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There's an eery silence in Brazil from the Lula government. And it may well be they are concerned and worried about what comes next from the US after the midterm elections. The supreme court has been playing with fire.
I am going to write something below that should be seen as the musings of one who celebrated – and still celebrates – Lula’s victory over Bolsonaro Jr. Here it goes:
I cannot for the life of me justify why o why Brazil’s courts had to demand of Bolsonaro that he hands over his passport the moment he lost the election. That he disputed the veracity of the election result is a sign of a faulty character, evidence that he is a bad loser. BUT, he had every right to being a bad loser; to dispute, rightly or wrongly, any result.
As for the argument that he was being investigated for other misdemeanours or crimes, that doesn’t wash either: What would have happened if Bolsonaro had won the election? Would the judges also prevent him from travelling abroad, as President-elect? I very much doubt that – which means that the judges were conflating executive and judicial powers.
To those who tell me that the Bolsonaro clan is a fascistic, criminal family, my reply is: You and I may very well think that. Alas, the judiciary has no right to use its powers to indict and to pursue someone because – or immediately after – they lost an election. It is shameful, to be precise. And it is also dangerous for those of us on the left who know what it means to be banned and hounded by rogue judges and police commissioners.
But I also have a message to Bolsonaro supporters, or those sitting on the fence, who assume that Lula is somehow behind the judges. He is not! This is the same court that imprisoned, falsely, Lula himself. What we have in Brazil is a judiciary that overreaches and habitually crosses the line that ought to separate judicial from political power.
It is such a shame that a judge took it upon himself to go after Bolsonaro on the eve of his defeat and, in doing so, to sully Lula’s stupendous victory.
One last point that my comrades in Brazil should note: If Bolsonaro and Rubio wanted to mount a campaign against Lula and Brazilian democracy they could never have been aided better than by that judge’s reckless writ.
It's strategic. Bibi is now worried of a potential Eizenkot deal making with the arab parties. He's confronting that risk head on.
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Israel election.
Whoever wins, we look forward to Von de Leyen and Carney declaring it a victory for democracy.
Taken literally, any free and fair result is a win for democracy.
Leaders don't use the phrase literally, though. It's diplomatic code to signal a preference.
Lula is a vocal critic of Trump, and his win comes as relief to those worried about growing US influence in Latin America. Carney and von der Leyen would hardly have used the same words about a Flávio win.
MacroKurd retweeted
ELEIÇÃO ROUBADA NO BRASIL? 🇧🇷
BRAZIL ELECTION STEAL? 🇺🇸
🇧🇷Este professor de matemática aponta que os dados divulgados pelo TSE na noite da eleição, no Brasil, revelam padrões de alterações algorítmicas que prejudicaram @FlavioBolsonaro à medida que a apuração avançava. Ele estima que Flavio deveria ter vencido com cerca de 65% dos votos.
🇺🇸This mathematics professor shows the data that came out of the TSE on election night in Brazil shows patterns of algorithmic shifts that penalized @FlavioBolsonaro as the counts came in. He projects that Flavio should have won by about 65% of the vote.
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Ojalá Lula logre sacar a Brasil del desastre económico que le dejó el gobierno anterior.
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Para Lula chegar aos 64,2 milhões de votos, ele teria que ter:
- Mantido 100% dos votos que recebeu no primeiro turno
- Conquistado 100% dos 3 milhões de eleitores que deixaram de se abster
- Recebido 100% dos 1,8 milhão de votos que antes foram anulados
- Conquistado cerca de 60% dos votos dos outros candidatos (Augusto Cury, Renan Santos, Caiado e Zema)
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So apparently 213 cities that voted for Flávio Bolsonaro somehow voted for Lula in the second.
That’s … what the fuck. Yeah. Fuck Lula.
Free Brazil.
213 cidades que escolheram Flávio no 1º turno deram vitória a Lula no 2º
cnnbrasil.com.br/eleicoes/21…
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When it comes to Russia, ‘Trump could not escape the POWER of the military-security complex and was trapped by the DOMINANCE of neocons over US foreign policy.’
—Prof. Paul Craig Roberts, former US Treasury Official under Ronald Reagan
‘Trump overestimated the power of the Presidency. The United States military-security complex is extremely powerful. It needs an enemy.
And of course, Russia continued in the tradition of the Soviet Union, in the minds of the American people, and so it was the convenient enemy and the big one, the dangerous one.
And he simply wasn’t able to escape the power of the campaign contributions of an interest group such as the military-security complex.
I think also he was trapped by the neoconservative dominance of American foreign policy, which emphasises American world hegemony. And so getting rid of Russia fits that foreign policy. It did not fit Trump’s agenda.
And of course, there was no one he could appoint who represented his agenda. Because the neoconservatives have had since the George W. Bush period a very firm hold on American foreign policy and therefore the agenda of American foreign policy. So that’s what happened to Trump.’
Watch the full interview 👇
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¡EL AJUSTE FISCAL YA ESTÁ EN MARCHA! ¡$13,8 BILLONES MENOS EN EL GASTO DEL ESTADO!
Con la firma del Decreto 1585, el Gobierno de la Patria Milagro concreta el primer gran ajuste fiscal de 2026:
$3 billones menos en funcionamiento: reducción de contratos de prestación de servicios y eliminación de compras innecesarias.
$4 billones menos en el servicio de la deuda, gracias a la mejora en la tasa de cambio.
$6,8 billones menos en contratación que no alcanzará a ejecutarse o que no responde a las prioridades nacionales.
¡Y ESTO APENAS COMIENZA!
Continuaré tomando decisiones para reducir el gasto, eliminar los despilfarros y poner en orden las finanzas públicas.
Los recursos de los colombianos deben administrarse con austeridad, responsabilidad y transparencia. ¡El Estado tiene que aprender a gastar menos y mejor!
¡Bienvenidos a la Patria Milagro!
¡Firme por la Patria!
¡Que viva Cristo Rey!
(A.D.L.E) 🇨🇴 🐅
(ADLE) 🇨🇴🐯
After Trump's endorsement (some take an indication as backing Bibi away from far right groups), it feels the US is pressuring Israel to form whatever gov, but without Ben Gvir and Smotrich. It would be a positive turnaround for the country.
#Israel
In an interview with the 'Post', Ben-Gvir called on Netanyahu to sit with him in the next Knesset and warned that Israel cannot be "split down the middle."
✍️ @keshet_neev and @sarahbennun
jpost.com/israel-election-20…
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Iran is without a doubt a grave threat to the State of Israel. Its pursuit of nuclear weapons and development of ballistic missiles capable of striking in the heart of our country cannot be allowed to continue.
But does that mean Israel needs to attack right now, less than a week before an election?
The answer is that none of us really know. Only a handful of people have access to the intelligence needed to determine whether the threat is immediate or whether an attack can wait. If Iran is building a nuclear bomb right now, Israel obviously needs to act, regardless of the election. But if the threat will be no different a week from now, the government needs to exercise extreme caution for two reasons.
The first is obvious: A military operation could disrupt the election and politicians have a responsibility to protect the democratic process and must be careful when taking action that could undermine it.
The second is more complicated and potentially just as damaging. Whatever Netanyahu decides, a significant percentage of Israelis will suspect that his motives are political. Even if an attack is entirely justified, many will believe it was designed to influence the election.
This is the reality of the deep crisis of trust in Israel today. If Netanyahu orders an attack, he will need to make a compelling case to the Israeli public, knowing that much of the country may not believe him regardless of the evidence.
And that is the danger. An operation meant to strengthen Israel’s security could end up eroding public trust in the government and the IDF.
Iran is a threat that Israel cannot ignore. But the timing of military action matters, especially when the country is just days away from an election.
