READ HERE: Free speech in the U.S. was never intended to serve as a perpetual vehicle for permanent protest. However, over the past decade, it has morphed into a billion-dollar industry fueled by dark-money-funded, far-left-aligned NGOs—many backed by opaque funding sources, including leftist billionaires and entities based in countries classified as foreign adversaries.
Yet here we are. Far-left NGO networks, some aligned with Marxist ideology, attempted coordinated acts of civil unrest in Los Angeles last month, including arson and insurrectionist behavior.
Simultaneously, operatives tied to far-left color revolution operations, including the Indivisible movement, have targeted Elon Musk and President Trump. In fact, Indivisible has maintained a continuous, nationwide protest pressure campaign against Trump.
Just yesterday, Indivisible foot soldiers were spotted outside Carnegie Mellon’s facilities in Pittsburgh, where the President Trump attended an Energy and Innovation Summit.
NOW — @CarnegieMellon students and community activists are marching from Schenley Plaza to Carnegie Mellon’s campus while Sen. McCormick & President Trump meet with leaders, CEOs inside the PA Energy & Innovation Summit. @WTAE pic.twitter.com/BwZ0wJV9q8
— Kalea Gunderson – WTAE (@KaleaGunderson) July 15, 2025
Most of these protests are highly organized, and emerging evidence suggests they are largely artificial. In other words, NGOs are hiring “rent-a-protesters” to amplify their message and create the illusion of popular support—when in reality, that mass support does not exist.
The latest evidence comes from an interview between NewsNation’s Brian Entin and Adam Swart, CEO of an activist group called “Crowds on Demand.”
Swart told Entin that an unnamed organization offered his company $20 million to recruit demonstrators for the anti-Trump protests on Thursday.