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Dec 8, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Truly insane developments in Romania right now. A hardcore ultranationalist candidate is surging in a new poll for next year's presidential election. Diana Sosoaca frequently campaigns with images of "Greater Romania"- which would annex territory from most of its neighbors Image The story of how this happened is pretty revealing. AUR, a nationalist party, made it into the Romanian parliament back in 2020, electing Sosoaca with them as an MP. She split the party, and founded her own more extremist effort. Now she's polling tied with the AUR candidate
Dec 6, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Javier Milei takes office as Argentina's president in 4 days.

He plans to initiate a program of "economic shock therapy," which entails extreme spending cuts along with mass privatization.

Milei: “Everything which can be in private sector hands, will be in private sector hands" Shock therapy has a history in Latin America and will be familiar to those who have learned about Chile's military junta, which pursued a similar strategy guided by the Milton Friedman-influenced "Chicago Boys"
Oct 30, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
You will never believe what is going on with the Bavarian AfD

(This guy is 22 years old) Image A *legislator*, he was just elected in the Bavarian state election that was held this month
Oct 21, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
- Brazil had a president who supported the past military dictatorship
- Runner-up candidate in Chile also openly supported the Pinochet regime
- Obligatory mention of Keiko Fujimori in Peru
- Now Argentina could have a president (and VP) who apologizes for the 1976 dictatorship Image Milei is a far-right libertarian so it's a different brand of politics compared to someone like Bolsonaro, but the theme here is a radical shift in historical memory toward authoritarian regimes that you can actually observe around the world
Aug 31, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The AfD hit an all-time record in any state today: Saxony, where they're polling at 35%.

This marks the second German state alongside Thuringia where the AfD is in the 30s now Moreover the high German threshold of 5% means that 35% could be outsized in state parliament, with almost 40% of seats or more depending on how other parties shake out
Aug 27, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Ruuben Kaalep is a former Estonian MP for the far-right Conservative People's Party, who was elected to parliament when he was just 25 years old. A self-described "ethnofuturist" poet and philosopher, Kaalep drew frequent media coverage for his links to neo-Nazi groups Image Like, Atomwaffen links
Aug 21, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Total election surprise in Ecuador as 35-year-old Daniel Noboa, banana businessman and heir to the Noboa banana fortune, places second in today's presidential election.

Noboa was only polling around 5% on average, and ended up with well over 20% of the vote Image Noboa's father is Alvaro Noboa, who ran for president like 5 or 6 times and never won
Aug 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
One of Milei's libertarian candidates for national legislature in Argentina is a superhero cosplayer, here she is as Raven from Teen Titans. She also just got in trouble for saying she's "currently cosplaying as a congressional candidate" (lol)
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Aug 14, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
66% counted in Argentina, the self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei currently leads all other political blocs.

If it holds, this would be not just a shock to Argentina's politics, but forebodes a global political earthquake, as Milei could suddenly be favored to win Image Flies counter to not only polls but most analysis of the election that considered Milei's numbers to be significant but with dim chances of being elected

Why a global political earthquake? This is an "anarcho-capitalist" leading a major country, propelled by an internet movement
Jul 27, 2023 • 26 tweets • 8 min read
Some descendants of famous US politicians

1. Eisenhower's granddaughter Image 2. Theodore Roosevelt V (his great-great-grandson) Image
Jul 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This image appeared in a video that was retweeted by the DeSantis campaign (and then quickly deleted) Image (via @ltthompso)
May 29, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
After hinting he may be considering a run for president, Waystar Royco CEO Tom Wambsgans appears at 3% in today's ORC poll for the Republican primary Image This is a land of wolves. You get one night for "no spoilers" posting
May 29, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Right-wing nationalists are poised for a lot of influence across Western Europe:

- Leading govt in Italy
- AfD hits 18% in Germany
- Vlaams Belang leading polls in Flanders
- Le Pen party with its best prospects ever
- Chega hitting 15% in Portugal
- Vox key to govt in Spain Note on Vox: That's the most likely outcome according to polls. A general election will be held on July 23rd. If confirmed the country would ratify a right-wing shift, as Vox could also support or enter regional governments in 6 different Spanish communities
May 29, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here we go. A general election in Spain will be held on July 23rd Polling has been bad for Sanchez for over a year now. Weird part is that this move potentially maximizes the People's Party momentum heading into the vote when he could have waited a couple more months. Comes across as "let's get this over with" Image
May 28, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
These results are a political earthquake for Spain. No way around it. Some of these, like Aragon, Extremadura and the Balearics, are upsets based on the polling. And the nationalist Vox party could be required for support across a slew of regions In Extremadura, the People's Party has only governed once, back in 2011. They didn't even have a majority then. Now they can retake the region with Vox votes
May 28, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This is a pretty huge result in the Basque Country. For the first time, the left-wing nationalist party EH Bildu wins Vitoria-Gasteiz, the region's second-largest city Image In the third largest city San Sebastian, they're behind by only a point. In 2019 the gap with the PNV was 14 Image
May 28, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
So yeah, this is going to be a pretty strong right-wing victory in Spain This is a map of Spanish *cities*. Conservatives are placing first in most of them, and they get across a majority with the far-right Image
May 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
A Chilean court put Darth Vader on trial for intergalactic crimes. He was found not guilty Image Image
May 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Beyond being the first Italian-American president, DeSantis would also be the only president with the first name Robert Although Biden's middle name is Robinette
May 27, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
What to watch tomorrow in Spain's regional elections:

Pretty much everything. Polls have seen the right gaining traction recently but if they're off in the other direction it'd shift things dramatically.

Polling from NC Report provides a decent overview of the current outlook: Image Source here. Parties marked in blue are likely right-wing victories. = means it's a toss-up, red means the regions will likely go to the left. But a general polling error could send things in either direction
May 27, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
AfD is at 17% in the German polling average.

2 points away from second place politico.eu/europe-poll-of… Image Meanwhile: politico.eu/article/german…