Posted on 08/05/2025 10:51:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is anything but subtle, and neither are the sanctions slapped on him by the United States government this week. The U.S. is sending a clear and necessary message: If you target American speech and violate our laws, there will be consequences.
The judge, who routinely stymies individual rights and freedoms in the name of “democracy,” has been on a crusade for years to silence opposition views. Long on the Trump administration’s radar, Moraes is now facing the consequences of his actions and has been financially sanctioned by the American government. According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Moraes “used his position to authorize arbitrary pre-trial detentions and suppress freedom of expression” by carrying out an escalating campaign of secretive, extrajudicial censorship.
From my perspective, as the founder and chief executive officer of Rumble, a video-sharing and cloud services platform principled in freedom of expression that has been targeted by Moraes, I commend President Trump and his administration for their leadership in the defense of this sacred principle.
Because Moraes is an enemy of freedom, and he should be treated as one.
Though he had no authority to do so, Moraes ordered Rumble to suspend the accounts of well-known U.S.-based Brazilian dissidents who fled to America to escape persecution. The judge didn’t like what they had to say on Rumble and threatened massive fines and the blocking of our platform in Brazil if we didn’t take down videos, channels, and accounts in compliance with his extrajudicial orders. Justice Moraes was effectively trying to reach into America and censor constitutionally-protected free speech by threating punishment in another jurisdiction, which, of course, he cannot do.
As bad as that is – to illegally try to control speech you don’t like – it got even worse: Moraes...
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Good.
Should really do everything to de-bank the guy, his family and associates.
Should be doing this to Soros too. Maybe Soros will be a co-conspirator?
Soros NEEDS TO GO DOWN! Him and his spawn !!!
They’re the big fish!
This DB from Brazil,chalk him up to figuring out how the get Soros!
<>The notion that a foreign official can dictate what Americans are allowed to say, hear, or post on U.S.-based platforms violates every principle of the First Amendment.<>
In the US, that power is reserved to democrat administrations.
Throw the book at this guy. Do as much as can be done within the bounds of the law.
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