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“In Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first victory speech, he praised ‘our general’ Andre Janones, the brains behind the online campaign that ensured his stunning comeback.” (Michael Flynn must be fuming) 1/

Remember this? The Left took a page and fought back in Brazil. 2/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...

“Janones got to work with gusto, drawing on the ‘Lula's Army ‘ WhatsApp channel he created in April to counter the strong online influence of the political right. Between the first round on Oct 4 & the runoff on Sunday, the channel's following ballooned from 60K people to almost 11 million.”” 3/

Janones “alleged several times throughout the campaign that ‘Lula's Army’ was being silenced. Brazil's electoral court temporarily suspended the channel twice, once following an accusation by Bolsonaro that it was spreading misinformation.” 4/

On a side note… 5/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...