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Wednesday Update: Bolsonaro FLEES, Iran Laughs Off Another Fake Deal, Katie Phang Beats the DOJ AGAIN — 10/28/26

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Brett Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network
Oct 28, 2026

It’s Wednesday, October 28. Less than one week until the midterms. Here are the top stories we’re tracking today:

  • Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil for Miami after losing to Lula

  • Israel’s election ends with no winner, and Likud is already calling it “stolen”

  • MAGA influencers charged with two felonies over a voter fraud stunt in Minnesota

  • Katie Phang wins at the DC Circuit as CBS exposes huge gaps in the Epstein files

  • Iran rejects a Qatari ceasefire framework as war spending tops $47 billion

  • Midterms are six days out, and the polls are moving our way in Ohio and Alaska

  • Hasan Piker sues Scott Jennings for $72.5 million

  • The State Department declares America a gospel-spreading nation

  • Putin praises Elon Musk as Europe builds alternatives to Starlink

  • Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta dies at 96

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Let’s get into it.

Trump Rolls Out the Umbrellas for Bolsonaro

Donald Trump spends every waking hour railing against immigrants, and this morning his regime was rolling out the red carpet for one. Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family landed in Opa-locka, Florida, a day after the Trump regime granted them U.S. visas (Brazil had reportedly revoked Bolsonaro’s passports due to criminal investigations into him). AP footage shows customs agents rushing them in and out while holding umbrellas to shield them from cameras, and Bolsonaro ducked reporters like the coward he is. Here’s a screenshot captured as he got off the plane in the U.S.:

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