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17 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
One of Bolsonaro's most loyal supporters in Congress, ex-military police officer @danielPMERJ, was arrested last night on orders of the Supreme Court after he posted a video threatening Court justices & praising dictatorship-era repression. Big free speech & due process debate. Image
It seems quite clear watching the video that he knew the Supreme Court might arrest him and basically dared them to. They did. This is the most extreme Bolsonarista wing. They explicitly crave a final clash with the Court & Congress to re-instate military dictatorship measures. Image
The pro-Bolsonaro Congressman arrested Tuesday on orders of a Supreme Court justice for a YouTube video threatening the court and advocating dictatorship-era repression had his arrest upheld yesterday -- unanimously -- by the full Court 11-0. See above.
When the court orders a member of Congress imprisoned, Congress must vote whether to maintain it. Congress voting live now: expected to keep him in prison.

Major free speech & due process issues raised but backdrop is real fear over this faction's intent to overturn democracy.
Kind of an amazing - and quite Brazilian - scene unfolding live. The pro-Bolsonaro Congressman and ex-military police officer now imprisoned, @danielPMERJ, is now addressing his colleagues in Congress, from prison and by video, arguing why they should vote to free him. Image

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The NYT is overwhelmingly read by Dems. That's who pays the subscriptions. People at the paper know this & hire accordingly
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