Posted on 12/06/2025 5:13:59 AM PST by MtnClimber
A “color revolution” (sometimes called a “soft coup” or “regime-change operation by non-kinetic means”) is a modern form of orchestrated political upheaval designed to replace an existing government without traditional military invasion or civil war. The term arose from events in the early 2000s, such as Serbia’s Bulldozer Revolution (2000) and Georgia’s Rose Revolution (2003). These operations follow a remarkably consistent playbook, refined over two decades by Western NGOs, intelligence-linked foundations, and State Department-affiliated entities (Open Society Foundations, USAID, etc.).
Authors describe seven stages of a color revolution. The stages include these tactics, which I’ll list in approximate chronological order:
- Portray the target government as illegitimate, authoritarian, corrupt, or “fascist.”
- Front-load allegations: accuse incumbent of planning the crimes the opposition intends to commit (rigging, regression, dictatorship).
- Fund and train NGOs, student groups, and opposition politicians to repeat a unified message.
- Create/amplify a unifying symbol or theme (e.g., Orange Man Bad).
- Manufacture an electoral crisis.
- Street mobilization.
- Public appeals to and moral blackmail of the military and police: “You’re with the people, not the regime.”
- Promises of immunity, future positions for defectors.
- Threats to those who support target government.
- Provoke a response, flood media with images of “peaceful protesters” being attacked.
- International legitimation as foreign governments and media recognizes opposition leaders as “legitimate” authority.
- Sanctions, frozen assets, diplomatic isolation applied to sitting government.
- New elections scheduled under international supervision.
We’re approaching the final four stages of this process with the Seditious Six’s “advice” to the military about alleged “illegal orders”, and threats to those who obey the POTUS. These warnings have eroded military cohesion, priming them for institutional resistance against Trump's policies on immigration enforcement and domestic security.
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The ongoing color revolution against President Trump is a criminal conspiracy. I hope the DOJ goes after the leftist criminals doing this.
Thank you for these two posts, very interesting.
The opposition should come up with its own name for it.
I wish I had more confidence in the DOJ’s counter-revolution. I don’t see enough arrests. I don’t see color revolutionaries in jail. I don’t see the ruling party supporting the ruler. This is how you lose.
Front-load allegations: accuse incumbent of planning the crimes the opposition intends to commit (rigging, regression, dictatorship).
They misspelled “already committing”. The US has been seeing all of this since the 1960s. Not counting JFK getting whacked, 1968.
Getting rid of Nixon was a painfully obvious deep state op. Largest electoral landslide in history, he wasn’t president because he was a charismatic good looking guy. Gone, within 2 years.
The stages of a color revolution.
Communism under many names same finger prints.
The government should take action on the seditious six, even with the risk of them becoming some sort of flashpoint or political martyrs. Don’t ignore this. Show strength, authority, and the rule of law. Give them their day in court. Don’t ignore this.
It is no longer (and hasn’t been for some time) just lawful political opposition, the Left wants to overthrow our government.
‘Democrat’ oath breakers urging soldiers to break their oaths.
Don’t hold your breath. Lateesha James committed mortgage fraud: everyone knows it.
For doing what she accused Trump of doing, stating first that “getting him” was her goal.
Our Fearless Fosdick DOJ can’t even get her to trial, and rats are laughing at Blondi & Co.
I follow most liberal congress critters on Facebook.
They all support open borders and fight against ICE deporting illegal aliens.
They all support DEIscriminating against American White men.
They hate us blowing drug boats out of the water.
All the industrial nations have birthrates below the replacement level.
Most third world countries are growing in population.
Our population is 343,603,404.
In 1990 it was 248,709,873.
Subtract that difference and remove the 25,000,000 immigrants that became U.S. citizens and remove
the 55,000,000 visa holders and you have 69,352,531 illegal aliens.
I chose 1990 because that is when judges began making illegal aliens legal.
40 percent of the illegal aliens are people that came here under visas.
If Trump follows through on redistricting congressional districts without counting illegal aliens then these
politicians will be out of a job.
The illegals are afraid to leave their homes, they are being kicked out of subsidized housing, they are
losing their subsidized healthcare.
Hopefully SCOTUS won’t deny Trump’s EO denying them birthright citizenship.
The DOJ should enforce this law.
§1324. Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
(a) Criminal penalties
B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—
…
(iii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the
person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the
life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and
(iv) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any
person, be punished by DEATH or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or
both.
…
(3)(A) Any person who, during any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10
individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be
fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2001-title8/html/USCODE-2001-title8-chap12.htm
I think the color revolution is almost over.
Author forgot “kill the usefull idiots”
The new regime will not want pros trained in the dark arts of regime change unemployed and hanging around looking for work...
The Democrats are promoting a “Blue Revolution.” Meaning they want POWER.
Lacking clear evidence of overtly expressed intent and/or conspriacy, that would be a very tough conviction to obtain.
Trump is good, but we need Pinochet.
That’s why extra legal means take place if the color revolution fails.
It’s the Podesta plan. The next step is a domestic false flag operation, perhaps an attack on anti-ICE protestors falsely blamed on MAGA. They/them need a catalyst, a Saint Floyd of fentanyl moment.
The color of our revolution is red and it happened last November.
Just wish people would realize it.
Red?
This why I have theorized that Trump will have to declare some type of martial law. I believe he is bringing the public along to the point where they will accept it. One of to g to soon see Trump issue a national emergency order to allow him to federal used the election system so we vote with paper ballots in the midterms. Otherwise the election rigging will be in full force.
The system is too broken/hijacked to fix itself. The judiciary is out of control and Congress is impotent.
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