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Lula’s victory was a setback for Washington and Israel’s ambitions in Latin America. Although Lula won, he faces a right-wing congress and possible U.S. intervention, as his rival Flavio Bolsonaro, has fled to the protective shield of Washington.
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AMERICANS, DO YOU KNOW WHO DONALD TRUMP IS WELCOMING INTO YOUR COUNTRY?
I am a Brazilian journalist, and I have been closely following the criminal investigations involving Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Reuters reported on October 27 that Flávio left Brazil for the United States after losing the presidential election, despite a Brazilian Supreme Court order requiring him to surrender his passports.
Now I have a question:
Will American taxpayers be forced to pay for the protection of a Brazilian politician facing serious criminal investigations?
Before anyone screams “political persecution,” here are the actual case numbers. You can look them up yourselves.
1. BANCO MASTER, DARK HORSE AND SUSPECTED MONEY LAUNDERING
Brazilian Supreme Court (STF)
Case: INQ 5,070
Full docket: 0181367-57.2026.1.00.0000
Related proceedings: PET 16,369 and INQ 5,026.
Federal investigators are examining suspected money laundering, corruption and illegal international financial transactions involving the financing of Dark Horse, a film about Jair Bolsonaro.
The investigation involves financial dealings with Daniel Vorcaro, the former controller of Banco Master.
2. SUSPECTED FINANCIAL LINKS TO THE PCC DRUG-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION
Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE)
Case: AIJE 0603371-06.2026.6.00.0000
Filed October 23, 2026.
This electoral lawsuit questions whether millions of dollars transferred through companies and investment funds linked to the Dark Horse financing network indirectly benefited Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign.
One company involved in the financial transactions was also identified in investigations concerning suspected money laundering connected to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations.
The lawsuit seeks the annulment of Bolsonaro’s candidacy or election certification and an eight-year disqualification.
To be absolutely clear: the alleged connection between the money and the PCC is under investigation. It has not been judicially established that the PCC financed the film or his campaign.
3. WILLER TOMAZ AND ONLINE GAMBLING
A separate investigation before Brazil’s Supreme Court, overseen by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, examines suspected money laundering involving attorney Willer Tomaz, a close friend of Flávio Bolsonaro.
Investigators are examining financial transactions involving gambling companies, payment platforms and businesses connected to Tomaz.
The exact court docket number has not been publicly verified.
4. THE RACHADINHA CORRUPTION CASE
Rio de Janeiro State Court (TJ-RJ)
Case: 0072696-34.2020.8.19.0000
Prosecutors formally accused Flávio Bolsonaro of crimes including embezzlement, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization involving alleged diversion of public employees’ salaries.
The charges were dismissed in 2022 after evidence was ruled inadmissible.
There was no conviction, but there was also no trial determining whether the alleged conduct occurred.
5. RODRIGO BACELLAR AND COMANDO VERMELHO
Brazilian Supreme Court
Case: PET 14,959
Full docket: 0123047-48.2025.1.00.0000
Rodrigo Bacellar, a political ally of Flávio Bolsonaro, was arrested and later became a criminal defendant in proceedings concerning alleged obstruction of a police operation targeting Comando Vermelho, another major Brazilian drug-trafficking organization.
6. MÁRCIO CANELLA AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Electoral case: RO-El 0601451-66.2026.6.19.0000
Another political ally supported by Flávio Bolsonaro, Márcio Canella, was arrested during an investigation into suspected organized-crime-related money laundering involving fuel businesses.
Brazilian electoral prosecutors have also questioned his candidacy over alleged connections to militias and Comando Vermelho.
These are separate proceedings involving Bolsonaro’s allies, not criminal charges against Flávio himself. 🧵
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The reasons so many liberals like Lula is because he’s safe enough to the social democrats in Europe and the West. Also because Brazil’s right-wing congress is going to be opposing him at every turn. People shouldn’t place their ideals on Lula. Though he started more radically, he’s not a revolutionary and never was to begin with.
But in LATAM the choice is between that and a paramilitary fascism. If you don’t understand this and that it is not the United States your analysis is moot. It’s not Trump vs Biden here, so don’t look at it that way.
A Lula victory didn’t erase his bad policies on Haiti or Venezuela but it does put a damper on the Donroe Doctrine of Epstein takeover of Latin America, full of Zionism and total Milei-style destruction.
Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America. The aim was to hand it to Bolsonaro so the Epstein regime could reign in totality. For now, that’s not going to be the case. It doesn’t erase Lula’s failures but it does hold off a complete take over.
What many Western leftists don’t grasp is that in countries like Brazil, where some people don’t have power, water access, roads and basic needs met, sometimes the ideals of many who live in the west fall flat, especially the ones in the US.
We can’t even elect milquetoast candidates like Lula and then lecture Brazilians about politics and judge Venezuela so harshly. We all see what’s happening in Latin America. But please go live there for a week, without luxuries and tell me how your ideas do when you’re constantly under interventions, sanctions, impoverished, and dealing with not having enough food or water.
Until western leftists realize their ideals don’t measure up to realities people face, they’re never going to get people on their side. Liberalism isn’t the answer, it’s the opening to fascism. But there needs to be a strong anti imperial core that is compassionate and understanding of where people are—and that’s lacking.
The average person cares about their jobs, children and food on the table, not about historical references to revolutions that have little to do with their material conditions. This doesn’t mean you don’t work toward that via education and conversation. But people need to be ready. If they’re not all the effort in the world won’t change their mind.
It’s especially obnoxious to be lectured by western leftists who have never endured many of the hardships these people face every day and parachute on social media with arrogant analysis of how this win isn’t such a big deal. It is for those who depend on social programs, for those who want sovereignty and food on the table.
If you want to erase capitalism start by understanding you can’t do it electorally when the world runs on it including supposed communist countries. Let’s be for real here.
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BREAKING Lula has officially won Brazil’s election once again.
Note the US right wing influencers & Brazil’s Zionists right now calling fraud when they’ve had apps, META, US-backing, AI bimbos, and Israel to rig it against Lula. And yet they still failed.
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MARCO RUBIO: IT'S TIME TO GROW UP ON FOREIGN POLICY
At a presser, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed foreign policy toward Russia and China, noting that Trump has sought to broker a deal to end the war in Ukraine and that Putin, Xi, and Trump are seeking to meet to discuss possibilities.
Rubio defends President Donald Trump's willingness to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, arguing that communication between the world's leading nuclear powers should be welcomed not condemned.
While Rubio’s desire for diplomacy is preferable to bombing and war, it’s clear the outlook is only reserved for some. Talking to adversaries isn't surrender, and negotiating with governments you disagree with isn't an endorsement of their policies. Yet, it’s interesting that Washington’s Secretary of State talks about diplomacy and peace rather than war.
It's a remarkably reasonable argument coming from an administration whose foreign policy has also relied heavily on sanctions, economic coercion, military threats, bombings, interventions, regime change, and nuclear weapons, especially in West Asia with the war in Iran and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It is also especially interesting since the United States arguably began this war with its interference in Ukraine in 2014 via the Maidan Coup. U.S. officials Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt went to influence Ukraine’s election, ousting the democratically elected leader, Viktor Yanukovych, and replacing him with one who was keen on war with Russia.
So, if Washington understands that dialogue with Russia and China is necessary for global security, why isn't that same principle consistently applied to countries like Iran, Venezuela, Yemen and Cuba?
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I spoke with Sayed Mohsin Abbas on US foreign policy in Latin America & West Asia, from sanctions & election-interference to Christian Zionism & the U.S. long war against Iran
The conflicts aren’t as disconnected as Washington wants you to believe.
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Journalist @FiorellaIsabelM joins @DeepDive Perspective to break down US foreign policy in Latin America and West Asia, from sanctions and election-interference claims to Christian Zionism and what she calls a long war. @VanessaBeeley @HussainShafiei
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GADDAFI: YOU CALL IT AID? WE CALL IT STOLEN WEALTH.
On this day in 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was brutally k*lled following NATO’s invasion of Libya; a war that shattered Africa’s most prosperous nation and turned it into a centre of chaos, slavery, and foreign control.
Gaddafi demanded that Africa’s wealth serve Africans. Long before his assassination, he exposed what many see as the hypocrisy of Western “aid.”
At a UN hunger summit in Rome in 2009, he told delegates that what the West calls aid is only a fraction of what it stole from Africa and the Global South through centuries of colonial plunder and exploitation.
His words still echo today: “Return it, and be thankful you’re not being prosecuted for it.”
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MASS PROTESTS IN FRANCE OVER COST OF LIVING
France is grappling with a wave of widespread social unrest as nationwide protests over the soaring cost of living and student grievances have escalated across major cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Lille.
The underlying driver of the crisis is a deepening cost-of-living squeeze, exacerbated by persistent regional inflation and rising energy costs that have severely eroded household purchasing power.
The movement gained initial momentum through nationwide high school and university student walkouts protesting education underfunding and limited opportunities for youth, before merging with broader trade union marches that drew upwards of 550,000 to 800,000 demonstrators into the streets.
Human rights monitors, trade unions, and civil society groups have accused security forces of utilising excessive force and disproportionate crowd-control tactics.
Police riot-control weapons have been blamed for serious injuries.
Notable incidents included a 17-year-old girl losing her eye after being hit by a tear gas cartridge.
In addition, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez suspended the use of a crowd-control grenade after a 15-year-old lost their hand.
The crisis has brought immense political pressure onto President Emmanuel Macron, with over 2,400 arrests nationwide.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation, although Macron rejected the offer.
While the government blames "ultra-left" for vandalising public infrastructure, left-wing opposition leaders like Jean-Luc Mélenchon attribute the escalation to severe administrative failures and heavy-handed repression.
Meanwhile, non-French right-wing political and media figures - including American Senator Ted Cruz - have blamed "Islamists".
"Hilarious to imagine that a culture of protests and riots is somehow foreign to FRANCE," responded American political commentator Crystal Ball.
"The French have been doing this since the (18th century French) revolution," remarked Pakistani commentator Zarrar Khuhro.
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Mitte, who lived with cerebral palsy and played Walter White Jr. alongside Bryan Cranston, reportedly died by s*icide. But years before his d*ath, he questioned why Americans continue suffering from illnesses that modern medicine has the ability to treat, while financial interests determine who receives care.
BREAKING BAD’S RJ MITTE'S D*ATH EXPOSES GROWING MENTAL & HEALTHCARE CRISIS
Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte has died at just 34 years old, leaving behind not only a legacy of disability advocacy but also powerful criticism of America's profit-driven healthcare system, which often acts as a business rather than an entity for health.
Mitte, who lived with cerebral palsy and played Walter White Jr. alongside Bryan Cranston, reportedly died by s*icide. But years before his d*ath, he questioned why Americans continue suffering from illnesses that modern medicine has the ability to treat, while financial interests determine who receives care.
According to KFF, 28% of American adults have skipped or postponed necessary medical care, simply because of costs. Even having insurance doesn't guarantee access to affordable treatment, because many with chronic illnesses are rejected.
Meanwhile, nearly 49,000 Americans died by s*icide in 2024, and research shows adults living with disabilities face disproportionately high rates of s*icidal thoughts. M*rder-s*icides and other acts of violence also highlight the need for accessible crisis intervention, mental healthcare, and stronger social support.
Mitte's personal circumstances should not be reduced to assumptions about what led to his d*ath, nor is he the only case, but his prior advocacy in healthcare and his struggles with mental health point to a paradox the United States has failed to address:
How can one of the wealthiest countries on Earth possess some of the world's most advanced medical technology, yet leave millions struggling to afford the treatment they need to survive?
How can millions suffer from increasing mental health issues, but find little solace in the system?
In a world that’s become increasingly transactional, perhaps some should pay mind to Mitt’s words: “If you're suffering from illnesses and certain things that we have the ability to treat, yet we choose not to for financial gain. I think we have a long way to go on that.”
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In Spanish:
Santa Fe (New Mexico) means holy faith
Albuquerque is named after the Spanish Duke of Alburquerque
Nevada means snow
Las Vegas is meadows
Florida is named after La Florida, or the flowery one
Los Angeles is “the angels”
California is actually from Spanish literature but is derived from Khalifa in Arabic, meaning “caliph” or leader. Note the closeness to Caliphate lol
San Diego, San Francisco, San Antonio, are Spanish Catholic saints.
Sacramento means sacrament
Colorado means colored with a red tint
Texas is Tejas, named by Mexicans from the Cado Native American word taysha
El Paso is “the pass” referring to the mountain pass along the Rio Grande (big river)
I could go on…
Trump will stay busy renaming and making the U.S. basic and boring like the food without ethnic spice. Pretty fitting for this administration. 🤡
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Ladies and gentlemen’s this is precisely why the United States has become an absolute joke to rest of the world.
Every time a trash can gets set on fire, half the country’s morons side with the state and their minions screwing them over.
They clutch their pearls about the destruction of property, while innocent people are killed at home and children are bombed abroad. Because a burning dumpster is more offensive than a U.S. missile annihilating a bunch of school children in Minab.
They “protest” for symbolics, slap a Ukrainian flag on their Facebook profile, “vote”’ every few years, pat themselves on the back for “defending democracy” and call it a day.
But when was the last time Americans mobilized en masse against endless wars, organized sustained general strikes, or seriously challenged the corporations bleeding them dry?
It’s like they love to pretend they’re not getting brutally screwed as their rights are taken away, their pay hasn’t budged in years and they can’t buy homes or retire. What do they do? They just bend over and take it. Give me more daddy!
Why? Because they’ve never seen bombs rain down on their neighborhoods, have no idea what the word sanctions means, can’t imagine a life without Uber Eats, Amazon Prime, or their favorite streaming subscription. They don’t care and they’ll scream bloody murder over gas prices but couldn’t point to Iran on a map, much less explain why our government keeps threatening it.
It’s a society of politically conditioned, insulated adult children, who have been taught to fear disruption more than exploitation, that the moment there’s a problem breaks out into looting, not united organizing capable of changing anything.
Amid this idiot’s arrogant finger-wagging over France’s protests, they’ve failed to realize they don’t have a fraction of the guts the French have, nor their long history of confronting power. Which is what makes this pathetic attempt at a flex a hilarious self-own.
And when it actually does happen, when a bunch of flaccid dicks aren’t the majority of our population, it’s going to be a disaster. But perhaps that’s exactly what’s needed to get these people to grow a spine.
Right now they’re just limp, lying flat, taking the abuse and calling it freedom.
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Nicaragua is the last sovereign country in Central America. Therefore it is the last one on the Epstein Donroe Doctrine hit list.
Productive meeting with Managua Chargé d'Affaires Elias Baumann to determine next steps on the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship's rejection of U.S. Ambassador-designate Natasha Franceschi.
We agreed that hostile political theater aimed at undermining U.S. representation is adversarial and another example of the dictators prioritizing themselves over the real needs of the Nicaraguan people.
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Beyond a left vs right battle in Brazil is the battle for all of Latin America.
Brazil is the last country in South America on the Epstein Donroe Doctrine hit list.
Here’s a former Bolsonaro supporter telling everyone how Bolsonaro plans to sell Brazil to the US.
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Ilhan Omar Raided | Zohran Mamdani's Downfall | Meta & US Eye Brazil’s Election | AI Protects Israel nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nxeLMRXk…
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Ilhan Omar Raided | Zohran Mamdani's Downfall | Meta & US Want to Steal Brazil’s Election youtube.com/live/VtkTLXjdmTk…
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A new investigation from The Electronic Intifada challenges one of the most common explanations for October 7: that Isr*el knew it was coming and simply let it happen to use it as an excuse to attack G*za afterwards.
Instead, author Mujamma Haraket argues that H*mas spent years carrying out a deliberate strategy of “strategic camouflage,” presenting itself as increasingly contained, economically focused and uninterested in a major confrontation, while continuing military preparations behind the scenes and, at times, directly in public view.
DID ISRAEL DISMISS THE WARNINGS BECAUSE IT DIDN’T BELIEVE HAMAS COULD PULL OFF OCTOBER 7?
A new investigation from The Electronic Intifada challenges one of the most common explanations for October 7: that Isr*el knew it was coming and simply let it happen to use it as an excuse to attack G*za afterwards.
Instead, author Mujamma Haraket argues that H*mas spent years carrying out a deliberate strategy of “strategic camouflage,” presenting itself as increasingly contained, economically focused and uninterested in a major confrontation, while continuing military preparations behind the scenes and, at times, directly in public view.
Isr*eli officials repeatedly assessed H*mas as deterred, even as P*lestinian factions staged highly visible exercises that included elements strikingly similar to what would later unfold on October 7.
Then there is “Jericho Wall”, the Hamas battle blueprint that Isr*eli intelligence possessed more than a year before the attack. It outlined a large-scale breach of Isr*el’s G*za defences, attacks on military positions, and efforts to capture prisoners. But the document contained no precise date, and Isr*eli officials reportedly treated plans of that scale as something H*mas either could not or would not realistically execute.
The article argues that this is where Isr*el’s own assumptions and arrogance became part of the vulnerability, as H*mas did not necessarily need to hide every preparation if Isr*eli intelligence had already convinced itself that the group was contained and incapable of carrying out what it was openly rehearsing.
The investigation also examines disputed reports of warnings reaching N*tanyahu and Isr*eli security officials in the weeks before October 7, including messages passed through Egyptian, Emirati and P*lestinian intermediaries. But importantly, it puts into serious doubt that Isr*el knowingly allowed the attack to happen.
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From “Arrest Netanyahu” and "Free Palestine" to Praising Trump & The Talmud: What Happened To Zohran Mamdani?
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It’s exhausting for me to constantly tell people not to trust obvious ops with MSM backgrounds & then this always ends up happening.
And yes countries seeking supportive voices don’t always do the checks they need to—even resistance ones. I’ve seen it happen too many times.
