By General Mike Flynn
What Americans are witnessing is not spontaneous civic outrage. It is a repeatable, well-funded political operation, one that activates whenever federal law is enforced and retreats behind euphemisms the moment accountability is demanded.
The anti-ICE riots and the nationally coordinated “No Kings” rallies did not materialize out of thin air. They required infrastructure: communications platforms, legal defense funds, transportation, signage, media coordination, and professional organizers. That infrastructure costs money often millions of dollars and the same ideological and political networks appear again and again.
This is not conjecture. It is documented in grant disclosures, IRS filings, congressional letters, and media reporting.
What We Know So Far and Why It Demands Investigation
Multiple outlets and congressional committees have reported that organizations aligned with progressive and far-left causes provided logistical and financial support to groups involved in anti-ICE protests, some of which escalated into riots.
In June 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into whether an activist organization that received nearly $1 million in federal grants had ties to anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, raising questions about whether taxpayer funds were indirectly subsidizing civil unrest (House Judiciary Committee Republicans).
At the same time, GOP lawmakers publicly called for investigations into the funding networks behind anti-ICE protests, describing them as “astroturfed” rather than organic demonstrations (WGME).
This concern is not isolated. In October 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee formally requested that the IRS examine tax-exempt organizations suspected of funding illegal or destabilizing activities, citing repeated failures to operate in accordance with their stated charitable purposes (Ways and Means).
The “No Kings” Rallies: Messaging vs. Mechanics
The “No Kings” movement marketed itself as a decentralized, grassroots uprising. Yet reporting shows that large, well-established political organizations were involved in national coordination and communications.
According to multiple news reports, the Indivisible Organization, a major progressive activist group, received a $3 million grant spread over two years from a foundation associated with George Soros’s Open Society network. While the foundation stated the grant was for general social-welfare activities, Indivisible was reported to be managing data and communications for the No Kings protests (thenationaldesk.com).
This distinction matters.
Money does not need to be earmarked “for riots” to functionally enable unrest. When national protest infrastructure is funded at scale, the line between “advocacy” and “coordination” becomes indistinguishable, especially when demonstrations coincide with property damage, assaults on law enforcement, and obstruction of federal operations.
Attendance estimates for No Kings rallies reached into the thousands per city, with nationwide participation documented across dozens of states, according to public reporting and organizer statements.
Large-scale mobilization is not free.
