Replicating the malice some mainstream news outlets have when reporting about #Trump or his administration, #Veja posted an article titled, “Gov't approved R$400,000 for the production of a documentary about the life of a friend of #Lula – The money will be used for a biography about a bishop that made a Mass to pay homage to the ex-president before he was arrested.”

By the title, it implies that the gov't is directly involved in this, causing the one to question #Bolsonaro's or his adm's integrity. “They are funding a leftist project?,” one could wonder.

The truth is that every single one of the almost 600 congresspeople has the right to request funding for 20 projects a year without the need of the approval of the #Congress itself, of the #Senate, of the president, or of any secretary. This particular funding was requested by a member of Lula's party, the PT, so it would only make sense, but some media tried to use it to cause conflict among Bolsonaro's supporters.

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#Bolsonaro just had his first chance to appoint a #SupremeCourt judge, but the choice wasn't so outright pleasing to his electoral base as was #AmyConeyBarrett in the #UnitedStates. They were waiting for a clearly conservative name, but the one he chose, #KassioMarques, was involved in some controversial rulings and has also had some connection to leftwing people, groups, and politicians. Many people on the right side reacted aggressively and showed strong disappointment.

The president goes live every Thursday night and on the last one he explained that many of the bad things rightwing people are accusing the judge of were not well explained and that the media was talking advantage of that to provoke discord. He also said that he knows Kassio and has had some interactions with him, and that contributed to his choice.

Three of the rulings that angered rightwingers: 👉 #CesareBattisti, an Italian that was hiding in #Brazil accused of killing 4 people back in #Italy, was denied deportation by the #STF (Supreme Court) back to Italy to pay jail time, and Kassio had a role in this, but Bolsonaro also explained that there was something to it, and that the truth is that Kassio didn't vote against his deportation; 👉 Another ruling that angered rightwingers was that he voted against a City Hall ruling against something related to the #LGBT agenda. In fact he did, but he did so so that there wouldn't be a precedent for cities to rule over anything independently of the gov't, because just as that city was voting against something from the LGBT agenda, other cities could do the opposite and the gov't wouldn't be able to do anything; 👉 He was against the #LavaJato ( #CarWash ) operation; 👉 He was against going to jail after judgement in the equivalent to the circuit court in the #UnitedStates, allowing the defendant to remain free until their case is judged by the Supreme Court.

One final factor that contributed to Bolsonaro choosing Kassio is the fact that he's a name that has more chances to be approved by the Senate. This one, actually, is the biggest factor. The president said that a name that is largely approved by his base wouldn't stand a chance given how dominated by the left the Senate still is.

There's one curious thing. Many on the left are not happy with Kassio's nomination, which could be proof that Bolsonaro's choice might have been a proper move at this moment.

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These are the current infrastructure constructions #Bolsonaro administration expects to deliver in #2021. Some of them were started by his administration, and others, most of them, are the continuation of constructions started by previous administrations (which the secretary of the Department of Infrastructure is proud to make clear), breaking the habit of new administrations not continuing previous projects just so they could get all the recognition.

There are 36 constructions to be completed by the end of the 1st semester: 📌 21 road-related; 📌 1 railway-related; 📌 7 port-related; 📌 7 airport-related.

And, 22 by the end of the 2nd: 📌 8 road-related; 📌 1 railway-related; 📌 5 port-related; 📌 8 airport-related.

Totalling, as of now, 58 projects.

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#RiodeJaneiro's and #SãoPaulo's governors, #Witzel and #Dória, respectively, are being investigated in what has been popularly called #Covidão ('Big Covid').

Both of them were great #Bolsonaro supporters, but once Bolsonaro was elected, they turned their backs on him. After the pandemic started, their administrations have been accused of frauds and corruption schemes.

Dória, for instance, paid 45 million dollars ahead of time for a Chinese company to make 3,000 ventilators, but only 50 were delivered. Dória tried to solve the problem, renegotiating the contract, and the Chinese company promised to delived over 1,000 units quickly, but only 300 were, with the cost per unit increasing to around U$100,000 per unit. The contract was reviewed by investigators and it was found that there was no conditions for break of contract by the Chinese company. The contract was eventually terminated.

This scandal is at the state level, but there are scandals at city levels, including the City of São Paulo.

In Rio, the investigation is more advanced, and Witzel is temporarily away from his position as governor. The fraud and corruption scandals involving Witzel also involves several private businesses and religious institutions.

#saopaulo #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #chinesevirus

In 2019, all the 9 states of the northeastern region of #Brazil formed a consortium with the alleged intent to make big projects in the region less difficult to be carried out, less dependent on the gov't. This is not a problem. Consortiums of all sorts and at all levels are common practice and can greatly help develop a region in faster and more efficient way.

But, this consortium goes farther. It was made as an attempt to seek more independence from the #Bolsonaro administration due to differences in ideology, being the main proponent of the consortium a member of the PT Party, the same party of the two previous leftist administrations, #Dilma and #Lula.

But, still, being opposition per se is not a problem either. The problem is that the consortium never did anything since it started in mid 2019, even when an oil leak devastated beaches across the notheastern coast. Their first project started in February this year, when they signed a contract with a company to buy 300 ventilators for the price of about 10 million dollars.

The company they signed a contract with is called Hemp Care, a Brazilian company specialized in weed products, created less than 1 year prior to the contract and that had no expertise nor structure to produce the ventilators. Hemp Care even hired consulting companies to help them produce the ventilators, which were never delivered. Not a single one.

To make things worse, or absurd, several governors paid their share to the company ahead of time, before the contract was even signed.

This buy and the consortium are being investigated at the federal level. The governors have demanded that the investigation be made locally, but this is not possible since they used money the gov't made available through the virus emergency plan.

Some governors have been trying to give the money back (and use money from somewhere else) in order to move the case to their states.

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The Labor Public Attorney Office ('Ministério Público do Trabalho') ruled the retail chain #MagazineLuiza didn't break any laws by limiting the hiring process for their 2021 trainee program for blacks only.

#Brazil has two laws that seek to balance the racial inequality. One is an antidiscrimination law that prohibits hiring based on color, sex, belief, etc, and an affirmative action law that defines quotas for certain kinds of people so that they have a minimum representation in an institution or business.

One has to be careful not to let the outrage produced by this rule and express the wish to do something in the opposite direction, especially if related to whites, which we believe could be very well what the left, which still controls most of the media, would love to happen and then have a reason to accuse one of #whitesupremacism, #whiteprivilege, #racism, etc.

Brazil has decades of leftist administrations, and leftist servants have been made more and more part of all public institutions, and one shouldn't wonder why a judge would rule in favor of this absurd. We now have a solid rightwind president and he has been doing a good job in deleftizing the system, but it's less 2 years against more than 40.

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“I am 73 years old and am campaigning for #Bolsonaro, and an upset young feminist lady approached me and asked me if I hadn't studied history; I answered, 'My dear, I lived it. It was not your pothead professor who told me.'”

This is a quote from a person called Maria Helena Cunha, who lives in #Araguari, #MinasGerais, shared on Twitter by the Congresswoman #BiaKicis.

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#Bolsonaro has put some emphasis on the issue of animal cruelty recently. While some people defend stronger punishment on animal abusers, it's higher than for human abuse in many cases, and they still want the punishment to increase. This is not good. The president has urged the population to take a stand on this issue, help the government improve laws regarding animal protection. At the same time, he's trying to avoid protecting animals more than protecting humans.

FEEDING THEM, NOT WANTING THEM There are too many stray cats and dogs in #Brazil, and many people feel compelled to feed these animals without adopting them, causing them to increase in population and sometimes become a threat to humans.

Sometimes they come to a place to be fed but the feeder doesn't adopt them, so they spend most of the time going around, nobody knowing where they're going or what they're doing. The feeder doesn't know if they have a disease or if they are aggressive, or both.

This can be a risk for babies and toddlers (maybe even adults) who might have contact with them, or be attacked by them, or these animals can let their fur stick on clothes, or they can lick or pee or poop on places where humans can get in touch inadvertently.

Stray cats and dogs should be controlled. We need organizations to take these animals from the streets, and people who wish to feed them, that they adopt them for good; putting on a leash, taking them to vaccinate, etc.

We don't expect bureaucracy, but more control for sure.

#Brazil became independent from #Portugal on September 7th, 1822. Congrats to all the Brazilian bots! Yesterday, though, it's been 2 years since #Bolsonaro was stabbed during his presidential campaign, and nobody knows who's connected to the stabber.

Justice ruled he was a lone wolf, but there are several evidences that put that ruling in question. Among them, the fact that one of the most expensive law firms in Brazil, and a favorite among many politicians, sent a private jet the other day with a team of laywers to defend the stabber, #AdélioBispo.

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Yesterday, during a livestream, #Bolsonaro said he's in talks with the intelligence agency, the #UnitedStates, and several other people regarding the #5G technology. He shares the American concern that this technology, where #China is leading, can represent a national security threat. The US is trying to develop its own 5G, so it's possible that #Brazil adopts theirs.