Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are touting the large crowds attending their “Fight Oligarchy” rallies hosted by as a sign that public opinion is turning against President Trump, but cell phone data reveals the crowds are filled with professional hired activists.
Data analyst Tony Seruga offers a detailed breakdown of the mobile phone data that shows many of the devices present at those rallies belong to professional protestors who are being funded by five major activist groups.
Seruga, in a post on 𝕏, breaks down the sophisticated algorithm and GPS location data used to show that 84% of the devices carried by protestors had been present at multiple Kamala Harris rallies and antifa/blm, pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian protests.
GPS—Here we go again, there were 20,189 devices. Still a large crowd but not even close to the 30,000 quoted in Denver newspapers nor the 34,000 quoted by Bernie Sanders and AOC.
84% of the devices present had attended 9 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas,… https://t.co/zQuvc0ATx5
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) March 23, 2025
In addition to the GPS location data, Seruga explained that demographic and psychographic data are gleaned from more than 6,000 databases including the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Pew Research Center, market research firms like YouGov, Experian, specialized tools like ESRI’s Tapestry Segmentation, consumer surveys, social media platforms like 𝕏, Facebook and Linkedin.
Seruga noted that by cross-pollinating those devices with other devices that were regularly in close proximity, he has been able to build a detailed profile of each target and to establish common connections between the vast majority of those device carriers and the likelihood that they are working with one of five activist groups.
Those groups include Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, Troublemakers and the Democratic Socialists of America.
Each of these groups, according to Seruga, receives funding from Act Blue and at least three of them from USAID.
Adam Swart founded Crowds On Demand in 2012 and the company’s website boasts that Swart founded it while he was a student at UCLA because he understood the power of the crowd to shape public perceptions.
Ever wonder if that protest or rally is genuine? Thanks to operations like Crowds On Demand, authenticity in public demonstrations is for sale. Manufactured outrage, political pressure for the right price – but it’s not cheap. This is a public operation, imagine how many similar… pic.twitter.com/kF0M5Zoibk
— UnBaffle.me (@unbaffle_me) November 7, 2024
Dilbert creator Scott Adams posted a video on 𝕏 questioning how so many of the same devices, presumably carried by the same individuals, could have attended so many protests and rallies without incurring extensive travel costs and time off work unless they were paid activists.
AOC and Bernie Sanders rally against ‘oligarchy’ EXPOSED by cell phone data
– 84% of the people have gone to 9 or more rallies (Kamal Harris Rallies or Antifa, BLM, pro-Hamas or pro-Palestinian)
– 31% of them had attended OVER 20 RALLIESPAID SUPPORT, these are rent-a-crowds pic.twitter.com/klz58rEi0d
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 23, 2025
There is nothing grassroots about Leftists, ever.
I think that Trump noted recently that all the signs these leftists protesters carry all appear to be identical - obviously, this is an organized, well-funded “protest” rather than grassroots.
Ever long for the good old days? When the evil of the world, when found out, actually paid a price. Rather than getting a hosting job on CNN?
Remember when Nancy Pelosi said the Tea Party was astro-turf? As a Democrat, astro-turf is all she knows, bless her heart.
Lol, yes, I remember those days .