Way back in May 2024, I wrote about Miller v. McDonald. Amish parents challenged New York's vaccine mandate on Free Exercise Clause grounds. In December 2025, the Supreme Court GVR'd the case in light of Mahmoud. Unsurprisingly, the New York courts thought Mahmoud changed nothing. The case is now back before the Supreme Court. A cert petition was filed on September 28.

The New York Times covered the case in an article titled, "Amish Families Pushed to Undo a Vaccine Law. Then Measles Arrived." The undercurrent of the article is that Amish children deserve to become sick because their parents did not vaccinate them. The New York Health commissioner made this point expressly:

In a petition filed on Sept. 28, the Amish asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force New York to grant religious exemptions to immunization rules, as most states do. A previous ruling gave the Amish reason to think they might have a chance at prevailing.

But then a wave of measles cases began sweeping through Amish communities. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide health emergency this month after more than 100 people fell ill with measles.

"Perhaps Mother Nature, by delivering a measles outbreak in New York's Amish community coincident with this case returning to the Supreme Court, is her not-so-subtle hint," said Dr. Howard Zucker, who was state health commissioner when New York eliminated religious exemptions.

If only the Amish people chose the state over their religion, and took the hint, they wouldn't have so many sick children! I am appalled by Zucker's arrogance and hostility to religion. He is stating that "Mother Nature" is sending a signal to the Amish that adhering to their religion is making children sick. In effect, nature is punishing the Amish for not submitting to Kathy Hochul.

Chief Justice Burger described this unique community in the Supreme Court's unanimous Wisconsin v. Yoder decision:

The history of the Amish sect was given in some detail, beginning with the Swiss Anabaptists of the 16th century, who rejected institutionalized churches and sought to return to the early, simple, Christian life deemphasizing material success, rejecting the competitive spirit, and seeking to insulate themselves from the modern world. As a result of their common heritage, Old Order Amish communities today are characterized by a fundamental belief that salvation requires life in a church community separate and apart from the world and worldly influence. This concept of life aloof from the world and its values is central to their faith.

A related feature of Old Order Amish communities is their devotion to a life in harmony with nature and the soil, as exemplified by the simple life of the early Christian era that continued in America during much of our early national life. Amish beliefs require members of the community to make their living by farming or closely related activities. Broadly speaking, the Old Order Amish religion pervades and determines the entire mode of life of its adherents. Their conduct is regulated in great detail by the Ordnung, or rules, of the church community.

It is especially awful for Zucker to weaponize "Mother Nature" (capital letters) against a people whose life is devoted to "harmony with nature."

This is not the first time New York has accused insular religious communities of spreading diseases. In October 2020, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo shared a photograph of religious Jews congregating in close quarters as evidence they were spreading the disease. He said, "I'm going to say to the orthodox community tomorrow if you don't agree then we will have to close down your religious institutions." The only problem was that the photograph was from the 2006 funeral of Hassidic rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum. And the photo wasn't even from New York City. It was taken in the Orange County village of Kiryas Joel. This charge really isn't new. Jews were blamed for the spreading of the Bubonic Plague, among other pandemics.

The Times gestures at the religious reasons why the Amish oppose the vaccines:

But many Amish families regard vaccine mandates — and government intrusion in their schools — as a greater threat to the health of their community than measles. Their religion calls for adherents to live together in tightknit religious communities apart from the modern world and its influences.

"Our almighty God wants us to fully put our faith and trust in him, which is in conflict to put our trust in vaccines," Ezra Wengerd, an Amish leader who represents the 26 families that send their children to the three schools, told a judge in 2022.

The Amish have been practicing their faith for more than three centuries and have principled reasons to oppose vaccines. Indeed, the Amish have a far stronger case to object to vaccines than many people who made up their beliefs during the pandemic. Shame on the New York government for singling out this tradition in such hostile terms.

Zucker and others do not seem to know or care what it means to place faith in a higher power. Instead, Zucker thinks Mother Nature is seeking retribution against the Amish children.

Yet, perhaps we should be grateful. This sort of statement should feature prominently in future briefing. Indeed, Zucker demonstrates the sort of hostility we've seen in past victories for religious liberty. In the leadup to Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a government official said that "things have changed since 100 yearsago," and "it would be great if we followed the teachings of Pope Francis, the voice of the Catholic Church." And in Masterpiece Cakeshop, a commissioner said "Freedom of religion and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, whether it be slavery, whether it be the holocaust." These statements are prima facie evidence of religious hostility.

So thank you Mr. Zucker. You've made the odds of your state losing far greater.

People sometimes ask me whether I would ever want to live in New York again. The answer is 1000% no. This state consistently exhibits so much hostility towards people of faith. Here in Texas, some people object to posting the Ten Commandments on the wall of classrooms as some evidence of hatred. But no piece of paper can compare to the overt disdain towards traditional religions that people like Zucker and Cuomo demonstrate. So long as religious people get vaccinated and attend services on Zoom, they are in good standing with the government. But as soon as any person of faith deigns to disagree with elite opinions, then Gaia will seek vengeance.

These people are living in an episode of Captain Planet. (I cringe that as a child I absorbed this Turnerfied propaganda.)

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Of all the arguments for protectionism, the infant industry argument probably has the strongest theoretical appeal. By protecting a new industry from its more developed foreign competition, the story goes, tariffs give domestic producers the time to grow, learn, and become efficient enough to stand on their own. Domestic consumers feel the short-term pains of higher prices, but they enjoy the long-term gains of job growth and lower prices as the new industry blossoms.

It's no secret that tariffs have driven significant price increases over the last year and a half. A study from the New York Federal Reserve finds that tariffs "contributed 2.9 percentage points to goods price inflation" and that without tariffs those prices would have slightly declined. Tariff defenders, looking for a new reason to claim these higher prices are only temporary, have reimagined the infant industry argument. Now it's being used to support trade barriers in industries that are over a century old, but the promise is exactly the same: Domestic firms need the protection so they can compete, innovate, and cut costs until prices come back down even further than they were before the tariffs.

Michael Brendan Dougherty recently made such an argument in National Review, arguing that "tariffs can, over time, bring prices below where they started." When economist Don Boudreaux called the argument "bizarre," Dougherty replied that critics had failed to acknowledge the dynamic process by which markets respond to tariffs "by adapting and cutting costs." Although he is light on specific details, he posits that the changed incentives of a "paradigm shift" in tariff policy will spur domestic competition, leading to the theorized price reduction. Of course, firms would still respond to the dynamic processes of domestic competition without a tariff wall, but the point stands.

From there, the reworked infant industry argument becomes the standard version advanced more than two centuries ago by Alexander Hamilton and his disciple Friedrich List. When Hamilton made this claim in 1791, his argument may have seemed suitable for a new nation seeking to firm up its economy and security against established European powers.

Others at the time pointed out that special interest groups—a manifestation of the "violence of faction" so thoroughly dissected in the Federalist Papers—had already begun to coalesce around the fledgling iron industry in Pennsylvania, clamoring for protective tariffs. Two years earlier, James Madison had warned about a "premature policy of stimulating manufactures" driving tariffs too high. In the end, Hamilton recommended and Congress enacted a far more moderate tariff schedule than his theoretical musings portended. American iron manufacturers received a consolation prize of a higher tariff on their competitors than the rate for most general imports. Hamiltonians have been touting the infant industry argument ever since.

Nearly 250 years later, those same infants apparently have yet to advance into adulthood. Steel, the direct successor to the founding-era iron manufacturers, remains a singular focus of President Donald Trump's protectionist tariff policies, just as it was under former President Joe Biden. And former President George W. Bush before him. Indeed, steel has been a recurring beneficiary of protectionism for most of America's existence.

This extended period of protectionist infancy suggests that the argument needs a new name. We propose the "Peter Pan industry argument" for companies that never grow up because tariffs make sure they never have to.

The question tariff advocates rarely ask is: Why do some American producers have higher costs than foreign rivals even in the face of lower-cost foreign competition? The answer comes down to specific rules and choices within particular firms and industries. Tariffs, and protectionism in general, address none of these. No industry illustrates this like steel, but it is far from the only one.

In 1947, United Steelworkers won a contract provision known as Section 2-B. Among other things, this barred mill managers from changing established work practices unless new technology required it. Steel companies tried to get rid of this in 1959, finding it difficult (given union incentives) to establish that technology required change. In response, 500,000 steelworkers went on strike for 116 days. This strike sent buyers abroad, causing 1959 to be the first year the U.S. imported more steel than it exported. One of the then-new technologies that was delayed was basic oxygen furnaces, which could produce steel far faster and cheaper than the open-hearth furnaces that were so common. In 1965, only about 17 percent of steel made in the U.S. was made using the basic oxygen furnace. Japan produced 55 percent of its steel with this faster, more efficient method.

Change finally came from a steel customer. Vulcraft, a maker of steel joists, grew tired of paying Big Steel's prices and waiting for Big Steel's deliveries. In 1969, free from steel unions and preconceived notions, the company looked for new steel-producing technologies and found the answer in the electric arc furnaces that had been adopted in much of the world throughout the 1950s and '60s. Vulcraft's parent company later renamed itself Nucor, and minimills like the ones it pioneered now make most of America's steel.

So the modern steel industry was built by a frustrated steel buyer who found a way around protected companies. In other words, the U.S. steel industry has lagged behind the technologies found around the world.

We could go on, but the broad point here is that the "relatively higher domestic production costs that made the tariff 'necessary' in the first place," as one critic put it, are often the result of preventing competition in the first place. It's odd to suggest that further preventing competition through tariffs will somehow alleviate the ills of already-prevented competition.

Tariff advocates fail to acknowledge that the ability to import steel also comes with the benefit of access to cheaper steel for steel-using industries, such as manufacturing. A 50 percent tariff on steel further closes the release valve that imported steel offers. Buyers of steel are then left to purchase more of the more expensive domestic steel. Because new steel mills take years to bring online, this causes delays and longer delivery times for manufacturers.

We don't have to wonder what happens when a country lowers its tariffs on materials used by manufacturers. India did this in the '90s, and researchers found that newly available inputs accounted for 31 percent of the new products that Indian manufacturers introduced. And what happens when the U.S. imposes tariffs on steel? Downstream U.S. firms become less competitive. This is why American businesses clamor for exemptions to tariffs, especially for tariffs on materials like steel.

Perhaps all this could be forgiven if tariffs advanced national security concerns, as tariff advocates assert. They point out that an adversarial nation could cut off supplies of critical materials during wartime and cripple America's ability to defend itself. Unfortunately, tariffs fail there too.

First, this conflates production with access. While domestic production does ensure domestic access, access can be secured without production. In the case of steel, the Commerce Department reports that in 2025, the U.S. imported steel from 79 countries, with Canada being our top foreign supplier. The top 10 sources of steel are responsible for 77.8 percent of America's steel imports. None of those countries were considered adversaries—at least not until the tariff crusades pushed these friends away. What's more, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute, only 23 percent of finished steel in the U.S. was imported in 2024. Far from being exposed to foreign states' whims, American access to steel is incredibly resilient.

Second, this view ignores the positive effects of trade and globalization on national security. The Center for Strategic & International Studies finds that increased trade between countries reduces the likelihood that they'll go to war against one another. Globalization helps ensure that domestic access continues unabated should war break out, thanks to the diversity of trading partners.

When Hamilton made the infant industry argument, he at least assured us that the industry would at some point advance to adulthood and stand on its own. Steel, like so many other Peter Pan industries, has proven Madison right. These industries have refused to grow up, and it's time to stop pretending that tariffs will fix that.

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David Broncano ha vivido una de las noches más importantes de su carrera. O, al menos, una de las más mediáticas y esperadas. Rompiendo con lo habitual, La Revuelta sorprendía en la noche del miércoles 21 de octubre al anunciar que el invitado del jueves 22 sería Pedro Sánchez. Se despejaban así los rumores que circulaban desde hacía semanas, después de que el presentador insinuara en varias ocasiones la posible presencia de los candidatos a las elecciones generales del próximo 29 de noviembre.

El presidente del Gobierno ha sido el primero en aceptar la propuesta y sentarse frente a Broncano en el programa de La 1. En una noche marcada por la expectación y los comentarios en las redes sociales, Sánchez se ha sumado a la dinámica habitual del espacio, entre bromas, preguntas y momentos inesperados. Entre ellos, la entrega de dos regalos que han dejado claro que el presidente también había pensado en los gustos del presentador.

El primer obsequio tenía que ver con una afición que ambos comparten: el ajedrez. Sánchez ha explicado que alguien que conoce bien a Broncano le había contado que el presentador podía pasarse horas jugando solo, incluso hasta altas horas de la madrugada. Una información que, según ha bromeado, le hizo sospechar inicialmente por la forma en que estaba planteada.

“Yo también comparto esta afición”, ha explicado el presidente, antes de presentar el regalo como una pieza artística de gran calidad. Se trataba de un tablero de unos 50 centímetros acompañado de todas las piezas, un detalle pensado para alguien que disfruta de este juego y al que Sánchez conoce, al menos, a través de las referencias que le habían llegado.

La elección, sin embargo, no tardó en dar pie a las bromas políticas. Ricardo Castella, colaborador del programa, reparó en el objetivo del juego y lanzó una advertencia: “Es un juego de cargarse al rey, ya me veo mañana los titulares”. La observación dio paso a un comentario de Sánchez sobre la actualidad política y, en concreto, sobre José María Aznar.

“Es un juego que va de cargarse al rey. Lo de Aznar es tremendo, no sé qué lecciones da...”, afirmó el presidente aludiendo a la afirmación que el expresidente hizo unos días antes en la que aseguró que, si Sánchez volviera a Gobernar, incitaría a una república.

🎁 El regalo de Pedro Sánchez He respirado aliviado al ver que no eran unas joyas ni un sobre 😮‍💨 #LaRevuelta @sanchezcastejon https://t.co/ptmXrYCd0j

— La Revuelta (@LaRevuelta_TVE) October 22, 2026

El segundo obsequio era bastante más peculiar. Sánchez entregó a Broncano una figura de un perro blanco con una capa roja que, además de tener un aspecto llamativo, escondía una utilidad práctica: guardar galletas.

El presidente explicó que tiene dos perritas de agua y que suele darles alguna galleta. En ese contexto, sus colaboradores le regalaron el objeto, que funciona como un recipiente para guardar estos premios. Al verlo, pensó que podía encajar perfectamente con el presentador. “Cuando lo vi, dije: esto para David. Así lo pones donde quieras y así te acuerdas del perro”, contó.

Broncano recibió el detalle con una valoración breve, pero positiva: “Muy buen regalo”. Sin embargo, la sorpresa no había terminado. Cuando Pedro Sánchez abrió el recipiente, en su interior no había galletas, sino una chapa con el lema “Perro Sanxe”, el apodo que se ha popularizado en internet para referirse al presidente del Gobierno.

Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Vance hopes home state appeal helps Ohio GOP candidates weather pre-election storm  —  CINCINNATI — Vice President JD Vance is hoping his native ties to Ohio can help save Republican candidates in the state's most competitive races.  —  During a three-stop swing through the Buckeye State on Wednesday …

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
'I don't lose': Rahm Emanuel makes an early pitch for the White House  —  Barack Obama's famously foul-mouthed former chief of staff thinks he has a message to win over America  —  From his days in Congress or mayor of Chicago to his spell as US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel does not sit still.

Pedrinho, presidente do Vasco, recebeu alta nesta quinta-feira (22) após ficar internado em um hospital na Barra da Tijuca, zona oeste do Rio, com um quadro de celulite facial. Caracterizada por vermelhidão e inchaço no rosto, trata-se de uma infecção bacteriana da pele e do tecido subcutâneo.

A condição é grave e, na maioria das vezes, ocorre por meio de uma ferida que pode ser causada por um arranhão, uma picada de inseto ou uma lesão de acne manipulada. Essas contusões na pele abrem espaço para a contaminação das bactérias.

Em entrevista à CNN Brasil, a dermatologista Dra. Rafaella Caruso explicou que a celulite facial precisa ser tratada imediatamente para não gerar complicações no cérebro e nos nervos ópticos.

Quando a infecção acomete a região próxima aos olhos, é fundamental avaliar a possibilidade de comprometimento orbitário, especialmente se houver dor ao movimentar os olhos, alterações da visão ou dificuldade para movimentá-los. Esses sinais exigem avaliação médica urgente, com necessidade até de exame de imagem.

Dra. Rafaella Caruso, Dermatologista da SBD (Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia)

A doença pode afetar pessoas com qualquer idade, mas o risco é maior em pacientes diabéticos ou com a imunidade baixa.

Quais são os tratamentos?

Segundo a especialista, o tratamento é feito com antibióticos, mas a intensidade do medicamento depende da gravidade do quadro.

“Nos casos leves e sem sinais de complicação, pode ser possível tratar com antibióticos por via oral, sob acompanhamento médico”, explica.

Em casos mais extensos, como o de Pedrinho, pode ocorrer progressão rápida ou suspeita de acometimento de estruturas profundas, que exigem internação hospitalar e antibióticos intravenosos.

Como evitar?

De acordo com a dermatologista, a prevenção envolve higiene adequada  evitando coçar o rosto com as mãos sujas, além de cuidados com a pele: tratamentos de produtos recomendados pelos dermatologistas. “É importante higienizar e cuidar corretamente de feridas, evitar manipular espinhas e outras lesões de pele”, conclui a médica.

Novo medicamento reduz em 63% coceira em pacientes com doença de pele

O apresentador Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega, 90, do programa “A Praça é Nossa”, do SBT, falou sobre o desejo de voltar a atração nos próximos dias. Ele passou recentemente, por um procedimento no coração para colocar um marca-passo.

“Estou muito bem, graças a Deus. Foi uma cirurgia que demorou um pouquinho, mas eu não senti dor nenhuma. E estou muito animado, quinta-feira já estou gravando a ‘Praça’ se Deus quiser, com muita vontade”, disse ao programa “Fofocalizando”, do SBT, nesta quinta (21).

À frente do programa desde 1987, prestes a completar 40 anos na atração, Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega cogita apresentar uma edição do “A Praça é Nossa” ao vivo “para contar tudo, da forma como aconteceu” ao público.

“Eu estou ótimo, estou bem, estou caminhando e não estou mais cansado. A minha pressão já está estabilizada”, acrescentou. O apresentador explicou que o marca-passo irá ajudá-lo para que ele não sinta o coração fraco.

Emocionado, Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega declarou: “A ‘Praça’ é minha vida, eu quero ir lá, chegar e ver tudo, encher o saco das pessoas, eu sinto muita falta. […] Saudades”.

Quadro de Carlos Alberto

No último final de semana, o apresentador havia sido internado para investigar a causa de alguns sintomas relacionados à sua saúde, e foi detectado que ele havia sofrido uma infecção pelo vírus Coxsackie 2. Segundo o SBT, a infecção agravou um quadro preexistente de insuficiência cardíaca.

Para tratar o problema, foi avaliado que o ideal seria que Carlos Alberto colocasse um marco-passo, mesmo apresentando uma boa reabilitação com medicamentos durante a internação. Após a cirurgia, na tarde de terça-feira (20), espera-se que o humorista consiga receber alta na sexta (23).

Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega sobre esposa mais jovem: “Não tem vergonha”

*Publicado por Mariana Valbão, da CNN Brasil

New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski  —  The details of the inquiry remain unclear, but it is one of the rare instances in which a Trump ally or appointee has been investigated for potential wrongdoing during the president's second term.  —  The Justice Department has opened …

A influenciadora Virginia, 27, mostrou nas redes sociais nesta quinta-feira (22) spoiler da festa e da caracterização das filhas para a comemoração dos quatro anos da Maria Flor, a filha do meio que a dona do WePink tem com o cantor Zé Felipe, 28.

“Quero chorar”, escreveu em um vídeo em que mostra Maria Alice, 5, a primogênita do ex-casal, vestida de Bela, da animação “Bela e a Fera”. O tema da comemoração será a personagem Rapunzel, do filme “Enrolados”.

A decoradora oficial das festas da família de Virginia, Tana Lobo, deu spoiler nas redes sociais de como está ficando o salão do evento.

De acordo com ela, foram colocados 300 mil pontos de luz no teto “estrelado” que Maria Flor pediu.

“Em tempo recorde. A Virginia vai me pagar. Foram sete dias úteis para criar, projetar, detalhar, mandar fazer, executar e entregar esse céu. A gente ama um desafio e não poderia ser qualquer cenário”, disse Tana.

Em setembro, a influenciadora contou que não pretendia fazer festa, pois Maria Flor pediu para ir à Disney comemorar.

Mas, em 12 de outubro, os planos mudavam. “Aniversário da Flor no dia 22”, anunciou Virginia, e Tana brincou sobre ter dez dias para planejar o evento.

“Não quero gastar muito, hein?”, acrescentava Virginia.

Veja spoilers da festa

https://t.co/l6zr9TrjJI

— Só vídeos de celebs (@VideosDeCelebs) October 22, 2026

Filha de Virginia e Zé Felipe diverte a web com celular do cantor

*Publicado por Giovana Christ, da CNN Brasil

Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Fake polls are a real problem  —  Still Counting Episode 7 is ready.  This episode is a little bit on the longer side.  The original plan was to tell the story of the 2026 campaign through the ubiquitous ads that you're undoubtedly seeing if you're in a swing state.

Par Eric V.

« Enfant, tu dois aimer la France. » Ainsi s'ouvre le manuel d'histoire distribué par millions aux écoliers à partir de 1884. Deux ans plus tôt, à la Sorbonne, Renan avait dit l'inverse : une nation se vote tous les jours. Zemmour a choisi le manuel. Les populistes, un peuple sans péché. Nous choisissons Renan.

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« Enfant, tu dois aimer la France parce que la nature l'a faite belle, et parce que son histoire l'a faite grande. » La phrase figure en tête du Petit Lavisse, le manuel d'histoire qu'Ernest Lavisse publie en 1884 et que des millions d'écoliers ont appris jusqu'en 1950. C'est un ordre, donné à un enfant, par un professeur de la Sorbonne, au nom de l'État.

Deux ans plus tôt, dans la même Sorbonne, un autre Ernest avait tenu un langage opposé. Le 11 mars 1882, Ernest Renan prononce une conférence intitulée « Qu'est-ce qu'une nation ? ». L'Alsace et la Moselle ont été annexées onze ans plus tôt par l'Empire allemand, au nom de la langue et de la race de leurs habitants. Renan répond que ni la langue, ni la race, ni la religion, ni les montagnes ne font une nation. Une nation, dit-il, existe parce que des gens veulent continuer à vivre ensemble, et elle doit être voulue tous les jours.

Ces deux textes de la Troisième République posent la question qui nous occupe. Le peuple français existe-t-il ? Deux réponses dominent aujourd'hui le débat, et toutes deux disent oui. La première fait du peuple une chose, un héritage clos qu'il faut garder sous cloche. La seconde en fait un saint, naturellement bon, trahi par ses élites. Je crois que ces deux réponses se trompent de la même façon, et que la bonne se trouve chez Renan, prolongée par deux auteurs qu'on n'associe jamais à la question nationale : un médecin hollandais installé à Londres au début du XVIIIe siècle, Bernard Mandeville, et un économiste autrichien, Friedrich Hayek. C'est aussi, sous une autre forme, la thèse de mon Traité pour le monde d'après : ce qui tient une société n'est pas l'ordre qu'on lui impose d'en haut, c'est celui qu'elle produit elle-même.

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I. Le peuple-chose et le peuple-saint

Zemmour, ou la France sous cloche

Le 16 septembre 2018, sur le plateau des Terriens du dimanche, Éric Zemmour s'adresse à la chroniqueuse Hapsatou Sy. Dans la séquence coupée au montage, puis révélée par Quotidien, il lui dit : « Votre prénom est une insulte à la France », et ajoute : « Vous devriez vous appeler Corinne, ça vous irait bien. » Il s'appuie sur la loi du 11 germinal an XI, qui encadrait le choix des prénoms et qui a été abrogée en 1993.

Ce n'était pas un écart de plateau. En mars 2022, candidat à l'élection présidentielle, il inscrit dans son programme un référendum pour « rétablir la loi sur les prénoms pour les futures naissances » : le prénom d'un enfant devrait être pris dans les calendriers français ou régionaux, dans l'Antiquité ou dans la Bible. Sur CNews, il précise qu'il veut obliger les immigrés à donner des prénoms français, car « il n'y a aucune raison pour que les musulmans ne le fassent pas ». Le même programme prévoit « un grand ministère de la remigration ». Et en 2025, il publie chez Fayard La messe n'est pas dite. Pour un sursaut judéo-chrétien, dont la question centrale est, selon la recension de La Nef : « voulons-nous défendre notre civilisation chrétienne ? » Le christianisme y vaut moins comme foi que comme identité et comme culture, seule capable, selon l'auteur, de résister à l'islamisation de l'Europe.

Mettons ces pièces bout à bout. Le peuple français, dans cette vision, est un contenu déjà rempli : une religion devenue frontière, un calendrier de prénoms, une histoire achevée. On peut y entrer, et c'est la version la plus forte de la thèse, celle qu'il faut prendre au sérieux : Zemmour ne se dit pas racialiste, il se dit assimilationniste. La porte est ouverte. Mais elle donne sur une maison dont le

O ministro do Interior da França, Gérald Darmanin, afirmou nesta quinta-feira (22) que 2.700 pessoas foram detidas pela polícia desde sábado (17) em decorrência de distúrbios e saques.

Isso acontece em um momento em que autoridades buscam conter a onda de agitações no país, após protestos relacionados à educação e ao custo de vida acabarem gerando violência e confrontos com a polícia.

“2.700 pessoas foram detidas pela polícia desde sábado em relação a esses distúrbios e saques”, disse Darmanin em entrevista ao canal de notícias francês LCI.

Mais protestos estão marcados para este sábado (24). A Unef, principal sindicato estudantil da França, convocou manifestações e afirmou que o movimento não cessará até que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas.

A CGT, uma das maiores centrais sindicais do país, informou que participará das manifestações, defendendo que elas sejam pacíficas.

Enquanto isso, autoridades francesas prometeram uma presença policial “massiva” e impuseram toques de recolher.

Análise: “Revolta por insatisfação social” caracteriza protestos na França

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O cantor Harry Styles, 32, foi visto em uma discussão na rua na última quarta-feira (21).

De acordo com o Metro, o ex-One Direction bateu boca com um homem que o seguia carregando uma pilha de discos. Aparentemente, se tratava de um caçador de autógrafos que insistiu com o cantor até os ânimos se aflorarem.

Nos vídeos feitos na discussão, Harry e o homem desconhecido apontam o dedo um para o outro em uma troca acalorada, enquanto o guarda-costas do músico está por perto. Ao fim da discussão, o homem continuou seguindo a voz de “Fine Line” por vários quarteirões, tentando provocá-lo. O veículo ainda afirma que o segurança de Harry chegou a alertar a polícia sobre a situação, mas os agentes não intervieram.

O músico estava em suas caminhadas rotineiras pelas ruas de Nova York, usando moletom azul, calças de moletom, boné e óculos escuros. O cantor tentava aproveitar um passeio anônimo antes do encontro.

Recentemente, em entrevista para a Rolling Stone, Harry falou sobre a importância de frequentar espaços públicos normalmente, e que foi ajudado por uma ex-namorada a superar o medo de espaços públicos. Ele lembrou que, no auge do One Direction, sentia-se claustrofóbico sempre em hotéis e em sua casa, por não se sentir seguro ao sair.

“Eu tinha uma namorada muito extrovertida, e ela viria para Londres, e pensei que, se ela ficasse três trancada comigo em casa, pensaria que sou maluco. Então a gente andava para todo lugar; foi aí que percebi: ‘Ah, não tem problema nenhum ficar na rua’. Isso me quebrou essa barreira”, contou.

“Aí eu tinha uma namorada muito extrovertida, e ela ia vir para Londres, e eu pensei: ‘Ah, se a gente ficar trancado na minha casa por três dias, ela vai achar que eu sou maluco'”, disse ele. “Então a gente andava para todo lugar, e foi aí que eu percebi: ‘Ah, não tem problema nenhum ficar na rua’. Isso meio que quebrou essa barreira.”

Flaco algo habrás hecho, vivo enamorada de Harry Styles desde 2011 y nunca lo vi así en público https://t.co/vxwvzqxK0U

— lucila (@hxrrylou_) October 21, 2026

The man Harry Styles confronted is an alleged autograph hunter who hangs around celebrities, gets things signed, and resells them for ridiculous prices. Harry reportedly said no, but the guy continued following him. https://t.co/JcucCGaUXs

— Pop Tales (@Pop_Tales) October 22, 2026

when im in a give no fucks competition and harry styles is my opponent https://t.co/s1nbjcBIPR

— (@occasionaldsco) October 21, 2026

Harry Styles fala sobre privacidade e sexualidade em nova entrevista

Oklahoma City Thunder e Denver Nuggets se encontram nesta quinta-feira (22), às 22h30 (horário de Brasília), no Oklahoma City Paycom Center, em Oklahoma City, em mais um duelo válido pela NBA.

As duas franquias integram a Conferência Oeste e historicamente figuram entre as organizações mais competitivas da liga, tornando este confronto um dos mais aguardados da temporada.

A partida será transmitida pela ESPN 2, Disney+ e NBA League Pass.

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In political campaigns’ waning days, candidates behind in their races may hope for an October surprise, like a news story or a gaffe in their favor, to propel them to victory.

Particularly panicked campaigns, however, may reject waiting for the organic October surprise in favor of tossing a Hail Mary. I’ve been in journalism for more than 40 years, and I’ve never seen a Hail Mary as desperate, vicious and vile as the one released this week in Ohio by gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

The Republican nominee has spent his campaign portraying his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton, as a mentally unstable and violent drunk who is unfit for office.

In a normal election cycle, that would be repulsive enough, but this week, a video appeared on social media featuring Donna Arthur, Acton’s estranged mother. In the video, after touting her work with sexual abuse survivors, Arthur says her daughter has a “serious problem: She is a liar … She has lied her entire life.”

Writing what Arthur said doesn’t do justice to the wickedness of the spot. Acton is a victim of sexual abuse. Her stepfather, Cledith Arthur, was arrested and indicted by a grand jury in 1978 for raping Acton, who was 12 at the time. Donna Arthur lost custody of Acton and her brother, but she stayed married to Cledith Arthur, who reportedly fled after the indictment and died in 2004 in Pennsylvania. Donna Arthur had not spoken to Acton or her brother in nearly 50 years.

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Growing outrage over Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad, Vance says stop whining about it October 22, 2026 / 08:52

That’s the cliff notes version of a painful family history — and Ramaswamy is looking to capitalize on the agony. Back in April, he appeared to criticize Acton for being sexually abused when he said that he had “a positive vision for our state versus a governor who has none at all other than to complain about what someone else did to her.”

The video caused a firestorm that repulsed Democrats and Republicans. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine asked Ramaswamy to take down the ad. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, who is in a close race against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, said that he “would not have run” the ad.

The backlash seems to have only fueled Ramaswamy, however. He acknowledged his campaign was behind the video and will spend $4 million to further advertise it. At a rally for Ramaswamy and Husted, Vice President JD Vance said he was “disgusted” by Republicans “whining” about the ad. Republicans should be more concerned with winning, he argued, echoing remarks Ramaswamy made about the domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio. And on Thursday, President Trump defended the ad while calling DeWine “disloyal to the Republican Party.”

Sometimes Hail Mary ads work. In 1964, Lyndon Johnson’s campaign commissioned the “Daisy” ad, which showed a little girl holding a flower before she’s killed by a nuclear blast. It only aired once, but subsequent news coverage frequently repeated the commercial, spotlighting Republican Barry Goldwater’s controversial views on the use of low-grade nuclear weapons. “Daisy” was the nail in the coffin of Goldwater’s campaign, and a landmark in political advertising.

But most times, Hail Marys fail. In 2008, the campaign of Republican Elizabeth Dole released an ad attacking Democrat Kay Hagan, her challenger for a North Carolina Senate seat. The ad questioned Hagan’s faith in God and featured statements from atheists. That might have been effective, but Hagan was a Sunday school teacher and elder in her church. The ad backfired, and Hagan won.

Portraying an opponent as trigger happy or lying about her faith is one thing. Going after a sexual abuse survivor is quite another.

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Donna Arthur calls the daughter she had not seen in decades a “liar,” using the same innuendo Ramaswamy did when he said Acton was simply complaining about what happened to her before she was even a teenager. Doubting victims of sexual assault is bad enough, but using their pain and suffering for political gain is a low point in American politics.

Yet perhaps Ramaswamy has no other tactic. A reoccurring pattern in his campaign is an emphasis on character assassination instead of issues. One ad featured a woman accusing Acton, who ran the Ohio Department of Health during Covid-19, of being responsible for her 88-year-old mother’s death. The mom, however, lived in Kentucky. Other ads from Ramaswamy-aligned PACs have accused Acton of lying on her medical license application and abusing alcohol and prescription drugs. The Acton campaign has rebutted the allegations, and media outlets have found multiple claims “that are unsupported by the facts.”

“It’s not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at 12 years old from our birth mother’s husband into a political talking point,” Philip Stearns, Acton’s brother, said in a statement.

But it should be surprising. Men continue to marginalize women who have experienced an unimaginable violation. These women demand support. Full stop.

I’ve been a reporter and editor, run the largest (at the time) journalism organization in the country and covered my share of elections. The Ohio gubernatorial contest is gutter politics at its best. The Ramaswamy ad featuring a mother who supported her husband over a preteen daughter who said he raped her is the worst I’ve ever seen. Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse from here.

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Pedrinho recebeu alta no início da tarde desta quinta-feira (22), após dois dias de internação em hospital na Barra da Tijuca, Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro, por conta de um quadro de celulite facial.

O presidente do Vasco foi internado na terça e não conseguiu ir ao Maracanã para acompanhar o jogo de volta da semifinal da Copa Sul-Americana, entre Vasco e Boca Juniors.

O ex-jogador vinha de semanas de estresse, em meio ao imbróglio entre Vasco e Consórcio Fla-Flu para a liberação do Maracanã na semifinal da Sul-Americana. O Cruzmaltino venceu a batalha judicial, mas acabou perdendo a vaga para o Boca Juniors.

Depois de vencer por 1 a 0 em La Bombonera, o Vasco foi derrotado pelos argentinos por 3 a 1 no Maracanã. Dessa forma, o sonho de voltar a uma final continental 26 anos após a última aparição acabou.

O que é a celulite facial?

A celulite facial é uma infecção bacteriana nas camadas mais profundas da pele do rosto. A doença causa febre e mal estar, podendo ser identificada pela vermelhidão na região afetada.

Curiosamente, esse não é o primeiro caso de celulite facial no Vasco. Em agosto, o atacante David também sofreu com o problema e foi afastado de uma partida para focar no tratamento.

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Juventus e Rennes empataram por 2 a 2, nesta quinta-feira (22), pela terceira rodada da Europa League. O duelo foi disputado no Allianz Stadium, em Turim, na Itália.

As duas equipes converteram pênaltis, com Nick Woltemade, para a Velha Senhora, e Boulaye Dia para os franceses. O outro gol da Juve foi de Zeki Çelik, enquanto Musa Al-Taamari balançou a rede para o Rennes.

Com o resultado, os italianos alcançaram sete pontos, na quarta colocação. Já a equipe francesa soma cinco pontos, na 13ª posição.

A Juventus volta a jogar no domingo (25), às 14h (de Brasília), contra o Lecce, no Stadio Via del mare, em Lecce, pelo Campeonato Italiano.

A bola volta a rolar para o Rennes no mesmo dia, às 13h15, contra o Strasbourg, no Roazhon Park, em Rennes, pelo Campeonato Francês.

Como foi o jogo?

A partida começou com as duas equipes priorizando a posse de bola, com bom início para a Juventus. A Velha Senhora não demorou para agir e, com apenas cinco minutos de jogo, abriu o placar.

Nick Woltemade fez bom passe para Zeki Çelik, que bateu rasteiro e balançou a rede.

Pouco menos de 10 minutos depois, o Rennes reagiu e empatou. Bryan Reynolds ajeitou a bola com lançamento longo para a área, e Musa aproveitou a oportunidade para marcar.

Já na reta final do primeiro tempo, os franceses viraram o jogo. A arbitragem indicou pênalti após bola rebatida na zaga em cobrança de escanteio. Mahamadou Nagida finalizou de fora da área e a bola tocou no braço de Douglas Luiz. Boulaye Dia cobrou a penalidade e converteu. 2 a 1 para o Rennes.

Aos 21 minutos da segunda etapa, o juiz marcou penalidade máxima novamente, desta vez para a Juventus. Nico González ajeitou para trás pelo alto e a bola tocou no braço de Bryan Reynolds dentro da área. Woltemade assumiu a responsabilidade e bateu rasteiro no meio do gol.

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Imagens exibidas pela televisão estatal do Irã nesta quinta-feira (22) mostraram o que seria uma instalação subterrânea de produção de drones, visitada pelo comandante-chefe das Forças Armadas do país, Amir Hatami.

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Em declaração a um repórter da TV estatal, o comandante Hatami afirmou que o Irã está expandindo seus centros de produção, “com o suporte de uma boa infraestrutura e trabalho científico”.

Antes da guerra, o Irã possuía o maior arsenal de mísseis balísticos do Oriente Médio, incluindo munições cluster — difíceis de serem interceptadas por sistemas de defesa aérea —, segundo o governo dos Estados Unidos.

Além disso, o Irã conta com uma indústria de drones em plena expansão; antes do conflito, o país era capaz de produzir cerca de 10 mil unidades por mês, tendo o modelo Shahed como seu principal drone explosivo.

A guerra teve início em fevereiro, quando os Estados Unidos e Israel lançaram ataques contra o Irã.

A administração Trump declarou que seu objetivo é enfraquecer as forças militares iranianas, neutralizando sua Marinha, destruindo sua capacidade de produção de mísseis e drones, e garantindo que a República Islâmica jamais obtenha uma arma nuclear.

Os Estados Unidos, Israel e aliados ocidentais acusam o Irã, há muito tempo, de buscar desenvolver armas nucleares — uma acusação que o Irã nega.

Conheça o drone kamikaze Shahed-136, usado pelo Irã na guerra