{"id":63730,"date":"2017-01-19T05:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63730"},"modified":"2017-01-19T05:38:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T09:38:09","slug":"who-is-paying-protesters-to-disrupt-trumps-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63730","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Paying Protesters To Disrupt Trump\u2019s Inauguration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update: This from a reader: Dear Dr. Roberts,<\/strong><br \/>\nI just read your recent post regarding the DC protesters. AND interestingly enough, I just had a job interview the first week in December when I had a FEMA sponsored job interview for a position as a FEMA Community Planner. AND interestingly, the interview questions, exactly match the objectives referenced in your posting! My question is this: Is FEMA being used as an inside job?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unless this website \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disruptj20.org\/get-organized\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.disruptj20.org\/get-organized\/events\/<\/a> \u2014 is an Internet hoax,<br \/>\nbig money is organizing a Maidan-like protest against Trump\u2019s inauguration. Where would all this money come from? George Soros, the National Endowment for Democracy, the CIA?<\/p>\n<p>This report from Sputnik and Global Research shows large sums offered for protesters who will disrupt Trump\u2019s inauguration. If these ads are not hoaxes, clearly large sums of money are at<br \/>\nwork doing the military\/security complex\u2019s dirty work.<a href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/201701171049697952-ads-offering-thousands-protest-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/201701171049697952-ads-offering-thousands-protest-trump\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJob advertisements running in 20 cities across the US are offering $2,500 a month for \u2018operatives\u2019 willing to protest the upcoming inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Francisco-based Demand Protest posted ads on\u00a0Backpage.com, seeking applicants who would like\u00a0to \u2018Get paid fighting against\u00a0Trump!\u2019 Along with\u00a0the monthly $2,500 retainer, the company offers a \u2018standard per-event pay of $50\/hr, as\u00a0long as\u00a0you participate in\u00a0at least 6 events a year,\u2019 and full-time operatives are eligible for\u00a0vision, dental and health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c \u00a9 BACKPAGE.COM Demand Protest Backpage Ad, Tulsa. Demand Protest describes itself as\u00a0the \u2018largest private grassroots support organization in\u00a0the United States,\u2019 and the ads entice potential applicants to \u2018Get paid fighting against\u00a0Trump!\u2019 It explains, \u2018We pay people already politically motivated to\u00a0fight for\u00a0the things they believe. You were going to\u00a0take action anyways, why not do so with\u00a0us!\u2026We are currently seeking operatives to\u00a0help send a strong message at\u00a0upcoming inauguration protests,\u2019 according to\u00a0the Washington Times. The ads appear as\u00a0over 100 organizations have mobilized nationwide to\u00a0demonstrate during\u00a0the upcoming inauguration. Targeted cities include New York, Chicago, \u00a0Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, Detroit and Denver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00a9 AFP 2016\/ KENA BETANCUR Young Activists Protest Democrats in NYC, Call for Opposition to Trump Policies \u201c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/201701171049697952-ads-offering-thousands-protest\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/201701171049697952-ads-offering-thousands-protest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2017\/01\/18\/paying-protesters-disrupt-trumps-inauguration\/\">http:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2017\/01\/18\/paying-protesters-disrupt-trumps-inauguration\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}