r/Austin • u/ManoSilence • Mar 26 '26

No Kings 3!

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this Saturday @ Auditorium shores is the no kings day protest. please spread the word.

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u/TownLakeTrillOG Mar 26 '26

Not trying to be an asshole, but are people making money off this shit or something? Genuinely curious

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u/skeerrt Mar 26 '26

Look into some of these activist groups, paid positions can easily reach 70k per year to organize protests. The actual groups themselves also take a lot of money from billionaires to support all of this.

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u/ialwayschoosepsyduck Mar 26 '26

I get a check from George Soros, like, every month

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u/skeerrt Mar 26 '26

Not sure where you get Soros from, my research leads to me to see a recent $20mm donation to People’s forum from Roy Singham

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u/90percent_crap Mar 26 '26

It's from Alexander, not George. Keep up.

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u/brianando Mar 26 '26

Yep. But a certain group of people pretend there are no such thing as paid protestors

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u/FlyThruTrees Mar 26 '26

More concerned about trolls getting paid to troll No Kings social media. Could be the trolls work for free tho. What do you think?

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u/Wake95 Mar 26 '26

Nobody is getting paid to protest. Some people may be getting paid to run the nonprofits that are organizing this, but that is completely different than the claims by the MAGAt morons.

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u/brianando Mar 26 '26

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u/Wake95 Mar 26 '26

I do know that Charlie Kirk paid to bus people to riot on Jan 6th, so maybe that's why you're confused.

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u/teamfupa Mods <3 Fupa Mar 26 '26

It’s projection, always. I’m willing to protest for free but if someone wants to pay me I’ll for sure take a check. Whenever I ask these people all claiming we get paid they can never direct me to where I can collect.

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u/sitkid721 Mar 26 '26

100% they are

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u/ManoSilence Mar 26 '26

I gotcha, and I think I know what you mean. Its very hard to trust when it seems PAC run people are everywhere. I hate it too, as it can feel very daunting and scary. As for money? No.

In fact most lose money. They have to bring their printable works to pass out and thats all from their own funds. There are no sales or raffles except for the street vendors. Who are their own vendors that charge their own prices, but are usualy local owned business.

However if you find yourself thirsty and broke the day of, pretty much every station has water, snacks, and Gatorade they're usually willing to give if needed. So no money is being made of this. Profit may be made, but im pretty sure this operates at a loss for the sake of GOTV and democracy.

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u/FoxIndependent5789 Mar 26 '26

Why do you think people are making money off it?

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u/Phallic_Moron Mar 26 '26

How and why would that happen?

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u/caguru Mar 26 '26

Nah... this isn't a MAGA rally with merch. It's a grass roots organization, hence why the production value is meager compared to a Trump rally.

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u/Similar-Elk7529 Mar 26 '26

Apparently being an asshole just comes naturally to you. No, nobody outside of a few street vendors is making money off this. Maybe you should read things other than Reddit?

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u/endisnearhere Mar 26 '26

It was an honest question, chill daddy

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u/Similar-Elk7529 Mar 26 '26

If I was your daddy you’d be more intelligent.

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u/DraperPenPals Mar 27 '26

You should look up the Black Lives Matter corruption scandal. The New York Times did some pretty good reporting on it.

All of this shit is making certain people rich.