaceX entrepreneur — who mentions the Soros D.A.s at one point (1:14:33) as well as the "interesting number" that "there are more people that die in Europe from heat deaths than people that die from gun deaths in America" (1:15:20) — goes much farther than he does in the clips we have seen. 

[1:04:26] You absolutely do live in a cloistered existence [1:05:45] Why aren't you doing more to fight censorship in Europe? Why aren't you? … They're putting people in prison in the UK for social media posts. Do you think that's appropriate? [1:07:09] The media keeps ignoring reality.

[1:11:40] The shoe is on the other foot! They hate you! They hate you — far more than they hate me! … I think you're the problem! The media [collectively]. … And speaking of loathing, you're loathed far more than I am! And you don't seem to realize that! … I mean, you're hated. Do you even know that? You probably don't. 

1 AI will be smarter than humans in five years (00:00) 
2 How AI companies could regulate themselves (12:13) 
3 Elon Musk on Sam Altman and the AI bosses (25:45) 
4 Musk: money won't matter in the future (27:30) 
5 Should one man have so much power? (41:02) 
6 Starlink and the war in Ukraine (49:31) 
7 Musk: "I got too involved in politics" (54:47) 
8 Europe, the far right[,] and civil war in Britain (01:00:59) 
9 Elon Musk: "I am not a racist" (01:07:15) 

[1:20:20] You just got a whole bunch of things wrong about me. Pretty much everything about me in the last 20 minutes, wrong [laughter]

"There Is No Alternative to the Destruction of Iran's Apocalyptic Regime" Says Karsenty, Predicting the War Will Be Over Before the Mid-Terms

Predicting that the Iran conflict — which, after five months, the drama queens are already calling a forever war — will be over the by the time of the mid-terms, Philippe Karsenty says that contrary to what another guest was claiming, it's not "preoccupying" that Donald Trump is continuing the conflict, it's "reassuring" that the Trump administration is remaining determined in taking down what can only be called a barbaric régime, an apocalyptic régime: "There is no alternative to the destruction of this regime."

As conflict has broken out again between America and Iran, the spokesman of the Comité Trump France has been a regular guest on BFMTV, appearing three days in a row. Comparing the Iranians to the terrorists of Corsica while dismissing Bernie Sanders — to howls of protests by the other guests — Philippe Karsenty could be seen on July 20 with Alice Darfeuille (video at link, 30:20-35:32, 37:27, 41:53), on July 19 with François Gapihan (59:05-1:04:07, 1:07:45, 1:18:11-1:19:31, 1:36:05-1:37:37, 1:40:20-1:42:07), and on July 18 with Paola Puerari (11:33-13:17, 30:54-32:20, 34:55-36:52, 37:45-38:18, 38:22, 40:40-41:23, 42:42-43:04, 45:26-46:12, 53:00-54:16, 1:05:33-1:06:16, 1:06:55, 1:09:09-1:10:07, 1:12:05-1:13:33, 1:17:10-1:17:43, 1:21:44-1:24:00, 1:25:00, 1:25:35-1:26:46, 1:33:06-1:34:00, 1:36:22-1:36:48, 1:38:18-1:38:44, 1:50:13-1:52:07) — in the middle of which (1:10:07) they suddenly learn the news of the deaths of two American servicemen.

Every day he has appeared, Philippe Karsenty invariably tells his fellow guests that he wishes to ask all of them a question, one which inevitably makes them go berserk: "What is the alternative to the disappearance of this regime?"

Le Club BFM - Samedi 18 juillet 2026

Chaque vendredi et chaque samedi, Paola Puerari vous accompagne de 17h à 20h le vendredi et de 18h à 20h le samedi dans Le Club BFM.

 

Vengeance de Trump, frappes en cours en Iran - 20/07

Chaque soir, Alice Darfeuille vous accompagne de 22h à 00h dans BFM Grand Soir.

 

 

Édition spéciale du 19 juillet 2026

Revoir en intégralité l'émission "BFM Direct" du 19 juillet 2026 présentée par François Gapihan sur BFMTV. 

I Hate Being the One to Ask This, But… Where Are the Pictures of Gaza's Dead Palestinians?

I'm probably going to get in trouble for this — another Google ban? — but… I'm sorry, the question needs to be asked, and somebody needs to ask it: Where are the photographs of Gaza's dead Palestinians?

Remember the Gaza kid who was allegedly malnourished and starving "because of" Israel's inhumane policies? Didn't Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq's photo and story immediately show up in the New York Times and everywhere else?

Above is the first photo of American dead to appear in America during World War II — a conflict in which the USA participated without much controversy, i.e., without protestors, hysterical radicals or other types, clamoring one way or another.

If, in Zohran Mamdani's words, it is true that 

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people. He is responsible for the killing of more than 73,000 people, for the maiming of tens of thousands of children 

— then you don't have to be a hysterical propagandist in Palestine or even a dishonest one, to think as follows: "Why not set up, say, 20 of the myriad of corpses, or 50, or 100, either in a morgue or among the ruins of the city, and invite in the international press corps? Let the world see the war crimes of the Israelis!"

In fact, if in the New York mayor's words, "the UN confirmed that Palestinian children continue to be deliberately targeted and killed by Israeli armed forces", why not up the ante and have the 20/50/100 corpses be exclusively of… Palestinian kids?! (Certainly, in all cases — dead adults and/or dead children — the photos should be blurred — especially if the cadavers display horrific wounds — but the question remains.)

When Zohran Mamdani mentions "the devastation he [Netanyahu] has wrought", what we see are ruined buildings — indeed, smoldering cityscapes — which remind people, whatever their leanings, of World War II — here we go back to the 1940s again — when carpet bombings led to thousands of dead civilians.

But as far as Gaza is concerned, do we ever seem to see a single corpse? 

The prime minister's office in Jerusalem states that

Under Prime Minister Netanyahu's leadership, Israel has taken unprecedented wartime measures to minimize harm to civilians while confronting Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization that uses Palestinians as human shields and deliberately targets innocent Israeli civilians  

Could it be that the IDF's boast to keep the casualties down as best as possible is not propaganda but explains the dearth of bodies? 

Radio Courtoisie's 250th Anniversary Part 2: An American Retrospective — From George Washington to Teddy Roosevelt and Donald Trump

Today, I was a guest on Evelyne Joslain's Radio Courtoisie for the Second Part of America's 250th birthday celebration: An American Retrospective: from George Washington to Teddy Roosevelt and Donald Trump (audio at link).

The first part, on June 24, was a history stroll through the first half century of the American Republic, from about 1756 to 1815, from the French and Indian War and the Boston Tea Party through the revolutionary years and the writing of the Constitution until Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory and the Lewis and Clark expedition. 

Today's second podcast — Une Rétrospective américaine : de George Washington à Teddy Roosevelt et à Trump, avec Erik Svane — treats the next couple of centuries of American history, focusing on the first hundred years, with the War of 1812 and the Texas Revolution through the conquest of the Wild West and the Civil War to the closing of the frontier and the Spanish-American War.

I am grateful that we have received lots of congratulations from people after the first podcast who added that they have learned a lot. 

 

Libre journal du nouveau monde du 22 juillet 2026 : « Une Rétrospective américaine : de George Washington à Teddy Roosevelt et à Trump, avec Erik Svane »

• Patron d'émission : Joslain Evelyne

Le 22 juillet 2026

Evelyne Joslain, assistée d’Eric, reçoit :

• Erik Svane, porte-parole des Republicans Overseas France

Une Rétrospective américaine : de George Washington à Teddy Roosevelt et à Trump.

What is the difference between a "Yank" and a "Frog"? At 50, an American buys a $300,000 house in Florida; At 50, a Frenchman takes to the streets to protest an extra €50 per month

In just a handful of sentences, plus one cartoon, Sebastien Laye takes down the French public deficit:

France’s 2025 public deficit: €152.5bn.

The government’s extra €3bn in annual savings equals just 2% of that gap. At that pace, reaching zero would take 51 years.

France needs structural reform—not budgetary symbolism.

On the other hand, Sebastien is more loquacious when discussing America's 27th state, in which the founder of Eudokia Wealth is spending more and more of his time:

Wow, Florida has truly impressed me with its extraordinary economic momentum. I am struck by how the Sunshine State has surpassed Australia and Mexico to rank as one of the world’s top economies if it were a sovereign nation (14th rank). With a $1.8 trillion economy in 2025 and on track to reach $2 trillion this year, Florida stands nearly the size of Brazil at $2.1T, Spain at $2.1T, and Canada at $2.4T — effectively doubling its GDP in just eight years. This achievement underscores the power of principled leadership and a dynamic business environment. 

You don't know me? I am Sebastien Laye, an American citizen born in France. After spending a decade in Europe, I have returned to the United States. I am an entrepreneur specializing in artificial intelligence and data centers, as well as an economist and author. My international experience provides me with a distinctive transatlantic perspective, combining European insight with a deep understanding of the U.S. market. 

This leads the entrepreneur to point out that

The biggest economic story of the last two decades isn’t China.

It’s the widening gap between the U.S. and Europe.

Americans can afford homes, investments, and global travel increasingly out of reach for Europe’s middle class.

You don’t notice decline when it happens slowly.

In that perspective, what is the difference between an American and a Frenchman? 

At 50 years old, an American buys a $300,000 house in Florida.
At 50 years old, a Frenchman takes to the streets to protest an extra €50 per month.
Same generation. Two very different outcomes.
I am an American citizen but was born French and just spent 10 years in Europe.
I see this difference everywhere.
It does not come from salary levels.
It comes from a fundamental mindset.
Americans invest. The Europeans save and fear the future.
In the U.S., your retirement savings are automatically invested in stock funds by default.
You do not have to do anything. Your employer often matches contributions.
In France, your money sits in a Livret A savings account earning 3%.
Your bank takes its commission along the way and tells you that the stock market is “too risky for you.”
Over 25 years, with the same monthly effort:
→ $500 per month invested at 7% ≈ +$400,000
→ $500 per month in “safe” savings at 2% ≈ +$190,000
Same effort. Double the capital.
At retirement, this changes everything.
I am not saying everything is better here. It is just different.