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ASRA NOMANI: The $2.1 billion machine behind ‘spontaneous’ anti-Trump protests

Investigation reveals the #NoKings protests are orchestrated by 198 Democratic-aligned groups with $2.1 billion in revenue, contradicting claims of grassroots activism

EarlyTuesdayevening,asNationalGuardtroopsfacedoffagainstprotestersandriotersonthestreetsofLosAngeles,powerfulteachers’unionpresidentRandiWeingartenhostedavirtualtownhallwithDemocraticKentuckyGov.AndyBeshear.andtwoleadingpoliticaloperativesinDemocraticPartypolitics,LeahGreenberg,founderofapoliticalnonprofit,Indivisible,andRev.AlSharpton,founderofanotherpoliticalnonprofit,NationalActionNetwork.  GreenberghailedanupcomingwaveofproteststhisSaturday—settosweepthrougheven“reallyredareasofthecountry,”markedwithmostlyRepublicanvoters—asastandagainstPresidentDonaldTrump.Throughout thecall,Weingartenbeamed,excited.Sharptonphonedinhisenthusiasmaboutpeoplewith“differentpoliticalbeliefs”uniting.TheytoutedSaturday’scampaignasthe“#NoKings”protest. PROTESTERSEXPECTEDTOCONVERGEONDC,NEIGHBORINGCITIESAHEADOF