Paid to Rage: How Astroturf Protesters Hijack the First Amendment ….

“The First Amendment was written for citizens, not contractors. It was designed to protect the Boston Tea Party — not a corporate logistics operation with pre-printed signs, walkie-talkies, gas masks, and a direct deposit agreement. Yet that is precisely what American protest culture has become in the era of billionaire-funded nonprofit networks. The gap between the constitutional ideal and the operational reality has grown wide enough to drive a bus of Crowds on Demand participants through.”

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/paid_to_rage_how_astroturf_protesters_hijack_the_first_amendment.html