Oct 26, 2026 · 27 min · 14 segments
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we break down the victory of Lula and loss of Vucic, Trump’s shocking racism against El Sayed, a Justice Department lawsuit in Alaska’s Senate race, and more. Learn more…
David RothkopfHost
Riley FesslerHost
Minnah SteinHost
I wrote a column first, Need to Know, in which I referred to it as World Anti-Fascism Week.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva secured a historic fourth presidential term by narrowly defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a high-stakes runoff election.
Lula's victory halted a broader conservative wave in the region, driven largely by voters mobilizing against the prospect of a Bolsonaro restoration and the potential of pardoning former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Moving forward, Lula will govern a deeply polarized Brazil alongside an emboldened right-wing Congress and conservative governors.
Yeah, I mean, I think the last point is important, right? Lula's had a little trouble ruling this time.
It's going to be a real challenge for him to have a super successful presidency.
Having said that, this is a big win because it stops the slide right of Latin America.
And it represents a big rejection by the Brazilian people of the far right and all of the far right, the far right movement that we see everywhere in the world.
You know, Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Meta tried to use their algorithm to support Bolsonaro.
And in this week where there are not one, not two, not three, but four major elections around the world on four different continents in which fascism is on the ballot, it was a real encouraging start.
I wrote a column first, Need to Know, in which I referred to it as World Anti-Fascism Week.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva secured a historic fourth presidential term by narrowly defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a high-stakes runoff election.
Lula's victory halted a broader conservative wave in the region, driven largely by voters mobilizing against the prospect of a Bolsonaro restoration and the potential of pardoning former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Moving forward, Lula will govern a deeply polarized Brazil alongside an emboldened right-wing Congress and conservative governors.
Yeah, I mean, I think the last point is important, right? Lula's had a little trouble ruling this time.
It's going to be a real challenge for him to have a super successful presidency.
Having said that, this is a big win because it stops the slide right of Latin America.
And it represents a big rejection by the Brazilian people of the far right and all of the far right, the far right movement that we see everywhere in the world.
You know, Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Meta tried to use their algorithm to support Bolsonaro.
And in this week where there are not one, not two, not three, but four major elections around the world on four different continents in which fascism is on the ballot, it was a real encouraging start.
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