Brazil Declares War on Free Speech. Will Kamala Follow?

The Rich Zeoli Show

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (09/04/2024): 3:05pm- On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke to the press about the threat of Russian disinformation impacting the 2024 presidential election—and the Department of Justice’s plan to combat the Kremlin’s propaganda campaign. 3:10pm- School Shooting in Georgia- Emmett Lindler, Remy Tumin, and Rick Rojas of The New York Times report: “Four people were killed in a shooting at a high school in northern Georgia on Wednesday, the state’s bureau of investigation said, adding that a suspect was alive and in custody. At least nine other people were hospitalized with injuries, the authorities said, including one who was flown by helicopter to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, one of the major trauma centers in the region.” You can read updates on this developing story here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/04/us/georgia-shooting-apalachee-high-school/apalachee-high-school-shooting-lockdown?smid=url-share 3:30pm- In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Democrat strategist James Carville writes of Kamala Harris’s best strategy to defeat Donald Trump: “help him hurt himself in debate…break from President Biden on policy…display a clear growth mind-set from the 2020 Democratic primaries.” You can read the full op-ed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/opinion/harris-trump-election.html 3:50pm- While speaking with the press about potential foreign interference in the 2024 presidential election, Attorney General Merrick Garland insisted “we have no tolerance” for foreign adversaries attempting to undermine American democracy. He exclaimed: “We will be relentlessly aggressive in countering and disrupting attempts by Russia, and Iran, as well as China.” 4:05pm- Georgia High School Received Shooting Warning- Zach Jewell of The Daily Wire writes: “Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, received a threatening phone call Wednesday morning warning of shootings at five high schools, including Apalachee, before a gunman opened fire and killed at least four people. CNN reported that Georgia law enforcement officials said the phone call to Apalachee High School warned that it would be the first target of five schools where shootings would occur. The officials added that they are still investigating the call and trying to find out who was behind it. The shooting suspect, who is believed to be a 14-year-old male, is in police custody. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed that four people were dead after the shooting and nine people were hospitalized.” You can read the full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-high-school-received-threat-warning-of-shooting-before-gunman-opened-fire-report?topStoryPosition=2 4:10pm- On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke to the press about the threat of Russian disinformation impacting the 2024 presidential election—and the Department of Justice’s plan to combat the Kremlin’s propaganda campaign. 4:30pm- Brazil Bans Social Media Platform X- Jack Nicas of The New York Times reports: “A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted on Monday to uphold a decision by one justice last week to block the social network X across the country because its owner, Elon Musk, refused to comply with court orders to suspend certain accounts. The five-justice panel voted unanimously to back the order, issuing strongly worded opinions saying that the blackout of X complied with Brazilian law and that it was necessary to enforce the nation’s rules against a foreign company that was flouting them…The ban on X is the culmination of a monthslong feud between Mr. Musk and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes, over what can be said online. Justice Moraes has said Mr. Musk is illegally obstructing his work to clean up the Brazilian internet and remove hate speech and attacks on democracy, while Mr. Musk says Justice Moraes is censoring free speech.” You can read the full article ...