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  • Journalist Michael Shellenberger: Brazil’s Spiral into CCP-Like Tyranny Should Scare Americans

    04/13/2024 8:16:16 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 04/13/2024 | Catherine Salgado
    As Brazil rapidly descends into authoritarianism, courting the favor of the world’s worst dictatorship (Chinese Communists), meanwhile, journalist Michael Shellenberger warns Americans that we, too, are heading down Brazil’s path. From allegedly aiming to criminalize “lying” to threatening to arrest those who exposed the country’s increasingly tyrannical judiciary, Brazil’s government under President Lula is trying to turn itself into a perfect Orwellian dystopia. That’s exactly why Shellenberger, who wrote the Twitter Files that exposed the corruption, is so concerned. Brazil might be more rapid in crushing rights and freedoms, but the US government is also blatantly violating rights while pandering...
  • ‘Bravo!’ Elon Musk Celebrates Brazil’s Plan to Overturn Moraes’ X Ban

    09/06/2024 4:17:47 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 16 replies
    binance.com ^ | Cryptopolitan
    The fight between Elon Musk and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has entered unchartered waters. According to a post on X, Brazil’s bar and NOVO party have filed to overturn Moraes’ X ban in the country. Mario Nawfal, a citizen journalist on X, says, “You know you’ve gone too far as a Justice when the Nation’s Bar Association goes after you.” As reported, the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) and the Novo Party have asked Supreme Court Justice Nunes Marques to overturn Alexandre de Moraes’ decision to suspend X, which was supported by the 1st Panel. Supreme Court Justice Nunes...
  • Trump's media company and Rumble jointly sue Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes in a U.S. federal court in Florida

    02/19/2025 4:35:49 AM PST · by hardspunned · 4 replies
    X ^ | 2/18/25 | Glenn Greenwald
    arguing that his most recent censorship orders require a global ban, thus violating US sovereignty and US law:
  • On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

    08/31/2024 10:21:31 PM PDT · by blueplum · 59 replies
    AP ^ | 31 Aug 2024 | BARBARA ORTUTAY, GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DAVID BILLER
    SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians on Sunday had difficulty and doubts over navigating other social media in its absence.... “I’ve got the feeling that I have no idea what’s happening in the world right now. Bizarre,” entertainment writer and heavy X user Chico Barney wrote on Threads...“Wait a lot of my fan pages are Brazilian!!! Come back hold up!!,” Cardi B said Friday on X... De Moraes...set a daily fine of 50,000 reais ($8,900) for people or companies using...
  • Brazil Coup Fears Rise as Thousands of Jair Bolsonaro Supporters Flock to Capital

    09/07/2021 7:27:33 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 31 replies
    Newsweek via MSN ^ | 09 07 2021 | Jack Dutton
    Thousands of supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have descended on Brazil's economic and political capitals, hoping to rally behind the embattled president, sparking fears of a military coup. Bolsonaro is expected to address packed Independence Day rallies in Brasilia and Sao Paulo on Tuesday. The president has called for support for his attacks on the country's Supreme Court that has raised fears around South America's largest democracy. Bolsonaro on August 14 called on the Senate to bring charges against two Supreme Court justices, warning Brazil could face a political "institutional rupture" if the charges were not brought. One...