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Brazil’s 1/6 on 1/8 -- Inspired by the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol in support of Donald J. Trump’s Big Lie, thousands of supporters of Brazil’s far-right populist ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Congressional building, federal supreme court and presidential Panalto Palace in Brasilia (Semafor, NPR and AP) Sunday, demanding military intervention to return the government to the ex-president. Security forces have since regained control, says NPR’s Morning Editon. Leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat Bolsonaro for the presidency in a close runoff last October. 

He’s Gone to Disney World!: Bolsonaro, who has long made claims of “election fraud,” much like ex-President Trump begun well prior to the 2020 U.S. election, did not attend da Silva’s inauguration, and has been in Orlando, Florida, since at least last December, Morning Edition reports. 

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McCarthy’s Next Fight – Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) next battle was set to begin Monday night, as he faces potential opposition – this time from moderate Republicans -- against his rules package for the 118th Congress. Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) are concerned over the concessions McCarthy had to make to hard-right MAGA House Republicans in order to get the majority vote for the speakership, including gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics, NPR’s Morning Edition says.

--Compiled and edited by Todd Lassa

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On the Right

(Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, pictured, violently stormed Brazil’s Congressional building, federal court and presidential palace Sunday in an attack that very much resembled the January 6th attempted siege of the U.S. Capitol.)

WSJ Op-Ed on House Rules – Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the House Freedom Caucus’ “spiritual leader” confirmed to Fox News that defense spending is on the chopping block as a component of the deal House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reached with the hard-right in order to secure his gavel after 15 roll calls late last week, according to the reliably hard-right op-ed section of The Wall Street Journal. But the op-ed section is not behind Freedom Caucus rhetoric on this one.

Jordan told Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream that House Republicans will look at cutting excessive defense general officers and public relations jobs, “and maybe focus on getting rid of all the woke policies in our military…” WSJ says.

The op-ed counters that “woke training is a matter of culture, not money,” and warns “If the GOP rebels honor their demand for ‘regular order,’ defense hawks may have more votes. But it’s worrisome that some Republicans are joining the progressive calls to shrink the military when the world grows more dangerous.”

Left Unsaid: This is really about warnings by some House Republicans that U.S. military aid to Ukraine for its defense against Russian aggression will not be a “blank check” under its thin majority.

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