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I was surprised when my Brazilian plumber told me he knew about the Bolsonaro’s possible involvement in the attempted coup in the US. He said it’s all over the news in Brazil, as you have written. Yet, in the US, you are the only person bringing it up.

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American reporters can't accept the idea that Trump *almost* had Russian-financed Brazilian tanks rolling down American streets, which would've been followed by American-financed Brazilian tanks rolling down Venezuelan streets. The U.S. major media doesn't want to admit that we *almost* lost our democracy to a few idiots with help from foreign governments, because "comfortable lies" are better for business than "uncomfortable truths".

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I hadn't seen this before. I have read only what Seth posted & I though Trump's connection with Bolsonaro was his affinity for militias that took out his political enemies. How would Brazil get the tanks to the US? Or would Russia be so kind as to deliver them? So the US almost fell to Putin? These people aren't going away. They are crazy in their fidelity to Trump. We came so close, and we still have Trumpists in the military, the Secret Service, the FBI, all the police departments. I don't want to go all Joe McCarthy, but these people need to be removed from positions of power or we will lose our democracy.

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"Donald Trump was a tool in a long-running Russian campaign to weaken the United States, exposed as a Russian asset. As to Russia, the report leaves no doubt: In 2020, as in 2016, President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations to help Trump and hurt his Democratic opponent. For example, shortly after the 2018 midterm elections, Russian intelligence cyber actors attempted to hack organizations primarily affiliated with the Democratic Party. Trump also helped Putin discredit American democracy. That was a major goal of Russia’s 2016 and 2020 operations. In a Dec. 2019 conversation, then– national security adviser Robert O’Brien told Trump that Giuliani had been worked by Russian assets in Ukraine. Trump shrugged and went on promoting the allegations Giuliani was feeding him. That makes Trump more than a Russian asset. It makes him, in technical terms, an agent of a foreign power."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html

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JS - under this pretext, can trump be considered a traitor? We may not be in a shooting war with russia, but we are definitely in a "cyber war" with them, which in many ways can be just as damaging. And we know everything that trump has done to 'enable' putin in his democracy destroying efforts. Willingly or unwillingly, trump has been putin's useful idiot for far too long.

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Amen!

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"Proof has noted the substantial connections fellow [Jan. 05 Trump Hotel] meeting attendee Daniel Beck has with the nation of Brazil. Beck owns Combat Armor Defense, a company that makes armored vehicles for governments — used, for instance, in crowd control during large civilian demonstrations — and the chief Combat Armor Defense factory is in Brazil."

~ Seth Abramson

https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/brazils-murky-connection-to-trumps

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I had forgotten that one.

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If President Trump had plans to possibly assassinate Vice President Pence for not rejecting the electoral votes certification, in order to have Senate pro tempore Chuck Grassley take his place to reject the certification – which is evidenced by Trump's "Attorney" Lin Wood's Jan. 06 Parler message to shoot VP Mike Pence – then the Secret Service team around Trump was aware of a plot to kill the Secret Service team around Pence. That means the whole organization is internally corrupted. If Sen. Grassley also refused to reject the certification, they would assassinate him and House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, thereby allowing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (former CIA Director) to become acting V.P. while Trump declared martial law. This plan is evidenced by Pompeo's Nov. 10 comment: "There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration." This plan is evidenced by Trump's Dec. 10 comment: "This is going to escalate dramatically. This is a very dangerous moment in our history. A coup is taking place in front of our eyes." This plan is evidenced by Steve Bannon, hired as Trump's White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, who on Jan. 05 said, "All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. It's gonna be moving. It's gonna be quick." This plan is evidenced by Sen. Chuck Grassley saying on Jan. 05 that he would preside over the electoral votes certification process the next day, instead of V.P. Mike Pence, because: "We don't expect him to be there." This plan is evidenced by Rep. Lauren Boebert on Jan. 06 sharing updates of Nancy Pelosi's location, after being told by House security to avoid that because the Capitol had already been breached. This plan is evidenced by Donald Trump on Jan. 06 calling Sen. Mike Lee to ask Sen. Tommy Tuberville about V.P. Mike Pence's location, then Trump immediately posting a rage-tweet directing the mob's anger at Pence, while Trump's "Attorney" Lin Wood did the same on Parler.

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There is no way trump could have masterminded this complex attempted coup. The obvious question is who could have?

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COUP EXPERIENCE:

Erik Prince, USA

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil

Vladimir Putin, Russia

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"If not, why not, and on whose order?" I really love the way your mind works, Professor.

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How do we get the new AG to read this?

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Why does Director Wray still have a job?

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All those golfing outings provided the venue required plan this attempted coup. The problem for them was there are too many checkpoints and they have been exposed. Soon enough, Donald J. Trump will be a convicted criminal in the United States of America.

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Not soon enough for me. Trump, Inc, the entire family/$$-laundrying group need prison time. Our current laws are not protecting us. Domestic terrorism is alive & well on FOX and from GOP reps. It has to be alot more than defamation lawsuits to get the greater public aware but it will be difficult to get a true investigation while a 40% are still Trumpified. MAYBE criminal and civil courts can save our democracy or at least help change the tide.

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All questions that deserve/demand answers.

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why did satan suddenly leave mar a lago and skip his pricey new years eve bash? will bannon blab on satan since he has been indced in ny? why arent the dem committee raking secret service over the coals? another instituion ruined by satan. why didnt congress vote to disallow satan to run for ofc again after his impeachment trial? and/or censure him? after all, the capitol was attacked and he should have been commander in chief and stopped it immediately. he should have been calling everyone to protect the capitol. but he didnt. he watched tv and tweeted to kill pence. is pence the savior here?? he definitely did the right thing. but he also needs to be under oath. why hasnt he been called to testify under oath? why are these people who are traitors so untouchable??? look at the quick action in haiti. they rounded everyone up and are getting to the bottom of the assassination. and they are a third world country.

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FBI knew in advance about the plot to storm the Capitol on Jan. 06, and they quietly allowed it to happen anyways. FBI seems complicit in the "inside job".

Parler referred violent content from its platform to the FBI more than 50 times in the weeks before the Jan. 06 riot at the U.S. Capitol. This includes a Dec. 24 post recruiting an "armed force of 150,000 people to react to the congressional events of Jan. 06". This also includes a Jan. 02 post from a user saying he would be wearing body armor to the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 06. "It's no longer a protest. This is a final stand where we are drawing the red line at Capitol Hill. I trust the American people will take back the USA with force and many are ready to die to take back USA." In another post, a user made clear that armed people would be at the Capitol that day. "They may be concealed at first, but if Congress does the wrong thing, expect real chaos, because Trump needs us to cause chaos to enact the Insurrection Act."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-says-it-informed-fbi-of-violent-content-before-capitol-riot-11616702400

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