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["Bolsonaro is sick again" news] He was taken to hospital for tests after fall, head injury. [Full text inside] (archive.today)
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I didn't realize the "article" is just a couple sentences.

SAO PAULO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital for tests on Tuesday after falling and hitting his head, his wife said in a social media post. "We are going to the hospital. My love will undergo exams," she wrote on Instagram, adding that the 70-year-old right-wing leader fell while sleeping.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-taken-hospital-tests-after-fall-head-injury-2026-01-06/

Also - as far as I know - there are no x-ray photos in English language media.

Legacy media: "Why would anybody need to see a photo right away?"

People: "People think it's funny - you dipshits!"

Legacy media: "Why is it that the public is so disdainful and hateful of the hard work that we do? Media literacy is at an all-time low and..."

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[-] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay, but does anyone know if this will have an impact on the theatrical release of Jim Caviezel's Bolsonaro biopic?!?

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Holy shit - it's real.

Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic

Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of culture

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

It's kind of weird we don't already have these for Trump. Like, I think a lot of the Hitler comparisons are overblown (he doesn't have Hitler's ideological commitment), but in retrospect it's strange that Trump doesn't have a Triumph of the Will.

[-] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago
[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

I completely forgot about that one.

The Trump Prophecy's producers denied any political motive behind the film.

[-] Parra@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

also "Connections of millions 'Dark Horse': Linked to evangelicals, Bolsonaro's film producer has a R$ 108 million contract with Ricardo Nunes' city hall in SP" - Nunes is the Bolsonarista São Paulo Mayor. by Intercept Brasil : https://www.intercept.com.br/2025/12/10/dark-horse-evangelicos-filme-bolsonaro-contrato-108-milhoes-ricardo-nunes/ use translator

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