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"Bolsonaro’s particular focus in his dealings with Trump has been on the matter of election integrity, and how the issue of election integrity could be cynically leveraged to undermine (in, one notes, a classic neo-fascist irony) election integrity."

~ Seth Abramson

"The cleverest trick used in propaganda during the war was to accuse [our enemies] of what [we ourselves] were already doing."

~ Joseph Goebbels, 1934

~ Nazi Reich Propaganda

~ "Der Kongress zur Nürnberg"

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb59.htm

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Wow! A Must Read! These guys had real knowledge of their subject back in 1934.

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"We are coming neither as friends nor neutrals. We come as enemies! As the wolf attacks the sheep, so come we! You are not among your friends any longer! You will not enjoy having us among you!"

~ Joseph Goebbels, 1928

~ Nazi Reich Propaganda

~ "Der Angriff. Aufsätze aus der Kampfzeit."

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/angrif06.htm2

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Scarier and scarier with each developing post!! It's only 2:30 in the afternoon here in California but I really want a Jack & coke!!

Despite this, Thanx for keeping us informed Seth!!

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Keep up the fantastic work.

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As a Brazilian and a person that likes democracy, I thank you for this great piece journalism . Do you think the new DOJ or the FBI will take a look at Eduardo Bolsonaro ? I hope they do .

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Hi Seth, so glad someone is finally looking into the Bolsonaro & Trump connections and actions. (I'm Brazilian living here and have been following all this very closely.)

When I saw your first tweet, I put some information together:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sk_bTAyhc8b0Q-hsrUmlt6ffr48VgjwDC2rT08DOeKA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Bolsonaro has a network of folks here in the US engaging and spreading misinformation online. One of these guys, Alan dos Santos, went on TV in November to talk about the Domino machines and support the election fraud story, Trump even retweeted him back then. I put it all into the doc above. Let me know if the link doesn't work.

All the best and thanks for looking into this topic even further!

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All the fascist pieces are falling in place.

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I don’t know how you keep this all straight. It makes my head spin just reading it.

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Exactly why we need a trained Professor in research. :)

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BAM.

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When a Facebook post is edited, the original post can be seen still (I am sure you already know this). I am wondering who told him to delete it and repost? If he got a call/text after his original post and edit (before he deleted), who called/texted him? There will be a record of that somewhere I am sure floating around the FBI can look into. I guess, there is the possibility he is an idiot since he did not know where he was (I do not believe to be the case). Great work, Seth! Keep them coming.

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I guess the Trump family was disappointed that the "fixer" they hired wasn't able to rig the election properly.

@RudyGiuliani

RT @EricTrump: Reminder: @RudyGiuliani took down the New York mob. Hell take down these dirtbags as well...

Deleted after 6 weeks at 9:05 AM on 07 Jan.

Original tweet by @EricTrump.

https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/tweet/1329492658423795712

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Rudy Giuliani was giving insurrection instructions via white-supremacist podcast just 2 days before the terrorist attack on the Capitol.

https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1346235000849649664?s=19

In this flash episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, Mayor Rudy Giuliani joins Charlie to walk through the road ahead including January 6th, the step-by-step process involving Vice President Pence acting as President of the Senate to count electors, and what would Sen. Cruz's and the other 10 senators' electoral commission actually consist of? Hear directly from the man who is in the center of the electors battle that is about to waged in Congress in this CAN'T MISS episode.

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk/flash-update-with-mayor-rudy-V2MBixWPF_6/amp/

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Your investigation, writing, and curation skills continue to blow my mind. Amazing work, Seth. Thanks so much for putting your time and effort into this necessary information/story. Let us know if there is anything we can do to support you further (aside from being subscribers).

One small typo(?)

and what to expect on [Capitol Hill] tomorrow [January 6, 2020].” --- should be 2021

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"We are coming neither as friends nor neutrals. We come as enemies! As the wolf attacks the sheep, so come we! You are not among your friends any longer! You will not enjoy having us among you!"

~ Joseph Goebbels, 1928

~ Nazi Reich Propaganda

~ "Der Angriff. Aufsätze aus der Kampfzeit."

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/angrif06.htm2

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"FBI investigating whether [Rudy] Giuliani’s confidence that he could get smoking-gun evidence of voting irregularities in the ten days after a presumptively delayed joint session of Congress."

~ Seth Abramson

That explains this deleted Giuliani tweet confession admission, where he apparently was planning on holding Congress as HOSTAGES for a week to demand an overturned election.

@RudyGiuliani

This Save America March is to demand an examination of the machines and the ballots the crooks are concealing. If it was a clean election why are they hiding the proof?. In 6 days we can get the answer.

Deleted after 1 hour at 12:56 PM on 06 Jan.

https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/tweet/1346862851240165382

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