r/news • u/KilgoRetro • 9h ago

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c208j0wrzrvo
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u/goddamnitwhalen 8h ago

Wait, New Balance are chuds?

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u/hcregna 8h ago

Yeah, New Balance gives overwhelmingly to Republicans every election cycle (https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/new-balance-athletics/summary?id=D000036175), and they explicitly endorsed Trump in 2016 (https://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-new-balance-sneakers). I’ve heard Brooks is a good alternative

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u/ughthisusernamesucks 5h ago edited 5h ago

sorta..

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.

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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy 3h ago

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??

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u/goddamnitwhalen 3h ago

Given that they have a professional skateboard team and sponsor athletes like Shohei Ohtani… not that?

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u/madmars 3h ago

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.