In other words, a fake “grassroots” movement emulating a bottom up movement actually orchestrated from the top down funded with big money.
For several weeks now Elon Musk and other journalistic leaders like Joe Rogan have been asking the critical question, “Who is behind the organization of these Tesla protests?”
Well now a most remarkable woman journalist has exposed most all of them and this could mean more legal consequences for some involved.
From her website:
“Asra Q. Nomani is an investigative reporter, journalist, private investigator, author, educator, editor and former reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She is founder of the Pearl Project, which began as a course at Georgetown University, investigating the murder of her colleague Daniel Pearl, and is today a nonprofit initiative dedicated to doing journalism in the public interest, defending press freedoms and preserving the legacy of a great journalist and friend.”
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal who was kidnapped on January 23, 2002, by Islamist militants while he was on his way to what he had expected would be an interview with Pakistani religious cleric Mubarak Ali Gilani. His body was found in May 16th of that year after having bee executed.
Nomani stepped up to the challenge of finding out who was behind the funding of the paid protesters of the Tesla dealerships and it is not pretty, for the Democrats, again.
In a post directed to Elon Musk she announced she had discovered some 24 different organizations funding and organizing these Tesla Takedown protests. The problem is some of them have been fraudulently claiming a tax-deductible status as 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations, claiming they are “nonpartisan” when they are all actually backing Democrats only.
Hello @ElonMusk and Friends,
— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) March 30, 2025
You asked who is funding and organizing the #TeslaTakedown protests. I've got answers for you, after going onto the streets of northern Virginia for the local protests here, seeing familiar faces from the Virginia Democratic political machine and… pic.twitter.com/53MMDpOnOx
We are posting a list of her findings from X here:
1. Name: $50,501
Mission: protesting “anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies”
Annual Revenues: not yet found
2. Name: ActionNetwork
Mission: “trains and educates progressive”
Annual Revenues: unknown
3. Name: Action Network Fund
Mission: “helps organizations incorporate organizing strategies”
Annual Revenues: $195,025
4. Name: ActUp New York Inc.
Mission: ACT UP NY, the “AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power,” a “diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.”
Annual Revenues: $36,411
5. Name: Climate Defenders
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: not yet found
6. Name: Climate Defenders Action Fund
Mission: Dedicated to “dismantle the fossil fuel industry”
Annual Revenues: not yet found
7. Name: Democratic Party local and state chapters
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: Tallying for each chapter
8. Name: Democratic Socialists of America
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $5,800,000
9. Name: Disruption Project
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $28,480
10. Name: Housing Works Inc.
Mission: providing “assistance & expertise to homeless persons living with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses”
Annual Revenues: $51,762,615
11. Name: Indivisible Action
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $9,922,930
12. Name: Indivisible Project, organizing “Tesla Takedown” and “Hands Off” protests
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $1,2565,196
13. Name: http://Mobilize.us, run by MobilizeAmerica Inc. – owned by EveryAction, the parent company of NGP VAN
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: not found yet
14. Name: MoveOnorg Civic Action
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $6,000,000
15. Name: Not Above the Law Coalition — counted now as one but includes numerous groups
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: not yet found
16. Name: Planet Over Profit
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: not yet found
17. Name: Public Citizen Foundation
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $13,389,271
18. Name: Public Citizen Inc.
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $5,728,329
19. Name: Rise and Resist Inc.
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $21,999
20. Name: Stand Up America Inc.
Mission: Established to “mobilize progressive Americans”
Annual Revenues: $9,867,658
21. Name: Swing Left
Mission: Dedicated to “help Democrats win”
Annual Revenues: $16,523,456
22. Name: Tax Reformers LLC, running “http://TaxElon.us” “(“an offshoot of http://TeslaTakedown.com”)
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: not yet available
23. Name: Third Act Initiative Inc.
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: $2,008,973
24. Name: Troublemakers
Mission: not noted
Annual Revenues: not yet available
A podcaster new to us “Stu Does America”, mentioned Asra Q. Nomani in his recent show here:
“Leftists Burn Teslas in $43M Astroturf Protest | Ep 1040”
CONCLUSION:
There are some excellent pieces of news coming out on this faux protest movement. One we saw just this morning was on the Liberal Hivemind channel which revealed some of the moronic canned talking points protesters are given in a handout.
“Joe Rogan just exposed a FRAUD of massive scale.”
There is nothing more fun, to me, than making mocking memes to highlight the hypocrisy of the progressive liberal socialists of the left. Here is an original you should share freely.
If you want to know how laughable this Tesla protest movement is, Elon Musk only holds 12% of the Tesla stock of all stock so if you think you are going to hurt him, you’re an uninformed idiot.
You know, like this guy:
“Tim Walz Humiliated as Elon Musk Gets the Last Laugh” – The Rubin Report
I hope Attorney General Pam Bondi and the IRS look into the 24 organizations above because I have worked and volunteered for a lot of 501 non-profits and if they are partisan in any way, they are violating the intent of these IRS status declarations and that is fraudulent!
© 2025 by Mark S. Schwendau
