The Midweek Update – There Was a Secret Coup Plan but then Elissa Slotkin Opened Her Big Mouth – October 21, 2026

Watch on YoutubeBarbara Boyd opens with Senator Elissa Slotkin’s remarks to University of Chicago students on October 13 about deterring young people from working for the Trump administration, and her background in the intelligence community, the National Security Council and the Pentagon.The episode follows the files Data Republican has been releasing on X about networks of former national security and USAID officials, including the United Democracy Alliance, National Security Leaders for America, Renew to Thrive and the Horizons Project, and their plans around the midterms, and the Washington Post’s October 20 report that current and former officials with Defense Department experience have been advising officials from 10 states.It then looks back at the Transition Integrity Project’s war games of June 2020, Susan Rice’s warning to corporations, Lord Palmerston and Giuseppe Mazzini, and Vice President JD Vance on the charge that the President is profiting from his office.It closes with the Justice Department’s election-crime prosecutions, including 28 people charged in California, the end of USAID, Mike Benz at the Institute of Peace, and making the November 3 midterms too big to rig.The Real Revolution: The British and the Communists Are Trying to Kill AgainBarbara Boyd’s new 47-page briefing is free for paid Promethean Action members. It names the real enemy in the 2026 midterms: an Empire that has used both Wall Street and the Communist mob against the American System — and is trying again.Promethean ActionBarbara Boyd00:00 The Midweek Update – There Was a Secret Coup Plan but then Elissa Slotkin Opened Her Big Mouth – October 21, 202601:47 Data Republican Blows the Whistle and the Washington Post Confirms It05:00 The 2020 Rerun and Lord Palmerston10:23 Make It Too Big To Rig Support our Political Briefings!Keep our work fierce, fearless, and 100% independent by becoming a paid Promethean Action newsletter subscriber for just $10 a month. Your subscription powers every deep-dive we publish—no corporate sponsors whispering in our ear, no annoying ads cluttering your screen. If you value honest analysis and want to help us keep shining a light on the real power plays shaping America’s future, hit that subscribe button now and stand with us. Subscribe for $10 a month Paid subscribers get access to the transcript AND SHOW NOTES below. 👇 Read the full story Sign up now to read the full story and get access to all posts for paying subscribers only. Subscribe Already have an account? Sign in