After Twitter CEO Elon Musk gutted much of Twitter&#8217;s staff in Brazil following the October elections, including all employees charged with moderating content for incitement of violence and misinformation, critics are <a href="https://twitter.com/ben_kew/status/1612760166658707459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> the bloodbath was over Twitter&#8217;s alleged role in undermining the conservative presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.
Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter on October 27; the run-off election for Brazil was held on October 30. In the initial election on October 2, neither Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro nor leftist Luiz Inacio da Silva, who served as president of Brazil from 2003-2010, could gain more than half of the valid votes, precipitating a run-off election, which ended with Lula receiving 50.90% of the votes to Bolsonaro&#8217;s 49.10%, the closest presidential election in Brazil’s history.
In early November, Twitter Brazil <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/twitter-brazil-elon-musk-far-right-suspended-accounts-edited-">suspended the profiles</a> of three right-wing politicians, prompting one Twitter user to ask Musk, “Hey @elonmusk, your company has been imposing a draconian ideological censorship of the Brazilian people’s right to free speech. We are at a critical moment in our history! Wtf is going on?? We thought you bought Twitter exactly for this reason! Rise and lift the censorship NOW!”
When Musk responded, “What censorship are you referring to?” Paulo Figueiredo Filho, the grandson of João Figueiredo, Brazil’s military president between 1979 and 1985, chimed in, “Of course, Twitter needs to obey Brazilian ‘court’ decisions. But the company has gone above and beyond, spontaneously imposing its own censorship, even stricter than that of our flawed courts. Your moderators are currently being more dictatorial than our own courts!&#8221;
“I will look into this,” Musk responded.
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I will look into this
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In early December, Avi Yemini of Rebel News tweeted at Musk, “Hey @elonmusk, can you find out what other elections were ‘handled’ by the former Twitter regime?  Thank you, The rest of the world.”
Musk replied, “I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election. If those tweets are accurate, it’s possible that Twitter personnel gave preference to left wing candidates.”
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I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election. If those tweets are accurate, it’s possible that Twitter personnel gave preference to left wing candidates.
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Musk followed with a mid-December tweet in which he stated, “Twitter may have people on the Brazil team that are strongly politically biased.” In May 2022, Musk visited Bolsonaro in Brazil, where they discussed projects that could protect the Amazon rainforest. At roughly the same time, Bolosonaro <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/elon-musk-visit-brazil-talks-with-bolsonaro-government-official-says-2022-05-20/">called</a> the possible acquisition of Twitter by Musk “a breath of hope,” adding that he hoped Musk would show the rest of the world how Brazil protected the rainforest.

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
New York City Nursing Strike
More than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thousands-of-nurses-at-two-new-york-city-hospitals-go-on-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7,000 nurses</a> went on strike in two major hospitals in New York City Monday morning. Patient care is already being disrupted at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and Montefiore in Brooklyn. The New York State Nurses Association says nurses are negotiating higher pay and fewer patients.
Montefiore Medical Center said the nurses have decided to walk away from their patient’s bedside, despite offers for a 19.1% wage increase and a commitment from the hospital to create over 170 new nursing positions. Mount Sinai Health System offered the same 19.1 % wage increase to their nurses. Mount Sinai Health System said in a statement that agreements had already been reached at six other facilities in the system and that they are continuing to negotiate with the hospital in good faith.
Brazil To Punish Election Rioters
Brazil <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-government-plans-to-punish-pro-bolsonaro-protesters-who-stormed-federal-buildings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans to punish supporters</a> of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the nation’s federal buildings on Sunday. Thousands of supporters of the former chief executive entered facilities hosting the South American nation’s legislative and executive branches. Officials have vowed to prosecute the rioters and have taken some into custody.
President Declares Emergency For California
On Monday, President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/relentless-parade-of-cyclones-at-least-12-dead-in-ca-as-winter-storm-continues-to-pummel-the-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">greenlit an emergency</a> declaration for California after intense storms and flooding hit the state. At least a dozen people have died, and the weather has also caused widespread losses of power.
Colorado Avalanche Kills Two On Sunday
According to a preliminary <a href="https://www.facebook.com/COAvalancheInfo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, “two snowmobilers were caught, buried, and killed in a large avalanche” in Colorado on Saturday.
DOJ Bucks Biden On Islamic Terrorist Death Penalty Recommendation
Attorney General Merrick Garland is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-garland-defies-biden-seeks-death-penalty-for-accused-islamist-maniac" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bucking</a> President Biden by seeking the death penalty for an alleged Islamist terrorist accused of killing eight and injuring more than a dozen in a 2017 New York City truck attack.
Congressional Rules Package Vote Monday Night
The U.S. Congress will vote Monday evening on a rules package that will dictate how the House is run this upcoming year that will include many of the concessions fought for by the 20 Republicans who withheld support for McCarthy for much of last week. But the package is facing some pressure from moderate Republicans, such as Nancy Mace of South Carolina:
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NEWS: Will GOP Rep. Nancy Mace vote tomorrow in favor of the proposed House rules package? “I am on the fence right now,” she tells <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a>. <a href="https://t.co/yBWuCWmmsE">pic.twitter.com/yBWuCWmmsE</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1612114781065945089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Democratic Governor Won&#8217;t Send Illegals To NYC, Chicago 
Over the weekend, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) agreed to stop busing illegal aliens to New York or Chicago following a letter from Mayors Eric Adams and Lori Lightfoot demanding an end to the practice.
Former Childhood Actor, Adam Rich, Dead At 54 Years Old
Adam Rich, best known for his role as Nicholas Bradford in the 1970s TV drama “Eight is Enough,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eight-is-enough-actor-adam-rich-dead-at-54" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> Saturday at 54 years old, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
NFL Playoff Field Set
The NFL playoffs are officially set after the regular season concluded Sunday evening. The Buffalo Bills inspired fans with a win against the New England Patriots after coming off a week where Bills safety Damar Hamlin survived a cardiac arrest. On the opening kickoff, Bills running back Nyheim Hines returned the ball for a 96-yard touchdown. Then in the third quarter, Hines did it again, taking another kickoff 101 yards to score. The Bills eventually bested the Pats, 35-23. Damar Hamlin was transferred from Ohio to a hospital in Buffalo this afternoon, where he will continue his recovery before making the transition home.
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Former <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazilian</a> President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> was hospitalized in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> one day after supporters of his failed re-election campaign rioted and stormed multiple federal buildings in his home country.
The conservative populist was admitted to AdventHealth Celebration, a hospital outside Orlando, with concerns over severe abdominal pain, according to a <a href="https://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/lauro-jardim/post/2023/01/bolsonaro-internado-num-hospital-nos-eua.ghtml?utm_source=globo.com&amp;utm_medium=oglobo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Brazilian news outlet Globo. The former chief executive has reportedly been hospitalized a handful of times from abdominal pain since he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/details-emerge-about-man-who-stabbed-brazils-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbed</a> by a socialist activist in 2018 during a rally, resulting in severe blood loss and damage to multiple organs at the time.
The hospitalization occurs as Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who assumed office last week, and other officials in the South American nation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-government-plans-to-punish-pro-bolsonaro-protesters-who-stormed-federal-buildings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crack down</a> on Bolsonaro supporters who destroyed federal property in the Sunday demonstrations. Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative sometimes called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a narrow margin during elections held in October, which occurred two years after a justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court cleared him of previous corruption convictions.
“The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished,” Lula <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612280715231612928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “Tomorrow we resume work at the Planalto Palace. Democracy always.”
Bolsonaro has been residing in Florida for the past few weeks; videos of him signing soccer jerseys and visiting fast food restaurants have circulated online, according to a <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-jair-bolsanaro-rally-orlando-20230103-q4ignwy6ijg47pu462syrunyuq-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Orlando Sentinel. Bolsonaro is reportedly facing various probes in his home country related to the release of classified documents, denying election results, and potential connections to misinformation campaigns.
Biden administration officials have not yet received any requests from the Brazilian government regarding Bolsonaro.
“We have not, as of now, received any official requests from the Brazilian government related to Bolsonaro,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3805405-white-house-says-it-hasnt-received-any-requests-from-brazil-about-bolsonaro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Monday. “Of course, if we did receive such requests, we’d treat them the way we always do, we’d treat them seriously.”
Bolsonaro, who is reportedly staying in the home of retired Brazilian mixed martial artist Jose Aldo, condemned the rioters. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. “However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
Lula is regarded as a socialist figurehead across Latin America; residents of Brazil are concerned that his policies will fail to discourage violent crime and drug trafficking. Bolsonaro supporters have camped in front of military facilities in recent months as they plead for authorities to seize control of the government.
Military assets were nevertheless used on Sunday to contain the unrest, in which several buildings were vandalized. “I come to inform you that more than 400 people have already been arrested and will pay for the crimes committed,” Brazilian Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha <a href="https://twitter.com/IbaneisOficial/status/1612231280179183617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We continue working to identify all the others who participated in these terrorist acts this afternoon in the Federal District. We continue to work to restore order.”
Social media platforms are currently working to remove posts expressing support for the demonstrations, according to a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-meta-removing-content-backing-brazil-assault-2023-01-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Reuters. A spokesman for Meta, which runs Facebook, designated the protest as a “violating event,” meaning that the company “will remove content that supports or praises these actions,” while a spokesperson for YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, told the outlet that the company is “closely tracking” the protests and “removing content” that violates community guidelines.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/big-tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Social media</a> platforms revealed on Monday that they would remove <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/social-media-censorship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">content</a> supporting riots in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazil</a> that saw demonstrators storm multiple federal buildings.
Thousands of supporters who backed former President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> in recent elections <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-thousands-of-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress-supreme-court-presidential-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entered</a> facilities hosting the South American nation’s legislative and executive branches. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who assumed office last week, has vowed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-government-plans-to-punish-pro-bolsonaro-protesters-who-stormed-federal-buildings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">punish</a> individuals who destroyed federal property. Technology companies are now taking down material that supports the riots, according to a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-meta-removing-content-backing-brazil-assault-2023-01-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Reuters.
&#8220;In advance of the election, we designated Brazil as a temporary high-risk location and have been removing content calling for people to take up arms or forcibly invade Congress, the Presidential palace and other federal buildings,&#8221; a spokesman for Meta, which runs Facebook, told the outlet. &#8220;We are also designating this as a violating event, which means we will remove content that supports or praises these actions. We are actively following the situation and will continue removing content that violates our policies.&#8221;
YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, likewise told the outlet that the company is “closely tracking” the unrest and “removing content” that violates community guidelines. &#8220;Our systems are prominently surfacing authoritative content on our homepage, at the top of search results, and in recommendations,” a spokesperson said. “We will remain vigilant as the situation continues to unfold.&#8221;
Twitter did not respond to Reuters&#8217; request for comment.
Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative sometimes called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a narrow margin during elections held in October. A justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court voided corruption convictions against Lula two years ago, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution.
Bolsonaro, currently residing in Florida while reportedly facing investigations in his home country, has condemned illegal protests. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. “However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
Telegram, a private messaging service, is working with the new government to identify and censor content. &#8220;Telegram is a platform that supports the right to free speech and peaceful protest. Calls to violence, however, are explicitly forbidden on our platform,&#8221; a spokesperson remarked. &#8220;Our moderators use a combination of proactive monitoring in public-facing parts of our platform in addition to accepting user reports, in order to remove such content.&#8221;
The protests came almost two years after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, drawing a comparison between the two events from American commentators. The former commander-in-chief was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-media-platforms-have-no-plans-to-lift-bans-on-trumps-accounts-despite-third-white-house-bid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> from major social media platforms following the incident; his account was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-to-reinstate-trump-on-twitter-trump-has-repeatedly-stated-he-wont-come-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restored</a> on Twitter after the company was purchased by Elon Musk.
Cooperation between at least one social media platform and the Lula administration occurs after the Twitter Files revealed extensive collaboration between the company and various American federal law enforcement agencies. One set of emails <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-twitter-files-show-fbi-paid-twitter-millions-influenced-execs-to-censor-hunter-biden-laptop-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provided</a> by Musk to independent journalists showed that there was “an organized effort by representatives of the intelligence community” aimed at “senior executives at news and social media companies” to discredit “leaked information about Hunter Biden before and after it was published.”

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazil</a> plans to punish supporters of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> who stormed the nation’s federal buildings on Sunday.
Thousands of supporters of the right-wing chief executive, who was succeeded by left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week following contentious national elections, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-thousands-of-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress-supreme-court-presidential-office">entered</a> facilities hosting the South American nation’s legislative and executive branches. Officials have vowed to prosecute the rioters and have taken some into custody.
“The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished,” Lula <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612280715231612928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> Sunday on social media. “Tomorrow we resume work at the Planalto Palace. Democracy always. Goodnight.”
Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a margin of 50.9% to 49.1% during national elections held in October. A justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court voided corruption convictions against Lula two years ago, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution.
Bolsonaro supporters, concerned that Lula would adopt soft-on-crime policies and otherwise move the nation leftward, have camped in front of military facilities in recent months, pleading for authorities to take control of the government. Lula is also a populist and an icon in Latin America, where his ideology, Lulism, constitutes a popular strand of socialist thought.
Military assets were nevertheless deployed on Sunday to manage the protests.
“I come to inform you that more than 400 people have already been arrested and will pay for the crimes committed,” Brazilian Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha <a href="https://twitter.com/IbaneisOficial/status/1612231280179183617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “We continue working to identify all the others who participated in these terrorist acts this afternoon in the Federal District. We continue to work to restore order.”
Bolsonaro, currently residing in Florida while reportedly facing investigations in his home country, has claimed that the election results were fraudulent. On Sunday, however, he condemned illegal protests. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. &#8220;However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
The protests came almost exactly two years after Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, drawing a comparison between the two events from American commentators.
President Joe Biden expressed concern over the protests in Brazil.
“I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1612227134516256770" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, reiterating his willingness to work with Lula. “Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined.”
American law enforcement agencies drew criticism after January 6 for throwing the book at the rioters, who were predominantly right-of-center, while seemingly ignoring protests related to the death of George Floyd that caused extensive damage to major American cities months earlier. The alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wheres-the-outrage-from-elected-leaders-over-the-abuse-of-january-6-prisoners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treatment</a> of the January 6 defendants has also provoked criticism toward the Justice Department.
Michael Whittaker contributed to this report.

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Thousands of supporters of Brazil&#8217;s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the nation&#8217;s Congress and presidential offices on Sunday as they protested what they claimed was a stolen election.
The breach comes after Bolsonaro repeatedly attacked the integrity of the country&#8217;s recent presidential elections, in which Bolsonaro lost to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula was inaugurated last week.
The demonstrators overran security barriers, climbed on roofs, and vandalized the buildings, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-government-caribbean-0c03c098a5e2a09ac534412c30ae8355">reported</a>.
Bolsonaro, who has been hiding out in Florida in recent weeks, has not yet made any comments condemning the incident.
“This absurd attempt to impose their will by force will not prevail,” said Justice Minister Flavio Dino on his Twitter account. “The government of the Federal District has ensured there will be reinforcements. And the forces at our disposal are at work.”
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Essa absurda tentativa de impor a vontade pela força não vai prevalecer. O Governo do Distrito Federal afirma que haverá reforços. E as forças de que dispomos estão agindo. Estou na sede do Ministério da Justiça.
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Brazil&#8217;s Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco wrote on Twitter that Brazilian officials are focused on using the full extent of the law to get the situation under control.
Pacheco tweeted, &#8220;I vehemently repudiate these anti-democratic acts, which must urgently undergo the rigor of the law.&#8221;
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Na ação, estão empenhadas as forças de segurança do Distrito Federal, alem da Polícia Legislativa do Congresso.  Repudio veementemente esses atos antidemocráticos, que devem sofrer o rigor da lei com urgência.
&mdash; Rodrigo Pacheco (@rodrigopacheco) <a href="https://twitter.com/rodrigopacheco/status/1612154440072548354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Sunday, &#8220;We condemn the attacks on Brazil&#8217;s Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court today. Using violence to attack democratic institutions is always unacceptable. We join @lulaoficial in urging an immediate end to these actions.&#8221;
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We condemn the attacks on Brazil&#39;s Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court today. Using violence to attack democratic institutions is always unacceptable. We join <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lulaoficial</a> in urging an immediate end to these actions.
&mdash; Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1612196735538937856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Bolsonaro, who is now reportedly facing investigations since he has lost immunity from prosecution because he is no longer the country&#8217;s president, has claimed that the results of his election were fraudulent.
Sunday&#8217;s uprising will likely benefit leftists and the new Lula administration because they will use it to justify parts of the agenda that they are pushing, political analysts suggested online.
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Radicais brincando com o patrimônio público! Invadiram o plenário do Senado Federal 👇 <a href="https://t.co/0Oq47VDQVI">pic.twitter.com/0Oq47VDQVI</a>
&mdash; Murilo Fagundes (@muriloffagundes) <a href="https://twitter.com/muriloffagundes/status/1612164883684130816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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⚠️ Bolsonaristas invadem o Congresso Nacional em manifestação antidemocrática <a href="https://t.co/fpLp7TThD2">pic.twitter.com/fpLp7TThD2</a>
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Apoiadores de Jair Bolsonaro colocam fogo no Congresso Nacional. <a href="https://t.co/XhE8r3GiwF">pic.twitter.com/XhE8r3GiwF</a>
&mdash; Metrópoles (@Metropoles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Metropoles/status/1612188229876256769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A destruição do <a href="https://twitter.com/STF_oficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@STF_oficial</a> visto por dentro. Atos de terroristas a mando do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro causam intensa desordem na Capital. <a href="https://t.co/uLv2miPYWB">pic.twitter.com/uLv2miPYWB</a>
&mdash; George Marques 🇧🇷 (@GeorgMarques) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgMarques/status/1612166079991758848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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URGENTE: Invasores quebram vidraças da chapelaria do Congresso e invadem a Câmara dos Deputados. Extremistas já estão no Salão Verde e nos anexos do prédio. Também houve invasão ao Palácio do Planalto. Presidente Lula não está no local. <a href="https://t.co/lP91pLqTuf">pic.twitter.com/lP91pLqTuf</a>
&mdash; Renato Souza (@reporterenato) <a href="https://twitter.com/reporterenato/status/1612155259824087041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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ATENTADOS EM BRASÍLIA: Prédio do STF tem o andar térreo e o plenário complemente destruídos. Servidores da segurança foram ameaçados e documentos oficiais podem ter sido extraviados. Vídeo: George Marques. <a href="https://t.co/NAPmiJqvms">pic.twitter.com/NAPmiJqvms</a>
&mdash; Renato Souza (@reporterenato) <a href="https://twitter.com/reporterenato/status/1612169712611491841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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O plenário do <a href="https://twitter.com/STF_oficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@STF_oficial</a> completamente destruído por terroristas a mando do Bolsonaro <a href="https://t.co/NiU076FhWY">pic.twitter.com/NiU076FhWY</a>
&mdash; George Marques 🇧🇷 (@GeorgMarques) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgMarques/status/1612160125208334336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) will be sworn into office Tuesday while under investigation by federal and local-level officials related to false claims that he made while on the campaign trail.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/george-santos-brazil.html">reported</a> over the weekend that law enforcement officials in Brazil &#8220;intend to revive fraud charges&#8221; against Santos stemming from an incident in 2008 that involved a checkbook that was allegedly stolen.
The case was suspended because law enforcement was not able to find him, the report said. Brazilian prosecutors will now make a formal request to the Department of Justice to notify Santos of the charges.
The alleged incident happened when Santos, then 19, entered a small clothing store and spent $700 using a stolen checkbook and a false name, the report said. He allegedly admitted to the fraud on a Brazilian social media website the following year.
He and his mother allegedly admitted to police in 2010 that he stole the checkbook to make fraudulent purchases, the report said. The following year the charge against Santos was approved, but he had already left the country and was living in the U.S.
The report added that at this point in the case, neither U.S. nor Brazilian officials can get Santos to respond, however, that could change if the case moves forward. If convicted, Santos could face up to half a decade in prison.
Santos has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-rep-elect-who-made-false-statements-about-career-personal-life-admits-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> that he fibbed about the claim that he worked for financial titans Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; he also admitted that he did not graduate from college. Furthermore, Santos admitted that he embellished some of the details of his personal life, his religion, and his sexuality. However, he said that these controversies would not detract from his duties.
“I am not a criminal,” Santos claimed. “This will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”
Local prosecutors on Long Island <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prosecutors-open-criminal-investigation-into-republican-george-santos-for-allegedly-lying-about-his-background" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> late last month that they opened an investigation into Santos following the scandal.
“The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly.
“The residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress,” she added. “No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”
The day after local prosecutors <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/federal-prosecutors-open-investigation-rep-elect-george-santos-congres-rcna63657">announced</a> the investigation into Santos, federal prosecutors in New York indicated that they have also opened a criminal investigation into the 34-year-old.

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Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the greatest athlete of the 20th century, died Thursday. He was 82.
Pelé had been hospitalized since December for a “reevaluation of the chemotherapeutic treatment of the tumor” amid his fight with colon cancer, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-soccer-legend-pele-says-he-is-strong-has-hope-amid-cancer-treatment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the hospital.
His agent confirmed his death, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pele-soccer-star-dead-f2c5f7d2771b96dbd854cb025ab2563a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
&#8220;Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pelé, who peacefully passed away today,&#8221; a message posted to Pelé&#8217;s Twitter said.
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A inspiração e o amor marcaram a jornada de Rei Pelé, que faleceu no dia de hoje.
Amor, amor e amor, para sempre. . Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pelé, who peacefully passed away today.
Love, love and love, forever. <a href="https://t.co/CP9syIdL3i">pic.twitter.com/CP9syIdL3i</a>
&mdash; Pelé (@Pele) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pele/status/1608543008332615682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Brazil’s all-time leading scorer, Pelé has 77 international goals in 92 matches and helped lead the Brazilian national team to three World Cup championships: 1958, 1962, and 1970. Though the total number of goals scored by the Brazilian legend is <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-the-toe-poke/story/4542216/has-messi-overtaken-peles-career-goals-record-it-depends-who-you-ask" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disputed</a>, his official goals scored come to 757, including his national team goals and club team goals with Santos FC and American club New York Cosmos.
Often referred to as the “King of Football,” he was born on October 23, 1940, in Três Corações, Brazil, with the name Edson Arantes do Nascimento. The nickname Pelé came about when he mispronounced the name of Bilé, a teammate of his father. He said the nickname <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/may/13/sport.comment9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stuck</a> when his classmates began referring to him as such.
“My friends, I want to keep everyone calm and positive,” Pelé wrote in a recent Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CluFX8JOAwl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>. “I’m strong, with a lot of hope and I follow my treatment as usual … I have a lot of faith in God and every message of love I receive from you all over the world keeps me full of energy.”
He ended the post by encouraging his followers to watch Brazil in the World Cup, which took place in Qatar. His support for his country’s national team is not without reciprocation. Brazilian fans displayed a massive banner with an image of Pelé holding a ball, with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-sports-soccer-sao-paulo-middle-east-a9376a8df4a4962c159f716c5bd4623a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">words</a>: “Pelé: Get Well Soon” and “We love Pelé” during the country’s match against Cameroon.
Voted FIFA’s player of the century with Argentinian Diego Maradonna in 2000, Pelé started playing for Santos FC at age 15 and his country’s national team at 16. Soccer is called “The Beautiful Game” largely because of Pelé, who <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/69649-jogo-bonito-the-beautiful-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to it as such. Over half of Brazil’s World Cup championships were achieved with Pelé on the team. To this day, he <a href="https://olympics.com/en/news/youngest-goal-scorer-fifa-world-cup-football" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remains</a> the youngest player ever to score a goal in a World Cup, at age 17 in the 1958 competition.
Pelé retired from soccer in 1977, but didn’t leave the public eye. Being admired by many across the world, he has been awarded the International Peace Award, the International Olympic Committee’s Athlete of the Century, and one of Time’s 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, among other awards. From 1995 to 1998, Pelé served as Brazil’s Minister of Sports.
He had emphasized humanitarian work since retiring, focusing on international children&#8217;s rights and poverty. He was a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations and, in 2018, he <a href="https://www.pele10.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">founded</a> the Pelé Foundation to help children in education and poverty alleviation.
Pelé greatly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/30/pele-soccer-america-new-york-cosmos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impacted</a> soccer in the United States, attracting great crowds as a New York Cosmo and opening the door for other international stars to play in the United States. He <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/north-american/pele-at-80-remembering-the-brazil-legend-s-white-house-visits-1.1098288" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met</a> with several American presidents at the White House, including Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan. Both Presidents Clinton and Obama met with Pelé during their trips to the South American country.
In a 1982 meeting, President Reagan said, “My name is Ronald Reagan, I’m the President of the United States of America. But you don’t need to introduce yourself because everyone knows who Pelé is.”
Pelé was the first soccer player known to many Americans and he helped normalize the sport in the U.S. His speed, control of the game, and incredible goals caught the attention of people around the world. He isn’t just one of the greatest soccer players in history, he is also known as one of the greatest sports figures as well.
Pelé is survived by his wife of six years and seven children.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> CEO Elon Musk suggested over the weekend that the social media platform might have interfered in Brazil&#8217;s recent presidential election when far-left activists had control of the company.
Musk made the revelation in response to a question from Rebel News correspondent Avi Yemini, who asked, &#8220;Can you find out what other elections were &#8216;handled&#8217; by the former Twitter regime?&#8221;
&#8220;I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election,&#8221; Musk tweeted Saturday. &#8220;If those tweets are accurate, it’s possible that Twitter personnel gave preference to left wing candidates.&#8221;
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I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election. If those tweets are accurate, it’s possible that Twitter personnel gave preference to left wing candidates.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598990820665065472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a populist, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-brazil-election/">lost</a> a fairly close election in late October against leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who previously served as the country&#8217;s president.
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Yemini&#8217;s question of wanting to know what elections Twitter staffers &#8220;handled&#8221; comes after Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-releases-hunter-biden-files-tweets-deleted-at-behest-of-team-biden-exec-was-key-behind-censorship-decision">released</a> internal company documents through journalist Matt Taibbi late last week that showed Twitter was working in conjunction with then-Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s team, removing tweets that team Biden wanted deleted.
Musk said that he decided to release the information because it was “necessary to restore public trust” in the platform after it censored the New York Post’s bombshell report about Hunter Biden’s laptop just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
“Slowly, over time, Twitter staff and executives began to find more and more uses for these tools. Outsiders began petitioning the company to manipulate speech as well: first a little, then more often, then constantly,” Taibbi said. “By 2020, requests from connected actors to delete tweets were routine. One executive would write to another: ‘More to review from the Biden team.’ The reply would come back: ‘Handled.’”
Taibbi’s post shows that on October 24, team Biden asked for five tweets to be removed. According to Andrew Kerr of the Washington Free Beacon, those tweets were either drug-related photos of Hunter Biden or pornographic photos of him.
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9. Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the behest of a political party: <a href="https://t.co/4uzkHnQ65E">pic.twitter.com/4uzkHnQ65E</a>
&mdash; Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598828601268469760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former Sr. Director, Head of Trust &amp; Safety, complained about Musk’s decision to release internal company communications showing how the company censored the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 presidential election.
“Publicly posting the names and identities of front-line employees involved in content moderation puts them in harm’s way and is a fundamentally unacceptable thing to do,” Roth posted on Mastodon.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-will-not-sign-autographs-ever-again-as-he-warns-assassination-risk-is-quite-significant">Elon Musk Will Not Sign Autographs ‘Ever Again’ As He Warns Assassination Risk Is ‘Quite Significant’</a>

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The same night that Brazil held elections and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was declared the winner, replacing conservative president Jair Bolsonaro, President Biden congratulated da Silva.
“I send my congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next president of Brazil following free, fair, and credible elections,” Biden tweeted. “I look forward to working together to continue the cooperation between our two countries in the months and years ahead.”
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I send my congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next president of Brazil following free, fair, and credible elections. I look forward to working together to continue the cooperation between our two countries in the months and years ahead.
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1586894475590340610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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But in more than two days after conservative Benjamin Netanyahu, was elected back to the prime minister’s office, Biden has remained publicly silent.
&#8220;We don’t have any call to preview at this point,&#8221; a White House spokesperson <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/no-call-to-bibi-biden-has-yet-to-congratulate-newly-elected-israeli-leader/">told</a> The Washington Free Beacon when asked about the president&#8217;s plans.
Biden’s refusal to congratulate Netanyahu should not be surprising; after all he served under the president who consistently undermined Netanyahu in his years in office, Barack Obama. And Biden himself undermined Netanyahu.
In April 2021, the Biden administration leaked to The New York Times that Israel had attacked Iran&#8217;s ship Saviz in the Red Sea. Amichai Stein of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation Kann tweeted, “US official tells NYT: Israel informed the US it attacked Iran&#8217;s ship Saviz in the Red Sea in ‘retaliation for earlier strikes on Israeli vessels’ and added: ‘the ship was damaged under the waterline.’”
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US official tells NYT: Israel informed the US it attacked Iran&#39;s ship Saviz in the Red Sea in &quot;retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels&quot; and added: &quot;the ship was damaged under the waterline&quot;
&mdash; Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/1379620976921604103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Biden’s hostility to Israeli politicians on the Right dates back to 1982. Biden, then a senator, banged the desk in front of him with his fist at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting to warn Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to stop establishing new Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria.
&#8220;Don’t threaten us with cutting off your aid. It will not work. I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history,&#8221; Begin told Biden. &#8220;Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it.&#8221;
In 2020, John Perazzo <a href="https://www.jns.org/opinion/joe-biden-israels-fake-friend/">reported</a> that the Obama-Biden administration often leaked information about Israel between 2010 and 2015. For example, the Obama-Biden administration, leaked information in 2010 about a secret <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2012/04/11/obama-leak-israel-iran/">deal</a> between Israel and Saudi Arabia in which the Saudis agreed to let Israel use their airspace in the event of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
On March 22, 2012, the Obama-Biden administration was accused of <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/obama-administration-media-campaign-to-stop-israeli-strike-on-iran/">leaking</a> the results of a classified war game to The New York Times. Institute for National Security Studies analyst Yoel Guzansky said of the leak at the time, “It seems like a big campaign to prevent Israel from attacking.&#8221;
&#8220;I think the [Obama-Biden] administration is really worried Jerusalem will attack and attack soon. They’re trying hard to prevent it in so many ways,” he added.
Israel defense commentator Ron Ben-Yishai wrote in May 2012 that the leaks would “make it more difficult for Israeli decision-makers to order the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] to carry out a strike, and what’s even graver, [would] erode the IDF’s capacity to launch such strike with minimal casualties.”
In November 2013 an Obama-Biden administration official <a href="https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/obamas-leaks-sabotaging-israels-defense-joseph-klein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaked</a> to CNN that a Syrian base in Latakia which held Russian-made mobile missile systems that could have been given to the terrorist group Hezbollah had been attacked by Israel warplanes, according to Front Page Magazine.

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Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, colloquially known as ‘Lula’, defeated incumbent President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro">Jair Bolsonaro</a> in a tightly contested election on Sunday night, and will be the next President of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brazil">Brazil</a>.
With 99% of the vote in, the self described socialist defeated the populist conservative Jair Bolsonaro by a margin of <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-brazil-election/">50.9% &#8211; 49.1%</a>. The election went to a run-off between the top two finishers after no candidate secured a majority in the first round: Lula led the pack with 48% to Bolsonaro’s 43%, but Bolsonaro outperformed polling which suggested that Lula would walk away with the contest in the first round.
Lula is a founding member of Brazil’s left-wing Worker’s Party. He was a perennial presidential candidate before finally coming to power in the 2002 Brazilian elections, and held office from 2003-2010. Lula is also a populist and something of an icon in Latin America, where his ideology, Lulism, is a popular strand of socialist thought.
Lula’s defeat of Bolsonaro follows a trend of left-wing governments coming to power across Latin America, described by some observers as a second ‘<a href="https://theglobalamericans.org/2022/09/pink-tide-2-0-the-same-trap-awaits/">pink tide</a>’ reminiscent of a similar political shift in the first years of the 21st century. In the final days of the campaign, President Bolsonaro spoke to Daily Wire Host Ben Shapiro about the potential stakes of the election.
“We in Brazil cannot possibly join the Venezuela club, or league of countries, which now includes Chile, Argentina, and Nicaragua. Brazil is the most important country in South America, so if Brazil succumbs to the left-wing, that’s the end of South America,” he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVytVgGNxU8">said</a>.
Brazil is the 7th most populous nation in the world, home to over 215 million people, and it is also the world’s 12th largest economy &#8211; it is by far the largest nation in Latin America.
While his administration has been described as ‘moderate left,&#8217; Lula also supported Hugo Chavez’s rise to power in Venezuela and was aligned with him and other left-wing leaders in Latin America. Lula also played a role in negotiating the Obama Administration’s Iran Nuclear Deal, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/10/lula-brazil-iran-us-suleimani-peace-war">condemned</a> the killing of Qassem Soleimani during the Trump Administration.
Lula’s government was also plagued by several corruption scandals, although the largest scandal would emerge after he left office. His successor and former chief of staff, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/americas/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeached-removed-president.html">Dilma Rouseff</a>, was impeached and removed from office in 2016 in connection with the largest corruption investigation in Brazil’s history, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35810578">Operation Car Wash</a>. The scandal involved a massive money laundering and bribery scheme centered around a state owned oil company, Petrobras, and by the time the smoke cleared 3 former presidents had been jailed on corruption charges, including Lula.
Normally, that conviction would have been disqualifying: Brazil has a <a href="https://www.as-coa.org/articles/explainer-brazils-clean-record-law">‘Clean Slate’</a> law that blocks politicians convicted of certain felonies from running for office. Lula was <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-01/lula-banned-from-brazil-presidential-race-by-election-court">blocked</a> from running in 2018, and many observers believe that was a major reason why Bolsonaro won that election.
But, in a controversial decision a justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56326389">voided</a> Lula’s convictions in 2021, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution. Moro would go on to serve in Bolsonaro&#8217;s cabinet as the Minister of Justice and Public Security.
Lula was also reportedly tried in the wrong jurisdiction &#8211; the trial took place in a court in Curitiba in the state of Paraná, but the alleged crimes were committed in Brasilia, the nation’s capital, and Lula was a resident of Brasilia at the time of prosecution so his trial supposedly should have been conducted there. The decision was highly controversial and did not exonerate Lula of wrongdoing, but any lingering miasma of disrepute was not enough to stop Lula from crossing the finish line.
The incumbent, Bolsonaro, is a populist conservative, sometimes called ‘the Tropical Trump’, who came to power after the aforementioned corruption scandals soured public opinion on the then dominant Worker’s Party, after surviving an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-brazil-presidential-candidate-stabbed-rally-ashe-schow">assassination attempt</a>.
Bolsonaro is well known for his hardline stances on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-president-bolsonaro-criminals-will-die-hank-berrien">crime</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-government-champions-return-to-tradition-sexual-abstinence-before-marriage">social issues</a> like same sex marriage and abortion. He’s also taken steps to <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-08-10/brazils-bolsonaro-pledges-privatizations-if-re-elected-mum-on-petrobras">privatize</a> government owned business, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/1116989125/brazil-firearm-ownership-booms-gun-laws-loosen-bolsonaro">increase civilian access to firearms</a> and open up parts of the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-brazils-election-means-amazon-rainforest-2022-10-26/">Amazon rainforest</a> to economic development. Bolsonaro has also pursued closer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-surges-toward-american-conservatism-kassy-dillon">economic and political ties with the United States</a> compared to previous Brazilian governments.
Bolsonaro has also made international headlines for his stance COVID-19 &#8211; from very early on he actively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stand-your-ground-hugs-from-brazil-brazilian-right-wing-president-cheers-joe-rogan">opposed lockdowns</a> and even prevented local governments from imposing restrictions. The Brazilian economy fared better than many people predicted and recovered to pre-pandemic levels by early 2021, but critics of Bolsonaro have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-covid-19-intl-hnk">accused him</a> of downplaying the danger of the virus and causing hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. 600,000 Brazillians died from COVID, the second highest death toll reported in any nation, although on a <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/">per capita basis</a> Brazil’s death rate was comparable to the rate seen in neighboring Chile and the United States, and only as half as high as Peru’s.
Bolsonaro has regularly criticized the integrity of Brazilian elections, and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/30/bolsonaro-trump-brazil-election-democracy/">raised concerns</a> about fraud before the vote. Unlike in the United States, however, the Brazilian President is selected by national popular vote, and it will be difficult to overcome the nearly 2 million ballot advantage Lula amassed even if some local fraud is demonstrated. The Biden administration <a href="https://rollcall.com/2022/10/28/democrats-warn-of-consequences-if-bolsonaro-denies-vote-results/">rebuked</a> Bolsonaro preemptively several days before the election, and prominent Democrats have suggested that the US will “re-evaluate its relationship” with the largest democracy in Latin America if Bolsonaro challenges the results of the vote.
President Biden put out an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/30/statement-by-president-joe-biden-congratulating-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-as-president-of-brazil/">official statement</a> congratulating Lula after his victory, stressing that the election was “free, fair and credible.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/glamour">Glamour Magazine</a> Brazil announced the winners of their Generation Glamour awards this week, and the roundup of honorees featured two biological men, including an influencer named Linn da Quebrada, who brought home “Woman of the Year.”
Quebrada does not <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">identify as a woman</a> the way many trans-identifying men do. “I’m not a woman, I’m a transvestite,” he told Globo Television Network presenter Pedro Bial, <a href="https://reduxx.info/glamour-brazil-awards-male-influencer-woman-of-the-year/">according</a> to Reduxx. “Let’s be honest, there’s no such thing as ‘a woman.&#8217;”
The prize winner justified his stance by listing several Portuguese words that have ambiguous or subjective meanings, which he believes is also true of the word “woman.”
Quebrada identifies as a gay man or a transvestite, a commonly used term in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brazil">Brazil</a> to describe men who dress like women but do not identify as women, according to Reduxx. The influencer became famous after appearing on “Big Brother Brazil.” 
He also participated in a photo shoot using a prosthetic pregnant belly, saying he dreamed of getting pregnant and becoming a mother one day, according to an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CdT1UnIF9VN/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=5b08781b-b4eb-4b6d-a129-53cd0dacd1a5">post</a>. He has almost 3 million followers on the platform.
Giovanna Heliodoro was the other male winner, taking home Glamour‘s “Woman Influencer with a Cause” award. Heliodoro identifies as a “feminist black trans woman,” Reduxx noted, and is known for being a trans rights advocate in Brazil. 
Quebrada and Heliodoro aren’t the first men to be honored as the best women. In 2015, Glamour Magazine named Caitlyn Jenner their Woman of the Year for working as a &#8220;trans champion.&#8221; In March of this year, USA TODAY <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usa-today-names-women-of-the-year-heres-one-of-them">announced</a> that one of their “Women of the Year” was the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rachel Levine, who is also a man.
In July, the University of Pennsylvania <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/upenn-taps-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award">nominated</a> transgender-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Influencer Dylan Mulvaney was invited to the White House to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-slammed-over-trans-remarks-democrats-are-officially-and-proudly-pro-mutilation-for-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speak</a> with President Joe Biden. 
Mulvaney, a male, doesn’t even identify as a woman, choosing instead to embrace “girlhood” with the popular “Days of Girlhood” series on TikTok which Biden claims to have watched. Like Glamour Brazil’s new “Woman of the Year,” the 25-year-old social media star also claims to want to become a mother one day.

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