Inspired by the power of Trump's example, and egged on by some of Trump's propagandists, Brazilians mount their own assault on their own democracy and their own constitution

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/08/world/brazil-congress-protests-bolsonaro?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

Brazil Live Updates: Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Capital Buildings

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro charged into Congress, presidential offices and Supreme Court in the capital on Sunday.

Americans will find some familiar names here, advising Bolsonaro and cheering on the mob: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/
Trump aides Bannon, Miller advising the Bolsonaros on next steps

Some allies and advisers want the Brazilian president to contest his election loss to Lula. Others want a global fight over free speech.

The Washington Post
@anneapplebaum Perhaps this is what was occupying our former president during the "battle" for House speaker.
@anneapplebaum neither knows how to lose but do it anyways
@anneapplebaum The kind of quality political consulting that used to be so lucrative in Ukraine.
@anneapplebaum I’d like to know what the intelligence community is doing about the clear and present danger generated by these anti-democratic Americans.

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U.S. “Stop the Steal” Messages Reverberate to Brazil, and Back

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 27, 2022

Benjamin T. Decker is founder and CEO and Adi Cohen is COO of Memetica, a digital investigations firm.

https://techpolicy.press/u-s-stop-the-steal-messages-reverberate-to-brazil-and-back/

U.S. “Stop the Steal” Messages Reverberate to Brazil, and Back

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@anneapplebaum Why is Florida harboring fascists? Trump and Bolsonaro.

@anneapplebaum “The links between Mr Bolsonaro and the Trump movement were highlighted by a meeting in November between the former president and Mr Bolsonaro's son at Mr Trump's Florida resort.

During that trip, Eduardo Bolsonaro also spoke to Mr Bannon and Trump adviser Jason Miller”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64206484

How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack

It is no mere coincidence that scenes in Brasilia resemble events at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021

@anneapplebaum fascist traitors flock together
@anneapplebaum And that's why we have laws. When criminals are allowed to get away with committing crimes they will just keep doing it. These guys all should never see the outside of a prison cell again.

@anneapplebaum

“George Carlin - The Big Club”
WE.ARE.NOT.IN.IT
YouTube 3+min

@N2Priest @anneapplebaum Losers advising losers on how to lose.

@anneapplebaum

Steve Bannon egged them on. Why is he a free man tonight?

@anneapplebaum the disgrace ..the disregard for democracy ....the facists and their entitlement
@anneapplebaum Bolsonaro had been referred to as the South American Trump. These poisonous, pernicious populists are doing their level best to destroy democracy all over the world, proudly made in the USA. Despicable!
@anneapplebaum corrupted not inspired I’d say :)
@anneapplebaum I wonder how they got that idea?
@anneapplebaum @JamesGleick Let’s not give the US right-wing too much credit — authoritarians in the rest of the world have been denying the results of elections well before Jan. 6 happened. What was shocking about Jan. 6 is that it happened in the US.

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Coup plotter and global chaos agent Bannon (plus Ali Alexander, Lindell, etc) have been working on spreading their far right agenda for years.
This from August 2021 for example:

https://newrepublic.com/article/163301/steve-bannon-brazil-maga-battleground-bolsonaro

Steve Bannon Wants to Turn Brazil Into the Next MAGA Battleground

Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wants to preemptively undermine the results of the next election. Bannon is happy to help with that.

The New Republic
@anneapplebaum I'm guessing that arrests of the instigators will be swift, unlike here 🙄
@anneapplebaum Isn’t it about time for Bannon to report to prison?

We should point out that, rather than "Brazilians" it is a minority assault against Brazilians.

And that, in the US, prominent Republicans have, so far, failed to condemn the insurrection in Brazil against democracy.

@anneapplebaum people need to get off Twitter. If you gathered a wide group of Ukraine experts, you could start up an instance here that would be a powerhouse of info and analysis. Back on Twitter the far right are getting a lot more attention than their numbers. The last one via @PaulaChertok