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Guillaume Herblot argued that, according to Bukele, a country could not be reformed without removing corrupt judges, who risked forming a "judicial dictatorship" and blocking reforms. He claimed that Brazil had just provided an example and that France had been practicing this logic for decades, more discreetly. Herblot believed that universal suffrage only made sense if the elected officials had the final say, rather than a network of unremovable magistrates interpreting the rules according to their interests. Without a real possibility of removing political judges, he wrote, elections would remain a charade and the "cartel" would remain in place. #Réforme #Justice #Politique (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote to Sonia Mabrouk that he respected her work and the quality of discussions on her shows, but criticized what he presented as a difference in political treatment. He claimed that, the day before, speakers, including Bruno Jeudy, had justified the last-minute cancellation of Éric Zemmour by BFMTV on the grounds that he had not sufficiently condemned the attack and was a "specialist in slippage." Herblot compared this decision to the reception given, according to him, to officials from LFI. He notably wrote that Bally Bagayoko had stated that "violence can be legitimate," supported the eviction of journalists from BFMTV, and maintained ambiguity about the degradations. He added that other figures from LFI defended comparable positions. According to him, if slippage or the justification of violence constituted a criterion, it should apply to everyone; otherwise, he felt it was no longer pluralism. He reiterated Robert Ménard's argument in favor of inviting and confronting controversial voices. #Débat #Pluralisme #LibertéDexpression (translated)

Guillaume Herblot presented the extension of the vote in Brazil as an example of "the deep state," believing that France was experiencing a similar mechanism. He wrote that, on Sunday, after the counting began as scheduled at the closing of the polls at 5 PM, Lula's campaign had appealed to the STF to request a national extension. According to him, Judge Cristiano Zanin, Lula's former personal lawyer and appointed to the Supremo Tribunal Federal by him in 2023, had ordered two additional hours, forcing the TSE to halt the count. He mentioned polling stations that had closed and then reopened in confusion. Herblot also recalled that in 2022, Alexandre de Moraes, then head of the TSE, had rejected a similar request from the PT despite roadblocks. He felt that the rules were applied differently depending on the concerned camp and that judicial and administrative institutions had become political actors. For France, he cited the Constitutional Council, the Court of Cassation, the Council of State, administrative jurisdictions, and part of the public prosecutor's office. He accused them of limiting the scope of reforms voted by elected majorities through interpretations of the law, priority questions of constitutionality, and censorship decisions. He also stated that senior officials and magistrates continued to influence the limits of political debate despite changes in political personnel. Herblot concluded that in both countries, unelected institutions held what he believed to be a blocking and interpretative power that diminished the impact of changes resulting from elections. #ÉtatProfond #Démocratie #Justice (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote that BFMTV had canceled an interview scheduled the day before with Éric Zemmour at the end of the morning, following what he described as a racist attack in Trappes. He attributed this decision to a petition from MP Benjamin Lucas of Génération.s, which denounced a "provocation" and "complicity," alongside the cancellation by the channel's journalists' association and the judgment that the timing was indecent. Herblot condemned what he considered censorship and felt that Zemmour had been sidelined despite his prior invitation to the events. He also claimed that Zemmour had been warning for years about the rising tensions and violence of this kind, and that BFMTV journalists had themselves been attacked on the ground. The author linked this cancellation to the ideas of Jean-François Revel in *La Tentation totalitaire*. He described Revel as a leftist intellectual who gradually became close to the right and liberalism and argued that the temptation to control speech could also exist on the left, particularly under the guise of fighting racism and media accountability. Herblot finally warned that other voices could be pushed aside and believed that censoring debate weakened the Republic. #LibertéDExpression #Censure #DébatSociétal (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote that the president should have mentioned in Trappes the victims of attacks who were killed, according to him, because they were Jewish, Christian, or French. He cited Jonathan Sandler, Arié Sandler, Gabriel Sandler, and Myriam Monsonégo, killed in Toulouse, as well as Yohan Cohen, Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, and François-Michel Saada, killed at Hyper Cacher. He also mentioned Father Jacques Hamel, Vincent Loquès, Nadine Devillers, and Simone Barreto Silva, killed in a church and the basilica of Nice, the 130 victims of November 13, and the 86 victims of the Promenade des Anglais. He added Pengo Bossio Wangi and the injured from Trappes. Herblot wrote that we must neither forget nor forgive these victims, and that no pain or death should be hierarchized. #Mémoire #Solidarité #Justice (translated)

Guillaume Herblot welcomed Emmanuel Macron's visit to Trappes but questioned where the president had gone during other acts he deemed equally heinous, citing Crépol, Lola, and Philippine. He felt that presidential compassion varied depending on whether the events aligned with the current narrative. https://t.co/qLH60Xadeh #Macron #Trappes #compassion (translated)

Guillaume Herblot criticized LCI for regularly inviting, in his opinion, profiles from Sciences Po or LSE, who have interned at LFI and followed unblemished paths, which he accused of discussing the "real" from a bubble. At 42 years old and living abroad, he proposed to be invited in turn, noting that he would be available until November 9th. He claimed he could criticize in real time, without notes or talking points, the backgrounds of these guests, relying on his experience of having left France while observing from afar what he described as the country burning. He added that this would differ from the usual format. #France #Expatriés #Débat (translated)

Guillaume Herblot accused Lola-Fleur Whittaker of hypocrisy after her presentation as a "political content creator" on LCI the day before. He described a background that included attending the Camille-Sée high school in Paris, with a British international option, a bachelor's degree in politics and international relations from Manchester obtained with honors, and then a double master's degree in preparation at Sciences Po and the London School of Economics. According to Herblot, Whittaker also completed an internship at the French Parliament with a deputy from La France insoumise, appeared on a party list in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, and declared herself a supporter of LFI. He criticized her for condemning capitalism, institutions, European governance, and the system while, in his view, following a path that prepared her to enter and exert influence within it. He described the situation as grotesque. #Politique #FranceInsoumise #Capitalisme (translated)

Guillaume Herblot stated that a couple of octogenarians had been assaulted and robbed, then left almost naked in the Place de la République, during the riots of October 17. He wrote that the two individuals had been stripped in the middle of the night in front of witnesses. He considered the events to exceed looting, termed them savagery, and used dehumanizing language towards the aggressors. He added that treating elderly people of 80 years like this meant, in his opinion, that everything was lost, and said that the scene made him feel like throwing up. #Horreur #Violence #Justice (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote that neither the minister, nor the mayor, nor the prefect had resigned. He believed that the Minister of the Interior Nuñez and the Minister of Justice Darmanin should have resigned from their positions in the morning, and criticized the repeated references to the "rule of law." #ÉtatDeDroit #Politique #Démission (translated)

Guillaume Herblot presented Laure Westphal as a doctor in psychology, a teacher at Sciences Po, and a clinician at GHU Paris, and criticized her comments on the case of a 14-year-old student who shot her teacher and principal. He summarized her analysis as an explanation based on supremacist, masculinist, and far-right ideas, and deemed it inappropriate for the student's age. Herblot believed that this ideological reading diverted attention from issues such as the circulation of arms and the collapse of authority. He accused public service of operating as a "propaganda factory" and called this approach grotesque. https://t.co/c97F87Nc2C #Psychologie #Éducation #Société (translated)

Guillaume Herblot criticized Lecornu's announcement of 54 billion euros in savings, believing that the cuts did not sufficiently target the functioning of the state. He cited committees, councils and observatories, ministerial offices, as well as expenses related to travel and the lifestyle of senior administration, which he considered preserved. According to him, the efforts were more focused on freezing the pay index of civil servants, the contributions of retirees, sick leave, and budgets of local authorities. He criticized the government for asking taxpayers to make sacrifices without first reducing these expenses of the state apparatus. #Économie #France #Gouvernement (translated)

Guillaume Herblot designated as the best punchline of the week a comment from Yoann Usai, a journalist from CNews whom he described as "wonderful." According to Herblot, Usai had noted that Louis Boyard and many LFI deputies had spent more time in front of schools than inside them. Herblot praised this phrase, stating that it summarized the CV of the elected officials in one sentence. #CNews #politique #humour (translated)

Guillaume Herblot criticized the Minister of Education, Édouard Geffray, for leaving classes without a teacher for weeks while, according to him, 3,000 substitute teachers were available but not assigned to students. He stated that these teachers, already trained and paid, had only been mobilized after protests and blockades. Herblot also criticized the management of assignments and the use of software that Geffray supposedly requested a year earlier. He mentioned that the minister had referred to 114 high schools classified in red and 400 in orange, as well as reinforcements "in the coming hours and days." The author contrasted this announcement with the elimination of positions and the departure of contract workers that he had denounced, and described the officials as amateurs. #Éducation #PénurieDeProfesseurs #GestionDeCrise (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote that a Bordeaux student named Louise strikingly resembled Madame Knafo, to the point of being mistaken for her sister for a moment. He specified that she was not a member of his family or the Reconquête clan, and described her as being unimpressed by the arguments presented. He contrasted her spontaneous statement at the microphone with the platforms, programs, and political meetings, believing that her eloquence spoke for itself. #Bordeaux #Étudiante #Casting (translated)

Guillaume Herblot estimated that Elwan had experienced a rapid media rise, with videos that garnered millions of views and an invitation from Pujadas. He described his intervention on Wednesday evening on LCI, facing Louise Elzeu, as a failure and criticized him for adopting a condescending tone, particularly when mentioning his interlocutor's neighborhood of origin and skin color. Herblot also reminded that Elwan was 16 years old and criticized the promotion of his career as a spokesperson before he had, in his opinion, responded to a contradiction. He mentioned his support for Mélenchon, a moment facing Vincent Lapierre, and the young man's media appearances, before concluding that "the shell was made of cardboard." #Elwan #Politique #Médias (translated)

Guillaume Herblot opposed two figures that he presented as the faces of "two Frances." He described Louise as attentive and capable of articulating her ideas independently, while he portrayed Elwan as a son of a good family who would have adopted a keffiyeh to create a revolutionary image for himself, without personal reflection. He then invited his readers to choose between the two. #France #Politique #Société (translated)

Guillaume Herblot praised the intervention of Louise Montangon, whom he introduced as the head of UNI Bordeaux, in front of Gabriel Attal. According to him, the 20-year-old student had confronted the former Prime Minister about his record in the National Education system, particularly mentioning the PISA results, the level in French and mathematics, the teachers, and the cuts planned in the 2024 Finance Bill. Herblot wrote that she had insisted on these issues despite attempts to divert attention and believed that thousands of young people shared her criticisms. He summarized her performance as a demonstration of clarity rather than a clash and described her intervention as a "masterclass." #Éducation #Politique #Masterclass (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote that October 7 was no longer an ordinary date. He explained that on that day, he understood that some of his friends would never live like before, and that this date had changed their lives as well as his. He stated that he would not forget and would not forgive. #Mémoire #Changement #Résilience (translated)

Guillaume Herblot criticized the presentation of Ilan Gabet, a 20-year-old regular columnist on the show Estelle Midi on RMC. He claimed that during his appearances on May 28, June 29, July 7, August 31, and September 10, 16, 25, and October 2, a banner described him as "law student." According to Herblot, Estelle Denis also presented him as very involved without specifying in what. Herblot indicated that Gabet's account on X had around 115,000 followers, displayed a red triangle in his bio, and regularly mentioned Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Manuel Bompard, and Clémence Guetté. He added that Gabet did not hold any official position in the movement, according to his own statements, while maintaining a public and daily closeness to it. Herblot believed that the repeated presentation as a student overlooked this involvement. #EngagementPolitique #Mélenchon #EstelleMidi (translated)