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Bumbles

(631 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:54 AM 20 hrs ago

'Be ready': Expert warns Trump's 'boyhood pal' on verge of enacting major midterm 'scheme'

Is this purely hyperbolic headlining or something to take more seriously. Nothing feels safe or normal anymore.

"Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor sounded the alarm Thursday over what he warned was an imminent “scheme” to “hijack the midterm vote” – an alleged plot that at its center is President Donald Trump’s “boyhood pal.”

The “boyhood pal” in question is Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who first met Trump in the 1950s at the New York Military Academy. Ticktin was in the Oval Office as recently as last week according to Taylor, and has vigorously pushed Trump to declare a national emergency over unsubstantiated claims of foreign election interference in the 2020 election.

“Ticktin insists the proof of the grand conspiracy is coming any day now, once [Venezuelan President] Nicolás Maduro starts talking from federal custody. And some have speculated that the Trump administration is trying to induce the Venezuelan leader to go along with such an admission in exchange for leniency,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published on his Substack Thursday."

https://www.rawstory.com/midterm-elections-2677201790/

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'Be ready': Expert warns Trump's 'boyhood pal' on verge of enacting major midterm 'scheme' (Original Post) Bumbles 20 hrs ago OP
Now Now, don't look behind the curtain gab13by13 20 hrs ago #1
Hyberbole? Raw Story? I dont believe it! GusBob 20 hrs ago #2
I've seen it from other mainstream sources. orangecrush 20 hrs ago #3
It's being widely reported: sop 19 hrs ago #4
When Miles Taylor sends up a warning flare - I listen. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #5

gab13by13

(33,175 posts)
1. Now Now, don't look behind the curtain
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:06 AM
20 hrs ago

the problem is Democrats who don't vote.

Do I need the sarcasm thingy?

Malcolm Nance - Miles Taylor - 2028 Democratic ticket.

sop

(20,106 posts)
4. It's being widely reported:
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:48 AM
19 hrs ago

'Maduro pardon? Truth behind viral claim about Donald Trump and '2020 rigged election'...A claim has gone viral that President Trump is considering a pardon for Venezuela's Maduro in exchange for him claiming they helped rig the 2020 election.'

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/nicolas-maduro-pardon-truth-behind-viral-claim-about-donald-trump-and-2020-rigged-election-101769724052863.html

And...

'MAGA Thinks Maduro Will Prove Trump Won in 2020...The capture of the Venezuelan leader has revived a debunked conspiracy theory.'

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/maduro-venezuela-conspiracy-theory/685599/

And...

'Election deniers think Maduro’s capture will expose plot to steal 2020 vote'

"When President Donald Trump authorized an overnight military action Saturday in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro, he said the goal was to bring the Venezuelan leader to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges — and to take control of the country’s oil fields."

"But some prominent far-right figures — as well as a top U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official — are suggesting Trump actually captured Maduro for another reason: Because the Venezuelan strongman has key evidence to support a fringe conspiracy theory that his country helped voting machine companies rig the 2020 election."

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/election-deniers-think-maduros-capture-will-expose-plot-to-steal-2020/

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