By Lisa Haven
There are some pretty major plans now being made by a radical leftist group linked to the No Kings protesters. In fact, they are encouraging their supporters to not only stockpile food for up to 10 days but to prepare for a potential nationwide shutdown. No joke. And they have all of this planned for right after our United States midterm elections on November 3rd, with November 4th emerging as a potentially significant date.
I’ve been covering in detail some of the information exposed by Data Republican regarding DSA-linked organizations and their plans to organize protests. Now, take that in conjunction with another radical organization, and we could have a melting pot of chaos and disruption that these leftist groups are preparing to unleash on our country. Maybe this is what some of the preparations we’ve been hearing about are connected to.
Natalie Winters recently highlighted the situation on her X account, reporting that an anti-Trump group is urging supporters to stockpile five to ten days of food for a potential midterm election shutdown. According to her reporting, the same group characterized the No Kings protests as a trial run, while documents from Pace e Bene outline preparations to stop work, school, and shopping if election results are sabotaged or ignored.
I wanted to take a closer look at their actual website because I don’t like taking anyone’s word for it. I like seeing the facts for myself. And what I found was a detailed election playbook that outlines several steps activists are being encouraged to take before, during, and after Election Day.
Their website features a message that reads, “Rise and shine. It’s resistance time.” It then introduces six steps in what they call the People’s Election Playbook, outlining ways to defend the election before, during, and after November 3rd. The first five steps involve activities such as activating voters, checking voter registration, encouraging early voting, treating Election Day as a civic holiday, and ensuring every vote is counted.
However, it is the sixth step that deserves particular attention: economic noncooperation.
According to the organization’s materials, if election results are not honored, supporters should be prepared to resist. The document argues that when election results were not honored in countries such as Ukraine, Serbia, and Brazil, people had to mobilize in the streets to enforce those results. The group suggests that Americans may have to do the same.
In other words, they’re discussing the same kind of mass mobilization that other DSA-linked organizations have reportedly been preparing for.
The organization then references May Day Strong and its slogan, “No work, no school, and no shopping.” It describes economic noncooperation as an escalation tool of last resort that can include mass protests and mobilization in streets, state capitals, and locations with significant economic impact. Collectively, these tactics are intended to create economic pressure on those the group considers responsible for denying election results.
But that’s not all they detail in their plans.
The organization’s documents specifically discuss the possibility of a national shutdown if elections are sabotaged or ignored. They ask supporters whether they would be prepared to participate in a shutdown involving no work, no school, and no shopping, and whether they are ready for what could happen if millions of Americans join in.
To support those preparations, the group has developed what it calls a national shutdown checklist, covering everything from stocking refrigerators to arranging childcare and preparing for potential school absences.
And here’s where things get particularly interesting.
The checklist advises supporters to have five to ten days’ worth of food available, along with medications, prescriptions, first-aid supplies, gas in their vehicles, feminine hygiene products, diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, wipes, paper towels, and other household necessities. It also encourages people to make sure utility bills are paid and to prepare financially for the possibility of staying home for an extended period.
So, we’re not simply talking about a one-day protest. These materials contemplate preparations that could allow people to stay away from work, school, and stores for several days.
The workplace section is equally revealing. It encourages participants to talk with employers, coworkers, and unions about a potential national shutdown. If their employers are not supportive, the checklist discusses making plans to call in sick, coordinating with key coworkers, and establishing financial safety nets or mutual aid networks.
It also encourages those who must continue working to demonstrate solidarity and consider ways to support workers participating in the shutdown.
In my view, that raises some serious questions about how these coordinated activities could affect businesses, employees, schools, and the overall economy. If millions of people actually participated in something like this, there could certainly be economic consequences for the United States.
And there’s more.
The organization has also published a guide featuring 18 election defense scenarios, outlining circumstances in which activists might be called upon to mobilize or take further action.
According to the group’s materials, they are already concerned about attempts to prevent people from voting, threats to refuse certification, and possible interference with election results. Their guide provides suggested responses to situations ranging from armed federal agents appearing at polling locations to election officials refusing to certify results.
Among the scenarios discussed are redistricting, voter roll purges, voter ID requirements, changes to mail-in ballot deadlines, ballot drop-box sabotage, threats involving explosives, Department of Justice election fraud investigations, last-minute voting location disruptions, mass voter challenges, disinformation, armed civilians, and federal agents at polling places.
They also address recounts, court decisions affecting ballot counting, canvassers refusing certification, federal seizure of ballots, Congress refusing to seat election winners, changes to election rules in Washington, D.C., and potential federal interference involving Puerto Rico.
Now, redistricting is a problem on both sides, by the way. And I also find it interesting that voter ID requirements and election fraud investigations appear among the scenarios that concern these organizations. We should absolutely be able to investigate and audit our elections. Transparency is something both political parties should support.
We’ve also seen controversies in previous elections involving poll watchers and access to ballot-counting locations. In my opinion, election monitors should be able to do their jobs, and voters should have confidence that elections are being conducted fairly.
There has also been discussion about the possibility of federal agents being deployed to polling locations, although whether those plans materialize remains to be seen.
The larger point is that this organization has developed an extensive playbook detailing circumstances that could trigger demonstrations, economic noncooperation, and other coordinated responses.
Natalie Winters also highlighted specific hypothetical pressure points that could emerge after voting. These included a situation in Michigan where election results are not certified, an election winner in Ohio not being seated, or ballots in Georgia being seized.
According to the reporting, these are examples of potential triggers that could lead activists to disrupt business as usual by withdrawing from work, school, and shopping.
But the planning apparently goes back much further.
Winters reported that in February, Pace e Bene encouraged activists to use the No Kings demonstrations to test their organizational capacity before building toward larger strike activities. By September, the organization was reportedly promoting preparations for the midterms, including coordinated workplace absences and possible school closures.
In other words, the argument being made is that the No Kings protests were not necessarily isolated events. They may also have served as opportunities for organizers to evaluate their ability to mobilize people for larger demonstrations.
And then there’s another development that I found particularly interesting.
According to additional reporting by Winters, left-wing organizations have been offering to cover travel and lodging expenses for activists traveling into targeted midterm battleground districts.
One organization identified in that reporting is the Sunrise Movement, which has supported Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The group’s fundraising language reportedly discussed creating what it described as a sustained nationwide crisis for those it labels fascists and billionaires.
The movement has also reportedly offered assistance with travel and lodging for activists who cannot afford those expenses themselves. The reporting connected these efforts to a campaign called Operation Stop the Coup, which includes preparations involving election-related organizing and responses to contested results.
According to the documents highlighted by Winters, the group intends to observe polling places, support voters, and pressure local officials to refuse orders it considers illegal. If President Trump disputes election results, the organization reportedly plans to use protests and public organizing to influence the national narrative.
A September 3rd email was also described as outlining efforts to organize within higher education institutions in opposition to the president.
And, of course, the reporting raises questions about funding connections involving George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. These relationships deserve closer examination, particularly when discussing organizations attempting to build large-scale political movements.
It’s always interesting to see some of the same organizations, funding networks, and political players appearing in these discussions.
Now, all of this is happening as Americans prepare to head to the polls, with major questions surrounding which party will control the House and Senate.
Prediction markets, including Polymarket, have been examining the possibility of Democrats taking control of both chambers. Personally, I don’t see a Republican sweep happening, although I certainly hope I’m wrong.
If Democrats end up controlling both the House and Senate, I have some serious concerns about what could follow. I believe we could see renewed efforts to eliminate or change the Senate filibuster, expand the Supreme Court, pursue statehood for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and advance major changes to immigration policy, including broader amnesty proposals.
Those are political possibilities, not established outcomes, but they are certainly issues Americans should be paying attention to as the election approaches.
And regardless of which party wins, the growing discussion about organized demonstrations, economic shutdowns, and coordinated resistance raises serious questions about what could unfold in the days following November 3rd.
It’s important to recognize that these organizations describe their preparations as conditional responses to election interference or results not being honored. That does not necessarily mean a nationwide shutdown will happen on November 4th. However, the existence of detailed checklists, organizing strategies, and economic noncooperation plans shows that some activist networks are preparing for that possibility.
The question now is how many people are actually prepared to participate, whether these organizations have the ability to coordinate activities on a national scale, and what kind of impact such a movement could have if election results become disputed.
With the midterms nearly here, Americans should be watching these developments closely. Because regardless of the election outcome, the plans being discussed could have implications far beyond ordinary political protests.
Original article


Comments