Elon Musk’s Austin home targeted by well-funded leftist groups aboard party buses

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Three far-left nonprofits with combined annual revenues of $56.1 million escalated their protests against SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week by targeting his Austin-area home with a seemingly innocuous post-election "party" featuring two chartered buses, music, speeches, theatrical Cybertruck piñatas and dancing to Queen’s "We Will Rock You." The event’s organizers – VOCAL-TX, the fiscally-sponsored project of a New York 501(c)(3) nonprofit; the Center for Popular Democracy Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Brooklyn; and People’s Action, a 501(c)(4) political nonprofit based in Chicago – framed the Saturday event as a tame "People Over Billionaires Election After Party." The demonstration reflected growing coordination among leftist networks worldwide, from Paris to Portland, Ore., supplying organizers, transportation, coalition partners, event platforms, messaging and other logistical support for actions presented as "grassroots." As Democratic politicians threaten investigations into Trump’s corporate backers, including Musk, the street protests help create the appearance of bottom-up support. The leaders of the organizations behind the "After Party," held in West Lake Hills, Tex., where Musk owns a sprawling home, didn’t provide comment in response to queries from Fox News Digital, but they have insisted in the past that their local protests are the result of "organic" organizing in communities. A now-ubiquitous, mass-produced anti-Musk "I AM STEALING FROM YOU" poster, featuring the tech billionaire with creepy eyes, has appeared at demonstrations nationwide and was also on display at the Austin protest outside his home. WHO’S FUNDING AMERICA’S PROTEST UNREST? FOX NATION'S NEW 'RIOT INC.' FOLLOWS THE MONEY TO FIND OUT This weekend’s organizers helped lead the " Tesla Takedown" protests that sometimes turned ugly last year. According to a Fox News Digital investigation, 258 o…