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PROFESSIONAL NEWS (if anybody still sees my tweets post-Musk)
I’m moving to Brasília, Brasil, in June to help @Reuters cover October’s pivotal election.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with connections, tips, and recommendations for living in Brazil’s capital!
A friend in Brasilia told me last week he was spending two hours a day on Instagram campaigning/spamming for Lula. I told him with respect I was skeptical it would make a difference in our siloed, algorithm-shaped worlds. (Don’t hire me to advise your campaign.)
How 'Lula's Army' WhatsApp chat helped turn Brazil election around bbc.in/4zU8c9w
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“Lula has shown that he still is the dominant political figure of his era, but he is weaker,” I tell @Reuters, given a lack of ideological allies in Congress and the rest of the hemisphere, plus inflation and growing debt. reuters.com/world/americas/b…
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I hope we in the US notice that Brazil, a country of 213 million with a landmass larger than the continental US that also has a federal presidential system, managed to count its votes efficiently in just a couple of hours.
Half a Scaramucci!
Breaking News: President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired after less than a week on the job, according to people familiar with the matter. nyti.ms/4yuECpZ
Brazil's senate approves major labor reform championed by Lula with near unanimous support, less than two weeks before runoff. Will it make a difference with voters?
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Oil prices soar, and like clockwork, protests erupt around the world over high costs of living and related frustrations.
Tens of thousands of students stormed the streets of Tirana, Albania, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising education costs and corruption reut.rs/4yOFqXL
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My sister's longtime dentist practice got bought out by a private equity-backed dental group four months ago.
Same office. Same hygienists. Same chairs. Zero new equipment.
Last week they sent the new fee schedule for anyone with insurance.
A routine cleaning that used to run $120 is now billed at $310, with the group quietly dropping several insurance plans they used to accept.
When patients asked why, the new regional manager gave a scripted line about "aligning with market standards."
Private equity figured out the same trick everywhere.
They're buying up the things you can't opt out of: dental, veterinary care, urgent care, hospice, because they know you can't just skip your kid's cavity or your dog's surgery.
This isn't inflation. It's leveraged debt getting loaded onto places you have no choice but to keep paying.
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🔊 A US judge ruled it wasn’t safe to deport Abdou Latifou, a gay man, home to Togo. The US sent him to Sierra Leone instead, where gay men can face life in prison. Listen to his story on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4hIufZ0
Reuters documented 40 cases of LGBT migrants granted US legal protection only to be deported to third countries in Africa that either criminalize same-sex relations or have been described by the State Department as hostile to LGBT people.
reuters.com/legal/government…
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🔊 'What happens in Brazil matters for the rest of Latin America.' @BrenOBoyle tells the Reuters World News podcast why the presidential election could have major consequences for trade, geopolitics and US relations across the region. Listen now reut.rs/3VujlyP
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this is wild
McDonald’s is using artificial intelligence to help set menu prices across the US and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost profit but risks alienating customers and attracting antitrust scrutiny. READ: reut.rs/4hw4YRI
"Many progressives view his reelection bid against Bolsonaro ... as a potential turning point that could help reverse the region's conservative drift."
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The "frustration reflects a challenge that has dogged incumbents around the world since the pandemic: persuading voters that improving economic indicators matter when many still feel squeezed by years of higher prices."
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Wow, you'd never believe it, but the CEO of an AI company doesn't want people to be afraid of AI.
Tomorrow on the show: @JensenHuang, the CEO of NVIDIA, who thinks A.I. fear is getting way out of hand.
Our profile of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça, who "has become a leading voice of an emerging conservative bloc whose rulings frequently clash with the Lula administration." @brito_ricardo
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Brazil's Supreme Court faces rare test as justices turn against each other reut.rs/4cv2i5o reut.rs/4cv2i5o
Two songs from Brazil’s presidential frontrunners tell us a good deal about the candidates and how their opening pitches to voters.
From me and @Lucimagalhaess
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"The Bolsonaro episode is testing whether the technology can serve as a political surrogate for leaders barred from communicating directly with voters." @Lucimagalhaess @brito_ricardo
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TRUMP PUSHES THE BOLSONAROS TO THE BRINK
For almost a decade, Brazil’s establishment has been predicting the imminent fall of the House of Bolsonaro.
During the 2018 campaign, they insisted Jair Bolsonaro was too extreme, too tosco (uncouth), to ever be elected president. During his four years in office, as scandals and then the pandemic wreaked havoc, they insisted impeachment was just around the corner. After Bolsonaro lost the 2022 election, and was imprisoned for trying to overturn the result, many said the family would never sniff power again.
Through it all, the family has proven their skeptics wrong—and retained their primacy as the leading conservative brand in Brazilian politics, much as their ally Donald Trump did during his four years out of power.
But with the World Cup now over, and Brazil’s attention turning fully to the October 4 presidential election, the Bolsonaros have never looked more vulnerable than they do today.
Already reeling from scandal and an embarrassing intra-family feud, last week’s announcement of new 25% tariffs on Brazil by the Trump administration may prove to be the definitive blow that knocks the family from their perch and delivers another term to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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