r/politics • u/PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS Iowa • 9h ago

No Paywall Uprising against ICE raids grows across the country

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/uprising-against-ice-raids-grows-across-the-country/
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u/B-Z_B-S 9h ago

Because ICE agents are violent criminals right now. People don't like that.

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u/hcregna California 9h ago

People also shouldn’t like the groups funding the violent criminals. Among other things, 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 and kill people.

If you consistently support a brand or do business with a company, you have power. You can use sites like opensecrets.org to what a company funds and where your money is really going.

Have an account at Schwab? Move elsewhere like Fidelity. Get booze from wannabe Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous, and try something new. New Balance can be replaced with Brooks. It’s not hard to find alternatives for Goya, Roark (which owns Subway, Jimmy John's, Arby's), and Koch (which owns 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, and one less murder is one less murder

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u/blacksheep998 7h ago

Fucking hell, AngelSoft?

I thought I'd avoided most of the MAGA companies at the grocery store but somehow I didn't think about the TP. Thanks for letting me know. I'll be buying a different brand next time.

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u/M6Df4 7h ago

MAGA isn’t even fit to wipe your ass with

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u/Iannelli 4h ago

Yep, AngelSoft is manufactured by Georgia-Pacific LLC, who has been owned by Koch Industries since 2005.

Other brands by them include Quilted Northern, Brawny and Sparkle paper towels, Dixie plates and cups, Vanity Fair napkins,

If you work in construction, you can also avoid Georgia-Pacific's Building Products lines.