Bob Strauss covers film and television for the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times' The Envelope, The Wrap and whoever else will pay him.
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Bob Strauss retweeted
It should never be forgotten that Ken Paxton was a leader in the coup to nullify the election of Joe Biden. He filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to challenge the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin even though he was the AG for Texas. His suit was quickly tossed by the Court. On January 7th Paxton claimed the insurrection of the previous day was the work of antifa. This lie was quickly disproven.
On the 7th 46 state attorneys general disavowed the violence of the 6th in a letter to the Acting Attorney General of the U.S. A few days later three more AGs sent their own letter in condemning the violent insurrection. Only Ken Paxton failed to sign either letter.
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…just a reminder of how Trump tried to interfere in Brazil’s election:
-Trump hit Brazil with 50% tariffs, explicitly tying them to what he called the unfair treatment of Jair Bolsonaro.
-Trump’s administration sanctioned Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the judge overseeing Bolsonaro’s prosecution, and revoked visas for other Brazilian judges.
-Trump’s administration had senior State Department officials working behind the scenes to help restore the Bolsonaro family to power, according to Reuters.
-Trump shifted his support toward Flávio Bolsonaro once it became clear his father couldn’t return to the presidency.
-Trump administration officials discouraged American diplomats from engaging with other conservative candidates, according to Reuters, effectively favoring the Bolsonaro family.
-Trump’s administration designated major Brazilian criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, something Flávio had pushed for and could point to as a policy victory.
-Trump publicly praised Flávio’s election performance, reinforcing his political connection to the Bolsonaro family.
Bob Strauss retweeted
Flavio Bolsonaro, just like his friend Donald Trump, is planning to challenge and overturn the election results in Brazil. Sore losers can’t accept their defeat. It’s utterly pathetic.
Bob Strauss retweeted
Cheesecake Factory populism is so weird to me because the rise of chain restaurants created over-the-top, replicable dining experiences, which eventually put the final squeeze on mom-and-pop restaurants, such as the US version of trattorias. I would argue those family-owned neighborhood businesses made the dining experience feel more special and pulled communities together. The shift to chain restaurants homogenized American life and concentrated corporate power. Strange to frame corporate consolidation as "populism."
Bob Strauss retweeted
Trump posts a pic of Obamas as apes.
MAGA:😂😂😂
Trump: I'm glad Rob Reiner is dead!
MAGA:👏👏👏
Trump: Rob Mueller is dead. Good! He deserved it.
MAGA:🤣🥳🇺🇸
Obama compares White House to a Cheesecake Factory.
MAGA: Noo! Stop making fun of the Cheesecake Factory!! Waaah!!
Bob Strauss retweeted
Here's why Brazil’s Supreme Court extended voting today.
In 2023, the Court ruled in ADPF 1.013 that cities must provide free public transit on Election Day.
Today, buses went missing in Salvador, São Paulo, and Feira de Santana. All three mayors endorsed Flávio Bolsonaro.
In Salvador, judges found buses parked in the garage on city orders and ordered the transit secretary arrested.
So Justice Zanin enforced the Court’s own ruling: two extra hours for the voters those cities left stranded.
It's alleged that Bolsonaro loyalists grounding public transit to suppress the vote violated a Supreme Court order, which is the actual scandal today. Not that the Supreme Court granted the requests of BOTH candidates to extended voting so that voters would not be disenfranchised.
But it's telling that MAGA thinks that latter is the scandal.
Bob Strauss retweeted
Ken Russell is no ordinary, uncertain-of-himself filmmaker. He goes for what you've never seen anything quite like before; he pours on the décor and startling camera positions. (1970)
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Republicans must be thrilled that 11 days before elections, we learn that the Trump family secretly orchestrated a deal to allow Russians to drill Alaska in exchange for a $25 billion "investment" funneled through their proxies.
Now we’re understanding why Trump needs a Republican to win Alaska…
Bob Strauss retweeted
2022: “Stop overreacting, they won’t overturn Roe.”
They did.
2023: “Stop overreacting, they won’t let women die rather than get an abortion.”
They did.
2024: “Stop overreacting, they won’t arrest women for miscarriages.”
They did.
2025: “Stop overreacting, they won’t turn women into incubators.”
They did.
2026: “Stop overreacting, they won’t attack mifepristone.”
They did, today.
Now: “Stop overreacting, they won’t go after birth control next.”
They will.
Bob Strauss retweeted
In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump and his family have lost surprise elections, thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
Bob Strauss retweeted
Right Wing leaders defeated at the polls:
🇨🇦 Pierre Poilievre: Apr 28, 2025
🇦🇺 Peter Dutton: May 3, 2025
🇭🇺 Viktor Orbán: Apr 12, 2026
10/25/2026
🇷🇸 Aleksandar Vučić
🇧🇷 Flávio Bolsonaro
Next Up:
🇮🇱 Benjamin Netanyahu: 10/27/2026
🇺🇸 Donald Trump 11/03/2026
All Gas.
No Brakes.
Bob Strauss retweeted
Also “shithouse” Norway:
🇳🇴 Press freedom: 1st v. 🇺🇸 64th
🇳🇴 Happiness: 6th v. 🇺🇸 23rd
🇳🇴 Life expectancy: 83 v. 🇺🇸 78
🇳🇴 Wealth fund: $350k each v. 🇺🇸 debt $115k each
🇳🇴 Health cover: everyone v. 🇺🇸 27 million uninsured
🇳🇴 Uni fees: free v. 🇺🇸 $1.87 trillion in student loans
Bob Strauss retweeted
NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting starting in the state last week.
“There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.
democracydocket.com/news-ale…
