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#Electionday in #Brazil #GreatAwakening
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Conservative numbers are VERY STRONG in today's vote.
Liberal media is having a meltdown.
If Bolsonaro wins in the first round for president, the left will have been demolished.
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Conservative numbers are VERY STRONG in today's vote.
Liberal media is having a meltdown.
If Bolsonaro wins in the first round for president, the left will have been demolished.
#Electionday in #Brazil #GreatAwakening
(2) Impeached former predisent Dilma, that miraculously got her political rights re-installed and searched a Senate seat in Minas Gerains, seems to have flopped and ended up in 4th place.
(2) Impeached former predisent Dilma, that miraculously got her political rights re-installed and searched a Senate seat in Minas Gerains, seems to have flopped and ended up in 4th place.
#Electionday in #Brazil #GreatAwakening
(3) In virtually all major state runs Exit Polls show a clear tilt to the right regarding what the previous fake polls showed. This leads me to expect Bolsonaro to attain 50%+ of votes and win the presidential race in the first round.
(3) In virtually all major state runs Exit Polls show a clear tilt to the right regarding what the previous fake polls showed. This leads me to expect Bolsonaro to attain 50%+ of votes and win the presidential race in the first round.
#Electionday in #Brazil #GreatAwakening
Today I voted on the most unapologetic conservative chandidates that I have in my entire life.
My candidate for president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the verge of being elected in this first round of voting is NUMBER 17. 👾
Today I voted on the most unapologetic conservative chandidates that I have in my entire life.
My candidate for president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the verge of being elected in this first round of voting is NUMBER 17. 👾
halfway through, he is on the brink of victory.
I have reason to believe that he will be just shy of victory in the first round, with some 48-49%. It will be a short but bloody battle until late October against the PT socialists and all the politically correct peeps.
STILL: a night of conservative FORCE around the country.
STILL: a night of conservative FORCE around the country.
This weekend Brazilians will go to the polls to elect a new president. #Brazil is fifth biggest country in the world, in terms of population, and symptomatic of a remarkable authoritarian turn in the world's biggest states. #thread
1. China is the biggest country and only non-democracy in top-5. But even here General Secretary Xi Jinping has taken the country in a (even) more authoritarian and nationalist direction.
2. India, the world's largest democracy, has been governed by PM Narendra Modi and his radical right BJP-led coalition since 2014. MOstly ignored by international media, India has seen sharp rise of radical and sometimes violent Hindutva activism.
THREAD: As protests continue and the rial tumbles, #Iran is increasingly seen as an economic basket case that has squandered its chance to join the ranks of the #BRICs. Here are 7 charts that challenge that view.
bourseandbazaar.com/articles/2018/…
bourseandbazaar.com/articles/2018/…
Back in January, I told @folha reporter @DiogoBercito that I saw parallels between the Brazilian protests that have been running since 2014 and those in Iran. In both contexts you hear calls to overthrow the government.
www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2018/01/…
www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2018/01/…
This is the same reaction to the same macroeconomic failures. The frustrated cry of the Iranian protestor is the same cry as that of the Brazilian protestor. Sure, there is some local political and economic dialect. But the language of corruption and inequality is the same.
After the horrific 1968-74 period, Ernesto Geisel ('74-9), was regarded as one of the more benevolent rulers during the military dictatorship (1964-85) in #Brazil. Documents show he was aware of summary executions of subversives, as was CIA and Kissinger. theguardian.com/world/2018/may…
The CIA had detected the plans for the 1964 coup in #Brazil, and had contact with some conspirators. But the CIA did *not* instigate the coup, and did not provide money or direction for the plot. >>
>> What the U.S. did do in #Brazil in 1964—unknown to the coup plotters—was prepare, vaguely, to intervene if the coup triggered a civil war to ensure the Communists did not prevail. As it was, the coup encountered little resistance. nyti.ms/2PaQ7xB
1. Ricky Johnston from Las Vegas admitted to receiving over 600 images of toddlers & children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison.
#childpornography #childsexabuse #RickyJohnston #projectsafechildhood
justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/las…
#childpornography #childsexabuse #RickyJohnston #projectsafechildhood
justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/las…
2. Operation Darkness Falls results in arrest one of the most prolific dark net drug dealers in the world.
Matthew & Holly Roberts used the darknet marketplace to distribute #fentanyl #oxycodone #heroin #meth & other drugs.
#darknet #silkroad #alphabay
justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/o…
Matthew & Holly Roberts used the darknet marketplace to distribute #fentanyl #oxycodone #heroin #meth & other drugs.
#darknet #silkroad #alphabay
justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/o…
Thread: If you want to know how fake likes, loves and follows get industrialised on #Facebook, here's a good example from #Brazil.
The fakes boosted hyper-partisan posts in Mexico ahead of the election.
Fake engagement's an international business.
medium.com/dfrlab/electio…
The fakes boosted hyper-partisan posts in Mexico ahead of the election.
Fake engagement's an international business.
medium.com/dfrlab/electio…
Here are the reactions to two hyper-partisan Mexican posts, on different pages.
Note the number of accounts in common. Looks like an organised brigade.
Note the number of accounts in common. Looks like an organised brigade.
Following the traces of the brigade led back to this account. Note the letters PCSD, which are diagnostic for this particular network.
Não tem como ver um debate como esse e não decidir votar no Ciro Gomes. Disparada e absolutamente, o candidato mais agudo, certeiro e alinhado às necessidades mais básicas do Brasil -- para o bem e para o mal. O resto é freak show.
Os outros até evitam o Ciro e querem repetir as propostas do cara. - #DebateBand
Boulos = Freak Show de esquerda. Fala à sua própria militância, claramente, e não ao povo, embora acerte aqui ou ali, minimamente, em questões de economia política básica. Mas é oco, sem alma. #DebateBand
Initial reports that an @Aeromexico flight may have crashed in the state of Durango in #Mexico.
The flight with ~80 passengers on board was bound for Mexico City, according to one report.
The passenger jet is reported to have crashed five minutes after takeoff from Durango.
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1/? Today Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee (Live stream here: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/faceb…). We have a few questions we'd like to #AskZuck..
1/? Today Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee (Live stream here: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/faceb…). We have a few questions we'd like to #AskZuck..
2/? Why do privacy settings continue to only focus on what friends can & can't see? If the recent FB scandal has showed one thing, it's that FB's ad policies have far-reaching consequences for users privacy. When are you going to treat ad settings as privacy settings? #AskZuck
3/? We created a new FB profile to test default settings. By default, everyone can see your friends list & look you up using the phone number you provided. This is not what proactive privacy protections look like. How does this protect users by design / by default? #AskZuck
Anyone seeing a pattern? 🧐
#corruption
#QAnon #TheStormIsHere #DrainTheSwamp @POTUS #WWGOWGA
1) Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye sentenced to 24 years for Corruption
npr.org/sections/thetw…
#corruption
#QAnon #TheStormIsHere #DrainTheSwamp @POTUS #WWGOWGA
1) Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye sentenced to 24 years for Corruption
npr.org/sections/thetw…
2) #SouthAfrica ex-President Jacob Zuma charged with #corruption
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
#SouthAfrica #Africa #Qanon #MAGA #DrainTheDeepStateSwamp
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
#SouthAfrica #Africa #Qanon #MAGA #DrainTheDeepStateSwamp
3) Ex-president #Lula can be jailed for #corruption, Brazil's top court rules
theguardian.com/world/2018/apr…
#Brazil #DeepStateCabal #DeepStateSwamp #paradisepapers #PanamaPapers
theguardian.com/world/2018/apr…
#Brazil #DeepStateCabal #DeepStateSwamp #paradisepapers #PanamaPapers
Real interference in election:
#Lebanon, 1950s: CIA provided funds to support the campaigns of Camille Chamoun & selected parliamentary candidates; other funds were targeted against candidates who had shown less than total enchantment with US interference. williamblum.org/aer/read/156
#Lebanon, 1950s: CIA provided funds to support the campaigns of Camille Chamoun & selected parliamentary candidates; other funds were targeted against candidates who had shown less than total enchantment with US interference. williamblum.org/aer/read/156
Real interference in election campaigns:
#Indonesia, 1955:
A million dollars were dispensed by the CIA to a centrist coalition’s electoral campaign in a bid to cut into the support for President #Sukarno’s party and the Indonesian #Communist_Party. williamblum.org/aer/read/156
#Indonesia, 1955:
A million dollars were dispensed by the CIA to a centrist coalition’s electoral campaign in a bid to cut into the support for President #Sukarno’s party and the Indonesian #Communist_Party. williamblum.org/aer/read/156
#Vietnam, 1955:
The US was instrumental in South Vietnam canceling the elections scheduled to unify North and South because of the certainty that the North Vietnamese communist leader, Ho Chi Minh, would easily win. williamblum.org/aer/read/156
The US was instrumental in South Vietnam canceling the elections scheduled to unify North and South because of the certainty that the North Vietnamese communist leader, Ho Chi Minh, would easily win. williamblum.org/aer/read/156
We’re now going to Brazil, where a Sao Paulo court ruled that the censorship of a play about a transgender Jesus is unconstitutional.
jezebel.com/sao-paulo-cour…
jezebel.com/sao-paulo-cour…
The play The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, which follows Jesus living as a transgender woman in the present day, became so popular inside #Brazil that it went on tour around the country.
(Photo: @JundiaiAgora)
(Photo: @JundiaiAgora)
Originally presented in 2009, the play recounts the story of Jesus living in the present as a trans woman grappling with intolerance while at the same time offering a message of forgiveness.
theguardian.com/stage/theatreb…
theguardian.com/stage/theatreb…
