'Specter of menace': Pentagon-tied influencers vent of 'civil war' threat after midterms
As historic midterm elections that will determine which party controls the House and Senate approach, a group of internet influencers linked to the Pentagon is accusing democracy advocates of plotting a “color revolution" that could bring the country to the brink of civil war.
Based on leaked audio and video recordings that appear to show former federal employees discussing “red lines” and a potential “crisis of legitimacy,” Jennica Pounds, a former special government employee, and her associates have claimed in a string of X threads and podcasts that Trump’s opponents are seeking to undermine the president’s authority in connection to suspected efforts to interfere with the elections.
In much of the ensuing discussion, Pounds and her associates have asserted that protests in response to Trump potentially invoking the Insurrection Act or pressuring congressional allies to refuse to seat duly elected Democratic candidates — or a “color revolution,” as they call it — will lead to “civil war.”...