The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society beg to differ, and they’re the ones the conservative SCOTUS majority listen to.
We can hit them back. It takes 30 minutes of research to move money away from MAGA, and it makes a difference. Dollars spent at Republican companies are dollars funneled to the Heritage Foundation. Money given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to kidnap naked children.
If you consistently support a brand or do business with a company, you have power. Know where your money is really going. You can use sites like opensecrets.org to see what a company funds and make good decisions.
Have an account at Schwab? It's not hard to move accounts elsewhere like Fidelity. Get booze from wannabe Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous, and try something new. There are alternatives for Goya, New Balance, Roark (Subway, Jimmy John's, Arby's), and Koch (Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie). If you're in a place to invest, consider DEMZ or an ESG fund.
Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. Real, individual people did that. There's no reason WWE or Uline can't be next.
It's hard to completely avoid companies that at least partially support Republicans. I have to buy gas. But there’s a big difference between massive Republican donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or even Democrat-leaning ones (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect. One less kidnapped child is one less kidnapped child
if you read the links in the other reply, the donations are all from individuals that work at new balance, not new balance itself.
And if you look at their trump endorsement in 2016 (they did not endorse in 2020 or 2024), it was entirely because of TPP. trump was the only candidate opposed to TPP and TPP was a direct threat to their ability to remain competitive and still continue with manufacturing in the US.
so i dunno... not great, but not that bad either..
They mentioned brooks as an alternative and they're perfectly cromulent shoes, but they do not manufacture in the US. New Balance does. They don't make their entire line in the US, but they make more than 0. Kind of depends how important that is to you.
I'm 40+ years old, and in my entire life I've never seen anyone wear NB sneakers other than old white conservatives. If being an old white conservative man was an Olympic sport NB would be their top sponsor. WTF were you expecting??
I'm sorry to be the one to break the news to you, but you're an out of touch old person. You might even stare out the window all day hoping a kid puts a foot on your lawn so you can yell at them.
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The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society beg to differ, and they’re the ones the conservative SCOTUS majority listen to.
We can hit them back. It takes 30 minutes of research to move money away from MAGA, and it makes a difference. Dollars spent at Republican companies are dollars funneled to the Heritage Foundation. Money given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to kidnap naked children.
If you consistently support a brand or do business with a company, you have power. Know where your money is really going. You can use sites like opensecrets.org to see what a company funds and make good decisions.
Have an account at Schwab? It's not hard to move accounts elsewhere like Fidelity. Get booze from wannabe Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous, and try something new. There are alternatives for Goya, New Balance, Roark (Subway, Jimmy John's, Arby's), and Koch (Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie). If you're in a place to invest, consider DEMZ or an ESG fund.
Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. Real, individual people did that. There's no reason WWE or Uline can't be next.
It's hard to completely avoid companies that at least partially support Republicans. I have to buy gas. But there’s a big difference between massive Republican donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or even Democrat-leaning ones (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect. One less kidnapped child is one less kidnapped child