From: Ryan Grim
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2019 11:53 PM
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Subject: Two incredible upsets -- Sawant and Boudin
Lula da Silva walked out of prison Friday in Brazil, after a ruling by the
Supreme Court that could lead to as many as 5,000 people being freed. The
political conditions for this turn of events were set, to a large degree, by
my colleagues at our sister publication, Intercept Brasil
Two incredible upsets -- Sawant and Boudin
Nov 9
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Lula da Silva walked out of prison Friday in Brazil, after a ruling by the
Supreme Court that could lead to as many as 5,000 people being freed. The
political conditions for this turn of events were set, to a large degree,
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loY-lvGBG60_sH3jIf6Q> by my colleagues at our sister publication, Intercept
Brasil. Here's the
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KDqRF_cFFH7z_79O5o3B4RItEGD5iYTgOY89ZPqh9Bu2EBF1sf0ZGj2A> Guardian's story
on it.
On Tuesday night in Seattle, bosses at Amazon were feeling good, leading in
a number of races where they'd poured millions to unseat city councilmembers
they felt were treating them a bit too roughly. The most high-profile effort
was against socialist Kshama Sawant, the city's leading Amazon critic. She
was down 8 points on election night, but
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PLb1oVus77Q_7iXw1> Sawant has jumped into the lead by 1,115 votes Friday
evening. It's a major rebuke to Amazon, and a sign that big money can't
always buy an election.
I've been critical of Bernie Sanders for not getting more involved in
down-ballot races, but credit where it's due: He stepped in big time for
Sawant.
A stunning comeback is underway in San Francisco, too. Chesa Boudin, running
for district attorney on a radical decarceration platform, jumped into a 156
vote lead. Provisional ballots still need to be counted, but those lean left
in San Francisco,
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might have this. Dean Preston, a leftist supervisor candidate, is also well
positioned.
I have a story out on how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's call for Facebook to
ban political ads is actually not wise at all. This is an issue that seems
obvious at first - of course Facebook shouldn't spread misinformation, and
Facebook is awful - but it's not that simple.
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I9Ib6_zQdG-gA39kDlc_ezZNcpzrJWTF0seANejbulP0BJ3uKLQ> Here's my story on why
the left should oppose efforts to ban political ads on social media.
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