Hey, good news from Brazil tonight! The despicable Trumpster, Jair Bolsonaro, has lost re-election to leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Presidential runoff.
So maybe the Amazon rain forest will survive after all? Hard to know, since the margin was thin — think 1995 Quebec referendum thin — and you just know that Bolsonaro will scream, sob, spew invective, and claim election fraud. Heck, he would have done that if the margin had been seven million (like Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris's victory in 2020).
But that's okay, we'll take it! Lula's win is a defeat for fascism that hopefully foreshadows a similar defeat in the US next week.
On that topic, closer to home, the Albany Times-Union endorsed Democrat Matt Castelli in the NY-21 Congressional race today. Considering how absolutely awful she's become, it's maybe no surprise that a leading newspaper would support Elise Stefanik's opponent. But the editorial was, as they say, lit.
"[Castelli's] consistently proud record...contrasts glaringly with the decline of Ms. Stefanik from a seemingly moderate newcomer in search of bipartisan solutions to an overzealous, self-described 'ultra MAGA' Trump sycophant who seems to be pursuing little more than power for its own sake, even at the cost of America's stability," they say.
After a litany of her many offenses — the piece takes nearly an entire half-page — the editorial concludes that Stefanik:
"Squanders the dignity of her office. She's an embarrassment to the good people of her district and to the Empire State. She poisons our national conversation. She has no business in Congress, much less in any kind of leadership role governing a nation so desperately in need of healing." Wow! Handle this piece only with oven mitts.
Will it make a difference? It's unclear. It would be great if Castelli caught Stefanik napping the way AOC did Joe Crowley in NY-14 four years ago. And Castelli is an excellent candidate. But we might have to be satisfied if he shaved "Elsie's" margin to a few points. That would be a volcanic eruption for the Republicans, especially in a non-Presidential year. And sometimes, it takes two consecutive runs to defeat an incumbent. We cats wish Matt Castelli the best, and we PURR.
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