FORCE
perhaps belated 1219
SEE NON-LETHAL WEAPONS
this includes violence or the threat of it to achieve a political aim / control (// def of terrorism, but initially this will be by state actors)
sparked by At a high-profile event in Brazil where I was recently invited to speak about The Intercept’s work, organizers were so concerned about threats of violence that they required me to arrive by a small boat, rather than by land.
As we arrived, we had fireworks shot at us by supporters of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. This continued throughout my speech, and one firework landed in the crowd of 3,000 people and lit a flag on fire.
This is only the latest physical violence targeting me in retaliation for a series of exposés published in The Intercept revealing corruption at the highest levels of the Brazilian government. Since The Intercept began this reporting, neither my husband nor I have left our house once without a team of armed security guards and an armored vehicle.
Attacks on The Intercept’s journalists are escalating. We’re not backing down, despite threats to our physical safety. To do so would risk our press freedoms and democratic rights.
But the growth in security, legal, and technology costs this year has been staggering. We rely on reader support to continue our reporting — and right now, we’re still $240,000 short of our fundraising goal for 2019.
You may have read about how I was physically assaulted last month by a pro-Bolsonaro pundit at a TV studio in São Paulo while we were live on the air. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
During the last six months of The Intercept’s reporting on Bolsonaro’s government, the right-wing leader has not only repeatedly and publicly threatened me with prison, but also explicitly accused me and my husband of having a sham marriage, and adopting Brazilian children as a fraud, in order, he claimed, to avoid being deported.
The threats are not just against me: The entire Intercept team in Brazil has had to take unprecedented security precautions.
Make no mistake: Members of the Bolsonaro movement target us because they know that transparency and free discourse are the primary obstacles to returning Brazil back to the dark days of military dictatorship.
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DHS Launches Massive “Less Lethal” Chemical Weapons Buying Spree Sam Biddle
Federal agents’ indiscriminate use of tear gases and “less-lethal” projectiles has become a mainstay of protest crackdowns.
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/03/less-lethal-chemical-weapons-tear-gas-protests/)
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blm --> anti trump protest, loot--> shoot, "ominous force"
cohen plus macho BS, see retaliation
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https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/trump-tells-mayors-and-governors-most-of-you-are-weak-during-teleconference-rant-about-unrest-you-have-to-dominate/
https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/listen-heres-the-leaked-audio-of-trumps-unhinged-call-with-governors-and-says-they-need-to-crack-down-on-protesters/
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global protests erupt in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters in US
People in a number of international cities violated bans on large gatherings over the weekend to show solidarity with protests against police brutality.
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an 620
trump can’t bail himself out by stoking white people’s fear of rioting ‘thugs’
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