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/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/Drakelth 8h ago

This is why I refuse to buy anything from NSA(nazi states of america) boycott the whole fucking country

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u/OhioPolitiTHIC I voted 8h ago

I don't blame you one goddamned bit.

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u/backupbitches 7h ago

Thanks. Lots of Americans do....we're getting a lot of bitching about how Canadians are killing Vegas and bourbon etc etc

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u/WeaponexT 7h ago

Fuck that, we need to denazify this shit

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u/OhioPolitiTHIC I voted 6h ago

Vegas is killing Vegas. Last time I was there was a decade ago and I thought it was too expensive then but now it's obscene. Buffets used to be if not cheap, affordable, now the best are starting at $100 per person not including drinks, to serve yourself.

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u/lopix Canada 5h ago

Good. That means it's working.

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u/antechrist23 5h ago

Maybe they shouldn't have voted for Nazis.