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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
we brought our good friend and professional chef Chris Grebner to cook with our pork. On the farm.
This is the result. Enjoy!
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
There was a shooting outside of the Republican Party of Virginia HQ in Richmond. No staff was injured, a person was shot outside the building and brought inside, but RPV Chair Jeff Ryer says to the best of his knowledge the shooting had nothing to do with RPV.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
There appears to have been a shooting at the Republican Party of Virginia Headquarters in Richmond. I’ll let you all know any information I have as soon as I get it.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
Breaking News: President Trump and his aides helped the Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who faces multiple criminal investigations, enter the U.S., officials said. nyti.ms/4zgv82x
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“areas that historically report after 3 a.m.”
Michigan Election Night Preview (8pm, 9pm polls close)
Operations
Michigan counts votes very slowly. Fewer than half of all votes may be reported by midnight, and a substantial number may still be outstanding at 3 a.m. Detroit often does not finish their Election Night reporting until around 9 a.m., and that doesn't even include ballots counted after Election Night in the trail period. Absentee ballots and votes from more Democratic-leaning areas often are counted last, making results in the early morning look more Republican than the final outcome.
It’s crucial to keep this Republican mirage in mind during the early morning hours. Even if El-Sayed trails by 2–3 points at 3 a.m., he could still be favored to win, depending on where the remaining votes are coming from. If they are concentrated in areas that historically report after 3 a.m. as we expect, he would be favored to make up about 3 points. Democratic areas in Wayne, Ingham, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, and Washtenaw counties, along with Flint, often report last. Even at 6 a.m., votes from Detroit and other late-reporting areas could still be outstanding and help El-Sayed gain ground.
Key races
Michigan Senate: Abdul El-Sayed (D) faces Mike Rogers (R). Michigan was Trump+1.4 in 2024. VoteHub rates this race Lean Democratic, favoring El-Sayed to win by 3.3 points. El-Sayed, a progressive, defeated Haley Stevens in a contentious primary. Rogers, a former representative, narrowly lost to Elissa Slotkin in 2024, even as Trump won the state.
Michigan Governor: Jocelyn Benson (D) faces John James (R). Michigan was Trump+1.4 in 2024. VoteHub rates this race Likely Democratic, favoring Benson to win by 8.6 points. Benson is favored to succeed Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer, as Democrats expect the blue environment to help them hang on to the governor’s mansion in a state Trump won. James, a current representative, lost two statewide races in 2018 and 2020 and is hoping for a better result on his third try.
MI-04: Bill Huizenga (R) faces Sean McCann (D). The district was Trump+5.5 in 2024. VoteHub rates this race Tilt Republican, favoring Huizenga to win by 2.2 points. Huizenga has historically been a strong candidate, running more than 6 points ahead of Trump in 2024. However, he faces a challenge in this western Michigan district, which includes Kalamazoo and is likely to vote for Benson at the top of the ticket. He will likely need to outrun James to keep his seat.
MI-07: William Lawrence (D) faces Tom Barrett (R). The district was Trump+1.3 in 2024. VoteHub rates this race Tilt Democratic, favoring Lawrence to win by 2 points. In this district centered on Lansing and the surrounding area, Republican incumbent Tom Barrett is hoping to hold on even as Benson is heavily favored to win it at the top of the ticket. He is hoping that progressive insurgent William Lawrence will prove weak electorally, giving him an opening to win over swing voters. Lawrence, and national progressives, are hoping that a resounding victory in the seat will prove progressives can flip seats from red to blue and run close to the top of the ballot while doing it.
MI-10: Christina Hines (D) faces Mike Bouchard Jr. (R). The district was Trump+6.5 in 2024. VoteHub rates this race Lean Democratic, favoring Hines to win by 2.8 points. Hines is hoping to flip this open seat centered on Macomb County, a working-class suburban area outside Detroit. Our forecast currently has both Benson and Rogers winning the district, meaning the House race may come down to candidate quality.
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I just deleted a post after hearing conflicting information. I apologize. Too much coffee.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
The fastest way to stay broke is to need money too badly.
Desperation makes people rush.
Chase bad opportunities.
Force decisions.
Ignore what they would see clearly if they were calm.
That is why panic is expensive.
Calmness is capital.
A settled mind sees opportunities a desperate mind misses.
Trust Hashem.
Stop chasing.
Then build.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
The benefits of abundant intelligence will accrue far outside of San Fransisco.
Spent the last year writing about capital, sovereignty, and the coming reordering of economic power.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
Leiam o duro editorial do WSJ sobre a situação político-institucional do Brasil, com destaque para o consórcio espúrio entre Lula e o STF. 👇
*A Hora da Vingança Política Chega ao Vencedor do Brasil*
*THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*
*Conselho Editorial*
28 de outubro de 2026
Supõe-se que os vencedores políticos sejam benevolentes com os vencidos, mas no Brasil, eles processam os perdedores. O presidente brasileiro Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva foi reeleito no domingo e, em poucos minutos, seu governo ordenou que o líder da oposição, Flávio Bolsonaro, entregasse seu passaporte.
O ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal, Alexandre de Moraes, aliado de Lula, autorizou um pedido da Polícia Federal para apreender os documentos de viagem de Bolsonaro. Na terça-feira, Bolsonaro fugiu secretamente do Brasil com sua esposa e filhas, cruzando a fronteira com a Argentina. Na quarta-feira, chegaram a Miami. Os EUA disseram ter emitido vistos para a família, uma oferta justificável de proteção política.
Bolson não foi acusado de nenhum crime. Mas ele tem bons motivos para acreditar que não conseguirá um julgamento justo se for. Lula afirmou, em um debate de campanha, que assim que Bolsonaro perdesse a imunidade parlamentar, enfrentaria todo tipo de investigação. Lula escolheu o homem e prometeu descobrir o crime.
A responsabilidade de decidir se um processo criminal contra um político federal é justificado cabe ao procurador-geral. Mas o ministro de Moraes tem o hábito de expandir sua jurisdição quando isso lhe convém politicamente.
O pai de Bolsonaro, o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro, foi condenado no ano passado por orquestrar uma tentativa de golpe contra Lula pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, em uma votação tendenciosa de 4 a 1. O ministro de Moraes presidiu a sessão. O ex-advogado pessoal de Lula e um ex-ministro da Justiça, ambos nomeados por Lula, também votaram pela condenação.
O ministro Luiz Fux escreveu um voto dissidente convincente de 452 páginas, detalhando as inúmeras maneiras pelas quais Bolsonaro teve seu direito ao devido processo legal negado, incluindo a falta de jurisdição do Supremo Tribunal Federal e a falta de provas. Jair cumpre pena de 27 anos em prisão domiciliar.
Flávio Bolsonaro junta-se a inúmeros jornalistas, blogueiros e formadores de opinião dissidentes brasileiros que optaram pelo exílio em vez de arriscar a prisão nos anos que se seguiram à anulação da condenação de Lula por corrupção em 2017 pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal e ao início da censura a seus críticos.
Nos próximos quatro anos, Lula provavelmente indicará até quatro novos ministros para o Supremo Tribunal Federal, que tem 11 cadeiras. Caberá ao novo Senado brasileiro defender a integridade e a independência do Judiciário.
Países que transitam da liberdade para a autocracia seguem um caminho semelhante: um demagogo vence nas urnas, toma o controle do Judiciário e prende seus inimigos. Onde as instituições são fortes, o Estado de Direito pode sobreviver. Não está claro se o Brasil conseguirá.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
" 'Moraes pen doesn't reach Rome': Italy says Flávio Bolsonaro is an Italian citizen and holds the country's passport"
‘A caneta de Moraes não chega a Roma’: Itália diz que Flávio Bolsonaro é cidadão italiano e tem passaporte do país
jornalrazao.com/politica/can…
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Must watch/listen interview discussing Brazilian election
WAR ROOM
WOLVERINES feat. @DamaDeFerroTV
Mission Plan:
- Discussion with Brazilian Patriot, Daniel, on the recent Brazilian Presidential elections (2026)
- A brief history of Brazilian politics, the disaster that has been communist rule in Brazil, rise in crime and two-tier Justice system that punishes the innocent and protects the wicked
- Jair Bolsonaro's presidency, his subsequent political persecution, Flavio Bolsonaro's campaign, political repression of Brazilian Patriots by the commies, echoing a global trend
- Parting words of encouragement to Patriots around the world
Further Reading:
- Flavio Bolsonaro's statement (nitter.siddz.com/GraduatedBen/status/21…)
Logistics:
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WOLVERINES feat. @DamaDeFerroTV
Mission Plan:
- Discussion with Brazilian Patriot, Daniel, on the recent Bra…
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
Kathy Hochul is an evil woman. The Democratic Party should forfeit her seat because even if she wins, she will be of great consequence to them. Downward spiral for her. She will not escape God’s wrath. She did not denounce evil when she had the chance.
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
Upping the ante in Brazil represents in a certain sense the first real test of Monroeist revivalism. Whether America can flex a new assertiveness and a ring of aligned regimes to materially change the balance of power in the country will set the norms of the hemisphere enormously
Here is an English translation of the statement Flávio Bolsonaro just released:
I address the Brazilian people and the international community as the true president-elect of Brazil.
First of all, I would like to thank President Milei for his courage, sense of justice and respect for the law, and President Trump and the wonderful American people for welcoming me. This is a land of liberty and of brothers who share the same values as the good people of my country. President Trump is a great defender of freedom of expression.
On Sunday night, I watched in horror as electoral fraud unfolded before my eyes. The illegitimate and illegal actions of Lula’s former lawyer allowed a mathematical impossibility to become reality, with Lula gaining more than 10 million votes between the first and second rounds. A ruling by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), overriding the jurisdiction of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), extended voting at the last minute, and the order arrived only after the legal closing time, when the polls had already closed. Voters were subjected to different rules. So far, the TSE has confined itself to defending the extension of voting hours, without providing even a single credible answer. And these procedural violations are not the only problem. Throughout the campaign, there were abuses of political and economic power and use of the state apparatus in support of reelection. These are serious acts, expressly prohibited by law, that justify annulling the election of the Lula–Alckmin ticket.
The regime’s response to my challenge came swiftly. As if following a prearranged plan, seven minutes after this repugnant electoral fraud, the judge set the regime’s machinery of political persecution in motion. This judge is implicated in an enormous corruption scandal and directly named in the investigation he used to try to seize my passports. He would very likely be in prison had they not prevented me from taking office. He was legally disqualified from the outset and clearly lacks the impartiality required to initiate any judicial proceedings against me. His mere participation in the proceedings reveals the extent of the arbitrary and unlawful conduct underway.
It was not my intention to leave my homeland, but I know exactly where this is heading. This is the classic playbook for a coup d’état. The political persecution that began with my father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, and spread to thousands of other ordinary, patriotic Brazilians and even American citizens has a single objective: to silence anyone who disagrees with the regime operating outside the rule of law that has been established in Brazil through a Supreme Court captured by the Workers’ Party criminal organization.
To be clear, there is no arrest warrant against me, because I have committed no crime. What exists is a politically motivated witch hunt intended to make me a hostage and a target of blackmail to protect the corrupt Supreme Court justices from impeachment. Here is the persecution playbook: passport confiscation, an electronic ankle monitor, censorship, house arrest, a sham trial and, finally, a politically motivated conviction.
I will not subject my family to this, and my country does not deserve to suffer this international humiliation again. Faced with the political weaponization of Brazil’s justice system, I brought my family to the United States, where we are safe. Once again, I thank President Trump and the American government for welcoming us and giving us the legal protections we no longer have in Brazil.
I want to be clear: I did not flee Brazil; I left for Brazil’s sake. I left a regime operating outside the rule of law so I could be the leader my people deserve. Silenced, imprisoned and censored, as my father is, I could not provide that leadership, and we would be left at the mercy of the institutional theater of an emasculated opposition controlled by a Supreme Court full of the regime’s lackeys.
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Here is an English translation of the statement Flávio Bolsonaro just released:
I address the Brazilian people and the international community as the true president-elect of Brazil.
First of all, I would like to thank President Milei for his courage, sense of justice and respect for the law, and President Trump and the wonderful American people for welcoming me. This is a land of liberty and of brothers who share the same values as the good people of my country. President Trump is a great defender of freedom of expression.
On Sunday night, I watched in horror as electoral fraud unfolded before my eyes. The illegitimate and illegal actions of Lula’s former lawyer allowed a mathematical impossibility to become reality, with Lula gaining more than 10 million votes between the first and second rounds. A ruling by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), overriding the jurisdiction of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), extended voting at the last minute, and the order arrived only after the legal closing time, when the polls had already closed. Voters were subjected to different rules. So far, the TSE has confined itself to defending the extension of voting hours, without providing even a single credible answer. And these procedural violations are not the only problem. Throughout the campaign, there were abuses of political and economic power and use of the state apparatus in support of reelection. These are serious acts, expressly prohibited by law, that justify annulling the election of the Lula–Alckmin ticket.
The regime’s response to my challenge came swiftly. As if following a prearranged plan, seven minutes after this repugnant electoral fraud, the judge set the regime’s machinery of political persecution in motion. This judge is implicated in an enormous corruption scandal and directly named in the investigation he used to try to seize my passports. He would very likely be in prison had they not prevented me from taking office. He was legally disqualified from the outset and clearly lacks the impartiality required to initiate any judicial proceedings against me. His mere participation in the proceedings reveals the extent of the arbitrary and unlawful conduct underway.
It was not my intention to leave my homeland, but I know exactly where this is heading. This is the classic playbook for a coup d’état. The political persecution that began with my father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, and spread to thousands of other ordinary, patriotic Brazilians and even American citizens has a single objective: to silence anyone who disagrees with the regime operating outside the rule of law that has been established in Brazil through a Supreme Court captured by the Workers’ Party criminal organization.
To be clear, there is no arrest warrant against me, because I have committed no crime. What exists is a politically motivated witch hunt intended to make me a hostage and a target of blackmail to protect the corrupt Supreme Court justices from impeachment. Here is the persecution playbook: passport confiscation, an electronic ankle monitor, censorship, house arrest, a sham trial and, finally, a politically motivated conviction.
I will not subject my family to this, and my country does not deserve to suffer this international humiliation again. Faced with the political weaponization of Brazil’s justice system, I brought my family to the United States, where we are safe. Once again, I thank President Trump and the American government for welcoming us and giving us the legal protections we no longer have in Brazil.
I want to be clear: I did not flee Brazil; I left for Brazil’s sake. I left a regime operating outside the rule of law so I could be the leader my people deserve. Silenced, imprisoned and censored, as my father is, I could not provide that leadership, and we would be left at the mercy of the institutional theater of an emasculated opposition controlled by a Supreme Court full of the regime’s lackeys.
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I am not the first person who has had to fight for his country from abroad. Rui Barbosa went into exile for confronting the arbitrary rule of Floriano Peixoto, and from there he continued defending the law and freedom. Charles de Gaulle led Free France from London, was sentenced to death by the Vichy regime, and returned to liberate his country. José Martí organized the struggle for Cuban independence from New York. In Venezuela, Juan Guaidó and Edmundo González had to leave the country for confronting the Chavista dictatorship, and María Corina Machado, despite being persecuted, refused to legitimize the fraud and became a worldwide symbol of democratic resistance. All of them were treated as criminals by the regimes they confronted. History called them something else.
This is only the beginning of our struggle for democracy, human rights and freedom in Brazil. I want to tell not only the 60 million people who voted for me, but the Brazilian people as a whole, that I am the president-elect and that the criminals who stole Brazil’s election are part of a criminal organization that has imposed a tyranny. To those of you who longed for change: I will not abandon you. I will be the voice and free leadership of our nation.
To Brazil’s institutions, I make this appeal: this madness must end. Brazil today is engulfed in legal chaos, corruption and political persecution, in which the opposition is afraid to speak and the family of a former president is treated as an enemy of the state. No nation can live in peace or prosper like this. There is still time to restore the balance among the branches of government and give Brazilians back the confidence they have lost.
To the international community, I ask: do not normalize what is happening in Brazil. What is happening in my country today is not normal and cannot be treated as normal.
To the senators, representatives and governors I helped elect, and especially to my candidate for president of the Senate, Rogério Marinho: I know that today you lack the freedom necessary to fully carry out your political work. That is why I will lead the opposition from here. I will say what you cannot say there, and I will take the risks you cannot take.
And to you, who voted for me and dream of change: we are not defeated, and we are not alone. This is only the beginning of our struggle for democracy, human rights and freedom in Brazil. In the coming days, I will address the Brazilian people regularly, and we will present a strategy to mobilize the opposition and the immense popular support we have, using every peaceful and legitimate means to prevent Lula from consolidating a dictatorial regime in Brazil. I ask each of you to stand firm and never give up.
I left Brazil, but I have not abandoned the Brazilian people. This struggle did not end on October 25. It will end only when Brazil is once again a free country. And that day will come.
May God bless Brazil.
Flávio Bolsonaro
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Dr. Ben Braddock retweeted
Prescription Epithalon is going to go so hard
Here we gooooo
Some big news: The White House this morning cleared the FDA's new peptides compounding policy for release.
reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDeta…
It made some changes, based on this notice's language ("consistent with change").
FDA can now release this at any time, so be on the lookout...
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