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Have you noticed the regularity of recent demonstrations against President Trump?
I have. They seem to "spontaneously" begin at about 10 or 11 AM and end at 12 or 1 PM.
Two hours, every time.
I've also noticed that many of the "protestors" are elderly and depend on crutches or a walker to stand for the two-hour affair, waving their anti-Trump sign with one hand, while gripping their crutch or walker with the other.
It may be that these seniors really do hate Trump---their signs indicate they do.
Or it could be something else.
Be informed, not misled.
Last month, News Nation reported, "Across the nation, on Thursday, 'Good Trouble Lives On' protests are set to take place honoring the life of civil rights activist and longtime U.S. Rep. John Lewis."
The Democratic Georgia lawmaker was one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump during his first term in office and skipped his inauguration, which was the first one Lewis ever missed in his more than three decades in Congress, according to Axios.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to be part of the nationwide demonstrations, according to Axios, but NewsNation spoke to the CEO of publicity firm "Crowds on Demand", who says he was offered money for recruiting people to participate in the anti-Trump protests.
Crowds on Demand?
Well, News Nation says he was offered $20 million.
However, he declined the offer.
CEO Adam Swart said he was offered $20 million to provide protesters for Thursday, but turned down the contract.
“I’m rejecting it not because I don’t want to take the business, but because frankly, this is going to be ineffective; it’s going to make us all look bad,” Swart said.
When asked who exactly offered his firm the money to recruit people, Swart would not disclose the information because he does not talk about who exactly his clients are, and that it would be “bad for business.”
Demonstrating is a big business.
And it's a dirty business.
The New York Post said:
Several lefty, dark money organizations, including George Soros’, contributed more than $20 million to groups funding protests against President Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington, DC.
Free DC, a “fiscally sponsored special project” of progressive nonprofits Community Change and Community Change Action, brought 150 demonstrators near the White House Monday to protest Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops in the district and federalize the city’s police department.
“Do not obey in advance” and “Take up space” are among Free DC’s “guiding principles,” and the group urges supporters to “go outside at 8:00 PM and bang pots and pans, sing, chant, or make noise for five minutes” every night “of this occupation.”
Free DC has scheduled multiple events since Monday’s anti-Trump protest, including a “Cop Watch Training,” suggesting further protests are planned amid Trump’s effort to make DC the “safest, cleanest, and most beautiful cities anywhere in the world” – by ramping up law enforcement efforts and removing homeless encampments from public places.
"Crowds on Demand" is not the only player in this "crowd" business.
The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether an activist organization with ties to the Democratic Party that received nearly $1 million in grants under the Biden administration used the funds to foment the anti-ICE riots that ripped through Los Angeles last month.
In a letter obtained exclusively by The New York Post, addressed to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the committee details the taxpayer-funded grants doled out to the group by the federal government between 2021 and 2023.
“This raises concerns that CHIRLA may be using federal funds to support violent criminal activity that impedes the enforcement of federal immigration law,” the letter states in reference to the funds, which ostensibly were paid out to support things like “citizenship instruction and naturalization services” and “innovations in citizenship education.”
The letter is signed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), as well as Reps. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the chairmen of two subcommittees.
The committee is requesting CHIRLA turn over “all documents and communications” related to any federal funds the group received, as well as a detailed breakdown of how the funds were spent, including any supporting documentation.
According to financial records obtained by DataRepublican, CHIRLA received nearly $34 million in government grants, mostly from the state of California, in the fiscal year ending June 2023, a jump from the $12 million it received the previous year.
The radical group also received around $450,000 in grants for “citizenship education and training” between October 2021 and September 2024 from the DHS — the very agency the group was protesting earlier this month.
However, under the Trump administration, the federal agency cut ties with the group. It terminated any further funding in March, including clawing back nearly $101,000 that had yet to be paid out.
Officials estimated the cost of the riots to LA taxpayers will exceed $30 million.
LA Times: "Paid Protestors are a Real Thing"
The LA Times says, "Paid protesters are a real thing."
Crowds on Demand, a Beverly Hills firm that’s an outspoken player in the business of hiring protesters, boasts on its website that it provides its clients with “protests, rallies, flash-mobs, paparazzi events and other inventive PR stunts.… We provide everything, including the people, the materials, and even the ideas.”
The company has hired actors to lobby the New Orleans City Council on behalf of a power plant operator, protest a Masons convention in San Francisco, and act like supportive fans and paparazzi at an L.A. conference for life coaches.
But according to a lawsuit filed by a Czech investor, Crowds on Demand also takes on more sordid assignments. Zdenek Bakala claims the firm has been used to run an extortion campaign against him.
Bakala has accused Prague investment manager Pavol Krupa of hiring Crowds on Demand to pay protesters to march near his home in Hilton Head, S.C., and to call and send emails to the Aspen Institute and Dartmouth College, where Bakala serves on advisory boards, urging them to cut ties to him. Bakala alleges that Krupa has threatened to continue and expand the campaign unless Bakala pays him $23 million.
Takeaway
President Trump has repeatedly claimed that protesters — most recently those fighting the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh — were being paid by liberal billionaire George Soros and other monied interests.
The Bible says in Galatians 6:8 - "For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Prayerful.
