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And he will get it because laws mean nothing.

Bill Madden@maddenifico.bsky.social

Following his election loss to Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro has fled Brazil after missing a deadline to hand over his passport. News outlet Metrópoles reports that Bolsonaro is scheduled to land in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, with plans to seek political asylum from fellow far-right authoritarian Trump.

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Breaking News: Flávio Bolsonaro, who just lost Brazil’s presidential election, left the country for the U.S. after the Brazilian police asked for his passport because he was being investigated in a money-laundering case. nyti.ms/4A0AfnN

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It has been a long time since we saw a major realignment in American politics. I think we might be see a so-called "critical election" next week. In 2010, Republicans rode the Tea Party wave and routed the Dems in every rural district possible. 2026 will be when the Dems win the Sunbelt

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

COOK: “.. the critical group in this election consists of normally reliable Republicans, many of whom would never normally consider voting for a Democrat.” @cookpolitical.com www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...

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Megan Wachspress
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Lot of folks (self included) expressing despair that despite aggressive prosecuting fascists ("doing everything right") Brazil was still going to get Bolsonaro-ed and the fact this guy gtfo-ed as quickly as he did should be a big signal for the AOC DOJ to go *hard* in 2029.

George Pearkes@peark.es

Aw nuts *BOLSONARO EN ROUTE TO THE US, FOLHA REPORTS CITING ALLIES

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Carl Quintanilla
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POLITICO: ".. The documents show representatives from Google, OpenAI, Meta, Amazon Web Services and Nvidia were 'confirmed' to meet with Abbott’s team, joined by Texas’ head electricity regulator .. to discuss building out the state’s power grid." @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comTexas officials huddled with tech companies before grid blitzAs Republican Gov. Greg Abbott talks tough on data centers, records and interviews show how his office and appointees worked closely with the tech and power industries.
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“This is the first time ever that we have had to engage in scenario planning to safeguard against potential federal interference in elections,” said Shenna Bellows, Maine's secretary of state. “It seems like the federal government is now adversarial to the states.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

nytimes.comElection Officials Fear Trump Administration’s Interference in Midterms VotingState and local plans for Election Day include how to react to potential ICE raids, misbehavior by federal election monitors and attempts to seize votes or machines.
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Open, transparent religious bigotry is what these people do.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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I think this pattern explains 2024 more than anything else does. The economy was growing fast. Everyone was benefiting. But that included Black people. That was wrong. The Dems had to be punished.

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Whiteness backfires. The economy tanks. Everyone gets mad. Votes for Dems. Then economy grows. Everyone benefits. White people see Black people doing well, think they see a crime. They vote for whiteness. Whiteness backfires. The economy tanks …

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Is Trump doing to America what Pete Wilson did to California? A THREAD

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1. The midterms are in eight days, and the story of the election is probably going to be about Hispanic voters. They moved toward Donald Trump in record numbers in 2024. They are now swinging back to the Democra www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u....

nytimes.comLatinos Are Now America’s Most Important Swing VotersLatinos helped fuel President Trump’s return to the White House. But Democrats have won back the trust of many Hispanic voters over the past two years.