# We went undercover at the No Kings protests and gathered intel on 400 leftist groups recruiting

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Podcast: [Decode The Left with Karlyn Borysenko](https://stenobird.com/podcast/decode-the-left-with-karlyn-borysenko-5637230)
Published: 2026-04-07T20:10:04+00:00
Episode link: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/we-went-undercover-at-the-no-kings
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## Resource

A little over a week ago, I led a team of volunteers in 31 states going undercover at the No Kings protests to collect data to map the modern activist left in America.We’ve documented 400 different groups at the events.18% of them were far left revolutionary socialists. Decode The Left with Karlyn Borysenko is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit karlyn.substack.com/subscribe

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