This is what Trump is up against just from Norm Eisen’s lawfare: 1. Venue Shopping ∙78% of Eisen-affiliated cases filed in D.C. District Court or other Democrat-heavy jurisdictions (S.D.N.Y., N.D. Cal., D. Mass.) ∙This is strategic: D.C. and S.D.N.Y. have highest concentration of Obama/Biden-appointed judges 2. Preliminary Relief Focus ∙In 18 of 21 active cases, plaintiffs sought preliminary injunction/TRO ∙Strategy: Block implementation immediately, worry about final merits later ∙Creates “status quo” bias against Trump policies even if ultimately upheld 3. Coalition Plaintiffs ∙No case has single plaintiff; average is 4.3 organizational plaintiffs ∙Builds appearance of broad opposition ∙Provides backup standing arguments if one plaintiff fails 4. Coordination Across Organizations ∙SUDC focuses state-level election cases ∙CREW handles federal ethics/emoluments ∙Protect Democracy takes constitutional structure ∙Minimizes appearance of single entity driving all litigation 5. Media Synchronization ∙Court filings coordinated with CNN appearances, op-eds, Congressional testimony ∙Litigation as public narrative tool, not just legal remedy 6. Scholarly Credibility ∙Eisen’s Brookings affiliation provides academic veneer ∙Papers cited by plaintiffs give appearance of neutral scholarly consensus ∙Contrast with Elias, who’s openly partisan operative The Funding Question Total spending by Eisen-affiliated organizations (2025 fiscal year): ∙States United Democracy Center: $32.4M ∙CREW: $28.7M ∙Protect Democracy: $24.1M ∙Democracy Forward: $15.8M ∙Combined: $101 million This doesn’t include: ∙Outside law firms working pro bono or reduced rates ∙Individual donor funding of specific cases ∙Dark money pass-throughs (Sixteen Thirty Fund, others) Where money comes from (aggregated from tax filings): Major Foundation Support: ∙Open Society Foundations (Soros): ~$12M across orgs ∙Wyss Foundation: ~$8M ∙Democracy Fund: ~$6M ∙Sixteen Thirty Fund: ~$15M (itself funded by undisclosed donors) Individual Mega-Donors (disclosed contributions >$100k): ∙Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder): ~$4M ∙Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs widow): ~$3M ∙Pierre Omidyar (eBay founder): ~$2M ∙Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook co-founder): ~$2M A bunch of billionaires control everything that’s going on because they file a lawsuit every single time Trump does something. I guarantee you this is not how our founding fathers envisioned our country to operate and the only reason is possible is because of NGOs.

Wow