Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States.
"In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct."
Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
βA couple of years ago, this was an emergencyβ¦ Now that the pressure on wealthier people has softened, it is no longer a wartime effort. Now itβs just inconvenience.β
My piece on how we forgot about housing policy:
NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week.
βThere is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,β one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.
I don't think I ever watched an episode of Star Trek (science fiction isn't my thing), but I thought casting a Russian while the Cold War was still raging, to make the point that humans would get along better in the future, was a lovely touch.
"People sometimes assume dog walking was a gap or detour in my career. I see it as one of the most valuable professional experiences I've had," says Sally Simmons.
How did Lula turn it around?
This is what it looks like when a party goes ALL OUT to try to win ppls votes after PT's apathetic performance in first set of elections 4 weeks ago.
1 Turnout (get demotivated ppl to vote)
2 getting ppl to vote differently (from blank in 1st round, to voting for Lula)
Flavio Bolsonaro has called for the annulment of Brazilβs presidential runoff after losing the election to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a chaotic vote marred by allegations of suppression and a last-minute extension of voting hours
Brazil going the way of South Korea. Basically around the world women are desperately trying to keep power out of the hands of incredibly stupid fascistic grifters while men keep trying to hand it over. Men are an embarrassing cringe gender.
A politician literally got 7% of the electorate in a WhatsApp group called βLulaβs Armyβ and was pumping out Lula content and organizing all day and night
So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro?
In short, turnout.
Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes.
A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.
Lula lost round 1 by 2.2M votes. Looks like heβs going to win round 2 by 4.4M votes - a 6.6M swing. Hard to find words to describe just how stunning this is.
All the fintwit chuds on X are pissed claiming that Lula stole the election cause theyβre all probably fucked from levering up on EWZ after the round 1 gap up lmfao