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JD Vance-founded, Korea-tied firm now influencing Brazil election

In the first round of Brazil’s elections on Oct. 4, 2026, Flávio Bolsonaro, of the right wing Liberal Party (PL), came in first with 47.03% of the valid votes, compared with 45.16% for the current leftist president and Workers’ Party (PT) candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The margin was just over 2.2 million votes, […]

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Testosterone fever: the only hormone that has an ideology

Morning erections are the gold standard for gauging testosterone, according to several male-oriented forums on Reddit, where an entire subcategory is devoted to the hormone, which is referred to online simply as T. In those groups—some aligned with the manosphere and others not—members swap and compare blood tests every six months. Being labeled in that universe as low T (low in testosterone) is a stigma that taps into several male anxieties: weak sexual drive, low energy, a certain timorous attitude toward life and a precarious bank balance.

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Testosterone use has surged in the Trump era.
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J.D. Vance in Athens for the 1st Breitbart Europe Summit

US Vice President J.D. Vance is scheduled to visit Athens in upcoming February in order to attend the 1st Breitbart Europe Summit. Athens is reportedly set to host the inaugural Breitbart Europe Summit in February, focusing on Europe-US relations. J.D. Vance is expected to be the keynote guest, alongside other senior U.S. officials. The American […]

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Balkan countries show the dangers in obsession with ‘heritage’

I write from Dubrovnik, a historic and heavily touristed city on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. Visiting here and other parts of Croatia and its next-door neighbor Slovenia, I’m reminded that the Balkan countries used to be part of a bigger entity called Yugoslavia. Before that, some of the Yugoslavian countries were part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, […]

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