Movements with a facade of non-partisanship return to the streets.

As Oscar Wilde aptly said, "The mad sometimes recover, the imbeciles never."

This warning is for anyone who is unsure whether to respond to the new call to protest from the Brasil Livre and Vem Pra Rua movements, or any other movement proposing participation.

With a single agenda focused on 'fighting corruption,' these bizarre movements misled thousands into taking to the streets with the narrative that removing Dilma Rousseff and the PT from power would restore morality.

They were instrumental in the popular pressure that favored the coup-plotting trio of parliament, media, and judiciary during the impeachment process.

The superficial non-partisanship was evident, but naive and well-meaning people ignored it and ended up paying the price, the animal symbol of movements sponsored by the market and by parties like DEM, PSDB, SD, and PMDB.

How can we forget the iconic photo of Kim Kataguiri's caravan to the Chamber of Deputies to greet and ask for support for the ousted congressman, Eduardo Cunha, who has been imprisoned for over a month?

And what about the leaked audio from February of this year, which showed Renan dos Santos, one of the leaders of the MBL, confessing who was funding the protests?

"The MBL just finalized an agreement with PMDB, PSDB, and DEM for them to help... oh, and also with Paulinho's Força Sindical... to promote the demonstration on the 13th, using their resources as well. In short, to use a force we never had before. And it was the MBL that put this together. We've now coordinated with all of them."

This Renan is the one who is responding to dozens of lawsuits involving
Civil and labor lawsuits, with accusations that include fraudulent closure of companies, tax debts, fraud against creditors, default on payment of labor debts, and claims for moral damages.

But that's not the only reason why these movements were born without morals.

The presence of PSDB politicians such as João Dória, José Serra, Aloysio and Caiado, Alckmin and Aécio Neves, confirmed that the anti-corruption demonstration was more like a coup-mongering carnival. Some of the politicians, defendants in several lawsuits, even gave speeches.

The scene of the van that took the PSDB delegation to a protest on Paulista Avenue, from where they were expelled by some protesters, not by leaders of the movements, is unforgettable.

The "Vem Pra Rua" movement, another non-partisan fraud, convinced clueless people to participate in the coup against democracy using the same rhetoric: anti-PT sentiment to combat corruption.

One of the leaders was nicknamed by Olavo de Carvalho, a kind of oracle of the far-right who demanded more pressure in favor of impeachment, as "Chequer Semfunds and Checkbook" in service of the "Tucano's weakness".

Rogério Chequer is facing legal proceedings in the US, where he lived as a partner of a billionaire according to Forbes and had his name revealed in a secret Wikileaks file.

Look at Serra with the "Come to the Streets" movement! The now Minister of Foreign Affairs, accused of receiving R$ 23 million in undeclared campaign contributions in accounts in Brazil and Switzerland, according to two Odebrecht whistleblowers.

Serra's removal from office is not on the agenda of the new protest.

That's right, the shameless individuals who attracted thousands of clueless people to demonstrations that harbored lunatics, religious charlatans, and neo-Nazis are back on the streets with a different agenda.

And it doesn't include the impeachment of Temer, the government that appointed more than 15 ministers under investigation and has already lost 6 due to corruption allegations.
In a pathetic media spectacle, they will feign outrage over the attempt to grant amnesty for undeclared campaign contributions.

Despite everything that has been recorded and revealed in the press against Lava Jato, they still do not acknowledge that the National Congress acted and continues to act in their interests, and that Temer was catapulted to the presidency to implement each one of these measures.

Not even the accusation by former Culture Minister Marcelo Calero that Michel Temer personally pressured him to commit the illegal act in favor of another minister, Geddel Vieira, convinced the movement's leaders to demand the president's resignation.

Look at Geddel at a demonstration where he declared: "Nobody can stand so much corruption and lies from the PT anymore."

On social media, MBL and VPR celebrated the cover-up operation by the Presidential Palace, the Chamber of Deputies, and the Senate, which staged a theatrical pact on a Sunday against amnesty for those who committed crimes through undeclared campaign contributions.

In the next demonstration, they should focus on this: selling the idea that the retreat was due to the pressure they threatened to exert in the streets.

"For Lava Jato and against the CORRUPT way of doing politics" is the superficial agenda of the MBL.

The VPR, which praises Congressman Jair Bolsonaro in several videos on its Facebook page, calls for the resignation of the Senate President, Renan Calheiros, support for Lava Jato, and an end to privileged jurisdiction.

It's understandable to have made the mistake of joining those people due to a lack of information, but it's unforgivable to mingle with them again after discovering who they are.

They only returned to the streets because they were ridiculed on social media for their silence regarding the corruption of other parties and the radical changes proposed by the coup government, which had the full support of the legislature.

Forced to avoid losing their popular support and the privileges it has guaranteed, they resurface.

It is crucial to discredit the movements that spread the idea that corruption had only one culprit: the PT (Workers' Party).

Those who were born and died with only one slogan: Out with Dilma, Out with the PT.
They were shameless and stupid.

They served only the corrupt individuals who are now confessing their cunning plan.

So that we never again see figures like Kataguiri in the café reserved for parliamentarians on the day of the impeachment vote.

So that we don't see any more types like Alexandre Frota being received by education ministers like Mendoncinha.

For Lobão to leave for the USA.

Finally, so that pathetic, mediocre characters who serve corrupt individuals never again become celebrities.

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