Literally suing to help another authoritarian who also tried to overthrow his country's government. City on a hill no more. - ThreadSky

brendannyhan.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Literally suing to help another authoritarian who also tried to overthrow his country's government. City on a hill no more.

Reposted from Abe Newman

1/Trump Media sues Brazilian Judge as court considers coup plot by Bolsonaro. Read: Long arm of US law used not to promote democracy or human rights but far right nationalism. Stunning turn both for US role in the world and how US law might work in that new paradigm.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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mwritergirl.bsky.social•3 days ago

HOW
Is this legal

reggiewallinsky.bsky.social•3 days ago

Followed by - WHOSE
Stupid idea was this

philfeller.bsky.social•3 days ago

Alas, we are still John Winthrop’s city on a hill; all of the world will witness how we govern ourselves.

Daniel Rogers’ 2018 As a City on a Hill does a great job recovering Winthrop’s original sense and how the image has evolved, most famously in Reagan’s shining city.

saludwig.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s so shocking except not. And definitely disgusting.

justicedelayed.bsky.social•3 days ago

Didn't you hear about the new world order?

cullenhendrix.bsky.social•3 days ago

I had this to say to a business group last November. I sounded pessimistic about the US role in the global system then (perhaps to the point of bemusement of the audience).

Intervening days seem to indicate I didn't go far enough.

busbyj2.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Trump administration is a malign force on the global stage and I would be reconsidering trade and security relationships, even if and perhaps especially if I'm Canada or Europe.

sbmitche.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yep, hegemonic suicide strategy

kkarrla.bsky.social•3 days ago

If the GOP can't be trusted, America can't be trusted. There's no going back. Plan accordingly.

odulomi.bsky.social•3 days ago

David Nemer...."For the past 6 years, the US has often served as an omen for Brazil, with events unfolding there echoing in Brazil 2 years later...pattern broke after Biden took office and Lula was elected. While the US plunged deeper into extremism ... Brazil finally decided to confront it.+"

nippymobisto.bsky.social•3 days ago

Way to spend our money!

mogtx.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump and Musk are an international criminal organization that ignores the judicial system while it weaponizes the judicial system against the law-abiding. Going to need smart legislation to defang these thugs.

contentwithsmiles.bsky.social•3 days ago

City in a cesspool

will99.bsky.social•3 days ago

It won’t work. Brazil will just tell Trump to fuck off. There will be lot of countries doing that in the near future.

indar13.bsky.social•3 days ago

Always been the case. Trump is showing us the true face of Western Imperialism.
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1193755188/chile-coup-50-years-pinochet-kissinger-human-rights-allende

ethanfletcher.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is the leader of the unfree world.

douglindner.bsky.social•3 days ago

And causing long term harm to US foreign policy, business interests, etc by showing other countries this is how our government behaves

avishaybsg.bsky.social•3 days ago

And murder his political rivals. As a soupçon

ld58esq.bsky.social•3 days ago

(1) The Brazilian judge is most likely absolutely immune from lawsuits in Brazil, as judges are here in the U.S. (2) How can Trump Media enforce a U.S. judgement in Brazil? (The link to the article is firewall protected, so I apologize if the answers to these questions are contained in it.)

dramaticskye411.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just because someone has temporarily stolen the seat, doesn't mean the city no longer exists.

It simply means we need to oust the vile usurper ASAP!

Then perhaps we can concentrate on repairing the damage Trump and the Republican Party have done.

mbonini.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well he'd better - what an example tp the world Brazil is giving - newsflash - Brazil has an honest Supreme Court if nothing else ... the lawsuit to help the insurrectionist is dead on arrival

bedparasiempre.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is restoring the US’s traditional role of backing dictatorship in Latin America, like the military rule Bolsonaro is nostalgic for, which was established with US bipartisan support in the 60s

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