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Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Oct 18, 2025

The "No Kings Day" protests are an incredible example of how astroturfed the Left is. Nothing about this was…

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The author argues that the "No Kings Day" protests are not genuinely grassroots but rather orchestrated by wealthy donors, established left-wing organizations like Indivisible and MoveOn, labor unions, and George Soros-backed groups spending millions on advertising and coordination. The thread claims this demonstrates how the Left manufactures the appearance of spontaneous activism while hiding the involvement of powerful political actors and organizations.

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    The "No Kings Day" protests are an incredible example of how astroturfed the Left is. Nothing about this was "grassroots" or organic. It's funded by billionaires, promoted by million-dollar ad buys, and organized by some of the most powerful left-wing groups in America. 🧵

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    Last week, a new group called "Home of the Brave" dropped $1 million on a national media blitz to juice turnout at the protests, runnings ads in more than 185 local papers across 31 states. They took out full-page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today.

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    The group, based in D.C., has been responsible for a recent flyer campaign in the nation's capital, plastering the streets with posters harassing ICE and other federal agents to "take off your masks."

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    The main organizer of "No Kings" is Indivisible—one of the most notorious astroturfing operations on the Left. The entire campaign is hosted on their infrastructure: Their websites, event map, sign-up forms, and press operations. They’re the umbrella under which it all operates.

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    Indivisible is a well-funded operation, devoted exclusively to creating the appearance of grassroots "uprisings." That includes everything from No Kings to media and phone-call campaigns to showing up at Republican town halls and filming themselves yelling angry questions.

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    You won't be surprised to learn that one of the group's heavyweight backers is George Soros. The Soros activist empire has poured millions of dollars into Indivisible since the group emerged in 2017—including a two-year grant of $3 million in 2023 alone.

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    The list of supporting organizations for No Kings also boasts some of the most powerful unions in the nation, including American Federation of Teachers (led by President Randi Weingarten!) and SEIU. That means organizers, volunteers and mobilization networks.

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    MoveOn, one of the Left’s largest campaign war machines, is mobilizing its mailing lists, built-in fundraising, press relationships, and PR apparatus to help mobilize and promote the protests. Another partner is the ACLU—one of the Left's most powerful legal activist groups.

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    Then again, other partners include the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). This is the last nail in the coffin of the idea that there's some firewall of separation between the radicals and the mainstream Left: Establishment Democrats working side-by-side with revolutionary communists.

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    This is how it usually goes with the Left. Tomorrow, the media is going to regale us with stories about this totally spontaneous, "grassroots" uprising. Don't believe it. The truth is, every detail is meticulously planned by some of the most powerful political forces in America.