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  isn’t Lula a criminal?
context: He specifically promised that he would be arrested, dead, or declared winner.  He said this very specifically.  We're waiting, bud. >
  
  He forgot to mention option number 4, which is "Buy what appears to be a one-way plane ticket to Orlando, while continuing to ask that his supporters pressure the armed forces to strike down the new government through a coup."
  Yes.
  He did that. >
  
  I suppose Florida is where losers go to cry these days. >
  
  Right wing Latin-American cranks and Miami, name a more iconic duo >
  
  What a rabbit hole I just went on with this. Holy. >
  
  If you're really looking for a rabbit hole a lot of conspiracy theorists think they were involved in the JFK assassination. There are a lot of loose ends. >
  
  I thought that was Ted Cruz's dad >
  
  Big if true! >
  
  Also just gavea 30 day limit to unseal Bolsonaro’s vaccine records. Going to be gooood >
  
  I’m all for knowing if bolsonaro is a hypocrite or not but how is it legal to reveal his medical records? >
  
  HIPAA* is an American law.
  Also it's relevant seeing as one of the big anti-vax pushes he's facing charges for hinges on if he secretly got vaccinated or not. Remember, we're talking about the country where you need to give your full SSN just to reserve a table at a restaurant. >
  
  
  we're talking about the country where you need to give your full SSN just to reserve a table at a restaurant.
  
  That's just not true >
  
  Bruh, just last month I went to outback and they asked for my ID number and phone number before giving me one of those table buzzer things.
  Yeah there's no federal law requiring it for restaurants (but there is one for hotels) but it doesn't change the fact that the concept of privacy laws in Brazil is so loose that every service from tacky chain restaurants to airport wifi providers ask for you "secret" personal ID number. >
  
  Bro I live in Brazil and I never have to inform shit >
  
  Good for you I guess?
  In my region phone number + CPF is the standard for just about everything. And it doesn't detract from my point that personal data privacy isn't taken seriously by most people hence why releasing Bolsonaro's vaccination records isn't seem as something crazy. >
  
  You're right, though the concept of the CPF bring "secret" looks highly impractical and alien to me. How would that work? Would we just pretend the number is secret like we do for credit cards, despite them being extremely easy to dupe? >
  
  In theory you would only give it out for government or government-adjacent services, I recently found out it wasn't supposed to be given out for random shit when I got a litte warning on the DMV app saying to no share your CPF lol. >
  
  Lula, in 2016:
  "If they arrest me, I become a hero. If they kill me, I become a martyr. If they let me loose, I'll be president again" >
  
  If Bols incites violence thinking he is safe in America, he will be shocked when they deport his ass back to Brazil to face trial. >
  
  America is a good place to begin if you want to just disappear. With your millions. >
  
  Maybe if you're a run-of-the-mill millionaire who is otherwise a nobody.
  It's very hard to disappear if you're the disgraced former fascist president of a country. Bolsonaro won't disappear in the US. If anything he's going to be under surveillance by the FBI the entire time he's in the country. >
  
  He is actually staying at José Aldo's home in Florida. >
  
  The UFC fighter? Lol >
  
  Lots of UFC and BJJ fighters support him. Must suck for leftist practitioners. >
  
  
  I’m well aware and try and separate the fighters and their politics
  
  Why?
  By supporting those fighters you're supporting their politics. Whether directly or indirectly.
  Foolish to think you can do so. >
  
  
  There are more influential and prominent figures pushing right wing politics today that deserve our attention rather than the 30 something year old with brain damage trying to feed his family with the crumbs that Dana white hands out to fighters. 
  
  How much of your "attention" does it require to not support shitty people? For me it's pretty easy, I learn of someone being a shitty person and I stop supporting them in any way that I possibly can. It doesn't take much effort at all. 
  I used to be a fan of Jose too, or Kanye, or any number of people. But part of being a good person is supporting good people and not supporting bad. 
  So sure, he's trying to feed his family. But I'm also trying to do that. And if his politics call for my family dying because he doesn't recognize them as people, he can get fucked as much as the rest of them. Because he's doing to those politicians what you're doing to him. It's trickle up support and passive acceptance of the ideologies they epose. 
  
  If I tried to approach everything with “but what are their politics?” I would never enjoy anything. 
  
  Your problem is thinking people approach stuff like that instead of "Oh wow I didn't know he thought minorities and LGBT individuals deserve death. He's a shitty person, I don't like him anymore." >
  
  My grandma who is a “Bolsonarista” showed me a video of how Macron of France was planning an invasion of Brazil to take over the Amazon. He’d do so by sending all his forces to French Guyana and striking from above. She was showing me this with 100% confidence that it would happen. Propaganda is so fucking scary because it works. She asked me to go to Brasília to defend the country and I just started laughing. >
  
  They’d have to go through Guyana first (the English one) which is already full of Brazilian military (sleepers) 
  I know it’s crazy but I lived there. There’s definitely Venezuelan and Brazilian military there hiding among the regular population just in case. I think the threat is obviously from Venezuela though, not France lol >
  
  It's sooo scary what's happening there.. I was in vacation in brazil ariund the time the vote was and one hotel owner is texting ne stuff about how the vote was rigged. I don't even understand why you would text that stuff to GUESTS you don't know that well. It's just crazy how bolsonaros supporters live in a completely different world. >
  
  Is that any different from the MAGA Trump supporters we have here? >
  
  They have a different accent. >
  
  Hey, come on, now. They also speak Portuguese. >
  
  I'm trying to imagine a Deep South accent struggling through elementary Portuguese. >
  
  There is actually a community in Brazil that was born from deep south US expats who fled after the civil war and set up shop. It's pretty fucking wild, there's a bit on Youtube about it. >
  
  Well, that explains a few things. Canada also has those poop heads from the Confederacy in the west. >
  
  Didn’t bolsonaro flee to mar a lago to dejectedly suckle at trumps teat ? >
  
  No, he went to former UFC featherweight champion José Aldo apartment's. >
  
  Is this for real? Hilarious >
  
  Yes, for added lulz, the apartment has a "Minions"-themed room (Bolsonaro's followers are called "Bolsominions") >
  
  Fun fact, the Spanish translation of Bilbo Baggins is Bilbo Bolson, which is spelled similar to Bolsonaro >
  
  Bolsonaro basically translates to Bagger in English. >
  
  pocket >
  
  It’s time to make the alt-right accountable for their actions, just letting them go as they are is going to continue causing harm, some of it irreparable.  They want gun fights just give them gun fights, treat them like the terrorists they all are. When a loved one has cancer we tell them to fight it, we should be doing the same with this cancer before it becomes stage 4 terminal. >
  
  MF goes to Florida to cry with the biggest cry baby in the world. Fascists are such poor losers. >
  
  Brazil needs newer younger candidates >
  
  On one hand, yes, so fucking much. On the other one, Lula's literally the best president we've had since we got democracy back. And sometimes, he fucking sucks. But he's still the best we've got >
  
  The one that they tried that wasn't Lula, lost to Bolsonaro. PT option was run someone younger and maybe lose, or run Lula and win. >
  
  To be fair, Haddad has the charisma of a stale butter sandwich. >
  
  lol I kinda agree. You can see he's intelligent and knows what he wants to do, but he stoll not there to win a presidency. 
  I don't think that matters much because Tarcísio, who has the charisma of a steel door, won the State elections lol >
  
  I despise Tarcísio, but he's well-spoken and conveys a lot of confidence. And voters from the interior of São Paulo will vote for anyone who isn't a left-winger. >
  
  
  but he's well-spoken and conveys a lot of confidence.
  
  That's the thing, so does Haddad. And he was better than Tarcísio in that last debate. 
  
  voters from the interior of São Paulo will vote for anyone who isn't a left-winger.
  
  True, at the end that was the only thing that mattered. >
  
  Amid fears of violence from fascists. >
  
  I know a Brazilian guy in America who really was mad that Bolsonaro lost. He is kind of a cool guy but doesn't like that the new President was already the leader once. 
  I can't imagine Bolsonaro being the better option for most people. >
  
  Well yeah Lula is one of the heads of some of the biggest corruption scandals in Brazil >
  
  "One of the heads" is an exaggeration, specially since the judge responsible for his arrest seemed to have some political gains for throwing the book at him (which is why the whole process against Lula was invalidated). 
  Plus, the "Secret budget" from Bolsonaro's term seems to be even bigger than any previous scandal. >
  
  Sounds sadly familiar.. >
  
  What, you mean right-wing fascists want to conduct violence across their society when their autocratic asshole leader is dis-elected?
  Where have I seen that before?  Oh, Right. >
  
  Isn't this where trump's "stop the steal" campaign went to? >
  
  Yes, some names from that campaign started supporting Bolsonaro and his false claims of rigged election. >
  
  So not only does Brazil have a more stable democracy than us yanks, they ultimately have a higher vaccination rate for covid as well. Parabéns, gente. >
  
  we actually were pretty known for our vaccination efficacy and rate. you know, until bolsonaro. >
  
  This is acc truw >
  
  Dudes forearms tho >
  
  Funny how the fascists scatter like rats when their leader leaves them high and dry. >
  
  Congratulations to Lula da Silva and all Brazilians. >
  
  Thank you my friend >
  
  I’m American. My sister is having her second child in downtown São Paulo in 6 days. I’m flying there tomorrow with my mother to support her. And I tell you now, I feel much better/safer that Lula won the election and not Bolsonaro. If the poor are happy/optimistic, I feel better/safer. And that’s all you need to know about the election in Brazil >
  
  What is it with these far right wackos the world over getting violent when they lose? >
  
  Cause they’re all power hungry fascists, and their far-right base love fascists. >
  
  This is true >
  
  Can anyone confirm for me that that is why we had cops shutting down Hwy 95 through Broward last week? Did our governor really shut down our freeway to give Bolsanaro an escort to MarALago?   
  If he did, then that means the Trump/ DeSantos feud is just part of the show… Trump keeps making a big deal about running, even gave DeSantos a non-catchy nickname- but , then- the great reveal… Trump says he’s tired of politics, and blesses DeSatan! OMG! Who could have expected it?!?! They have made up!!! Just like on the 18th Season of the Bachelor… except, they did it for America!!! Because they both love America!!! (Fuck ya’) so much!    
  Of course its stupid, but… we fucking elected Trump, and reality TV has taught us that rivalries drive ratings and so do ‘make up‘ scenes.   
  I can picture them on the couch right now, with the host asking ‘so, how did you resolve your differences?’
  and they look at each other, and both reply ‘America’ , then they go on to say how the deep state was so against Trump, they both knew he would never get a fair election. Trump then says how hard it was for him to deal with that, but we have all seen how he has been treated- and he knew they would destroy his message with all the ‘fake news’- so, he called up Ron, and said ‘lets talk’. It was then that Trump realized, even if he wasn’t in charge, his vision would carry on… and Ron DeSatan? Well… he had always loved Donald, everyone knows that. He never said a word against him… and when Donald called him, and asked him to carry on for him, well - he couldn’t have been more honored! All that rivalry stuff was just fake news- Donald knew that.   
  scene, cut, commercial, link to donate… >
  
  I think that the escort is necessary given how much crucial info even former world leaders have and how they are prime targets from other groups. >
  
  He wasn't a former world leader until 1/1. He was the actual president of the republic, even if he went into hiding after losing the elections in October >
  
  Bolsonaro and his supporters should fill their pockets with rocks and walk into the ocean. >
  
  Lula has the potential to LEAD the world in vanguard progressive themes with his policies.
  His first steps as a president were taken with leaderships from indigenous cultures, racial minorities, underprivileged workers, a teacher and a factory worker.
  The way this translates out to the world is enormous, and if it is also present in his mandate, he will continue to be a completely diverse and inclusive world leader, like no one in the world can even begin to compete against. >
  
  If you like corruption... sure. >
  
  The fact remains that out of the two, he was still the better choice.
  There isn't a single political leader on the planet that hasn't been involved in some level of corruption, so it's not like they were given a choice of corrupt or not corrupt, is it? >
  
  José Mujica was not corrupt >
  
  This sounds eerily familiar >
  
  It's funny how people have been brainwashed into thinking they're fighting for freedom and democracy while simultaneously denying and destroying its purpose. 
  Same with USA "stolen election". Like you love democracy but only if it's you're candidate? Got news for ya buddy.. that's a dictatorship.