Groundswell is the name of US conservative activists and journalists highlighted by the liberal publication '' Mother Jones '' in July 2013 . According to '' Mother Jones '' , the group started out meeting in the offices of the conservative legal group Judicial Watch in early 2013 and is led by Ginni Thomas ( wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ) and John Bolton . According to leaked documents , the group is staging " a 30 front war seeking to fundamentally transform the nation " by such goals as undermining the power of former GOP strategist and Fox News analyst Karl Rove along with the Benghazi bombing and the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running issue , repealing the Affordable Care Act , working behind the scenes to enact voter ID laws , and blocking Obama administration nominees
Benghazi bombing
2012 Benghazi attack
Groundswell group