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Musk defies Brazilian Supreme Court justice's demand to censor 'X' and secretly ban people he doesn't like
American Thinker ^ | 8 Apr, 2024 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 04/08/2024 5:51:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Some stunning courage from Musk in standing up to, undermining, and even mocking Brazil's pettiest tyrant judge.

Given all the cowardice we see, it was a thing of beauty seeing someone standing up to the sleazy little tyrants who want to shut down free speech.

Which is what we see from Elon Musk, who literally vowed to defy a Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice's demand that he secretly ban certain prominent Brazilians from his site 'X,' formerly known as Twitter, or face criminal charges.

According to the Associated Press:

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice has included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news, and has opened a separate investigation into the U.S. business executive for alleged obstruction.

In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public “disinformation campaign” regarding the top court’s actions, and that Musk continued the following day — most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease to comply with the court’s orders to block certain accounts.

Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who took over Twitter in late 2022, accused de Moraes of suppressing free speech and violating Brazil’s constitution, and noted on X that users could seek to bypass any shutdown of the social media platform by using VPNs, or virtual private networks.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: brazil; censorship; communism; elonmusk; marxisttyranny; moraes

1 posted on 04/08/2024 5:51:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Thwart the communists at every opportunity.


2 posted on 04/08/2024 5:51:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

Justice Alexandre de Moraes

3 posted on 04/08/2024 5:57:27 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

These are the leftists that tried to railroad Bolsinaro, just like the Dems are trying to do to Trump


4 posted on 04/08/2024 6:04:30 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: canuck_conservative

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5 posted on 04/08/2024 6:11:57 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: MtnClimber

There is some risk that he’ll issue a bench warrant and the Biden administration will then fall all over themselves to help enforce it.


6 posted on 04/08/2024 6:16:46 PM PDT by irv (If you're not laughing, you're probably not paying attention.)
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To: MtnClimber

Watch them try to take out Musk and take over Twitter/X before the 2024 election.

You think Biden wouldn’t hand over Musk? Biden teaches us there isn’t much that isn’t for sale when it comes to the Biden interests and his continued political viability.


7 posted on 04/08/2024 6:21:09 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: MtnClimber

who are you Mike Johnson? you watching how a man stands up for his business, his customers and the world against a gov’t thug, Mike Johnson?

or are you just another uniparty bully yourself.


8 posted on 04/08/2024 6:30:01 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: dadfly
Mike Johnson sailed into his House speakership position without a PEEP from the DemonRats.. HUGE RED FLAG !!!!!

Also, if Biden lays a hand on Musk, Musk could send NASA back into the stone age where they'd surely now be if NOT for him!

9 posted on 04/08/2024 7:04:44 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: MtnClimber

He is wearing a freaking cape. Whatsamatter with that guy? He puts his cape on one shoulder at a time like . . . well nobody else.


10 posted on 04/08/2024 7:29:45 PM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: MtnClimber

What’s happening in Brazil is happening here.


11 posted on 04/08/2024 7:40:45 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: MtnClimber
Elon is the Western Front for Free Speech.
12 posted on 04/08/2024 7:41:49 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: irv

Bet on it


13 posted on 04/08/2024 7:44:19 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: MtnClimber

He should have just banned members of the Brazilian Supreme Court.


14 posted on 04/08/2024 7:45:07 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

yup. i follow these people pretty closely and i never, ever heard of this guy, before he surfaced. all of a sudden, he’s speaker. who is this guy and from whence did he come? how did he get recruited by the gope?


15 posted on 04/08/2024 7:59:41 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: MtnClimber

Elon is the richest man on earth. Brazil has a lot of violent street crime. Elon is a nice guy...for now.

Just sayin’


16 posted on 04/08/2024 8:08:23 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: MtnClimber

Who doesn’t like? Musk or the judge?


17 posted on 04/08/2024 8:18:49 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. A)
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To: MtnClimber

Now Brazil wants to charge Musk.


18 posted on 04/08/2024 9:46:56 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; FredZarguna; PROCON; KC_Lion; Rebelbase; gundog; Kenny Bania

[He is wearing a freaking cape.]

My lawyer; he doesn’t follow the trends.


19 posted on 04/08/2024 10:23:56 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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