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No Kings, No Secrets - The Dark Money Behind America’s “Grassroots” Protests
General Flynn's Substack - Official ^ | 17 Oct, 2025 | Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET)

Posted on 10/18/2025 9:29:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber

This weekend, millions are expected to flood the streets chanting “No Kings, No Secrets” in what’s being sold as a grassroots rebellion against authoritarianism. But peel back the curtain, and you’ll find a different story: one of dark money elite networks and carefully coordinated narratives. This isn’t the voice of the people; it’s a well-funded operation designed to shape perceptions and control outcomes.

Amid the orchestrated chants of No Kings No Secrets there is zero excitement for this demonic cause. What is presented as a grassroots movement is instead a hollow spectacle driven by a web of dark money and hidden agendas. The substantial funding from networks like Arabella Soros and others totaling nearly 294.5 million dollars reveals a calculated effort to manipulate public perception rather than a genuine uprising. This top-down manipulation, lacking the organic passion of true activism, leaves little room for enthusiasm, exposing it as a manufactured narrative.

https://x.com/seamusbruner/status/1978943052065464630

Over 2500 No Kings protests are scheduled for October 18 across all 50 states, orchestrated by a coalition of over 200 groups, including Indivisible, the ACLU, and SEIU. On the surface, it looks like a broad coalition. But dig deeper and you’ll see these organizations share the same donors, lawyers, and fiscal sponsors, entities like the Sixteen Thirty Fund tied to George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. Politico has called this fund the left’s dark money powerhouse, and for good reason, it funnels hundreds of millions into political operations disguised as civic engagement.

The playbook is simple but effective. Fiscal sponsors like Arabella create shell nonprofits that spin off countless sub-projects, each with a noble-sounding name but zero public accountability. These groups pay for protest signs, organizers’ travel, and media campaigns, creating the illusion of a groundswell while the puppet masters remain hidden. As a crowd-for-hire CEO recently admitted, paid agitators and foreign influence are part of the mix. This isn’t activism but information warfare.

We’ve seen this before. The Color Revolutions overseas followed a similar formula: Western NGOs pulling strings with money, media, and messaging in perfect sync. The 2020 Summer of Justice protests: Millions went into bail funds tied to political PACs. Those election-year civic engagement drives: Always hitting the same swing states. The pattern is clear. The slogans change, but the players behind the curtain don’t.

Senator Ted Cruz is now calling for a federal investigation into the money web behind No Kings and even pushing for RICO scrutiny on these fiscal sponsors. The coordination is too perfect, the slogans too polished, the timing too convenient, and the media are all singing the same tune. As one X post put it, this is not simply a political protest but information warfare. Money fuels movements, movements shape perception, and perception drives policy. You don’t need bullets to win that kind of war; you only need belief.

To separate real activism from manufactured dissent, start asking the tough questions: Who’s paying for the buses’ training and signage? Who’s providing media coordination and digital advertising? What fiscal sponsor processes their donations? Which national talking points appear word-for-word across supposedly local chapters? Real grassroots movements are messy, unpredictable, and often underfunded. This one is none of those things.

Elite networks hiding behind nonprofits and moral slogans exploit real people with real anger. The best disinfectant is exposure. Until we rip the veil off this dark money machine, exposing the millions funneled through shadowy fronts and the puppet masters pulling the strings, this cycle of manufactured outrage and laundered cash will keep masquerading as change. The American people deserve the truth, and we must fight for it.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: astroturf; colorrevolution; darkmoney; democratparty; democratterrorism; democratterrorists; domesticenemies; globohomo; leftism
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1 posted on 10/18/2025 9:29:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

All part of the color revolution being waged by the left against President Trump since 2016. Likely it will be called The Purple Revolution.


2 posted on 10/18/2025 9:30:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Good post.

Once you see the formula everything starts to make sense.

The elites want to make us their slaves.


3 posted on 10/18/2025 9:32:53 AM PDT by cgbg ("The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.")
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To: MtnClimber

(Holds envelope to forehead) “Because they are terrorists now.”

(Opens envelope)
“Why are not seeing any skinny masked twerps in black?” Carnac


4 posted on 10/18/2025 9:34:54 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: MtnClimber

Happy King Trump Day everyone !


5 posted on 10/18/2025 9:35:29 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: MtnClimber

The usual suspects.


6 posted on 10/18/2025 9:38:10 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: cgbg

There is a house down the street that always has the yard signs. Today it is “No kings” and “No Dictators”. They ride bicycles down the street with Ukraine flags on poles on the back of their bikes.


7 posted on 10/18/2025 9:42:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Beowulf9

Meanwhile, not all kings are tyrants...

https://www.democratsabroad.org/davehs/montr_al_no_tyrants_meetup

“In the US and countries without monarchies, October 18 is marked as “No Kings Day.” Here in Canada, to avoid confusion, we’re calling it “No Tyrants Day.”
Wherever people gather, the spirit is the same: to stand together and say loud and clear—”

SNORT.


8 posted on 10/18/2025 9:44:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: MtnClimber

New drinking game - a shot every time Mike Flynn uses the term “dark money”.


9 posted on 10/18/2025 9:44:50 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: cgbg

The Elite Communists want to make us their slaves. We’re seeing communism at work and it will get more intense.

They are working on paralyzing America, including the government.


10 posted on 10/18/2025 9:45:40 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: MtnClimber

Apparently someone needs to learn the definition of “SECRETS”...They are so hypocritical, they don’t even recognize THAT word...They need a whole new thesaurus....better still - they just NEED TO GO AWAY - FAR, FAR AWAY!


11 posted on 10/18/2025 9:46:16 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: MtnClimber

Flynn knows what he’s talking about. We’ve been doing this for years thru the CIA in foreign countries. Now former elements of the agency have taken this tradecraft within against our own people. It’s plain as the nose on your face.

Add a willing media and a boatload of foreign money men and magically, you have an organized insurrection bought and paid for.

Follow the money.


12 posted on 10/18/2025 9:48:54 AM PDT by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: MtnClimber

What is Arabella?


13 posted on 10/18/2025 9:55:31 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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Arabella:

https://www.arabellaadvisors.com/


14 posted on 10/18/2025 10:05:47 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: mewzilla

Canaduh’s Carney barker is a tyrant.


15 posted on 10/18/2025 10:06:25 AM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MtnClimber

How do these people communicate? Discord? Signal? Chinese Encryption? Cell Phones?

I’ve given up on knowing what they are saying to each other, but it might be nice to disrupt the communications.


16 posted on 10/18/2025 10:06:54 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: doorgunner69

Arabella is a network of organizations controlled by Arabella Advisors, which has a billion dollars in annual revenue and a reported 425 employees, and is the nation’s largest political consulting firm. They bundle money from various domestic and foreign donors and fund leftist politicians and leftist groups.


17 posted on 10/18/2025 10:09:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

I just searched for no king protests in my nearest large town zip code. There are dozens of groups in on the act. Many, if not most, have Facebook accounts. And then there is the county democrat party, which came up. It must be overwhelming the web.


18 posted on 10/18/2025 10:12:58 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: gloryblaze

Thanks! I didn’t even think of Facebook (since I’m not on it). That makes sense.

It should also be easily readable and disrupt-able, I would think.


19 posted on 10/18/2025 10:22:55 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: MtnClimber

😆


20 posted on 10/18/2025 10:26:39 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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