🧵 THREAD: The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he's standing between President Trump and a coup Pete Hegseth named the institutions... CFR, Brookings, the general class... in 37 seconds in a video by Liz Wheeler . Within 72 hours of his nomination, a color revolution... planning document cited him as an insider threat. They didn't go after him because of drinking. They didn't go after him because of women. They went after him because every color revolution manual ever written says the same thing: you cannot topple a government unless the security forces defect. And a loyal Secretary of Defense is the one person who makes sure they don't. I have the receipts. Their own documents. Their own training sessions. Their own words on camera. As always, patience as I pull together the thread. 👇show more

@Liz_Wheeler This is not my theory. This is theirs. Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan — the two most cited scholars in the color revolution field — studied 323 regime change campaigns. Their finding: Security force defections make campaigns FORTY-SIX TIMES more likely to succeed.

@Liz_Wheeler So what did co-author Maria Stephan do next? She became Chief Organizer of the Horizons Project. And on July 16, 2025, she trained New Kings participants on video. "Security forces refused to obey orders to repress protesters."

@Liz_Wheeler 130,000 people are told: "When they crack and power within them shifts, the entire edifice can crumble." "They" = security forces... our military. Yes, Stefan's teachings are now informing a mass American audience that it's how you bring down a government.

It gets worse. Hardy Merriman — Gene Sharp's personal assistant, co-author of the CANVAS regime change field manual used in 50+ countries — wrote a domestic version. It says: "Those who serve in government institutions swear an oath to uphold the Constitution. They don't swear allegiance to the president himself." Then it teaches them how to defect: call in sick, work slowly, ignore orders, leak to media, publicly defy.

Now look at what their own planning document says about Hegseth. The "Democracy Playbook 2025" — the same document that teaches "dealing with security forces" and color revolution case studies — cites this in footnote 49: "Pete Hegseth had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'" — AP, November 15, 2024. 72 hours after his nomination. In a regime change manual.

Then the operation went live. November 11, 2025: The National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force publishes "FAQ on Refusing Illegal Orders." November 12: Same group publishes a statement calling U.S. Venezuela operations "war crimes" and declaring officers "should refuse superior orders." Remember these dates.

@Liz_Wheeler Six days later. November 18. Six Democratic members of Congress — all military veterans — release a video telling active-duty troops: "You MUST refuse illegal orders."

@Liz_Wheeler Five of the six were recruited through a single organization: New Politics Leadership Academy. One pipeline. One talent program. Five of six. Mark Kelly was the sixth.

@Liz_Wheeler The administration took the bait. Exactly as the playbook predicted. Trump called them "traitors" and threatened death. Hegseth opened a Pentagon investigation. Grand jury convened under 18 USC 2387... sedition. It failed.

@Liz_Wheeler Daniel Driscoll — Secretary of the Army — has been MORE disruptive than Hegseth. Cancelled the M10 Booker. Halted Humvee production. His confirmation vote... 66-28 versus Hegseth's 51-50. Zero organized opposition for Driscoll. Why?

@Liz_Wheeler Because Driscoll is someone the system can work with. He's Yale Law with cross-partisan relationships. Like this one: Daniel Driscoll's wife donated over six thousand dollars to Maggie Goodlander, one of the Seditious Six.

The color revolution playbook has one tool for security forces: social pressure through professional networks to induce defection. Driscoll is embedded in those networks. He can be pulled away. Hegseth isn't. He was never attached. The system can't co-opt him... so its only option is removal. That's why Driscoll gets 16 Democratic votes and puff pieces. That's why Hegseth gets grand juries.

@Liz_Wheeler Yes, Braver Angels is tied. IMIP hosted a "Pre-Huddle for Braver Angels Convention" on June 13, 2024. Tabatha Pilgrim Thompson, from the Horizons Project, Maria Stephan's organization, was on the call. Watch below:

@Liz_Wheeler And MWEG? Same table. Jennifer Thomas if MWEG on the IMIP call, February 2024: "We couldn't have done it without people like you."

@Liz_Wheeler IMIP's Sterling Speirn responds: "If you have a Mormon Women's chapter in your community, you're going to have a little passing gear already in place." MWEG is the grassroots arm. IMIP is the coordination layer. And Maria Stephan's Horizons Project is a part of this same series.

@Liz_Wheeler When Hegseth took his seat on the USIP board, the institutional home where the color revolution playbook was developed, the acting president physically barricaded the building. They sent DOGE staff, FBI agents, and DC police to get in.

CONCLUSION: Pete Hegseth named the institutions in 37 seconds. The institutions responded with: - Pre-positioned oppo research activated in 72 hours - A regime change planning document citing him by name - A legal predicate for military disobedience published the same week as the Seditious Six video - A pipeline that produced the cohort - A grand jury they couldn't win - A replacement they CAN co-opt - Braver Angels and MWEG sitting at the same table as the color revolution coordinators - A physical barricade at the building where the playbook was written They're not trying to get rid of a bad SecDef. They're trying to remove the one obstacle that makes their entire methodology fail.

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@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler This is one of the most unsettling things I’ve ever read on this platform. And yet, I thank you for writing it. The truth is rarely a cocktail of comfort.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Great thread... As always, bringing receipts... But I have to ask, is this all by design? We can find a wounded soldier by his heart beat, but we can't stop the radical left??? Kinda makes ya wonder...

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Nearly every institution has been captured; that's the problem. It's easier to kidnap a Venezuelan dictator than to convict a Democrat of murder in a D.C. jury, even with a signed confession.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Yeah, we knew something was up. If this were actually about alcohol or women, there wouldn’t be enough cardboard boxes in DC for all the resignations.

@dercpa @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler So…is everyone understanding why this was /is so dangerous? These six must face consequences!

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler My question is, what other than vote are we average citizens supposed to do about it? It kinda sucks to just sit here, vote every November, and pray the country isn't destroyed by the hydra that trying to devour it.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler You govern yourself. Do you still have children in public school? Do you still depend on CNN? Do you go to DEI training sessions? Are you stuck in a city? All these things are fixable.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Thankfully, I can say no to all of these.

It’s worth noting that Russian intelligence influence operative Alexander Dugin (who Tucker, Candace & Alex Jones promote) fired the first shots at @PeteHegseth from the Seditionist-Right angle. Only then did Tucker etc. pile on, continuing a rather suspicious pattern in aligned messaging that we have seen repeatedly. Dugin previously made it sound like Hegseth was in his favored Russia-friendly camp within the Trump Administration (which never made sense to begin with), so Dugin’s unprecedented mentioning of him in a negative context signaled to me that rhetorical bullets were headed his way. And now - surprise, surprise - Tucker is firing away.

@benz_pilled @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Isn’t it weird that the co founder of Indivisible, Ezra Klein is an “Abundist” and he’s in the network with Horizons and Braver Angels and all of the other groups fomenting a color revolution- using Rachel Kleinfeld’s strategies? …weird.

This. "They went after him because every color revolution manual ever written says the same thing: you cannot topple a government unless the security forces defect. And a loyal Secretary of Defense is the one person who makes sure they don't." Bring it DR. Looking forward to the thread.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler EXACTLY! Thank YOU, DataRepublican for putting so many "anomalies" in the light, especially this. It is my honor to be one of your many subscribers. Support @DataRepublican by subscribing NOW.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Thank you Pete Hegseth. I sadly, fell for the liberal media smear job. I’m so grateful you stuck it out for our country.

@Bear96Momma @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler They fear military tribunals. If Hegseth cleans up the military, Trump can use the insurrection act for the places where government officials are committing treason 😬

@AilsaForshaw @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler May God bless our @SecWar, and keep him from the snares of these woke devils.

@pepesgrandma @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler I have seen two references in recent days of lawfare against soldiers. One, the case against the decorated Australian soldier, and another reference of UK SAS members resigning out of fear of lawsuits from their service. This may be a worldwide effort.

@Andy34417974 @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler It was obvious - the pure panic as Pete surgically removed specific people one by one, the deep state absolutely freaked out. He had white hats on the inside.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Incredible job tying the pieces together. I had some of the puzzle pieces but this whole thread shoved the whole timeline into the spotlight. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Keep exposing. 👏🏻👏🏻

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Accurate.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler That's what this stunt was as well. If Trump hadn't won, they'd be building reeducation camps and digging large mass graves by now. Thank you @DataRepublican

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Thank you for this, impeccable as always! I made a poster of all the Reps trying to impeach Pete so people know who they are:

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Wow!!! Yet more proof Data Republican does not sleep. Govt employees should be trained by her.

This is ALSO why they want to gain control over X so badly. @elonmusk needs to be VERY diligent in making sure he removes all liberal plants from his organization or they will topple X from the inside in insidious ways. They can’t have the truth being shared and causing a counter to their revolution.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Thank you for laying all of this out! Well done! May God continue to guide and protect @PeteHegseth and his family 🙏

@BStockmarketb @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler

@grey_worm5309 @PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler As always, completely on target, with receipts. @DataRepublican is a national treasure

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Your assessment is valid, based on my own experience in defending against communist coups and participating in anticommunist regime change actions abroad. Example: USSR would not have collapsed had the KGB not become divided, with important elements rebelling or defecting.

Thank you for this. And all the work you do for our country! It was clear they were after him because he was in their way, and it was clear the seditious six were up to no good with their little PSA, but what you’ve uncovered and shared about their true intentions and the level of organization and coordination of their efforts is truly scary stuff. Your work is essential for us to truly know the enemy within so we have a fighting chance to defeat their color revolution. I am grateful you are fighting on the side of good.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Helps you to understand why the Biden ("Regime") administration installed a bunch of wackadoos in the military. Degrade the culture, fill it with American hating assclowns, and create a anti patriot sentiment.

Their ultimate mission is to gain control of the military. Once they control the military, they will use it against Americans. Conversely, using our military is the only way to save our country. The enemy of our Constitution has infiltrated our country domestically. There’s no other choice.

An important footnote is that Obama understood exactly how color revolutions work. Which is exactly why he implemented DEI protocols across all branches, fired so many veteran command staff and replaced them with fellow travelers, and designed ROE specifically so that our troops on foreign battlefields would lose.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler I have seen the same script so many times that I no longer take it seriously. I assume political charges are political. As for the media - zero trust.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler The Globalists still control our senate though. Keep primarying every single one.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Brock Chisholm (the first director general of the WHO)

I think I speak for everyone when I say @PeteHegseth is the sexiest WarSec we've ever had. The dude trains with cadets, only ever speaks positively about the troops he commands, stands up to 3rd world barbarians that want to destroy all of Western Civ and he's reinstituted armed forces members who were fired for not getting the covid vax. Easily best/sexiest WarSec since I've been alive.

@PeteHegseth @Liz_Wheeler Once their methods are understood, they become readily apparent.