Ever an Expert at Neutrality (Sarcasm Alert), the NYTimes Contrasts Lula the "seasoned statesman" with Bolsonaro the "political nepo baby"

Tuesday — exactly one week before the USA's mid-terms — a gushing headline in the New York Times was meant to show (and reassure) leftists of all nations that, in America as well as abroad, the left is far from defeated.

One day later, the newspaper of record was at it again, with its international edition displaying another hagiography to Lula on its front page while the U.S. edition lionizes The Digital Army That Catapulted Lula to Victory in Brazil (an article by Ana Ionova in Brasília, Adam B. Ellick in São Paulo, and Jack Nicas). 

Also featured was Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat: Isn't that usually something does not happen unless you are living in something akin to a communist dictatorship?
But again, going most berserk was the international edition, one of whose top articles on the front page was the essay This Is Bigger Than Brazil. 

Titled This Victory Is Far Bigger Than Brazil in the dead tree version, the piece is by Vanessa Barbara, who "covers Brazilian politics, culture and everyday life." Only at the end do we learn that she is a fiction-writer: "Vanessa Barbara is the editor of the literary website A Hortaliça and writes Portuguese fiction and nonfiction." In her guest essay, she can't put enough superlatives about Lula:

By any metric, the 80-year-old leader’s comeback is extraordinary, having secured 51.8 percent of the vote against Mr. Bolsonaro’s 48.2 percent — a margin of some 4.4 million votes. But Brazil’s polarized politics rarely allow for a neat resolution. Shortly after the result was called on Sunday, Mr. Bolsonaro announced he would seek to annul the election, refusing to accept his defeat. 

Except that, if the right is correct, what happened was not a "defeat" for Flavio that he "refused to accept", just as his father (see next blockquote, below) was not necessarily involved in a "coup attempt" in 2022.

Using the USA's 2020 election as a prime example, I have explained before why the use of words like "overturn" and "his defeat" as a descriptive from the outset is wrong and, indeed, in full propaganda-mode. What Flavio Bolsonaro (like his father Jair) has not accepted is "the result" — a result which sounds (and because it sounds) unrealistic, manufactured, suspicious, and bogus. In the eyes of both Bolsonaros, it is Lula and the Left who, both in 2022 and in 2026, have not accepted his/their defeat. Just as in Trump's eyes, it was the Democrat party members (or leaders) who did not accept Joe Biden's defeat in November 2020.

 … it became clear that Mr. Bolsonaro — the son of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s disgraced ex-president who is currently under house arrest for a coup attempt in 2022 — might actually win the presidency. For millions of Brazilians, it was a moment of existential dread: How could the country trade a seasoned statesman for a political nepo baby whose name is linked to a long list of scandals, including alleged ties to Rio de Janeiro’s militias and friendships with contract killers and fraudulent bankers?

As for Lula's ties to in-depth fraud and corruption, they are, needless to say, not to be mentioned (except later, in an entirely exculpatory paragraph). And when a leftist neophyte comes from outside the political class, in Brazil or elsewhere (e.g., Obama vs. McCain 2008), suddenly the "seasoned statesman" is not to be defended, not in the slightest.

Flávio Bolsonaro, CPAC 2026, Grapevine, Texas

Eduardo Bolsonaro, CPAC 2025, National Harbor, Maryland

Jair Bolsonaro, CPAC 2023, National Harbor, Maryland

Vanessa Barbara continues: 

Regardless, Mr. Lula’s victory represents a win for the forces of democracy not only in Brazil, but around the world. 

Mike Benz reports that  

The Lula regime is now going around seizing the passports of every major figure associated with the political party that beat him in the general election 3 weeks ago.

Does that sound like the actions of a legitimate winner? Is that supposed to represent "a win for the forces of democracy"? Or a win for a banana republic?

 … signaling the country’s will to defend its hard-won democracy. Now, with Mr. Bolsonaro threatening to challenge the results, Brazil’s post-election turmoil will be a stress test for the democratic foundations that Brazilians have just defended — and for one of the last leftist leaders in a neighborhood of gathering far-right forces. 

 … Lula has already embraced the role of standard-bearer for the democratic left at a time when reactionary populism across the globe has grown louder and more aggressive. 

Yeah? How do "the democratic foundations" sync with the desire of Lula the "seasoned statesman" and Alexandre de Moraes to imprison anyone they view as their foes?  

Vanessa Barbara acknowledges that 

Starting next year, the right will hold majorities in both the lower chamber of Congress and the Senate, as well as multiple state governorships. 

Which, needless to say — and as we wrote yesterday — is instrumental in fueling suspicion about the entire second round of the election.

But it turns out that for years, Brazil's "democratic left" has not only tried to confiscate passports and imprison political foes, it has been trying to get Brazilians living (or having fled) abroad to be extradited back to Brazil.

Again: Does that sound like "the democratic foundations" of a "democracy"? Or more like a banana republic, if not an outright communist dictatorship?

CRUCIAL FACTS ON THE FLAVIO BOLSONARO MATTER:

It's not just Flavio Bolsonaro who fled Brazil to escape the tyrannical persecution of Alexandre de Moraes and the pro-Lula wing of the Supreme Court. There are dozens of Brazilian exiles who have done the same: dissident journalists, activists, bloggers, and politicians who all fled to avoid certain prison for political opposition.

In most of these cases, Moraes has demanded the extradition of those who fled and whom he wants to imprison back in Brazil. But Moraes' extradition requests have been repeatedly denied by multiple countries and institutions on the grounds that these prosecutions are politically motivated or otherwise corrupted. Among those conclu[d]ing this: Spain, Italy, INTERPOL, and even the US under Biden.

Just today, Italy refused Brazil's demand to extradite a person named @edutagli, who was once a top aide to Moraes, but then fled to Italy after Moraes accused him of having been my source in a huge leak from Moraes' office that I obtained for reporting I did with @Folha in 2024. That massive leak enabled us to publish roughly 20 articles proving systemic abuses of power by Moraes against his political enemies: exactly the reason so many Brazilians, including Bolsonaro, know they can't get a fair trial in Brazil.

Italy today refused to extradite the person accused of being our source on the grounds that the proceedings would be a farce because Moraes — as he so often does — wants to act as the supposed victim, investigator, and judge, and thus his demand falls well outside of Italy's extradition standards. Again, multiple countries have concluded the same, showing what a farce Brazil's once-respected judicial system has become under the Lula/Moraes regime.

Moraes has overseen a system of political persecution masquerading as criminal justice that has been recognized as a sham by multiple countries that are not exactly Bolsonaro allies. Nobody in their right mind who is a political enemy of Moraes would remain in Brazil once if it is clear that he intends to imprison you, since he has proven that guilt is a foregone conclusion and he operates with no legal or constitutional limits of any kind.

That is why asylum under international law exists: to protect those who cannot obtain justice in their own country because the justice system has been corrupted and commandeered for political persecution. Many people, such as Julian Assange, have needed that protection (which Lula cheered). Now people need it from Moraes in Brazil. That is sadly one of the main legacies of both Lula and Moraes over the last six years.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 27, 2026

A Week Before the USA's Mid-Terms, the NYTimes Gushes Over Lula's Presidential Win, Gloating that Brazil Hands a "Stunning Rebuke to the Right"

A "stunning blow": a gushing headline in the New York Times is meant to show (and reassure) leftists of all nations that, in America as well as abroad, the left is far from defeated: Brazil hands a stunning rebuke to the right. 

(This post's description of the NYT hagiography of Brazil's recent election is followed by an in-depth historical assessment of the left in Brazil and, indeed, in Venezuela, in Cuba, and all over Latin America.)

A week before the mid-terms, the print version of the international edition of the New York Times (see above) goes gaga regarding Luiz Inácio da Silva's (Lula's) alleged win the second round of Brazil's presidential election, describing it as Brazil hands a stunning rebuke to the right.

While the original national edition of the newspaper of record (see at bottom of this post) is slightly less dramatic (Lula's Victory Curtails Right In the Region; incidentally, by the way, I never heard that a word like "in" took a capital letter in a headline), the online title is, as we went to press, Lula Wins Brazil’s Presidency, in Stunning Blow to Latin America’s Right.

Ten paragraphs in the international edition follow, devoted to the heroics of Lula — such as this one: "A stalwart of Brazilian politics, Mr. Lula lifted millions out of poverty through social programs in earlier years as president" — and, indeed, of the entire Brazilian people. 

After all, it wasn't Lula or his PT party who handed a stunning rebuke to the right; it was the Brazilian nation itself! (Agradeço ao Sr. Driscoll pelo Instalink.)

Not until the 11th paragraph (the bottom para on the INYT's front page) do Ana Ionova and Adam B. Ellick concede that there seems to be some kind of hiccup:

Mr. Bolsonaro refused to accept the outcome and said it was the result of foul play, seizing on a narrative that his father also employed after his own electoral loss four years ago.

Shouldn't the Flávio Bolsonaro reaction have been among the top four or five lines? Wouldn't it have been so had the results between left and right been inverted?

Flávio Bolsonaro, CPAC 2026, Grapevine, Texas

Eduardo Bolsonaro, CPAC 2025, National Harbor, Maryland

Jair Bolsonaro, CPAC 2023, National Harbor, Maryland

Well, if you do click on the links mentioned above, this is the case — at present. The Flávio Bolsonaro reaction is now in the second paragraph, with Donald Trump's statement is in the third. The report has been heavily upgraded and is now far more — what is the word? — nuanced. As it appears now, it is scarcely recognizable from the story as it appeared in the newspaper Tuesday morning.

In the original story, there was nary a mention of the fact that Jair's son — unexpectedly — won the first round or, indeed, that their party's candidates then gained an impressive number of seats in the congress in Brasilia — something instrumental in making Lula's victory highly dubious.

It was the first time in Brazil’s history that a candidate who lost the first round of voting came back to win the second.

Indeed: "The strong showing by Mr. Bolsonaro" makes the results even more suspicious. Just like 2020 was the first time in American history that an incumbent president gained more votes for his reelection than for his initial victory and did — supposedly — not win his second election.

Mr. Lula’s victory was even more surprising given that several of the candidates who failed to make it out of the first round were conservatives whose votes were expected to broadly shift to Mr. Bolsonaro.  

This should only give rise to more suspicion. Isn't this evidence that Brazil is little more than a banana republic where a coup has been taking place "in front of the world"?

The results showed that far more voters had turned up to cast a ballot on Sunday than in the earlier round, a highly unusual shift. Typically, the number of voters drops from the first round to the second.

Again, same conclusion. Doesn't this prove, or provide evidence, that Brazil went full commie?

Mr. Lula is bound to face resistance at every turn, after voters elected an overwhelming number of Mr. Bolsonaro’s political allies to the Legislature.

Again, the fact that so many of Bolsonaro’s political allies won seats, you wonder how the Times can write such a hagiographic piece without addressing the vast number of inconsistencies. 

For a far truer story of Jair Bolsonaro's alleged "defeat" in 2022, check out PragerU's Brazil: A Cautionary Tale.

Uma Viagem ao Passado (Blast from the Past): 16 years ago, Olavo de Carvalho had the inside dirt on the state of communism in Latin America — notably centralized in Brazil's São Paulo Forum, which has been the true strategic command of the Latin American revolution. Graças a Deus, (Thank God) things have changed immensely since 2010, when the following article was written.

 … nowhere else has the Right been so utterly destroyed as it has been in Brazil, which is, for this very reason, the headquarters of Latin American revolution. … In this sense, American political analysts are always getting it all backwards: They are alarmed at Venezuela [and Cuba] and do not understand that the headquarters of the revolution is in Brazil.  

 … Hugo Chavez [then still alive and in power] is only a scarecrow that the Latin American Left waves before the world to distract the attention away from the São Paulo Forum, which is the true strategic command of the Latin American revolution. Cuba and Venezuela are important as shelters for terrorists and drug traffickers. In Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries ruled by the São Paulo Forum, there is strong and organized opposition, while in Brazil all that is left is the Left itself, which controls the scene absolutely.

Olavo de Carvalho again, from 2014 — Could It Be that J Edgar Hoover Wasn't as Paranoid — or as Despotic — as the Former FBI Director Is Commonly Depicted? 

 …/… J Edgar Hoover was supposed to go after mobsters and gangsters, we are told, not "harmless" political operatives who were doing nothing but sharing, entirely legally, their personal opinions.

Wouldn't plans to lead to nationwide-applied "Chicago Way extortion" be a reason for Hoover to treat leftist critics of America with a measure of circumspection?

In that sense, Olavo de Carvalho's thoughts are revealing. The difference between corruption in rightist governments and leftist governments, said the Brazilian philosopher, is that when rightists know they are doing wrong, they try to hide it (and are perhaps even sometimes ashamed), while leftists are proud of their doings and try to write it into law.

When reading the following, remember that the comments apply to a foreign (a Brazilian) worker's party, Lula's Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). And yet, ask yourself if they are not — chillingly — familiar.

It is one thing, I said, remembering an old Arab saying, to steal in the weight of the flour, selling 750 grams for the price of one kilo. Another thing is to modify the scale so that never more it accuses the difference between 750 grams and one kilo.

The old corrupt politicians [of Brazil] limited themselves to stealing. The PT transformed the robbery into a system, the system in political militancy, the militancy in a substitute of the laws and institutions, lowered to the condition of temporary impediments to the construction of the great utopia.

The old politicians stole for their own good, individually or in small groups, moderating the audacity of the blows from the fear of the denunciation. PT steals with a moral authority of someone, who arrogating itself the nobleness of a hypothetical future, is already forgiven a priori from all the faults of the present; with tranquillity and fearlessness from he who uses licitly all possible means, they steal since they are the absolute master of all.

Any political party that turns against "the society", promising to rebuild it from scratch — if not to reform the human nature itself — places itself , instantly, above the effective moral criteria in this society, and it cannot submit to them unless in appearance, laughing to themselves, at the naïveté of those who take them as a regular and loyal adversary. It is not possible to destroy the system and to obey its rules at the same time, but it's possible to use these rules just as a temporary camouflage until the destruction is completed. However, the system, as everything that is human, holds equally its dose of injustices, errors, scandals, and its parcel of morality, order, loyalty. All system consists of a precarious balance between disorder and order. No sane intelligence ignores that only it is possible to restrain or to control the former by fortifying the latter. All attempts to change the system integrally, either through the abrupt revolutionary subversion, either through the slow and gradual erosion of the institutional bases, starts for destroying the balance and therefore the order, under the vain promise of a future without disequilibrium nor disorder. The modesty of the objectives, the limitation of the political program to precise points that do not affect the beddings of the system, here is the mark of the honest parties — and this is not, definitively, the make of [a party like the] PT. The dishonesty of this party is measured by the megalomaniac amplitude of its promises.

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Set Aflame by the Pillager Class: Across La Manche de l'immigration, France undergoes another riot cleanse

After taking on France's "Student" Protests … Calling for Cops to Be Killed "in the Name of Allah", Damian Bennett goes back to examine the continuing carnage, notably to take on Monsieur le Président Napoleon Dynamite…

 … across La Manche de l'immigration, France undergoes another riot cleanse. Marianne watches, paralyzed, powerless, as a good portion of her cities, her heritage, her institutions are set aflame. While France burns, the Islamo-left alliance thrives. 

• Fox News Politics (via Brit Hume) On X October 9, 2026: On the ground in Paris, the hammer and sickle flies alongside Palestinian flags. The French Communist Party's national secretary poses with protesters. Far-left politicians from La France Insoumise pose for photos with students.
• Remix News On X (video) October 17, 2026: Unbelievable footage from Paris. Police are in open panic as they flee from rioters. State control has collapsed across the country.
• 2,000 Shops Looted Or Damaged Across France, Macron Rejects Interior Minister Núñez Resignation Offer October 19, 2026
  [Núñez] acknowledged a “lack of anticipation” in preparations and said police had “lost control” in certain major cities, according to Le Monde news outlet. Forecasts had put expected turnout at around 200,000; the Interior Ministry later counted roughly 550,000 participants nationwide, while the CGT union estimated 800,000. About 60,000 law-enforcement personnel were deployed, yet the scale overwhelmed them in multiple locations.
• Attacked Owner Of Looted Paris Shop: '10 Years Of Work Destroyed' October 21, 2026
  Originally from Bangladesh, Hassan arrived in France in 2010. After spending years working in hospitality, he managed to save enough to open his own business. In the aftermath of the weekend riots in Paris, his shop has been left completely destroyed.
• 'Everything Is Destroyed,' Paris Pharmacy Owner Says After Protests October 20, 2026

THE (Fashion Aware) REVOLUTION

• The Turd-eaters: France Gives Us A Lesson On The Pillager Class October 21, 2026
  [Jean Raspail's Le Camp des Saints fifty+ years later in real time.]

The Islamo-left is a contagion.

• The Communist Network Burning Down France October 20, 2026
  [This Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm article provides an exhaustive list of the players.]
• Trump Warns Americans That The Midterm Election Could Bring France’s Nightmare Here October 20, 2026
• Fmr. Clinton Official, Biden Staffer Jamie Metzl: ‘If You Like What You’re Seeing In France,’ Support The DSA October 19, 2026
  Metzl: “I’m a Democrat, and the far left in our country, the DSA, is really wanting to have this same future. So, while I do support mainstream Democrats, I believe the Democratic Party needs to go aggressively against our far left. Because if you like what you’re seeing in France, then you should support these DSA candidates who are, essentially, calling for the same thing here.”
• Brivael Le Pogam On X October 13, 2026: I’m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you. I come from your future. ... France hasn’t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can’t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them. ... Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program [party] you’re voting for making America more like America, or more like France? Trust me. You don’t want to be France.

Président jupitérien on the job:

• Macron Faces Backlash Over Attending Celine Dion Concert On Eve Of Fiery Riots October 18, 2026
• Macron Bids ‘Au Revoir’ To Burning France, Flees To Kuwait For Middle East Tour October 19, 2026
• Macron Addresses Nation: Refuses Blame, Ignores Immigration Impact on Riots, ‘HOW CAN FRENCH PEOPLE DO THIS’ October 18, 2026

The short answer, M. Président, the mob fodder is not French people. 

• ‘The True Face Of The Great Replacement’ – Right-wing Politician Éric Zemmour Says French Riots Driven By ‘Hordes Of North African And African Barbarians’ October 20, 2026
• Trump Warns ‘France Is Burning!’ As It Falls Into Riot-driven Lawlessness October 18, 2026
  Trump on his Truth Social: "The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country. Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!”
• Vance: France Riots A Result Of Liberals ‘Importing Third World’ In Name Of ‘Diversity And Compassion’ October 18, 2026
• Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage: ‘If We Don’t Wake Up, The Carnage In France Is Our Future’ October 19, 2026
• Trump Warns Paris Could Become A ‘Muslim City Very Soon’ As Unrest Grips France October 20, 2026
• German Chancellor Merz Admits Immigration And Failed Assimilation Caused French Riots October 21, 2026

The political and union organizers, financial supporters, the mob generalship -- they are French, but not the masses they send into the streets, heft onto barricades, or shove into police lines.

• Macron Lashes Out At ‘STUPID’ Leaders Talking About Migration Influence On French Riots October 21, 2026
  Calling foreign leaders making commentary on his failure to control events “stupid” and “unacceptable”, Macron blamed what he said was “foreign manipulation of information” including A.I. generated images of riots...
  [Ahem.
  
  AFP Not AI
  One can walk among the smoldering ashes of Hôtel de ville de Limoges. Not AI.]
  ...leading to foreign observers failing to fall into line with his views on events. The French President said “Some people even claimed that we had been overrun by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false” and ranted ... “All people who speak ill of our country, are people who don’t love [France].”
• Macron Now Saying The Images Of The Riots Are Misinformation, Muslims Not Involved October 21, 2026
  [Ahem.
  
  
  Getty Images, Not Misinformation

• The Babylon Bee On X October 17, 2026: Palestinians Finally Granted Own Country
  [No, seriously.]
• Visegrád 24 On X October 18, 2026: French journalist Paul Amar: “They came prepared. They had the addresses of town halls. They had addresses of Jewish shop owners. In a street in Marseille, all businesses owned by Jews were set on fire. Businesses run by Muslims weren’t”]

Oh who then, what then, Président jupitérien ? What could be the cause?

• Macron Government Blames ‘Far-left’ For Fueling Nationwide Riots, Looting, And Arson October 17, 2026
  [Deadeye Macron hits a target for once.]
• France Youth Riots Manipulated By Far-left Mélenchon Party [La France Insoumise], Paris Police Report Finds October 4, 2026
• As France Explodes With Violent Riots, Islamic-Leftist Alliance Flexes Its Muscle Ahead Of Elections October 17, 2026
• Communists, Unions And Activist Networks Emerge As Key Players In France’s Street Unrest October 19, 2026
• ‘French Intifada’: Mayor [Éric Ciotti, Mayor of Nice] Calls For Terror Investigation Into ‘Islamo-Leftist’ Riots, Ban On Antifa Groups October 19, 2026
• ‘Colossal Failure’: Limoges Mayor [Guillaume Guérin] Claims National Police Ran Out Of Ammo Amid City Hall Arson Attack October 20, 2026
• The Man Who Burned Down Historic French Building [Hôtel de ville de Limoges] Is A Far-left Extremist October 21, 2026
• Far-left Antifa Groups At Forefront Of Violent Riots, French Intelligence Report Finds October 21, 2026
  [This is a different report from the Paris Police report above.]
  The “neighbourhoods” mentioned appear to be a euphemism for the large-scale ethnic minority and migrant enclaves which exist in the suburbs around major cities in France. The report identified people from these areas as being the principal agents behind the looting and general mayhem, while the leftist groups were more interested in attacking law enforcement and symbols of the state.
• IRAN [!] Mocks France After Macron Blames Middle East War For Riots October 19, 2026
  [OH! Honey! Mocked, rightly mocked by IRAN! A new low for France.]

Nothing to see here. The riots are mere misinformation fabrications. All is well. All is --- wuh!

• France: Government Plans To Send Soldiers On The Streets After Admitting Failures October 21, 2026
  “Saturday’s mobilization of forces will be massive,” said Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

Let us take a closer look at these fabrications that require the army to supplement the police.

• Policewoman Is Chased Down The Street, Kicked To The Ground And Beaten By Mob As Riots Rock France October 1, 2026
  The verified footage - shot in the Paris suburbs today - ended abruptly as the officer, who was grasping a teargas canister, lay on the ground. She is kicked once, before the person filming moves away. They captioned the video 'police officer swept away' with laugh-out-loud emojis.
• Rioters ATTACK Police And Set Firefighter Ablaze In 'Vicious' Scenes In France October 2, 2026
  [Brave/Ask says 'officials' stated there is no confirmed evidence that protesters deliberately set the firefighter on fire. You know, not deliberately. However, "Multiple reports confirm that several teenagers and bystanders [scil., protestors] filmed the scene with their phones as the firefighter was engulfed in flames." SO to be clear, the protestors deliberately gawked and deliberately let the fireman burn.]
• Euronews' Crew Assaulted By Masked Individuals While Covering Protests In Paris October 17, 2026
• France: Arab And Black Youths Make Throat-slitting Gesture While Spanish Journalist Reports On French Riots October 19, 2026
  [Related.]
• France: Rioters Threatened Woman With Rape Her While She Was Holding Her Infant, But Feminist Activist Claims Mere ‘Collateral Damage’ FOR THE REVOLUTION October 19, 2026

France is in bad shape. What, you hadn't heard? Ahhh, the English-language therapeutic press and its gaggle of political sock puppets do not wish to alarm you with the Islamo-Euro-left paddling across le corridor sanitaire Atlantique. 

• CBS News Deletes Social Media Post That Described Violent, Fiery French Riots As ‘Scuffles’ October 18, 2026
• BBC Claims French Riots Were ‘Mostly Peaceful’ While Showing Country On Fire October 19, 2026
  [The old songs never age.]
• Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-D): ‘Wrong’ To Make France Riots ‘About The Left Wing’ October 20, 2026
  [In a party busting with slimeballs, Ro Khanna has oozed himself upward into the slimeball top 10.]
• Leftist Media Spin Furiously On French Leftist Rioting October 21, 2026
• The New York Times Has Become Ridiculous October 21, 2026
  'Populism,' 'nebulous groups,' 'protests over education'—just don’t blame Muslims for French riots

Here is what the French Islamo-red-red-left does NOT want you reading, thinking, hoping:

Yes. MARINE LE PEN Will Be The Next President Of France. October 19, 2026

In the first round of what is a two-round election, Le Pen was already forecast to finish well ahead of everybody else, attracting more than one in three voters. ...  If there’s a second round run-off between Le Pen and the far-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has openly embraced the riots, the polls suggest it will not be close at all. The latest, by polling company Elabe, puts Le Pen on 69% of the vote.

Could it really be this easy?

Nearly Half Of Muslims And Jews Would Consider Leaving France If Le Pen Wins 2027 Presidential Election: Poll October 15, 2026

The poll found that 46 percent of respondents identifying as Muslim would contemplate “leaving France to settle in another country” under a Le Pen presidency. Of those, 20 percent said they would “certainly” take that step.

Alas, at the moment 2027 is a million years away 

ELECTION DAY OF THE DEAD: A protected vote requires some effort

ELECTION DAY OF THE DEAD

As with every vote of note in the United States, our ol' friend Damian Bennett has again produced a series of election posters for the mid-terms of 2026, focusing on voter protection. One of them — UP-TO-DATE VOTER ROLLS — is reproduced above, check out the other two at his Behance page on GOTV 2026 Election Protection Posters: VOTER ID and PERSONAL USPO MAIL DROP. (GOTV posters from earlier election cycles can be found here and here and here.) This Fall, the artist from Waverly, Virginia, adds the following comment: 

If you are an American citizen and of legal age, you have the right to vote. This right requires government to give notice of elections; make polls accessible and open throughout the appointed day; maintain the integrity and completeness of voter rolls; record and count all legal votes; publish the results in a timely manner. What this right does not require is every possible personal convenience. Election protection helps prevent legal votes being cancelled by cheaters and elections being rigged by powerful interests. A protected vote requires some effort, but considerably less than applying for a gun permit or a day at the DMV. 

France's Riots: Emmanuel Macron or Napoleon Dynamite?

From Gary Varvel comes this cartoon about Emmanuel Macron, aka Jupiter (merci à Monsieur Duncan Colline Hill). 

The French president's claims denying (gas-lighting) the problems with Muslim migrants (or, rather, Gimmigrants) — “We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false” — seem to be belied by the fact that "Student" Protests Are Fueled by Violence As Mobs Beat Up School Employees and Police Officers While Calling for Cops to Be Killed "in the Name of Allah".

Below are two other recent Varvels…

Had Enough? Had Enough? The West Has Had Enough! (Rousing Anthem)

UK version: Britain's had enough (via EyeOnAntisemitism)

Related: "Student" Protests Fueled by Violence As Mobs Beat Up School Employees and Police Officers While Calling for Cops to Be Killed "in the Name of Allah"

"Student" Protests Fueled by Violence As Mobs Beat Up School Employees and Police Officers While Calling for Cops to Be Killed "in the Name of Allah"

Reflecting on the riots engulfing France, Damian Bennett links to the following disturbing reports:

WTF! Macron 'président jupitérien' in charge.

• Over 400 Detained In France Amid Violent Student Protests September 30, 2026
• Chaos Engulfs France As Far-Left Driven Violence Sees Nearly 2,000 Detained October 2, 2026
• France Youth Riots MANIPULATED BY FAR-LEFT MÉLENCHON PARTY, Paris Police Report Finds October 4, 2026
• ‘Unbearable’ – Le Pen Condemns Viral Video Of French Policewoman Hunted And Beaten By Multicultural Youths [sic] During Violent Student Blockades October 2, 2026
• Attempted Murder Investigation Opened After Plainclothes Police Officer Beaten Unconscious During Student Riots In Belfort October 2, 2026
  1,949 people were arrested and 305 police officers were injured on Thursday as France descends into chaos
• White Female Burned With Homemade Flamethrower, Another White Female School Supervisor Beaten By Mob During Student Riots October 2, 2026
  The student protests have devolved into multicultural youths targeting White people
• ‘Under Siege’ – Rioters Set Fire To The Entrance Of Vauquelin High School In Paris And Block The Exit With 100 Students And Staff Inside October 5, 2026
• Nearly A Thousand Arrested In France On Monday As Youth Riots Spread October 4, 2026
• Visegrád 24 On X, October 5, 2026: A student rioter at Honoré-de-Balzac high school near Paris has called for the police to be killed “in the name of Allah”. ... “There are only ten of them. In the name of Allah, we can kill them all!”

 
Related: Had Enough? Had Enough? The West Has Had Enough!

3 Weeks from the Mid-Terms: Is Donald Trump in Danger of Being the Victim of the Churchill Effect?

 
As the German war machine surrendered in May 1945, bringing the Second World War II in Europe to a close, and before the Japanese Empire had even thought of surrendering — the bloodiest battle for Americans in the Pacific theater (Okinawa) ended long after the Nazi surrender — elections took place in Great Britain in July which surprised everybody as le héros du jour, Winston Churchill, was forgotten since the island's premier architect of victory was voted out of office in a leftist landslide. 

At Radio Courtoisie, a debate took place on Evelyne Joslain's show Libre journal du Nouveau Monde Wednesday on the subject of whether Donald Trump was running the same risk as Winston Churchill in 1945, a debate joined by (in order of appearance) Erik Svane, Paul Reen, and Daniel Clément: In the United States, with 20 days left until the polls open, could Republican voters inflict a "Churchill Effect" on Donald Trump? (link to 1 hour 30 en français).

"Three weeks out from an election that will prove decisive for the future of the U.S. Congress, will the conservative base remain united, or will it succumb to the temptation of electoral rejection? This week, Evelyne Joslain dedicates her program to the final stretch of the U.S. midterm elections. With just 20 days left until the vote, she is joined by Paul Reen (Vice President) and Erik Svane (Spokesperson) of Republicans Overseas France, along with Dr. Daniel Clément, to analyze the specter of a "Churchill Effect" among Republican voters. 

"Amidst weariness, specific grievances, and the urgent need to defeat the Democratic camp, will political rationality and adherence to core doctrine triumph over personal resentments and the frustrations of daily life? A clear, uncompromising electoral analysis—available to listen to again via podcast on Radio Courtoisie." 

Libre journal du nouveau monde du 14 octobre 2026 : « ​​Elections de Mi-Mandat aux Etats-Unis, à 20 jours du scrutin, les électeurs républicains peuvent-ils infliger un « Effet Churchill » à Donald Trump ? La raison prévaudra-t-elle sur les mécontentements ? Avec Paul Reen, Erik Svane et Daniel Clément »

Evelyne Joslain reçoit :

• Paul Reen, vice-président des Republicans Overseas France
• Erik Svane, porte-parole des Republicans Overseas France
• Daniel Clément, médecin

​​Elections de Mi-Mandat aux Etats-Unis, à 20 jours du scrutin, les électeurs républicains peuvent-ils infliger un Effet Churchill à Donald Trump ? La raison prévaudra-t-elle sur les mécontentements ?

A trois semaines d’un scrutin décisif pour l’avenir du Congrès américain, la base conservatrice restera-t-elle soudée ou cédera-t-elle aux tentations du désaveu électoral ?
Cette semaine, Evelyne Joslain consacre son émission à la ligne droite des élections de mi-mandat aux Etats-Unis. A seulement 20 jours du vote, elle réunit Paul Reen (vice-président) et Erik Svane (porte-parole) des Republicans Overseas France, ainsi que le Dr. Daniel Clément, pour analyser le spectre d’un Effet Churchill chez les électeurs républicains. Entre lassitude, contestations ciblées et impératif de victoire face au camp démocrate, la rationalité politique et l’adhésion doctrinale l’emporteront-elles sur les rancœurs et les frustrations du quotidien ? Une analyse électorale claire et sans concession, à réécouter en podcast sur Radio Courtoisie.

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News (Some of) You Can Use: How to Soothe a Crying Baby (Short Video)

 
An account on Reddit features an American doctor in Liberia [showing] how to soothe a crying baby. "This method works everywhere in the world," r/Amazing quotes u/sco-go as adding.

Another thing I have never forgotten from my witty (and deadpan) SMU professor in his Introduction to Psychology class in the 1980s (and that I have never tried personally) was as follows:

Hold the crying infant face up over his or her bed, lectured William Tedford, by only an inch or a centimeter or so. Then, pull away your hands suddenly, so that he or she drops on his or her back. Supposedly this makes the baby so astonished that the crying stops instantly.

"Happy to Mail That Ballot for You"?! What the right to vote does NOT require is governments providing every possible personal convenience imaginable

HAPPY TO MAIL THAT FOR YOU!

As with every vote of note in the United States, our ol' buddy Damian Bennett has again produced a series of election posters for the mid-terms of 2026, focusing on voter protection. (Thanks to Sarah for the Instalink.) One of them — PERSONAL USPO MAIL DROP — is reproduced above, check out the other two at his Behance page on GOTV 2026 Election Protection Posters: VOTER ID and the spooky UP-TO-DATE VOTER ROLLS. (GOTV posters from earlier election cycles can be found here and here and here.) This Fall, the artist from Waverly, Virginia, adds the following comment: 

If you are an American citizen and of legal age, you have the right to vote. This right requires government to give notice of elections; make polls accessible and open throughout the appointed day; maintain the integrity and completeness of voter rolls; record and count all legal votes; publish the results in a timely manner. What this right does not require is every possible personal convenience. Election protection helps prevent legal votes being cancelled by cheaters and elections being rigged by powerful interests. A protected vote requires some effort, but considerably less than applying for a gun permit or a day at the DMV. 

In addition, adds Damian Bennett in an FYI, 

The ‛Kiddie Civics’ cartoon style had many fathers; hat tips to E. C. Segar, Grim Natwick, Max Fleisher, and Chad & Jared Moldenhauer. 

Election Protection helps prevent legal votes being cancelled by cheaters and elections being rigged by powerful interests

WHO ARE YOU?

As with every vote of note in the United States, our ol' chum Damian Bennett has again produced a series of election posters for the mid-terms of 2026, focusing on voter protection. (Thanks to Sarah for the Instalink.) One of them — VOTER ID — is reproduced above, check out the other two at his Behance page on GOTV 2026 Election Protection Posters: PERSONAL USPO MAIL DROP and the spooky UP-TO-DATE VOTER ROLLS. (GOTV posters from earlier election cycles can be found here and here and here.) This Fall, the artist from Waverly, Virginia, adds the following comment: 

If you are an American citizen and of legal age, you have the right to vote. This right requires government to give notice of elections; make polls accessible and open throughout the appointed day; maintain the integrity and completeness of voter rolls; record and count all legal votes; publish the results in a timely manner. What this right does not require is every possible personal convenience. Election protection helps prevent legal votes being cancelled by cheaters and elections being rigged by powerful interests. A protected vote requires some effort, but considerably less than applying for a gun permit or a day at the DMV.