Billionaire Walmart heiress funds anti-Trump chaos, backs radical 'No Kings' protests



Christy Walton, a geriatric heiress to the Walmart fortune who had a 2% stake in the company as of last year, has made no secret of her liberal bent and has proven willing to shovel money into initiatives she apparently reckons will further the cause.

Walton, whose net worth Forbes presently puts north of $19 billion, co-hosted a fundraiser last year for Kamala Harris' doomed presidential campaign and recently poured cash into a group supporting Senate Democrats.

She previously dumped tens of thousands of dollars into the Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump group founded by a handful of former Republican operatives, including John Weaver, who allegedly had a habit of sexually harassing young men online. Walton continued donating to the group even after it staged a fake white supremacist rally in late 2021 to smear then-candidate Glenn Youngkin ahead of the Virginia gubernatorial election.

'We will make action everywhere else the story of America that day.'

After throwing her money behind various political failures, she now appears keen to support something more consequential.

While fellow travelers were attacking police and federal law enforcement agents in Los Angeles, the Walmart heiress set about promoting even more unrest, placing a full-page ad in the New York Times on Sunday featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty and a list of collective declarations, including "we defend against aggression by dictators" and "we uphold and defend the Constitution."

While nearly identical to an anodyne ad she placed in the paper in March, Walton's new ad also contained a call to action along with a QR code directing viewers to a website for the "No Kings" demonstrations planned across the country for June 14.

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An April 50501-organized protest in Nevada. Photo by KIA RASTAR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

According to the organizers' tool kit for the demonstrations, "NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration."

The event page notes, "On June 14th, we rise up."

President Donald Trump is planning to celebrate the 250th birthday of the Army with a parade in the nation's capital. The No Kings rally is supposed to serve as a leftist counterpoint.

The tool kit states: "Instead of allowing this military parade to be the center of gravity, we will make action everywhere else the story of America that day: people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption."

While the Associated Press suggested the No Kings rally would involve a march to the White House, organizers claim on their website that they are not holding an event in Washington, D.C., directing fellow travelers in the area to instead find a mobilization in Virginia or Maryland.

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National Guard stands watching in front of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles after the anti-ICE riots. Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

No Kings counts among its partners various radical organizations such Planned Parenthood, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, and the Organization for Black Struggle. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), fresh off defending his private jet usage to and from speeches condemning inequality, is also apparently a supporter.

Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers boss instrumental in keeping kids out of the classroom during the pandemic, is hosting a "No Kings Day Town Hall" Tuesday evening, promising to help fellow radicals "get ready to organize, mobilize, and build power for the future." Other such events are planned in the lead-up to the nationwide uprising.

The outfit behind the protests promoted by Walton is the 50501 Movement, a leftist anti-Trump protest group.

Blaze News previously reported that the Massachusetts chapter of the 50501 Movement was behind the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in Boston on Monday.

Kylie Bemis, an organizer with 50501, framed the protests as a response to an "act of war."

"This is an attack on American liberty," Bemis said in a statement obtained by Boston.com. "The right to freedom of speech and due process of the law must be protected above all else, and the response by the Trump administration is tantamount to a declaration of war against the American people."

'President Trump will always do what is needed to keep American citizens safe.'

Blaze News reached out to the email provided at the bottom of Walton's ad but did not receive a response by deadline. However, a source familiar with Walton's thinking on the topic told Blaze news that the "ad is a personal message from Christy that focuses on encouraging people to engage peacefully and civically in next weekend's events on June 14th."

"Her message promotes peaceful dialogue and the sharing of diverse views and voices," continued the source. "She condemns violence in all forms and continues to emphasize the importance of listening to one another."

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) intimated that Walton's advertisement might have less to do with ideology and more to do with maximizing the value of her stake in Walmart, noting, "Looks like the Walmart dynasty is big mad about China tariffs."

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Walmart declined Blaze News' request for comment. The Walton family office could not immediately be reached for comment.

When asked about the forthcoming nationwide protests, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson previously told Blaze News, "Any individual who wants to mimic the violence, lawlessness, and rioting in California should think twice."

"President Trump will always do what is needed to keep American citizens safe, especially when weak Democrat leaders fail to do so," added Jackson.

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Bill Ackman calls on nation to rally behind Trump; calls Newsom a 'disaster'



Bill Ackman, the billionaire founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, admitted in January that while registered to vote in the Democratic primary, he was "no longer a Democrat." At the time, he had sunk donations into the ill-fated Republican campaigns of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy and had also financed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign.

While Ackman indicated in subsequent months that he might support Trump, the first presidential debate Thursday night evidently sealed the deal.

Trump "is going to win in a landslide," Ackman wrote hours after the debate, which he said was an "indictment of the Democratic Party."

"The country should rally around Trump and help him succeed," added Ackman.

Ackman suggested that when Trump won in 2016, the outcome had been so unexpected that "he was totally unprepared. The lack of preparation, the Russian investigation and the ensuing chaos interfered with his ability to execute."

'They outright lied to you.'

This time around, the billionaire indicated that Trump "knows he is going to win. So does everyone else." Accordingly, the Republican has the luxury of time to "assemble a first class team."

In the meantime, the former Democrat recommended that the country unify around Trump, stressing, "The best thing we can do as citizens is support our next president. We need to align the country around our nation's leader. We have grave global threats we need to deal with and challenging economic times fast approaching."

When pressed on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) might stand in for Biden, Ackman minced no words: "Newsom would be a disaster. Just look at what has become of the great city of San Francisco. Exhibit A in how not to run a city or a state."

Besides imploring other Americans to join him in supporting Trump and understanding that the top Biden alternate is a nonstarter, Ackman also laid into the Biden administration and the liberal media for lying about Biden's decrepitude.

"Left wing media have had total and complete access to the president, his staff, and his administration. They all knew, but they told you otherwise. They outright lied to you," wrote Ackman.

"People very close to me, my closest family and friends, trusted the media on Biden until the @CNN commentators finally owned up to the truth about Biden last night. For months I have been accused by many friends and family of being misled by an @X-based 'right wing echo chamber,'" wrote Ackman. "The sad reality is that one of our most important institutions, the so-called 'Fourth Estate,' fourth only after the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners, has destroyed any remaining credibility it has."

In the wake of its gross distortions of Biden and Trump alike, Ackman underscored, "The media can no longer save itself."

He intimated further, referencing a video of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hyping Biden's supposed mental acuity, that the administration officials "covering for their boss" have demonstrated disloyalty and and willingness to lie to the American people.

Ackman has joined the ranks of numerous other Wall Street executives who, tired of the chaos unfolding under the current administration, have thrown in their lots with Trump.

Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman, among them, distanced himself from the Republican in 2021, insinuating in a statement that the Jan. 6 riot was linked to the president's remarks. However, he closed the distance last month, telling Axios that the "dramatic rise of anti-Semitism has led me to focus on the consequences of upcoming elections with greater urgency."

Schwarzman noted, "I share the concern of most Americans that our economic, immigration, and foreign policies are taking the country in the wrong direction. For these reasons, I am planning to vote for change and support Donald Trump for president. In addition, I will be supporting Republican Senate candidates and other Republicans up and down the ticket

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'Whiny snowflakes': Billionaire Ken Griffin rips Harvard students, says he stopped donating to school over its woke values



Billionaire Ken Griffin — who has given more than $500 million to Harvard University — called its students "whiny snowflakes" and said he stopped donating to the Ivy League school over its woke values.

What are the details?

Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel, told a Miami conference crowd Tuesday that he believes Harvard is "lost in the wilderness," CBS News reported.

"Are we going to educate the future members of the House and Senate and the leaders of IBM? Or are we going to educate a group of young men and women who are caught up in a rhetoric of oppressor and oppressee and, 'This is not fair,' and just frankly whiny snowflakes?" Griffin said at the Managed Funds Association gathering, according to the news network. "Where are we going with elite education in schools in America?"

CBS News, citing the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, said Griffin is worth almost $37 billion and is the 35th-richest person in the world.

Harvard didn't immediately return a request for comment, the news network added.

It was the latest batch of bad news for the elite institution in recent months. Things turned sour after multiple Harvard student organizations said Israel was "entirely at fault" for the deadly Hamas surprise attack the Jewish nation endured on Oct. 7. That appeared to trigger a downward spiral:

  • Days later the Wexner Foundation cut ties with Harvard, accusing the school of failing to condemn the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel.
  • About a month after the terror attack, then-Harvard President Claudine Gay finally condemned the popular leftist protest chant "from the river to the sea," which essentially calls for the elimination of Israel.
  • In early December, billionaire Bill Ackman — a Harvard graduate — ripped Gay for a spike in anti-Semitism on campus.
  • Days later Gay waffled when U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) asked her during a congressional hearing on anti-Semitism if calls on campus for the genocide of Jews violate school policy. Gay's reaction angered Harvard Hillel, a Jewish group at the Ivy League college.
  • In mid-December it was reported that Harvard excluded Jews in identity-based graduations.
  • By early January, Gay finally resigned in the wake of her mounting plagiarism scandal; she nevertheless called herself a victim of "racial animus."
  • Days later Ackman slammed his alma mater over the school's "fundamentally flawed and racist ideology" of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Apparently undeterred, it was reported this month that pro-Palestinian faculty and staff at Harvard formed a group that criticized the "unfolding genocide in Gaza."
  • Also in January, the school — still smarting from the Gay resignation — endured another hit when four senior research scientists with faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School were accused of manipulating data in some of their published research.
  • If that weren't enough, a Monday complaint filed with Harvard suggests the school's chief diversity and inclusion officer also may have plagiarized some of her academic work.

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