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๐Ÿงต ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐——: ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น : ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—”๐—œ๐——?

Today, NOTUS published an incredible article wherein it interviewed former and current federal employees all outright admitting to plot a soft coup on President Trump, touting their expertise in color revolutions.

NOTUS is the newly launched flagship publication of Allbritton Journalism Institute (AJI), bankrolled by founder of Politico, Robert Allbriton, who has also been implicated by the Senate on foreign money laundering but never charged.

The article talks about one of the groups involved, DemocracyAID.

I cannot promise to unmask everyone, but I can reveal who's spoken publicly. Patience as I pull together this thread.
The NOTUS article states: there are current and former trained federal officials trained in formenting color revolutions who believe that the United States has become an authoritarian country, and they are applying these same tactics at home in hopes of a "nationwide general strike."

In other words, there are people who are actively employed in the federal government trying to instigate a color revolution.Image
One of these groups has formed an informal affiliation called DemocracyAID. Ro Tucci, who directed USAID Center for Democracy, is a co-founder of DemocracyAID and leading invite-only workshops. Image
She has a low profile, but I was able to find a deleted website linking to this page: Image
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anddemocracy appears to partner with Indivisible, who of course was one of the main coordinator groups behind NoKings - and I have screenshotted additional BlueSky profiles for anyone who wishes to follow up: Image
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Rosarie Tucci also has an extensive LinkedIn profile where she also links to a group called unify-usa: Image
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She actively recruits from her colleagues on LinkedIn to DemocracyAID and recently hosted a webinar where she actively debunked the "myth" of American Exceptionalism and calls the current administration "authoritarianism on steroids": Image
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DemocracyAID was also co-founded by Danielle Reiff, who also has an extensive USAID profile. She leads Signal chats with the "community."

Just five days ago, she wrote a LinkedIn post saying "USAID is being born again" in many ways - while quoting a post, Meridian Guild, which appears to be another USAID-adjacent group.Image
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I don't have access to this guy's profile, but here are the screenshot captures about the Meridian Guild and the names involved - again, this is allegedly the replacement for USAID: Image
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Mark K seems likely to to be Mark Kerr, USAID Paraguay Director. Image
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DemocracyAID's instagram is friendsofUSAID. On the page, they promise they aren't going anywhere. Image
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Friends of USAID has a separate LinkedIn profile where they boast about a tax deductible link. Why are we giving tax advantaged status to a group whose explicit goal is to stage a color revolution? Image
Ruh-oh. Clicking on the link takes you to this page ... where it says "Good Trouble Project" .
Good Trouble is the theme of the upcoming nationwide protest on July 17th, the NoKings v2.0.
So... does it seem that ex-USAID officials were the masterminds beind all the nationwide protests?
It is looking more and more likely.Image
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Friends of USAID also has a Substack which is mostly anonymous, but does feature a few named people. In it, they reaffirm to not to go down without a fight: Image
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Danielle Reiff, cofounder of DemocracyAID, also runs a "Peacebuilders Unite" page. Within it, she compares herself to figures such as Rosa Parks. Image
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Remember the photo of Ro Tucci I posted earlier speaking at a conference?

Well, guess who was the featured speaker there. None other than Adam Kinzinger. Image
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Many of the sponsors will be familiar - and it seems Norm Eisen was a speaker as well. There are many interesting names - you can see them at . americandemocracysummit.orgImage
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I will end the thread here - the purpose of the thread was to give anyone a start into investigating who is attempting color revolutions in the United States.

Overall, the Trump administration needs to keep an eye on all those fired USAID officials. Many are scattering to various NGOs. They are promoting all those protests, although I don't know if it's accurate to say that they are "behind" the protests.

They say they do not intend to go quietly and they believe that Trump is an existential threat. I say we believe them.

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