MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Protests in Minneapolis and other major cities across the country aimed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are reportedly being backed by a left-wing group utilizing a vast network, suggesting that seemingly targeted demonstrations, which have turned violent, are more calculated rather than organic.
As protests broke out across the country in the wake of the fatal Minneapolis shooting of anti-ICE activist Renee Good, evidence is coming to light that such protests occurring in major cities aren’t exactly as grassroots as some might think. According to a report from Fox News, thousands of anti-ICE activists were reportedly mobilized via the same networking methods utilized during the “No Kings” protests this past summer.
Social media posts promoting a “weekend of action” for January 10 and 11 are stemming from a coalition dubbed “ICE Out for Good.” The promoted posts originated from the Facebook page maintained by the nonprofit Indivisible.
Public records detailing Indivisible’s tax filings since its inception show the nonprofit came into existence in 2017 and catapulted to generating tens of millions in donations since 2018. As of Indivisible’s latest tax filing from 2024, the group has amassed over $90 million in donations, which is utilized “to defeat the right-wing takeover of American government,” as per the group’s own mission statement.
Indivisible’s official nonprofit formation in 2017 isn’t coincidental, coming into existence in the wake of Donald Trump’s first stint in the White House, as Politico reported in February of 2017 that the group's founders specifically pieced together the movement directly in response to Trump’s election back in 2016.
What started in 2017 with Angel Padilla, along with other ex-Democrat staffers and aides, utilizing a simple Google document to instruct would-be protesters on how to harass members of Congress, has now shifted into a national network. The group still disseminates protest instructions via their authored Google documents.
Outside of the millions in funding received by Indivisible aiding their ability to coordinate protests across numerous cities simultaneously, another facet in their repertoire is the utilization of Mobilize, which functions much like Facebook Events but is chiefly focused on organizing protests and demonstrations.
When it comes to the platform Mobilize, Indivisible’s use of the aforesaid technology is likely not coincidental either. Coming into existence back in 2017 as a direct response to the Trump presidency, Mobilize was later acquired by EveryAction in November of 2020, which EveryAction is a subsidiary of NGP VAN. For context, NGP VAN is a voter database and an IT solutions company established back in 2001 that is intrinsically tied to and utilized by the Democratic Party, having played a role in everything from Obama’s 2008 election to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 bid for the White House.
Taking all of this into consideration, protests that broke out in major cities like Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Austin that resulted in various clashes with law enforcement and blatant acts of violence and vandalism were mobilized through a vast, multimillion-dollar network of Democratic Party apparatuses.
Indivisible co-executive director Leah Greenberg said in a recent statement regarding the protests in response to Good’s shooting that “people across the country are coming together,” as if to infer everything occurring is organic and grassroots – but it isn’t. Every tool used, every piece of protest literature, and the slogans disseminated seemingly originate from the Democratic Party.
As protests broke out across the country in the wake of the fatal Minneapolis shooting of anti-ICE activist Renee Good, evidence is coming to light that such protests occurring in major cities aren’t exactly as grassroots as some might think. According to a report from Fox News, thousands of anti-ICE activists were reportedly mobilized via the same networking methods utilized during the “No Kings” protests this past summer.
Social media posts promoting a “weekend of action” for January 10 and 11 are stemming from a coalition dubbed “ICE Out for Good.” The promoted posts originated from the Facebook page maintained by the nonprofit Indivisible.
Public records detailing Indivisible’s tax filings since its inception show the nonprofit came into existence in 2017 and catapulted to generating tens of millions in donations since 2018. As of Indivisible’s latest tax filing from 2024, the group has amassed over $90 million in donations, which is utilized “to defeat the right-wing takeover of American government,” as per the group’s own mission statement.
Indivisible’s official nonprofit formation in 2017 isn’t coincidental, coming into existence in the wake of Donald Trump’s first stint in the White House, as Politico reported in February of 2017 that the group's founders specifically pieced together the movement directly in response to Trump’s election back in 2016.
What started in 2017 with Angel Padilla, along with other ex-Democrat staffers and aides, utilizing a simple Google document to instruct would-be protesters on how to harass members of Congress, has now shifted into a national network. The group still disseminates protest instructions via their authored Google documents.
Outside of the millions in funding received by Indivisible aiding their ability to coordinate protests across numerous cities simultaneously, another facet in their repertoire is the utilization of Mobilize, which functions much like Facebook Events but is chiefly focused on organizing protests and demonstrations.
When it comes to the platform Mobilize, Indivisible’s use of the aforesaid technology is likely not coincidental either. Coming into existence back in 2017 as a direct response to the Trump presidency, Mobilize was later acquired by EveryAction in November of 2020, which EveryAction is a subsidiary of NGP VAN. For context, NGP VAN is a voter database and an IT solutions company established back in 2001 that is intrinsically tied to and utilized by the Democratic Party, having played a role in everything from Obama’s 2008 election to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 bid for the White House.
Taking all of this into consideration, protests that broke out in major cities like Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Austin that resulted in various clashes with law enforcement and blatant acts of violence and vandalism were mobilized through a vast, multimillion-dollar network of Democratic Party apparatuses.
Indivisible co-executive director Leah Greenberg said in a recent statement regarding the protests in response to Good’s shooting that “people across the country are coming together,” as if to infer everything occurring is organic and grassroots – but it isn’t. Every tool used, every piece of protest literature, and the slogans disseminated seemingly originate from the Democratic Party.
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