A new investigation into the 50501 organization — one of the main forces behind the nationwide “No Kings” protests — has revealed extensive ties to extremist groups on the far left, sparking backlash and a quiet retreat by some former allies.
The report, published by the Oversight Project, analyzed social media connections of 42 organizers linked to 50501 chapters across the country. It found a dense network of affiliations with groups such as the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), Democratic Socialists of America, Antifa, and Students for Justice in Palestine. Several of these organizations have histories of supporting violent actions, aligning with authoritarian regimes, or spreading propaganda on behalf of foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party.
The Oversight Project concluded that, despite presenting themselves as a grassroots “pro-democracy” movement, 50501 organizers are deeply enmeshed with radical factions that explicitly reject American constitutional norms. The findings stand in stark contrast to mainstream media portrayals of “No Kings” rallies as ordinary expressions of civic engagement.
Among the troubling connections cited:
- PSL celebrated the anniversary of China’s communist revolution and denied the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- Students for Justice in Palestine praised Hamas’s October 2023 attacks on Israel as a “historic win.”
- Antifa-aligned accounts promoted political violence and vandalism.
- Code Pink and ANSWER Coalition were linked to CCP propaganda networks funded by millionaire Neville Singham, according to previous reporting by The New York Times.
The dataset further showed that 50501 organizers followed these radical groups more frequently than mainstream media outlets such as NPR, Reuters, or the Associated Press — and even more often than most Democratic politicians, with the exception of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The revelations are beginning to reshape the perception of the movement. Some who initially supported 50501 for its anti-authoritarian messaging are now distancing themselves, concerned that the protests were serving as a cover for extremist ideology.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna had previously warned that the movement was “a ruse to push a communist and Marxist agenda.” The Oversight Project’s findings lend weight to that concern.
While legacy outlets like NPR have described 50501 as “grassroots-led” and “pro-Constitution,” news coverage has ignored the deeper network of affiliations. The contrast between glowing media accounts and the report’s detailed mapping of far-left ties has fueled suspicion that the movement is less about preserving democracy than about advancing a radical agenda under its banner.
The report concludes with a warning: “Despite public pronouncements about protecting democracy, the organizers of the ‘No Kings’ protests are aligned with anti-democratic groups who seek to impose a communist utopia in America.”
As awareness grows, more voices — including some on the left — appear to be reconsidering whether alignment with 50501 is worth the risk of being associated with extremist and foreign-aligned factions.
The next No Kings protest is scheduled for Oct. 18 in cities across America, including Alaska.
Communist utopia, those have worked so well around the world. North Korea,& Cuba come to mind. How do we rid our country of these traitors ?? Thant is exactly what they are.
Well if Trump keeps up his schtick, the combination of Russia, China, North Korea, and India will soon steam roll our good ol’ Capitalism and we’ll be standing alone against, what, 2/3 of the world’s population? Well played, King Donald.
Well, well. MRAK let more kittens out of the bag. Another reason why my blog is so important to lefty Democrats and commie thinkers, who hate kings, but love murderous dictators.
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BTW, I’m desperately in need of donations, as my liberal friends are a bunch of tight wads. I can’t crawl to the keyboard but twice a week now. My spirits cupboard are pretty thin. Please help. Will type for spirits.
ask Arabella
Gallon of Jack Daniels coming your way. I won it a Democrat raffle. Enjoy, oh enlightened one. Keep typing!
dermutt Cole. What a waste of good breathing air you are.
Doug,
I’ve been down in the sewer so long, I don’t know what good breathing air is even like.
No grassroots, all astroturf!!
ya i went out a few months ago and no kings just prawns
For the win! – sd
Still better than any Democrat who can only come up with minnows and guppies.
The only grass roots, citizen driven mass protests I’m aware of in my lifetime were the “Tea Party” protests.
We attended a couple in Fairbanks and the people we talked to were for real. Saw no evidence of paid agitators or shadowy political advocacy organizations.
The BLM, Antifa and the multitude of overseas fronts are all created by NGOs backed with large cash infusions from oligarchs and our own government to create disturbance and influence the public.
This is one of the mechanisms that are used to topple governments overseas.
There is a difference between the left and the right. It shows in pretty much everything they do.
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The folks on the right want to be individuals. They want to make their own decisions, and are willing to suffer the consequences.
The left… they want to be told what to do. They look to authority for direction.
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That is why their “grassroots” movements are almost always funded by billionaires or NGOs. And, the grassroots movements from the right are generally (not always) individuals choosing to show up.
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One example that makes the distinction very clear is when the left declares gun owners are all just doing what the NRA tells them to do. Or, how the right only wants something because they are “in the Trump cult.” For a leftists, making the choice to join the NRA, or support a candidate is something alien to them.
The study focuses on Instagram connections, which fine. An examination of the money would also be a good idea. I would be curious as to how much of the financial support can be traced, directly or indirectly, to USAID, the Institute for Peace and other deeply corrupt federal agencies. And I expect that Soros and some other deep-pocket Leftists cannot be far away.
Proud to call Trump …..King Donald.
Finally, a true patriot who stands up to the tyranny of the lefty Democrat Party. A real Republican who knows how to take down the Totalitarian regime of Clinton/Obama/Biden. All in less than one year. Imagine what he can do to the tyrants in three more.
I am barfing so hard that there’s nothing left inside.
My insides are now gutrot. But mostly from drinking with Dermutt and trying to digest my own comments after the hangover.
Like father, like son. Alcoholism runs in families
Agree, but unless the RINOs and donkeys get booted from Congress and the Courts, we can still lose all of our gains!
People like Lisa in Alaska and Collins in Maine continually vote LEFT in total opposition to the Republican Party they are supposed to be part of. FOOLS!
Unfortunately for Democrats the way they’ve built their party the fringe elements are the party. Not long ago normal everyday Americans made up the leadership and average Democrat, since the extremists on the fringe were allowed to push their agenda and seize control of the party they’ve abandoned these normal everyday Americans in search of a woke standard that is by definition unachievable. The Democrat Party has become the 20-80 party in which they support causes that, at most, 20% of the American public supports while 80% want nothing to do with. Senator Tim Kaine (who ran for Vice President with Hillary Clinton) recently admitted he had no idea about the founding of this nation when he said “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator, that’s what the Iranian government believes,” he went on to say “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities.” And he followed that up with “And they do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator,” just to confirm hiw extreme his views are he said “So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.” This is the Democrat Party and the American left.
We scared them with the Tea Party. They had to triple down on us to make the average American think we were the extremists.
The people in Gaza are Turks which chose to go there to prepare for war, which is knows as The Six Day War. They came to Israel under the Ottoman Empire. They should have gone back by 1922. Then they went to the West Bank in 1948 to make war to try to re-take Israel. They still didn’t go back. Yes the Ottoman Empire was made up from people all over the middle east, but they all came under the gize of the Ottoman Empire. The Muslims that were not part of the Ottoman Empire stayed in Israel and didn’t fight. But the news won’t report that. They won’t report that they are Turks left over from the Ottoman Empire either. They are Turks and need to go back to Turkey. The Ottoman Empire is finished no matter how much they want to bring it back.
So you all WANT kings? I thought that’s what George III was!
Who said they want a king?
Oh… leftist… forgot. In your mind, not agreeing and toeing the leftist line means you want the opposite. If we do not support the No Kings/50501 platform, we must obviously want a king.
Children think like that.
Actually, Obama was our last King. You could look it up.
Time to identify the groups as terrorist and lock them up.
Commie stooges.
“far left”…? It’s simply softening up what they really are: communists.
The Oversight Project is a rightwing political activist group organized by heritage foundation to go after political targets. It’s not oversight, it’s just more heritage foundation corruption. Good job on the investigative journalism…
So when you have no answer to the data, you smear the messenger? Typical, sadly.
You surely refer to the D.N.C….