Asra Nomani does it again!
She went on the ground and identified who exactly was paying for the high-tech equipment used at the No Kings protest in St. Paul, Minneapolis.
$250,000 in equipment. And the list is probably far from exhaustive.
That's just a partial vendor list for just one protest in one city.
Multiply it by dozens of protests across dozens of cities.
DataRepublican
Sources said that the Democratic nonprofit Indivisible paid the bill. It didn't respond to numerous requests for comment.
How did I piece this together?
Well, I have a rule when reporting on the protest industry: be the first there and one of the last to leave.
That’s how I met Slamhammer Sound & Roadcase Co. production manager Matt Svobodny, one of the very nice hard-working members of the production crew behind the scenes in St. Paul, as they were breaking down the set for the No Kings protest, long after Bruce Springsteen and most of the anti-Trump protesters had left.
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She went on the ground and identified who exactly was paying for the high-tech equipment used at the No Kings protest in St. Paul, Minneapolis.
$250,000 in equipment. And the list is probably far from exhaustive.
That's just a partial vendor list for just one protest in one city.
Multiply it by dozens of protests across dozens of cities.
DataRepublican
… size of a Def Leppard concert.EXCLUSIVE: The hidden $250K machine of 9 paid vendors behind the 'flagship' #NoKings protest in St. Paul, Minnesota
— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) April 6, 2026
I followed the money behind the No Kings protest in St. Paul, Minn., and uncovered an estimated $250,000 paid to 9 vendors to produce an event that was about the… pic.twitter.com/Fh7am2LSJH
Sources said that the Democratic nonprofit Indivisible paid the bill. It didn't respond to numerous requests for comment.
How did I piece this together?
Well, I have a rule when reporting on the protest industry: be the first there and one of the last to leave.
That’s how I met Slamhammer Sound & Roadcase Co. production manager Matt Svobodny, one of the very nice hard-working members of the production crew behind the scenes in St. Paul, as they were breaking down the set for the No Kings protest, long after Bruce Springsteen and most of the anti-Trump protesters had left.
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