The Hound | Oct. 30

Hi there,

It’s Friday. Flávio Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s election by 4.4 million votes, then fled the country in defiance of a Supreme Court order barring him from leaving. He is under multiple investigations for alleged money laundering and tax evasion, and had been ordered to surrender his passports by Tuesday. He reportedly landed in Miami and left the airport hidden under umbrellas.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover this for what it is: the United States becoming a safe haven for autocrats’ allies fleeing accountability.

Meanwhile, Trump’s government is gutting the legal visa system. It continues to suspend and revoke existing visas and enforce new travel bans. The public deserves reporting that asks who gets a visa, who doesn’t, and why.

In addition, a judge blocked DOJ’s attempt to stop California from processing ballots. And progressives in the House show up with a new resolution — refusal to bailout AI companies that bankrupt themselves.

Read about these, and more, in today’s stories:

Trump’s Visa Crackdown Has an Exception: His Friends (Mother Jones)

Judge denies the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballots (NPR)

House Progressives Throw Down a Marker: No AI Bailouts (The American Prospect)

AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI (The Intercept)

Hegseth Fires Top General After Laura Loomer Targets Him (The New Republic)

Roger Marshall closes campaign with men who compare abortion to human sacrifice and the Holocaust (The 19th News)

‘Strength of matriarchs’: New Mexico’s Deb Haaland poised to be first female Native American governor (The Guardian)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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