Morning Jolt: Brazil Chaos Becomes Biden Administration’s Problem, with Bolsonaro in Florida

On the menu today: Brazil rarely grabs the attention of the American news cycle, but the images of thousands of supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro storming the presidential palace, Congress, and Supreme Court will do it — but thankfully, as of this writing, order has returned to the Brazilian capital. Meanwhile, the fight that resulted in Kevin McCarthy’s becoming the speaker of the House had a lot of MAGA-on-MAGA infighting — Marjorie Taylor Greene against Lauren Boebert, the anti-McCarthy 20 ignoring Trump, Mike Lindell fuming at Greene — pointing to cracks in the foundation of the usually unified pro-Trump movement.

When Did Early January Turn into Short-Lived-Insurrection Season?

As of this writing, the immediate crisis in Brazil appears to have been resolved. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has already toured and inspected the damage at the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court, and the presidential office in Brasília; the sites were attacked and ransacked by supporters of former ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 09 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 09 2023 Brazil Chaos Becomes Biden Administration's Problem, with Bolsonaro in Florida On the menu today: Brazil rarely grabs the attention of the American news cycle, but the images of thousands of supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro storming the presidential palace, Congress, and Supreme Court will do it — but thankfully, as of this writing, order has returned to the Brazilian capital. Meanwhile, the fight that resulted in Kevin McCarthy’s becoming the speaker of the House had a lot of MAGA-on-MAGA infighting — Marjorie Taylor Greene against Lauren Boebert, the anti-McCarthy 20 ignoring Trump, Mike Lindell fuming at Greene — pointing to cracks in the foundation of the usually unified pro-Trump movement. When Did Early January Turn into Short-Lived-Insurrection Season? As of this writing, the immediate crisis in Brazil appears to have been resolved. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has already toured and inspected the damage at the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court, and the presidential office in Brasília; the sites were attacked and ransacked by supporters of former ...   READ MORE

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