GOP's Desperate and Dangerous Midterm Closing Message + MAGA Wants A Dictator in Brazil

MAGA influencers are calling for a coup in Brazil after Lula's win. Brad Onishi and Matthew D. Taylor explain why that matters for the U.S. midterms, and for the weeks between Nov. 3 and Jan. 3. With the midterms days away, we connect Brazil's election to the rhetoric about "illegitimate" Americans, and to what a contested result could look like here. ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Midterms, Brazil, and why they're connected 1:35 Brazil's runoff and the MAGA meltdown 6:23 Why Brazil and U.S. politics are intertwined 9:53 Bolsonaro in prison and the rule of law 12:01 From "rigged" to "Maduro treatment": the escalation ladder 16:28 What Brazil's accountability shows, and what it doesn't 24:35 Hungary, Serbia, Israel: are far-right wins slipping? 31:28 Trump on a "rigged" Brazil, and Minnesota 35:56 Vance, El-Sayed, and "remigration" rhetoric 43:16 Greg Abbott and the "Sharia law" attack 47:18 Three ways to delegitimize election winners: communist, false religion, foreign 51:41 Clip of the week: Trump, Christianity, and "saving God" 58:35 Matt's book tour and upcoming events If you enjoy our work, please subscribe. Paid subscribers get bonus content, ad-free listening, access to the entire 1k episode archive, an invite to our Discord community, and access to the Axis Daily Brief. 🔔 Subscribe - Substack: www.axismundi.substack.com Books mentioned: 📕 American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy by Brad Onishi — out September 15: https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/american-caesar-9781250427922/ 📗 Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists by Matthew D. Taylor — out October 6: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798341900370/Defying-Tyrants 🔗 axismundi.us www.quo.com/SWAJ - Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months www.groundnews.com/SWAJ 40% off the Vantage Subscription! #MAGA #Midterms2026 #Brazil

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