{"id":437608,"date":"2022-04-26T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:27:10","slug":"frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#France&#8217;s next threat and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2abac4a4c2f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2abac4a4c2f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/#%E2%80%9CFrances_next_threat_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;France&#8217;s next threat and other commentary&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/#Foreign_desk_Frances_Next_Threat\" >Foreign desk: France\u2019s Next Threat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_DHS_Is_%E2%80%98Broken_and_%E2%80%98Dangerous\" >Libertarian: DHS Is \u2018Broken\u2019 and \u2018Dangerous\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/#Cali_beat_An_Unhealthy_Obsession_with_Race\" >Cali beat: An Unhealthy Obsession with Race<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/#Elex_watch_Rising_Crime_Presages_GOP_Gov_Gains\" >Elex watch: Rising Crime Presages GOP Gov Gains<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frances-next-threat-and-other-commentary\/#Liberal_Democrats_Devastated_Brand\" >Liberal: Democrats\u2019 Devastated Brand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFrances_next_threat_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;France&#8217;s next threat and other commentary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/France_Presidential_Election-e1650927158804.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_desk_Frances_Next_Threat\"><\/span>Foreign desk: France\u2019s Next Threat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cBof! That useful French word \u2014 an older and slightly less irritating version of the American-English \u2018meh\u2019 \u2014 is how many people feel about the re-election of Emmanuel Macron,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectatorworld.com\/topic\/france-feels-about-macron-re-election-2022\/\">reports The Spectator\u2019s Freddy Gray<\/a>. \u201cHe isn\u2019t loved,\u201d with a job-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval rating around 41%. But he \u201cprojects confidence and competence even as his leadership does the opposite,\u201d ensuring an \u201cinevitable\u201d victory over right-wing firebrand Marine Le Pen. Yet \u201cthe real threat to France in 2027 could come from the radical left,\u201d whose leader \u201cJean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon far outperformed expectations\u201d in the election\u2019s first round, pulling the most votes among 18- to 24-year-olds. \u201cMacron likes to feel he can read the political climate. It would be typically canny of him, having pivoted right in the build-up to this election, to go left in its aftermath. He\u2019s an empty vessel ideologically, underneath all that chest hair.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_DHS_Is_%E2%80%98Broken_and_%E2%80%98Dangerous\"><\/span>Libertarian: DHS Is \u2018Broken\u2019 and \u2018Dangerous\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThroughout its brief existence,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/04\/25\/the-department-of-homeland-security-is-broken-and-dangerous\/\">thunders Reason\u2019s JD Tuccille<\/a>, the Department of Homeland Security \u201chas demonstrated poor judgment\u201d and \u201cworse respect for individual liberties\u201d \u2014 including its new fixation on \u201cwhite supremacists,\u201d part of an agency tradition of \u201crespond[ing] to political pressures to shift its attention to the targets of the moment.\u201d So \u201cdon\u2019t harbor too much hope that DHS\u201d on its own \u201cwill improve its respect for people\u2019s rights.\u201d \u201cA federal agency whose official watchdog hides details of abusive conduct by its employees against their colleagues and family members when it\u2019s not pilfering property can\u2019t be trusted to be diligent about addressing civil liberties violations against the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public\u201d \u2014 and \u201cit\u2019s not at all obvious how to fix what\u2019s so profoundly broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cali_beat_An_Unhealthy_Obsession_with_Race\"><\/span>Cali beat: An Unhealthy Obsession with Race<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIn 1996, California voters passed Proposition 209, which banned the use of race, sex or ethnicity in public employment, education and contracting. Things have changed drastically since then,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/civil-rights\/3273567-californias-obsession-with-racial-balancing\/\">Anastasia Boden and Wen Fa argue at The Hill<\/a>. \u201cIn 2018, the legislature passed a \u2018woman quota\u2019 for the boards of all publicly held corporations.\u201d And this year it\u2019s expanding the quota to include \u201cunderrepresented communities.\u201d Now \u201cCalifornia\u2019s corporations must mechanically reserve board seats not just for women but also for other individuals simply because they\u201d self-identify as black, Hispanic, gay, etc. A state court recently struck down that quota, but \u201cthis slow creep will continue as long as legislators focus on race-based balance rather than seeking to repeal unfair barriers that hold individuals back.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Elex_watch_Rising_Crime_Presages_GOP_Gov_Gains\"><\/span>Elex watch: Rising Crime Presages GOP Gov Gains<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Last month, Gallup found concern about crime \u201cat its highest level in nearly two decades,\u201d and a Fox poll gave Republicans a 15-point edge on the issue, its biggest ever, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/s\/717315\/rising-crime-is-putting-blue-state-governors-races-in-play\">notes National Journal\u2019s Josh Kraushaar<\/a>. This will play out most in governor races in states that have seen violent crime soaring. Illinois \u201cGov. J.B. Pritzker is already fending off relentless attacks,\u201d while New York\u2019s Gov. Hochul suffers poor approval ratings. \u201cThe fact that governor races in the bluest of states are shaping up to be competitive is a sign of the political potency of law-and-order rhetoric . . . Given how eagerly Democrats embraced criminal-justice reforms that turned unpopular,\u201d Republicans \u201cwon\u2019t have to do much work to press their advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liberal_Democrats_Devastated_Brand\"><\/span>Liberal: Democrats\u2019 Devastated Brand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe current Democratic brand suffers from multiple deficiencies that make it somewhere between uncompelling and toxic to wide swathes of American voters,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theliberalpatriot.substack.com\/p\/how-to-fix-the-democratic-brand?s=r\">warns The Liberal Patriot\u2019s Ruy Texiera<\/a>. \u201cThe cultural left has\u201d tied Dems to \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of views on crime, immigration, policing, free speech and . . . race and gender\u201d that leave the party \u201cthoroughly out of touch with its working class roots.\u201d And: \u201cVoters are not sure Democrats can look beyond identity politics to ensure public safety, secure borders, high quality, non-ideological education, and economic progress for all Americans.\u201d \u201cBlack, Hispanic and Asian Americans . . . are highly likely to be proud to be American,\u201d while \u201cprogressive activists are loathed to express these sentiments.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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That useful French word \u2014 an older and slightly less irritating version of the American-English \u2018meh\u2019 \u2014 is how many people feel about the re-election of Emmanuel Macron,\u201d reports The Spectator\u2019s Freddy Gray. \u201cHe isn\u2019t loved,\u201d with a job-approval rating around 41%. 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