🔴 Zelensky Hit American Oil. Now a Color Revolution Comes Home

Rubio says Ukraine hit ships carrying American-owned oil. Now the Washington Post is previewing a color revolution for the midterms. Barbara Boyd and Susan Kokinda take your questions LIVE Thursday.

🔴 Zelensky Hit American Oil. Now a Color Revolution Comes Home
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Abroad, Secretary of State Rubio says Ukraine struck ships carrying American-owned oil. He said it was "probably not deliberately." Then he told Zelensky to end the war.

At home, the Washington Post just previewed a color revolution playbook for the midterms.

These are not two stories. They are two fronts of one war between two systems.

One system builds. It produces, trades and treats sovereign nations as partners. That's the American System. The other destabilizes. It runs forever war abroad and color revolution at home. That's the British imperial system, run out of the City of London.

"Do not think about the midterm elections as a political fight. This is a war. It's a war between two systems."

— Susan Kokinda

Zelensky's War vs. Trump's Peace

The forever-war faction keeps lighting matches. Trump keeps pushing for peace.

Get the facts straight, because the other side won't. Rubio said Ukraine struck Black Sea ships carrying American-owned oil. He called it "probably not deliberately."

The ships were not American ships. They were foreign-flagged tankers carrying oil tied to American companies.

Rubio then demanded that Zelensky bring "an end to this war."

Trump made a separate move. His deal lets Russian diesel into the US and world markets under a Treasury license through April 2027. Energy keeps flowing.

And Congress? On October 20, Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced he is cosponsoring a bill to block the deal. Ask yourself who benefits when that flow stops.


Too Big to Rig vs. Communist Revolution

The Washington Post just told you what's coming. Read it slowly.

On October 20, the Post reported that

"a small group of U.S. national security officials has been discreetly advising state and congressional lawmakers on how to prepare for the possibility that the Trump administration will attempt to interfere in the midterms."

https://wapo.st/4z2uENE

Barbara reads it plainly. They are openly planning a repeat of the 2020 color revolution playbook.

Her framing is blunt: Too Big to Rig vs. Communist Revolution. That's the choice on the table Thursday.

The night before, researcher @DataRepublican published...

Per her reporting, the leaked recordings come from a group called Renew to Thrive. It sits inside an umbrella called the United Democracy Alliance, which includes protest groups such as 50501 and Indivisible.

She credits National Security Leaders for America with running it. That group is led by retired Rear Adm. Michael E. Smith.

According to her, the recordings lay out "redlines" for declaring the federal government illegitimate. Invoking the Insurrection Act against "peaceful" protesters is "one of the most discussed." Governors, she writes, need only "refuse troops in their state."

Now look at the record. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs confirmed in writing that the military has no plans to send troops or federalized Guard to polling places.

FBI Director Kash Patel testified the FBI would not seize ballots.

So the scenario is being built before any event exists. That's how a color revolution works. They write the story first. Then they pull the trigger.

The Other System Builds

While the Empire plans chaos, a new strategic economic alignment is taking shape. Trump, Putin, Xi. That's Susan's contrast.

On October 20, Rubio defended Trump's talks with Putin and Xi as essential diplomacy between nuclear powers.

Putin has proposed a Trump-Xi-Putin summit to end the Ukraine war, possibly at APEC in Shenzhen next month. That would put three nuclear powers at one table. That's the Empire's nightmare.

Rubio was also in Uzbekistan for C5+1 talks with Central Asia. "We made great economic strides for the American people," he said...

Then he met India's Jaishankar and the UAE foreign minister on regional energy security (see it here).

Build. Trade. Produce. That's the American System at work. It's why the Empire needs chaos at home.

Susan showed how the same fight runs through the banks in Monday's Brief:

The Monday Brief - NOT ABOVE THE LAW: Bessent's $1.2 Billion Strike on the Empire's Banks - October 19, 2026
Treasury hit Bank of America with $1.2 billion in penalties for money laundering failures. Susan Kokinda traces the bank from Countrywide and the 1980s debt crisis to King Charles’ green finance club, and Bessent’s challenge to the IMF.

On Thursday's Board

  • Barbara: How the Post story and the Democracy Files fit the 2020 color revolution playbook, and why the answer is Too Big to Rig.
  • Susan: How Zelensky's war keeps colliding with Trump's peace, and why Trump, Putin and Xi talking terrifies the Empire.
  • Your assignment: Make your November 3 plan today. Write down when, where and how you'll vote. Then get 10 people to do the same before Thursday. Too Big to Rig starts with you.

See You Thursday

Thursday, October 22, LIVE at 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific / 4pm UK.

YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/25wAOPvKPRg?feature=share

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See you Thursday,
Adam Sturman
Producer, Promethean Action
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