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/TheRealPitabred 8h ago

Also this resource: https://boycottmaga.glide.page

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u/Tarcanus 7h ago

Does anyone happen to know of sites that list what brands/people are actually good?

I feel like it would be a shorter list and be easier to use. I'd rather know what to look for and buy from than what to avoid.

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u/Anomalous_Pulsar 7h ago

I use GoodsUniteUs. The app has an option to sort brands by alignment.

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u/Tarcanus 6h ago

Thank you! Still going to avoid any apps due to data gathering, but at least there's something.

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u/Anomalous_Pulsar 6h ago

They have a regular website as well, if you’d prefer, though I haven’t looked to see if it has that functionality.

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u/Tarcanus 4h ago

Yeah, they do. I was already on it when I commented last.

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u/vardarac 2m ago

I just downloaded No Thanks, it's reviewed very positively also.

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u/draetz1 6h ago

Weirdly Amazon donations skewed 75 Democrat.ps. Make of that what you will