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After daring the U.S. to escalate tensions, targeting American companies and citizens with censorship, detaining yet another lawmaker returning from vacation, and placing Bolsonaro under house arrest for a brief remark on social media, Alexandre de Moraes now finds himself increasingly isolated inside Brazil’s Supreme Court. As @monicabergamo reports, fellow justices are privately calling his actions exaggerated, unsustainable, and legally incoherent. The arrest came just one day after Bolsonaro briefly addressed peaceful demonstrators via social media—a form of speech Moraes had previously authorized. That contradiction may be triggering a broader institutional realignment. What did Bolsonaro say that warranted immediate house arrest? “Good afternoon, Copacabana. Good afternoon, my Brazil. A hug to all of you. It’s for our freedom—together. Thank you all. For our freedom, for our future, for our Brazil. We will always be together—thanks!” What was once near-unanimous support for Moraes is now fracturing across the press, the business community, lawmakers, and the Court itself. We commend Bergamo’s reporting. Covering deliberations inside the STF at a sensitive moment like this is difficult and dangerous. But truth matters. Moraes’s escalating attacks on platforms like @rumblevideo can now be seen more clearly for what they truly are, part of a broader pattern of vindictive, politically motivated digital repression. Speech is not a crime. www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergam...