Will Caron

Will Caron

@willcaron.bsky.social

Artist, writer, social justice advocate. New editorial cartoons every Sunday in Honolulu Civil Beat. Commissions open. Portfolio & Shop: willcaronhawaii.com Subscribe for Free: patreon.com/WillCaron

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Angry
@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Insane. Actually insane. Let’s make his money this year a waste, shall we?

Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

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Rose Schmits
@roseschmits.bsky.social

Yissss

Rose Schmits@roseschmits.bsky.social

I know absolutely nothing about Lula except that i saw someone share a clip on insta of him in celebration kissing a trans woman politician on the cheek and oh my god is that a radical act for a politician in 2026 so lets fucking go

Will Caron
@willcaron.bsky.social

“Navel Superiority” “Drain the swamp,” they said. Then Trump gutted the FBI’s #corruption unit while a #bribery probe into Navatek sat unfinished. New #cartoon on the case that died so the Epstein cabal could walk. 🛁🚢 #art #digitalart #editorialcartoon #illustration #hawaii #politics #oligarchy

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil!
@missdemocracy2024.bsky.social

⚠️Meta’s alleged interference in Brazil’s election is a warning for democracy everywhere—including the USA. If platforms can shape political visibility in Brazil, they can do it anywhere. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/meta-emplo...)

panamericandispatch.orgMeta Employees Denounce Interference in Brazilian ElectionsMeta staff are holding the Big Tech company’s leadership accountable for decisions they say could compromise the credibility of the democratic process.

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

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.

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Fernando Salvaterra
@salvaterra.bsky.social

We won not only against Bolsonaro, but against the full force of the USian's Big Techs, Meta, CIA, Trump, the Brazilian right-wing elites, the billionaires' press and more.

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union person
@junlper.beer

pretty clear evidence that republicans in the US losing any election going forward are going to always beg for a coup if they lose. lots of people will have to go to jail

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Heimdall Wire™
@hw.heimdallwire.org.ap.brid.gy

With 99% of polling stations tallied by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers' Party) consolidates his lead in the presidential runoff with 51.76% of the vote (64,135,805 votes).

heimdallwire.orgBRAZIL ELECTIONS: LULA LEADS SECOND ROUND WITH 99% OF VOTES COUNTEDWith **99% of the official count** validated by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), **Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva** has secured the presidency of Brazil, capturing **51.76% of the vote** , equivalent to **64,135,805 ballots**. His rival, **Flávio Bolsonaro** , consolidated **48.24%** with **59,767,310 votes** , in a contest that redefines the political landscape of Latin America's largest economy. This result grants the **Workers' Party (PT)** control of the Planalto Palace but marks the beginning of a term that will be severely conditioned by an **institutional architecture highly adverse** to the ruling party. Brazil election resultsLive maps and charts will update throughout the nightReutersJulia Wolfe****Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva**** The **narrow margin of votes** reflects a profound **structural and demographic fracture** within Brazilian society, exacerbated after a campaign of exceedingly high friction. Beyond the margin between both candidates, the **4,147,758 null and invalid votes** registered by the TSE highlight the detachment and exhaustion of a critical fraction of the electorate. This **territorial and ideological divide** imposes a **glass ceiling on the new government's legitimacy** , which will assume power in a nation split in half and lacking a mandate for hegemonic transformation. > WATCH: Brazil's President Lula has started celebrating his reelection victory. pic.twitter.com/1lexjLxbUD > > — Clash Report (@clashreport) October 26, 2026 The **true counterbalance** of this election, however, does not reside in the Executive branch, but in the **new composition of the Legislative branch**. Despite the left's presidential triumph, the **National Congress** has fallen under the **de facto control of the right and conservative forces**. The **Liberal Party (PL)** and its allied formations have secured a **robust majority** in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, configuring a bloc that will **drastically limit the incoming administration's room for maneuver**. In practice, this scenario enshrines the power of the so-called **_Centrão_** , the transactional legislative conglomerate that holds the **key to governability** in Brasilia. To avoid **systematic blockades** of its legislation, the paralysis of the federal budget, or the constant threat of impeachment proceedings, the government will be **forced to concede ministries and quotas of power continuously**. The **structural reforms** promised in labor and tax matters will have to be **abandoned or deeply diluted** to survive the scrutiny of a parliament dominated by corporate and agro-industrial interests. Screenshot of Brazil election results by region taken at 23:24 GMT, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Julia Wolfe At the **territorial level** , the asymmetry of power is equally pronounced. The recent state elections have ratified the **center-right's dominance** in Brazil's **most economically robust and influential districts** , notably securing control over the industrial hub of the Southeast. These **opposition governors** will manage the largest percentages of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), functioning as **powerful fiscal counterweights** and **platforms of political resistance** against any attempt at regulatory expansion from the central government. From the perspective of **sovereign risk and geoeconomics** , international investors interpret this outcome as a guarantee of **forced orthodoxy**. Markets anticipate that the **legislative and territorial encirclement** will prevent radical shifts in macroeconomic management, **containing public debt** and **limiting direct intervention** in critical state-owned enterprises like Petrobras. The need to forge transactional alliances will **increase the political and bureaucratic cost** of governability, but it will establish a **floor of fiscal discipline** that partially reassures foreign capital. Bolsonaro arrives with his wife, Fernanda Bolsonaro, to cast his vote in Rio de Janeiro, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares Brazil is heading into a political cycle characterized by **tactical survival and obligatory pragmatism**. While in the geopolitical arena the Executive will seek to project a **revitalized leadership in the Global South** and strengthen the **BRICS+ bloc** , its domestic policy will operate with a **restrained institutional engine**. The new administration will have to manage a **fractured power structure** , where the **true sovereignty over the state's economic direction** will reside in a parliament that exercises control through **counterbalance and continuous negotiation**. * * * > **HEIMDALL WIRE | STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE** > _Bridging Geopolitics, Sovereign Risk & Capital Markets_ > **Sovereignty. Matter. Capital.** * * * **THE WORLD IS REDEFINED BY ATOMS, NOT BITS.** Heimdall Wire ofrece una cobertura ejecutiva semanal con los acontecimientos geoeconómicos y geopolíticos más críticos del panorama internacional. Monitoreo continuo sobre el impacto energético, disrupciones en cadenas de suministro y reconfiguraciones de poder global. > **◆ Executive Briefing:** Access Full Intelligence**◆** > [Subscribe to The Radar Linkedin]**** * * * Heimdall Wire • Strategic Intelligence & Geoeconomics ### The world is redefined by atoms, not bits. 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Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Check out how easy this is.

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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Jake Grumbach
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Again I say, the scam economy is consuming the political will to fight authoritarianism.

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social

Once mass spam texts were made legal, younger donors vanished, leaving a grassroots fundraising machine that subsists on squeezing vulnerable seniors, some of whom give hundreds of times a day. It’s a horrific model. Consultants get generationally wealthy, and the party hollows out its future.

Will Caron
@willcaron.bsky.social

Hey @bsky.app why does your Alt-Text editor suck so much ass now? It didn't used to. All of a sudden trying to type simple sentences in the Alt-Text field is like trying to do yard work with a totally dull machete. The same issue has plagued Facebook for years, but now it's ruining alt text here too

Will Caron
@willcaron.bsky.social

Illustrations I did for today's @civilbeat.bsky.social cover story by Madeleine Valera about a dangerous online cult that operated in #Hawaii during the pandemic. Link below. #art #artwork #digitalart #illustration #ink #journalism #investigation #cult #mentalhealth

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine
@svecrumba.bsky.social

Mike Rogers can't beat Abdul El-Sayed honestly, so he's resorted to under-handed intimidation tactics. Leaked audio shows he asked Trump's RNC to put police at Detroit polling places. #blues www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/mike-roger...

thedailypoliticususa.comMike Rogers Is Trying To Steal The Michigan Senate Election From Abdul El-SayedIn leaked audio, Michigan Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers says that he asked Trump’s RNC to put police officers at Detroit polling places.

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Angry
@angrystaffer.bsky.social

I honestly don’t know much about El-Sayed, but this is a perfect answer from him. It’s also hilarious that Tommy used to work for Josh Hawley and was paid 250k for influencer marketing AGAINST El-Sayed. They might want to get a refund. What a spectacular backfire. The walk of shame at the end. 🤣

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

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Hawai‘i Appleseed
@hiappleseed.bsky.social

Question 2 on your ballot would let counties use RISE bonds to fund infrastructure. Here's what the ConAm can—and can't—do for Hawaiʻi. #housing #affordability #costofliving #hawaii #election2026 #voting #infrastructure #financing #taxpolicy #policy #ConAm #HiPol hiappleseed.org/blog/rise-bo...

hiappleseed.orgRISE Bonds on the ballot: What a Constitutional Amendment can—and can’t—do for Hawaiʻi — Hawaiʻi AppleseedQuestion 2 on your ballot would let counties use RISE bonds to fund infrastructure. Here's what the ConAm can—and can't—do for Hawaiʻi.
Will Caron
@willcaron.bsky.social

"Zip Pact" If you're going to hold a secret meeting, maybe don't do it at Zippy's, where everyone can see you. Or better yet, don't do it at all. My new #cartoon on the Zip Pact Five. 🌞🍱 #art #digitalart #editorialcartoon #illustration #hipol #hawaii #honolulu #ethics #opengov #nextstopzippys

Will Caron
@willcaron.bsky.social

Even though I read my calendar wrong and don't have an inperson staff meeting this morning, and even though I didn't have to go through a full-tilt routine to catch the bus because my car is broken, I want everyone to know that I did go through the whole routine and I would have caught that bus too.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

reliance on starlink is a national security threat for every country, including the united states, where musk would absolutely use it to sabotage the foreign policy of a dem president it must be replaced posthaste

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The White House says the malicious manipulation of Ukrainian access to StarLink and StarShield is over. Zelenskyy says it continues. And Zelenskyy, of course, is correct.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42