Tuesday Tweets -- MAGA International

This was going to be a really long tweet post, too long, so we'll be doing this week's tweets in more manageable bites, starting with these threads that provide some context to the turmoil in Brazil.

One of the points we've been arguing for years here at the blog is that you can't use the standard political analyst/social scientist approach to the current incarnation of the conservative movement. Old models of socioeconomic forces, traditional alliances, and rational actors are next to useless. Instead we need to talk about propaganda and disinformation (much of it gone feral), indoctrination, cults of personality, the politics of catharsis, and in the following example, a coordinated international effort to spread fascism, something we'd have to call a massive conspiracy if it wasn't almost completely in the open.

Read @djrothkopf Unfortunately, there is no vaccine against this particular virus.https://t.co/nHlP7ylu0M

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 9, 2023

Not one story on the Fox News website homepage about the insurrection in Brazil. Not even in their international news section. pic.twitter.com/yeUIFWB6O9

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) January 9, 2023

The fingerprints of the organizers of our insurrection are ALL OVER what is happening in Brazil. Many former Trump advisors directly involved in instigating this. Until they are held accountable, they will just keep getting worse.

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) January 8, 2023

Former Trump Senior Advisor Jason Miller is currently being detained at the airport in Brazil, by order of the Supreme Court, for allegedly engaging in “undemocratic activities” while in that country. pic.twitter.com/aVgQcafZop

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 7, 2021

Bannon is attempting to instigate a coup in Brazil. Eduardo Bolsonaro puts out a video of Steve Bannon this morning, where Bannon tells them their election was stolen and praises people protesting in the streets: “It’s going to be very interesting to see how that plays out.” pic.twitter.com/HvxcJQTDkf

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) November 23, 2022

Eduardo Bolsonaro was photographed wearing a Project Veritas t-shirt at CPAC. Project Veritas — a far-right activist group run by James O’Keefe — is a sponsor of CPAC. They’re known for using disinformation to try to discredit their targets (usually progressive orgs & the press). https://t.co/fVBCZqv4V4

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) September 7, 2021

I think she means Veritas and Erik Prince.

Project Veritas, Erik Prince, and Steve Bannon have also reportedly worked together on numerous “projects”. In 2019, it was reported that they had teamed up to offer undercover surveillance and “social media manipulation” services to both Qatar and the UAE. https://t.co/t4zimXdvZs

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) September 8, 2021