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The article analyzes the unpredictability of the Brazilian elections, highlighting the unexpected victory of Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round and Lula's recovery in the second, as well as the intense and dramatic dynamics of the electoral campaign and the debates. #EleiçõesBrasil #FlávioBolsonaro #Luladasilva (translated)

Sérgio Santos reported that Soraya Thronicke said that Jair Bolsonaro threatened to expose his son's gender transition during the 2022 campaign, using a comparison between before and after images. According to Santos, Thronicke also mentioned the respect shown by Lula regarding the issue. Santos used strongly critical language to refer to the Bolsonaro family. (translated)

The Central Right evaluated that Flávio Bolsonaro started the debate better by greeting the participants and addressing public security, but Lula had a slight advantage in the first block by putting him on the defensive with questions. According to the author, Flávio avoided directly answering some of them and resorted to rhetorical questions to speak to the audience. In the evaluation of the Central Right, Flávio had a significant advantage in the second block and won the third by a small margin. The author highlighted the candidate's proposals on public security and family indebtedness and said that he also used the discussion to criticize Lula's statements about the people of Rio and his defense of early prison releases. In the final considerations, marked by interruptions, Flávio was said to have performed better, while Lula made mistakes and got flustered. The author stated that Lula dedicated a lot of time to attacks and presented few proposals. He said the president mentioned once the end of the 6x1 shift, but did not address the exemption of income tax for those earning up to R$ 5,000, the end of betting, the adjustment of Bolsa Família, or the free bus rides on weekends. The Central Right rated Flávio Bolsonaro 5.0 and Lula 4.0. Despite this, it stated that it did not expect the debate to significantly alter voting intentions. It also recommended that Flávio focus on the topics he masters and on presenting proposals. Regarding age, it said it preferred not to enter the merit but stated that the debate highlighted difficulties of one of the candidates related to that factor, which it considered concerning. #Debate2023 #SegurançaPública #EleiçõesBrasileiras (translated)

Deltan Dallagnol stated that, during the Band debate, Sidônio Palmeira, whom he described as the Minister of Secom and Lula's campaign strategist, interrupted the broadcast and disrespected journalists who were trying to maintain the program's rules. According to Dallagnol, the episode showed desperation behind the scenes of a campaign where Lula was confronted live and lost control of the narrative. He said that the end of the Lula era was scheduled for October 25. He also stated that Flávio finished the first round ahead and that the PT relied on the complacency of voters. Dallagnol urged votes for Flávio Bolsonaro, number 22, and for the video to be sent to people who did not vote or chose another candidate. #Lula #Eleição2023 #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

Hugo Gloss reported that Soraya Thronicke said that Bolsonaro threatened her, during the 2022 electoral campaign, with the exposure of her trans son. She stated that images of "before and after" circulated on social media. https://t.co/HtR0EKHKtU #Bolsonaro #Eleições2022 #DireitosHumanos (translated)

Renato Souza wrote that the audiences of the two campaigns disrespected the hosts by interfering in the closing of the broadcast. According to him, the debate had no rules to prevent one candidate from disrupting the other and should create precedents for a more solid organization, giving viewers the opportunity to learn about the proposals. #Debate #Transmissão #Organização (translated)

The CENTRAL PROFILE OF FLÁVIO BOLSONARO stated that Flávio said he would be pleased to confront Lula with what he called truths and talked about combating the lies that, according to him, Lula's campaign had created. https://t.co/Z4Toyhb8Mr #Política #Eleições2024 #Verdades (translated)

Rodrigo Constantino stated that the PT campaign had vetoed the use of an aerial counting method with artificial intelligence at Lula's event the previous week, when the party mentioned "one million". He contrasted this alleged lack of transparency with the actions of the right and said that Flávio used a platform to defend the idea of "turning the sad page of the PT", one week before the second round, on 10/25. Constantino assessed that the number of 72 thousand was false and attributed the difference between the events to the mobilization he described as organic, without artists paid by the state or a ban on drones. He also stated that anti-PT sentiment led ordinary people to the streets, rather than professional activists, and said that the country needed to rid itself of lulism and what he called toga activism. #Política #Eleições2023 #Brasil (translated)

Vinicios Betiol stated that platforms like X and Meta manipulated the reach of candidates during the elections in Brazil and argued that the issue should be debated. According to him, left-wing candidates' profiles began receiving between 5% and 10% of their previous reach, while Nikolas Ferreira's profile was boosted. Betiol said that his profile on X used to reach 70 million people per month, but it fell to about 1 million during the election period. He also claimed that Nikolas had a greater reach than major international stars, despite electoral laws prohibiting recommendations to non-followers. Regarding his own campaign, Betiol stated that he encountered people on the streets who followed him, but many did not know he was a candidate because big techs had stopped distributing his posts. He attributed Nikolas's promotion by Meta to the fact that the deputy was the most voted and elected his own bench, whose members he considered mostly unprepared. Betiol accused the TSE of not recognizing the seriousness of the problem and said that democracy was at risk. He also claimed that his reach was starting to recover, that he had already filed a lawsuit with the Electoral Court, and that he intended to continue the dispute after the elections. According to him, he would continue addressing the issue even without receiving sufficient attention from a large part of the left. #Eleições2023 #Democracia #RedesSociais (translated)

Lázaro Rosa stated that Lula's campaign had contacted the TSE to request transportation for all people whose polling locations had been changed. He criticized the court and urged supporters to remain mobilized in the streets and on social media, saying they would win despite the adversities. #AtoPelaDemocracia https://t.co/RPMiS9fNGT #Democracia #Lula #Eleições (translated)

David Ágape wrote that the Attorney General of the Union, Jorge Messias, used an official profile with a seal and link to the AGU to campaign for Lula. He stated that Messias followed a direction from André Janones and criticized the conduct as subservient to the president. Ágape said that, about six months earlier, the AGU, then led by Messias, had published a guideline stating that public agents could not use the prestige of their position or institutional visibility to promote candidacies nor confuse personal manifestations with official positions. According to him, the official channels of the AGU were also restricted during the election period. The author recalled that Messias had been nominated by Lula to the Supreme Court but was rejected by the Senate. Ágape stated that this was the first rejection of a presidential nominee to the Court since 1894. He also questioned whether a revelation attributed to the outlet A Investigação would have influenced the rejection: according to the cited report, Messias signed an AGU opinion favorable to aspects of late abortion and later reportedly cried and said he signed without reading. In the end, Ágape stated that Messias would be close to leaving the position and suggested he would return to acting as a messenger for his political group. https://t.co/KMq0Oyg2R9 #Política #Brasil #AGU (translated)

Carmelo Neto stated that he went viral with an audio in which, according to him, Janones, the coordinator of Lula's digital campaign, was demanding part of the salaries from the advisers. Neto accused Janones of stealing from workers and called the group corrupt and exploitative. He also urged voters to vote for Flávio, number 22, on the 25th. #Lula #Eleições2023 #Corrupção (translated)

Leandro Ruschel published guidelines for the last week of Flávio's campaign. He recommended that supporters prioritize voters who already intended to vote for the candidate, confirming whether they would go to the polls on the 25th and how they would get to the voting location. Ruschel also suggested talking to family, friends, and colleagues who were not supporters of the Workers' Party, first listening to the concerns of undecided voters and addressing any worries they had about the other side. In his assessment, trying to convince supporters of the Workers' Party would be a waste of time: he stated that they would remain loyal to the party despite the corruption scandals he attributed to it and the convictions and imprisonment of Lula in two different cases. If it were not possible to change a voter's mind, Ruschel said that distancing them from Lula would already be helpful, as a nullified vote would not be counted for the candidate. #Eleições2023 #Flávio #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)