This past weekend saw a nationwide wave of “No Kings” demonstrations aimed squarely at the Biden-era-alarmed and Trump-opposed narrative, with rallies in major cities and small towns alike that were billed as protests against alleged authoritarianism. Organizers and local reports described large turnouts and a festival-like tone in many places, while Washington insiders warned this was more than spontaneous grassroots anger.
At the center of the push was Indivisible, the activist organization founded by Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, a husband-and-wife team who have spent years building a national network of chapters and trainings. Levin and Greenberg are no casual organizers; their operation now runs coordinated events, safety trainings, and strategic messaging across dozens of locales — the very definition of a professionalized activist machine.
Conservative investigators and nonprofit watchdogs have pointed out that this machine didn’t spring up on small-dollar donations alone. Public filings and grant-tracking show millions flowing to Indivisible from foundations tied to George Soros’s Open Society network, with reported grants in the multi-million-dollar range since 2017, raising legitimate questions about foreign-influenced money reshaping domestic political protest.
When you combine a well-funded national infrastructure with a politicized agenda, you get more than civic engagement — you get the playbook of a coordinated effort to tilt public opinion on a grand scale. Conservatives have warned that the tactics and funding behind No Kings look less like organic dissent and more like the orchestrated campaigns we’ve seen overseas that political scientists call “color revolutions.” That’s not fearmongering; it’s a commonsense reaction to the facts of who bankrolls and directs these operations.
Evidence of professionalization is visible in the logistics: Indivisible chapters advertised de-escalation and safety trainings, recruitment calls, and resources for local organizers, all pieces of an apparatus designed to scale protests quickly and efficiently. Reports also show reimbursements and logistical support flowing through allied groups, which should make every taxpayer and voter pause and ask who is underwriting nationwide civil unrest.
Mainstream outlets that covered the demonstrations often emphasized the peaceful nature of most rallies, but left out how quickly a handful of violent or disruptive incidents can be amplified by networks built expressly for agitation. Law and order matters, and Americans have every right to expect transparency about foreign or billionaire funding that bankrolls political action on U.S. soil while mainstream press calls it merely “activism.”
Patriotic citizens should demand answers: Who precisely funded the mobilization, what were the strings attached, and why are a handful of wealthy donors and grant-making networks allowed to shape the political battlefield without transparency? If our republic means anything, it means ordinary Americans control politics, not shadowy billionaires and professional operatives running nationwide protest campaigns through a married activist leadership.
