Correct take. Not a fan of Lula, but this is a very important victory for the working class in Brazil.

That gives me a little hope

Hell yeah, go Brazil

Between this and the student protests happening in Europe, I feel a little optimistic for the first time in a while, it's nice to have some good news for once

build many gripens lula

Northeast's been hard carrying against the facist tide in this removed for the last two elections. It's a sad state of affairs, not good, however, hope lives still.

(back then he was a radical pro-soviet union socialist and he ran like that in 1989 and almost won), he had to moderate his goverment and speech to win the 2002 and 2006 elections

He's about to reveal the power levels he's been hiding all along

he's on that Le Pen grind

edit 2: little shit is already in the US, Juan Guaidó 2 is here

That can very well still happen.

The election window was extended by 2h, but that was done last minute, a lot of poling places had already closed. poll workers had gone home, and because our electronic voting machines are actually secure they cant simply be turned back on. So some places had more time to vote, this is already being used by the fascist as an excuse to place doubt on the process

A few more details

1. during the election cycle a supreme justice is appointed president of the supreme electoral court. This year it was a mega-bolsonarista (Kásisio Nunes , the terribly evangelical, Marques -- KNM)
2. a court order by the supreme court ordered free public transit throught the country with 100% of public transit fleet out and working
3. a lot of places ignored 2 to do a little vote supression
4. because of 3 and some incredibly heavy rains, the workers party asked for the extension. This has never happened. Voting is on sunday 8h to 17h and that's it.
5. because of the incredible rains, bolsonaristas asked for an extension in são paulo city
6. KNM wasn't issuing a decision
7. at almost 17h a supreme justice ordered the extension (Zannin, appoited by Lula and his former lawyer)

since an extension is unheard of, and who did 7, the hogs are claiming election interference. To me, Zannin and PT fell for a trap with the extension, especialy it being last minute. An accidental trap, imo, but a trap no less

also, 4 years ago, the bolsonaristas spent oct-jan camping next to military HQs asking for a coulp, and did assult the capital. 2nd round of the elections is over, the "3rd" begins. I know that some elected commies have already started to organize a new "legality" movement to ensure Lula takes his seat.

the name is borrowed from a 1961 movement that avoided a coup, it was the closest we had been to a civil war in a long time, with the 3rd army mobilized for the resistance and other armies mobilizing agaist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_Campaign

edit: I got a couple justice hogs mixed up

There is hope. At least some communist heavyweights (like Humberto Matos, Elias Jabbour and Jones Manoel) were elected for the lower House. Also, the people is mobilized, and I at least will campaign on the streets and on the Internet to force Congress into action.

Recently the Right tried to amend the Constitution to prevent the police from investigating criminal politicians. They called it the "Prerogatives Amendment" ("PEC das Prerrogativas"). They voted it very quickly in the lower House. They voted even after midnight, which to me was a trick to prevent the people from protesting. It passed easily.

Then the people protested quite a bit. We nicknamed it "The Amendment of Crime" ("PEC da Bandidagem"). The Senate, afraid of the people, immediately shelved the amendment. It wasn't event put to a vote.

Popular pressure works.

Come january*, but yes. Election is won, now we still have to win against the coup attempt (coup narrative has started, see my othe comment in this post)

I'm also glad shit brain lost, but I'm not letting an anti-communist transphobe like you sit at my table so you can fuck right off.

It is impossible for you to be fully on board with us

Fuck off transphobic fascist piece of shit we do not need or want your approval.

Me when I tell a trans person they need to support a transphobic politician and get dogpiled for it