Thread by @BrianMteleSUR

I will be in Brasilia covering the planned violent occupation of the Brazilian Supreme Court for TeleSur. I'm starting this thread for updates on what is happening. Will it really happen or is it just Bannon/Bolsonaro psyops? Is the whole point just the threat itself?

The US Embassy in Brazil has issued a security alert for US citizens, advising them to stay away from both the anti-Bolsonaro protests, planned in 131 cities, and the Pro-Bolsonaro/Anti Supreme Court protests, planned primarily for Brasilia and Sao Paulo.

Several people, including Sergio Reis, the 81 year old cattle rancher/pop singer who has an estimated fortune of R$274 million, have already been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation over a planned violent attack on the Supreme Court this September 7.

Another person arrested was alt-right social media influencer Bruno Semczeszm, who was recently photographed with neofascist German Parliamentarian/Hitler’s Finance Minister granddaughter Beatrix Von Storch during her visit to Brazil to meet with the Bolsonaro family.

Although the intensity level has increased, President Bolsonaro’s neofascist core group of supporters has been pleading for him to shut down the Supreme Court since the day he took office.

In June, 2020, Sarah Winter, former leader of Brazilian FEMEN, who has alleged ties to AZOV, was arrested for mobilizing international resources to lead a small group of Tiki torch wielding protesters to the door of the Supreme Court calling for its violent overthrow.

On August 10th, Steve Bannon introduced his long time friend, President Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo, to MyPillow owner and alleged January 6 Capitol invasion financier Mike Lindell on stage at his Cyber Security Symposium in Sioux City Iowa. Did they plan something for Sept. 7?

As Steve Bannon’s recent statements about Lula being the most dangerous leftist on the planet show, international far right elites have their eyes on Brazil and are almost certainly working with Brazilian fascists/neonazis to pilot tactics for things like the 2024 US elections.

One issue is that Bolsonaro is currently less popular than ever. He doesn't have the same size of core fanatical followers as Trump or a QAnon-style psyop behind him. Many analysts like sociologist Marcelo Zero argue that the real goal is not to succeed, but to destabilize.

Wealthy right wing businessmen and politicians are busing Bolsonaro fanatics to the protests in Brasilia and Sao Paulo. Popular Writer/Activist Daniela Abade obtained a list showing names and departure locations for 243 buses coming into Sao Paulo.

I've heard off the record that cattle ranchers from Para are sending gunmen to Brasilia, and a mayor from a town in Southern Brazil was busted on route to Brasilia last week with RS$500.000 illicit cash to bus in protesters for Sept. 7.

US Network for Democracy in Brazil warns: "Given the actions of President Bolsonaro, it's possible that this year [Sept 7] will be marked by significant levels of violence that could lead the country into unforeseen political destabilization." democracybrazil.org/post/que-a-esp…

Here, Marcelo Zero writes that even if the Sept. 7 Independence Day protests flop, the damage is already done. The far right, so concerned with delivering Brazil's resources and sovereignty to the US, just kidnapped the concept of patriotism. brasilwire.com/september-7th-…

Meanwhile João Paulo Stedile from the MST predicts a flop. "The moment 1 million anti-Bolsonaro protesters came out on April 7, he lost controll of the streets," he said, "this is why the violent rhetoric has increased".

For Portuguese speakers here is the full interview with Stedile, the most vocal of the MST's 54 national leaders.
tutameia.jor.br/bolsonaro-ja-p…

As Sept. 7 approaches, tensions increase. @Poder360 reports that a conservative blogger said on Tik Tok today that a businessman has put a price on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes head. On Twitter, an ex-military police officer threatened to kill Moraes and his family.

Source: poder360.com.br/brasil/bolsona…

ITS (Instituto de Techologia e Sociedade to Rio) has identified 2621 Twitter Bots calling people to the Anti-Supreme Court protests/insurrection, in 81,000 tweets this week. An earlier study shows over half of Bolsonaro's Twitter followers are bots.

Due to Hurricane Ida, Donald Trump Jr. canceled his trip to Brazil for yesterday's rally for the Sept 7 insurrection, called the "Conservative Political Action Conference". Instead, he gave a speech remotely, saying "China has big plans for next year's elections in Brazil."

Here's Trump administration veteran Jason Miller visiting Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo in the presidential palace yesterday, 2 days before the planned insurrection. Notice the Brazilian President, who is a millionaire, honing his barefoot, "simple man of the people" image.

@ShobhanSaxena is the only Indian foreign correspondent based in South America. As always, his analysis of tomorrow's events is exceptional. thewire.in/world/brazil-j…

After uncovering 243 charter buses bringing Bolsonaro supporters to the protests on Sept 7, Brazilian writer/activist @_danielaabade has begun outing Nazi's. Daniel Fernandes, who claims that Hitler is his master, is arriving in Brasilia today.

The Brazilian Federal Police just arrested Márcio Giovani Nique, for telling a Youtube audience of 400,000 that an important businessman was offering a cash reward for Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes' head.

Tonight Brasilia Military Police let a large group of Bolsonaro supporters through the barricades onro the national mall. Eduardo Bolsonaro was seen walking among them. However Congress and the Supreme Court are still locked down as shown here

Brasilia Military Police version of the story: The trucks had permits to drive onto the Esplanade after midnight to position themselves for the Sept 7 protest. The drivers negotiated with police to come in 3 hours early and supporters followed on foot. noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultim…?

It looks like Gleisi Hoffmann called it. I've just spent all morning at the protest. It's big and calm and no sign of an attack on the Supreme Court. The "Chaos" last night was coordinated between all parties- that was the psyops move. photo- more later.

Former Trump advisor Jason Miller, who visited Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo 2 days before today's protests, was just detained by the Brazilian federal police for questioning on an alleged role in Bolsonaro's "digital militias", which use Bannon style social media psyops.

I spent the morning walking through the anti-Supreme Court protest in Brasilia and I spoke with a lot of people. Here is my news story on it for @telesurenglish

Here's a source on lower than expected crowd size. O Valor say 5%. It seemed to me that there were around 100,000 there or 10x less than 1 million. valor.globo.com/politica/notic…

All the official protest crowd size estimates in Brazil quoted in MSM are generated by the Military Police - the most faithfull of Bolsonaro's support group. Historically they low-ball left protest sizes and vice versa. This victimization trolling on crowd size is a fash tactic

Keep in mind that Bannon and his cronies are working w the Bolsonaros on well-funded bot and paid influencer strategies to do what Goebells did for Hitler: always portray him and his followers as victims of a tremendous injustice.

For the past 2 days I've been flood attacked - by scores of accounts with less than 40 followers with a few neocon influencers. Only the rich can afford bot armies and paid influencers to cry "opression" and attack jornalists for them. I feel it's a sign I'm doing my job.

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