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The Dec 18, 2004 protest sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S… @footage @Castro_Theatre flickr.com/photos/4412446690… #CastroTheatre #savethecastro #CastroTheater – at San Francisco, CA
ALT Rick Prelinger speaking at Castro protest
ALT Save Our Cinema - Craig Baldwin
ALT Natalija Vekic filming at the save the Castro protest
ALT Film Noir no more - Noir City moved then from the Castro to the Balboa & this year to the Grand Lake in Oakland
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Still waiting on Milei and Trump now to congratulate Lula
En la campaña presidencial colombiana, el presidente Lula apoyó abiertamente a Iván Cepeda y gané yo. En la campaña brasileña, apoyé a Bolsonaro y ganó Lula.
Ni Lula decide por los colombianos ni yo decido por los brasileños. ¡DECIDE LA GENTE! Y cuando el pueblo se pronuncia en las urnas, su voluntad se respeta porque es sagrada. ¡En eso consiste la democracia!
El presidente Lula y yo tenemos grandes y profundas diferencias políticas e ideológicas, pero coincidimos en algo fundamental: Brasil y Colombia se necesitan mutuamente.
Ninguna consideración puede estar por encima de los intereses de nuestras naciones. Colombia y Brasil son países hermanos, con enormes desafíos y oportunidades compartidas.
Tenemos mucho por hacer y trabajar en beneficio de nuestros pueblos. El respeto mutuo, la soberanía y la cooperación deben marcar nuestras relaciones, así como la lucha contra el narcoterrorismo y la minería ilegal, la protección de la Amazonía y el bienestar de nuestros ciudadanos.
¡Firme por la Patria!
¡Que viva Cristo Rey!
(A.D.L.E) 🇨🇴 🐅
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Huge win here for Maurene Comey, with a federal judge ruling she was illegally fired by the Trump administration from her job as a prosecutor at SDNY: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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FIRST ON CBS: As President Trump boasts about how much money the U.S. oil and gas industry is making from the war with Iran, the president's personal holdings in oil and gas are now worth between $22.5 million and $81.6 million, compared with $12.6 million to $46 million at the end of 2025, according to a new report by Democrats on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. cbsn.ws/47IN9un
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Fact check: true. 🍰 💃
Also, the D.C. Cheesecake Factory-to-National Media pipline is real, having produced me, @AshleyRParker and @lynsea. Kids, go wait tables or sling drinks at a bar for a summer or a year. It's a great bit of life experience with transferable skills. Not even kidding.
Steve Rhodes retweeted
My friend Nicolette was at the POS computer and I wandered up to say hi. She said "turn around." Behind me were Malia and Sasha Obama and their grandmother Marian Robinson and some USSS officers trying to look inconspicuous. That was not the first and only time they visited.
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I actually have important contributions to this discourse. As @jeneps mentioned, my first job in Washington was actually as a Cheesecake Factory server and bartender. One day in 2009 or 2010 I wandered in for my shift a bit early...
I need @ByronTau to weigh in, as editor emeritus of @Politico44 and server emeritus at CF Chevy Chase
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I was Hegar's deputy communications director in 2020. Born and raised in San Antonio, went to UT Austin where I got a government degree, worked in Austin politics in college.
Evan Barker is absolutely not more qualified than 99% of journalists who cover the state.
I’m more qualified than 99% of “journalists” and pundits to make predictions about Texas politics. I’ve worked on a winning US House race in Texas (Jasmine Crockett) and was head of fundraising on a US Senate race there as well. @cd_hooks needs to issue a correction
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New: A group of former investigators intends to probe corruption and ICE violence being ignored by DOJ, with the idea of presenting the cases to local, state or future federal prosecutors.
ms.now/news/former-doj-prose…
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Not sure I understand the censoriousness here. One of the features of Trumpism has been its reminder to Americans that the forces driving their politics are not unique or even unprecedented, and that they are not aloof from the rest of the world. Politics don't stop at the border. And that's especially true in Brazil, where the US government and affiliated tech oligarchs had put their thumb on the scales against Lula
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This is extraordinary detail on how the 250 MP candidates on the Student List were chosen in Serbia. They are now projected to win about 140 of 250 seats. Incredible outbreak of direct, participatory democracy to product a Parliament of doctors, scientists, artists and activists.
Sırbistan'da öğrenciler doğrudan demokrasi yöntemini seçim siyasetine taşıdılar.
Liderlere dayalı, yukarıdan aşağıya bir örgütlenme yerine, herkesin söz alabildiği öğrenci genel kurulları (plenum) oluşturdular. Kararlar tartışılarak, mümkün olduğunca uzlaşmayla alındı.
Bu yöntemi üniversitelerin dışına da taşıdılar. Mahallelerde, kentlerde ve köylerde yurttaş meclisleri (zborovi) kuruldu. İnsanlar kendi sorunlarını tartışmak, çözüm önermek ve birlikte karar almak için toplandı.
250 kişilik milletvekili aday listesini de şöyle oluşturdular:
1- Önce 250 adaylık kontenjanı, öğrenci sayılarına göre altı üniversite kenti arasında paylaştırdılar. Belgrad'ın listeye hâkim olmaması için diğer kentlerin de üst sıralarda temsil edilmesini sağladılar. Ardından her kentin kontenjanını fakülteler arasında dağıttılar.
2- Ülke genelinde 80'den fazla fakültede öğrenci genel kurulları toplandı. Öğrenciler kendileri aday olmadı ama her biri aday önerebildi ve neden o kişiyi önerdiğini açıkladı. İsimler tartışıldı, önce uzlaşma arandı, gerektiğinde oylama yapıldı.
3- Mevcut siyasi kadrolara kapıyı kapattılar. İktidar partilerinin mevcut ve eski üyelerini, iktidar adına görev yapmış siyasetçileri ve bürokratları, muhalefet partilerinin üst düzey yöneticilerini aday göstermediler. Böylece hem iktidardan hem de yerleşik muhalefetten bağımsız bir liste oluşturdular.
4- Fakülteler birbirlerinin adaylarını da denetledi. Önerilen bütün isimler ortak bir listede toplandı ve tüm fakültelerin incelemesine açıldı. İtirazlar öğrenci kurullarında tartışıldı. Adayın elenmesi için kurulların yarısından fazlasının veto etmesi gerekiyordu. Tek bir fakültenin itirazı yeterli değildi.
5- Elenen veya çekilen adayların yerine yedekler getirildi. Böylece profesörlerin, doktorların, bilim insanlarının, işçilerin, sanatçıların ve aktivistlerin yer aldığı 250 kişilik liste ortaya çıktı.
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"The thing I most feared was that our Indigenous territories would be invaded again [under another Bolsonaro government]. Now, I am certain that they will be preserved and that there is no risk of illegal miners returning to destroy these populations,” @MarinaSilva tells me theguardian.com/world/live/2…
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I never would have predicted the best statement congratulating Lula on his reelection would come from Colombia's right-wing populist president, but this is on point and excellent.
En la campaña presidencial colombiana, el presidente Lula apoyó abiertamente a Iván Cepeda y gané yo. En la campaña brasileña, apoyé a Bolsonaro y ganó Lula.
Ni Lula decide por los colombianos ni yo decido por los brasileños. ¡DECIDE LA GENTE! Y cuando el pueblo se pronuncia en las urnas, su voluntad se respeta porque es sagrada. ¡En eso consiste la democracia!
El presidente Lula y yo tenemos grandes y profundas diferencias políticas e ideológicas, pero coincidimos en algo fundamental: Brasil y Colombia se necesitan mutuamente.
Ninguna consideración puede estar por encima de los intereses de nuestras naciones. Colombia y Brasil son países hermanos, con enormes desafíos y oportunidades compartidas.
Tenemos mucho por hacer y trabajar en beneficio de nuestros pueblos. El respeto mutuo, la soberanía y la cooperación deben marcar nuestras relaciones, así como la lucha contra el narcoterrorismo y la minería ilegal, la protección de la Amazonía y el bienestar de nuestros ciudadanos.
¡Firme por la Patria!
¡Que viva Cristo Rey!
(A.D.L.E) 🇨🇴 🐅
Steve Rhodes retweeted
El dato no es correcto @SimonLevyMx. Flávio ganó 15 estados en primera vuelta y hoy sigue ganando 14. Solo Minas cambió, por 0.8 puntos.
Lo que pasó es otra cosa: en casi todo el país la ventaja se movió hacia Lula, en promedio 4.5 puntos. De 5,566 municipios, 5,384 se movieron en esa dirección. Es un movimiento parejo y gradual, que es justo lo contrario de lo que deja una manipulación localizada.
Te comparto aquí la evidencia, municipio por municipio, con datos del TSE. 👇
#EleccionesBrasil2026 🇧🇷
guruelectoral.com.mx
Steve Rhodes retweeted
What a comeback.
We will need time to properly understand it. But I think this was a 20th century politician who, at the very last possible moment, figured out how to run a 21st century campaign. After his first round loss, Lula started carrying a smartphone for the first time in his life, brought in younger aides who knew how to run a real digital operation, and finally was able to create some excitement in one of the world’s most terminally online countries. The net result was 3 million more people who turned out to vote, fewer spoiled ballots, votes from third-party candidates, and some repented bolsonaristas as well.
Flávio Bolsonaro challenged the results, but he faces an extremely difficult battle. The margin of victory, more than 4 million votes, was too large to be explained by the delay in polling stations closing or any other abnormalities. Big Brazilian power brokers, including the so-called Centrão, are dutifully accepting the result. The Bolsonaros will ask the White House for support, but it’s important that the vast majority of Latin American leaders, including those on the right like Keiko Fujimori and José Antonio Kast, quickly recognized Lula’s victory. They concluded this is over, and the Trump administration may do the same.
For Lula, the good news is that he won, and the bad news is that he won. He ran up a big bill to help make this happen: More than $60 billion in extra spending, welfare payments, debt forgiveness and other fiscal largesse. This in a country with real interest rates above 8% and a debt burden forecast to reach 83% of GDP this year, up a whopping 12 percentage points in Lula’s term. Markets are hemorrhaging in the hours after his victory, and they may get worse until Lula details his plans to cut spending. Lula also faces the most conservative Congress on record, a skeptical business community, and consumers who are struggling under huge debts as well.
But look, Lula would rather deal with those problems than the alternative. He will be the man who defined an entire half-century of Brazilian history, from the metalworkers’ strike he led as a labor union leader in 1979 to the end of his fourth term in 2030. A truly epic story that is still being written, and may yet bring more surprises.
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For more, including reactions from @DaniCamp0 and Alessandra Ribeiro:
americasquarterly.org/articl…
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El que abraza a Lula es @AndreJanonesMG el diputado que con un canal de WhatsApp rompió el bloqueo de Meta y las otras empresas tecnológicas, y cambió la campaña después de la derrota en primera vuelta.
Hijo de una empleada domestica y un padre discapacitado, se pagó su carrera de abogado trabajando como cobrador de pasajes en los buses.
Su canal de WhatsApp (donde creó el “Ejército de Lula) pasó de 50 mil personas en primera vuelta a 10 millones para la segunda.
Sin el trabajo de Janones no hay remontada, Lula lo sabe y por eso el reconocimiento de ayer.
Como anécdota, fue quien convenció a Lula de finalmente usar teléfono celular, un iPhone.
Ahhh y reivindicó la camiseta de la selección Brasil para la campaña, de la que se había apropiado el bolsonarismo.
Esta é a foto que está estampando a vitória de Lula nos principais jornais do mundo (vi no The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian e no The Times).
Bastante representativa para ilustrar a importância de @AndreJanonesMG nesta campanha! Arrisco dizer que sem Janones, Lula não teria virado. E Lula reconheceu isso. Só Alckmin e Janones receberam o microfone para discursar na Paulista.
Não há dúvidas que, descontado o próprio Lula, André Janones é o nome que sai maior desse pleito presidencial. E com altas credenciais para disputar o governo de Minas Gerais pelo PT em 2030.
Por hora, espero que seja nomeado Secretário de Comunicação Social ainda em Lula 3! Tem tudo para conseguir cumprir a promessa que acabou de fazer: garantir que Lula termine o próximo governo com uma aprovação beirando os 90%.
Steve Rhodes retweeted
hell yes, 'our business could be adversely affected if AI jesus blows up the world" cited in S-1 Paperwork
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Folks, Brazil is the perfect example of what I’ve said about this platform and Community Notes since Elon launched it.
Tonight and all day tomorrow, your feed will fill with thousands of posts claiming the Brazil election was stolen because Lula’s buddy on the Supreme Court extended voting by 2 hours.
That claim, we already know, is absolute bullshit.
Both campaigns asked for the extension, Flávio Bolsonaro’s included, after bus shortages and bad weather hit voters in several cities.
xitter.cf/tommysantos14/status/2…
Almost every one of those posts will run note-free. The few that get a Community Note will get it after the damage is done.
MAGA propaganda spreads like wildfire here for one reason: Elon Musk designed it that way. Community Notes has always been a red herring.
Give it a few hours. Musk will repost one of his favorite stooges with a one-word “Concerning,” and that lie will land in front of his 241 million followers.
And Community Notes will never catch up.
So when I call Elon Musk Trump’s Joseph Goebbels, I mean every word.
Both Brazil candidates requested voting extensions.
MAGA, once again, is lying about a "rigged" election.
cartacapital.com.br/politica…
"The campaigns of Lula (PT) and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) requested this Sunday, October 25th, that the Superior Electoral Court extend the voting hours for the second round until 7 PM in localities affected by problems that hindered voters' access to the polls. The requests have different justifications."
"While the PT campaign points to failures in public
transportation, the Bolsonaro campaign mainly cites rain, flooding, road closures, and changes to polling locations."
"Flávio's campaign is requesting two additional hours of voting in 17 municipalities in São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina. The team is also requesting that the announcement of the presidential results only begin
after the polls have closed in the areas covered by the extension."
