{"id":2448773,"date":"2025-06-18T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/financial-data-no-kings-protests-are-hypocritical-astroturfing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:52:12","slug":"financial-data-no-kings-protests-are-hypocritical-astroturfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/financial-data-no-kings-protests-are-hypocritical-astroturfing\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Data: &#8216;No Kings&#8217; Protests Are Hypocritical Astroturfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinancial-data-no-kings-protests-are-hypocritical-astroturfing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the recent &#8220;No Kings&#8221; rallies organized by leftist groups in response to Flag Day and Father&#8217;s day celebrations, perceiving them as an attempt by Democrats to undermine the Trump administration&#8217;s influence. The author critiques these rallies as insincere and orchestrated by over 200 Democratic-aligned organizations, drawing attention to their underlying motivations and lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-guru-we-looked-at-phone-gps-info-of-anti-trumpers-in-chicago-discovered-treasure-trove-of-incriminating-info\/\" title=\"Data Guru: We Looked at Phone GPS Info of Anti-Trumpers in Chicago, Discovered Treasure Trove of Incriminating Info\">genuine grassroots support<\/a>.Highlighting the facade of populism, the article cites Asra Nomani&#8217;s insights, which reveal the extensive funding and coordination behind the protests. The author argues that the rally messages are repetitive and lack originality,suggesting that these groups are merely performing a scripted agenda rather than engaging in authentic activism. Additionally,the piece points out hypocrisy in the protesters&#8217; claims against executive overreach,questioning their silence during Biden&#8217;s administration while their criticisms seem focused solely on Trump. Ultimately, the author believes that ordinary Americans should dismiss these staged protests and reject the Democrats&#8217; approach to governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last weekend was shaping up to be a depressing one for the American left. Between the celebrations of Flag Day (which is also President Trump&rsquo;s birthday) and Father&rsquo;s Day, it seemed Democrats would have to spend all Saturday and Sunday bed-rotting to survive the &ldquo;toxic&rdquo; combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/16\/five-reasons-the-armys-birthday-parade-was-money-well-spent\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawK9XzpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETEwYU5SRlZDQm5XSXZMQXFiAR58HcCTc7rxRm6js7oi0Xnyqq7UCWGtgXpf3p97lTY1y8poH7IFM4ecIE7D1Q_aem_5XPZmlNYFvgCVnQLOYOh6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patriotism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/13\/kids-dont-just-need-a-father-figure-they-need-a-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patriarchy<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But their hopes were restored by the efforts of a bevy of leftist protest organizations. Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-11-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-ICE riots<\/a> happening in Los Angeles and elsewhere as their inspiration, these wannabe tyrants initiated a series of so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/13\/no-kings-nationwide-protest-theme-is-an-antifa-dog-whistle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No Kings rallies<\/a> across the country on Saturday. The obvious purpose of these rallies was to galvanize opposition to the Trump administration and its efforts to reestablish law and order.<\/p>\n<p>If this all seems eerily familiar, that&rsquo;s because we&rsquo;ve seen it before. Americans should not be deceived by this latest clunky combination of astroturfing and gaslighting by ideologues desperate to return to power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Illusion of Populism<\/h2>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s reelection in November represented the triumph of his common-sense populist appeal in the face of massively organized resistance. To counter Trump, Democrats need to hide their centralized structure behind a fa&ccedil;ade of spontaneous grassroots activism. Yet the No Kings effort failed to deceive any but the most superficial observer, thanks in large part to Asra Nomani&rsquo;s efforts with the Pearl Project.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/asra-nomani-2-1-billion-machine-behind-spontaneous-anti-trump-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">op-ed<\/a> published last Friday, Nomani detailed how Saturday&rsquo;s protests were organized by close to 200 groups, &ldquo;all of which are aligned with the Democratic Party and many of which claim tax-exempt &lsquo;nonpartisan&rsquo; non-profit status,&rdquo; with over $2 billion in annual revenue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the moniker of &ldquo;Indivisible Digital Asset Management,&rdquo; this protest machine provided <a href=\"https:\/\/brandfolder.com\/s\/vqbb79z4p6hhkgkrxwp9nh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promotional materials<\/a> for demonstration organizers along with <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yJi6xZ7DlNRxWumWdy8FtKaqUN_rvOLACs969x4jzr8\/edit?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an online &ldquo;toolkit&rdquo;<\/a> for messaging and mobilizing support. While these materials seem to emphasize a nonviolent approach, an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSYr9T2p6ARdRT36d7rf4OjxHKtVfqDdaA5WoXvJINTGiHxQZL7EfM42h6sG1hf7PP9wdaGnhlcIY-n\/pub?start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000&amp;slide=id.g33b249f72e6_2_82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;orientation&rdquo; slide deck<\/a> provided by #ResistTrump, one of the partner organizations involved, reportedly included &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-persist-with-violent-rhetoric-following-trump-shooting\/\" title=\"Leftists persist with violent rhetoric following Trump shooting\">political violence&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on its continuum of protest, further <a href=\"https:\/\/networkcontagion.us\/reports\/4-7-25-ncri-assassination-culture-brief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirming<\/a> the left&rsquo;s descent into radicalism.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/asra-nomani-familiar-hidden-hand-behind-todays-nokings-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second op-ed<\/a> published on the day of the protests, Nomani revealed the &ldquo;familiar hidden hand&rdquo; of Democrat Party affiliates organizing them. This explains the considerable overlap between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/06\/13\/no-kings-protest-locations-june-14\/84185581007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the map of No Kings events<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:2024_United_States_presidential_election_results_map_by_county.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the county-by-county 2024 electoral map<\/a>; the majority of these protests took place in deep-blue enclaves where the organizers knew they could rely on local support while pretending to have truly national momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Even the volunteers on the ground knew the fix was in. Nomani cited one who wished to remain anonymous as saying, &ldquo;It feels less like a movement and more like a performance. We are told which graphics to share, what signs to print and even how to answer reporters. It is like the whole protest is a campaign rollout &mdash; but in protest clothes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In short, the No Kings protests are about as spontaneous and popular as Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pittsburgh-diners-fume-after-restaurant-cleared-staged-harris-campaign-stop-mindboggling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropping in<\/a> for a meal at Primanti Brothers in Pittsburgh. As Nomani concluded, &ldquo;These are the kings and queens of the Democratic political machine summoning their minions to take to the streets to feign a fake people&rsquo;s revolution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>A Hollow Message<\/h2>\n<p>You would think that with so many resources available and so little credibility left to lose, the No Kings organizers would have tried out some brand-new material. Alas, what we saw on the streets was more of the same tired and inaccuracy-ridden rhetoric that the left has inflicted on the country since Trump came down that escalator 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A brief look at the No Kings &ldquo;brand folder&rdquo; confirms the organizers&rsquo; lack of imagination. The one slogan that seems halfway current is, &ldquo;If there&rsquo;s money for a parade? Then there&rsquo;s money for Medicaid!&rdquo; (Apparently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >digital sign budget didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t include money for proofreaders.) All the rest of the material is vague leftist claptrap: &ldquo;This Is What Democracy Looks Like,&rdquo; &ldquo;Americans Against Oligarchy,&rdquo; and &ldquo;We the People.&rdquo; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-starts-to-face-pressure-to-face-the-press-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris starts to face pressure to face the press - Washington Examiner\">voters didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t believe the Dems&rsquo; use of these canards last November, and they still don&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the main thrust of this &ldquo;new&rdquo; movement is to invoke a false sense of patriotism through the slogan &ldquo;No Kings.&rdquo; This is an odd move given the left&rsquo;s claims that America&rsquo;s true founding was not with the Declaration of Independence in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/15\/trump-should-revive-his-pro-america-1776-commission-on-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1776<\/a> but with the arrival of the first slaves in Virginia in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/01\/24\/scholars-are-eviscerating-the-new-york-times-1619-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1619<\/a>. Then again, it wouldn&rsquo;t be the first time these ideologues contradicted themselves in the pursuit of power.<\/p>\n<h2>Hypocrisy on Parade<\/h2>\n<p>But the most self-defeating aspect of this campaign is that it is so easy to show that the protesters&rsquo; guiding principle is utterly bunk. After all, if the definition of kingship in this context is executive branch overreach, then where were they all between 2021 and 2024?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They meekly bent the knee when the Biden White House imposed unscientific <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-covid-19-pandemic-lung-disease-coronavirus-pandemic-health-c71ad2f02c1560de96a1e3719e0b59fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mask<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-executive-branch-18fb12993f05be13bf760946a6fb89be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine<\/a> mandates and allowed the educational establishment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">damage<\/a> an entire generation of students. They looked the other way when Biden&rsquo;s DOJ targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/press-releases\/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parents<\/a> who complained at school board meetings, traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/new-report-details-extent-fbis-weaponization-law-enforcement-against\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholics<\/a>, and the peaceful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/cna\/biden-justice-department-indicts-8-more-pro-life-activists-for-face-act-violations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-life movement<\/a>. And they applauded <a href=\"https:\/\/bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/13\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-approving-student-debt-cancellation-for-over-5-million-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats&rsquo; efforts<\/a> to use bizarre interpretations of the law in an attempt to throw Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-durham-probe\/\" title=\"Everything You Need To Know About The Durham Probe\">chief political rival<\/a> in prison.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve asked several of my local No Kings supporters about this obvious double standard, but I have yet to receive a reasonable answer. Thus, I can only conclude that these folks are perfectly fine with a monarch (even one who is clearly mentally unfit) so long as he has a &ldquo;D&rdquo; after his name.<\/p>\n<p>If the organizers of this current spate of demonstrations had any integrity, they would just call them &ldquo;Orange Man Bad&rdquo; protests and finally abandon any attempt at seeming principled. But they don&rsquo;t, so once again it will be up to ordinary Americans to reject their tyrannical alternative to government &ldquo;of the people, by the people, and for the people&rdquo; by ignoring their caterwauling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Robert Busek is a Catholic homeschooling father of six who has taught history and Western Civilization in both traditional and online classrooms for over twenty years. His essays have also been published in The American Conservative and The American Spectator. The views he expresses here are his own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend looked bleak for the American left, but hope returned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":793,"featured_media":2448774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/No-Kings-Dallas-14.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57381,57380,3970],"class_list":["post-2448773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-astroturfing","tag-financial-data","tag-protests"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/No-Kings-Dallas-14.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448777,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448773\/revisions\/2448777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}