["Bolsonaro is sick again" news] He was taken to hospital for tests after fall, head injury. [Full text inside] (archive.today)

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I didn't realize the "article" is just a couple sentences.

SAO PAULO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital for tests on Tuesday after falling and hitting his head, his wife said in a social media post. "We are going to the hospital. My love will undergo exams," she wrote on Instagram, adding that the 70-year-old right-wing leader fell while sleeping.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-taken-hospital-tests-after-fall-head-injury-2026-01-06/

Also - as far as I know - there are no x-ray photos in English language media.

Legacy media: "Why would anybody need to see a photo right away?"

People: "People think it's funny - you dipshits!"

Legacy media: "Why is it that the public is so disdainful and hateful of the hard work that we do? Media literacy is at an all-time low and..."

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[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

It's kind of weird we don't already have these for Trump. Like, I think a lot of the Hitler comparisons are overblown (he doesn't have Hitler's ideological commitment), but in retrospect it's strange that Trump doesn't have a Triumph of the Will.