one other key high-profile boycott:
The Dallas Cowboys.
There are probably several other sports teams whose owners have supported Trumpism, but Jerry Jones and The Dallas Cowboys seems like an important one.
From 2020 (there are quite a number of others here, but it would be useful to zoom in on which ones have more recently supported Trump).
Which NFL Owners Support Donald Trump? List of Those Who Have Donated to the President
Published Jun 15, 2020 at 6:36 AM EDT
By Dan Cancian
Reporter
Here’s another more recent and more comprehensive article about political donations by major sports team owners. Miriam Adelson (majority owner of the Dallast Mavericks continued her late husband’s extraordinary financing of Republican efforts (I believe he was a top donor, or the top donor, to Republicans/Trump in 2016).
Mavericks Owner’s $100 Million Trump Donation Dwarfs All Other Sports Owner Political Giving
Sports owners have spent millions on the 2024 election cycle, largely on Republicans. Among them, Miriam Adelson is by far the biggest player in the presidential race.
By Alex Schiffer and Margaret Fleming
Oct 30, 2024 | 07:57 am
UPDATED Nov 05, 2024 | 01:20 pm
If TYT wants to be a credible leader in progressive politics it needs to lead these initiatives. We as individuals do not have the resources TYT has at its disposal. They need to rally people to achieve specific and achievable targets. You can’t lead from behind.
I hear you, and I get the frustration. TYT has a platform and resources we don’t, so it makes sense to expect them to step up and lead more visibly.
At the same time, leadership isn’t always about being out front. In a wolf pack, the leaders guide, but others protect from the back or ensure the group sticks together.
Maybe TYT needs to strike a better balance—taking charge when it matters most while still empowering people to move forward together.
What specific steps do you think would show that kind of leadership?
By focusing all our efforts to get the money out of politics.
By organizing boycotts of people and organizations who want to keep the status quo corruption.
By organizing direct action campaigns.
By bringing the human side of our issues directly to the masses. (ie. Interviewing families who have lost loved ones because of this murderous healthcare system, or organizing a memorial wall honoring those who have died from the negligence of this evil healthcare system)
By not wasting time and resources on initiatives which have no hope of winning (ie. Cenk’s run for president)
I hear you, yet I don’t think Cenk’s run was a vanity project. It felt more like a way to give people an alternative to Biden and to spotlight progressive issues on a national stage.
Sure, it didn’t succeed in the traditional sense, but failures can often teach us more than successes. They help us refine strategies, build awareness, and learn what resonates with people.
What could we take from that experience to strengthen the initiatives you’re suggesting?
Thank you for your response. I’m not going to delve into the subject of Cenk’s run here any further. This thread is to discuss boycotting. I have a thread here for discussing Cenk’s campaign, see “Cenk has some explaining to do”.
Apparently compiled by @hearmeoutonthis2 on TikTok or
“Tell the People With Sunny & W1”
Companies That Donated To Trump and Project 2025
420K views
3 weeks ago [approx… 2024-12-01] #project2025#tellthepeoplewithsunny#trump#election2024#project2025#hearmeoutonthis
this is the channel, not sure if it’s hers.
Tell The People with Sunny & W1
15.3K subscribers
She mentions that in her opinion it is better to focus on the list of companies that you do intend to buy from, instead of focusing on the list of companies that you intend to avoid.
She also mentions that this list is not all-inclusive and that good places further to research companies and to whom they donated are:
1)
“THE AVERAGE CONSUMER FUNDS POLITICIANS & PACS ABOUT 3 TIMES MORE THROUGH THEIR PURCHASING DECISIONS AS COMPARED TO THEIR DIRECT POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.”
In Alphabetical order, here is the list of companies in the video:
1800Flowers.com
ACE Hardware
Alamo Rental Cars
Allegiant Air
Anthropologie
Arby’s
Arizona Diamondbacks [even to Lauren Boebert what the hell per video.]
ArmorAll
Ashley Furniture
Auto Zone
Bacardi
Bali Underwear
Baskin and Robins
Bausch + Lomb
Big Heart Pet Brands
Bike Athletics
Blue Bell
Boost Mobile
Brooks shoes
Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Wild Wings
Buick Cadilac
Carls Jr.
Champ Clothing
Charmin
Cheverolet
Chiquita Brands
Chobani Yogurt
Cincinatti Financial
Cinnabon
Conair
Coors Beer
Cuisinart
Dairy Queen
Dean Foods
Dirt Devil
Discount Tire
Dole Foods
Dudley Sports
Enterprise Rental Car
Exxon
Farberware
Folgers
Fruit Bouquets.com
Fruit of the Loom
Frys Electronics
Garmin Sports Products
Geico
George Forman Grill
GMC
GNC
Grey Goose
Hanes
Hardee’s
Helzberg Diamonds
Hendrick Motorsports
Hershey Products
Hobby Lobby
Home Goods
Hoover Vacuum
Horizon Bank
Jimmy Deans
Keller Williams Realty
L.L Bean
Land o Lakes
Las Vegas Sands
Leggs Pantyhose
Los Angeles Angels
Maidenform underwear
Marshalls [owned by TJ Max per the video]
Martins Famous Pastry Shoppes
McDonalds
Miller Beer
Milwaukee’s Best Beer
Mobile
Molson
Molson Beer
Motorola
My Pillow
NAPA Auto Parts
New Orlean Saints
Norwegian Cruise
NY Yankees
Old Dutch Foods
Omni Hotels
Oreck Vacuums
Papa Johns
Playtex
Procter & Gamble
Public Storage
PublixAct Floride
Purdue Farms
Rail Vac
Schlotzsky’s
Shell Oil
Sierra Trading Post
Slumber Land
Smucker’s Products [per the video: crustables, giff peanut butter, etc.]
Soma Intimates
Sonoco
Spalding
Stanley Black and Decker Hardware
Star Furniture
Stiletto Tools
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Popcorn Factory
Tito’s Vodka
Toast Master
Tractor Supply
Turtle Wax
Urban Outfitters-Free People
Vanity Fair Paper Products
Walmart
Wendy’s
Wonder Bread
Wow Cable
Wynn Resorts
Young Brands
I watched the second video and it was thought-provoking and somewhat nuanced. I responded for example to the lady’s examination of the issue of living in a rural area, and it is quite a different matter to cut yourself from the community of Trumpers in that instance. Your world gets a lot smaller, I can tell you from personal experience.
I don’t know what I think of the point made by one of her children that it is arguably better to buy from a local Trumper than to buy from a large organization that supports Trump. I might be ok with it. I guess it depends. The issue of humanizing the people we are criticizing goes both ways. Trump supporters have tended to otherize and dehumanize the opposition, but I think so too have some of us in the opposition done this to them. I am not equating the two sides in all things by a longshot, but just noting this “otherizing” and dehumanizing issue in isolation.
At the end of the first video, the creator suggested that we focus not on companies we are trying to boycott, but on companies that we regard as safe to buy from. This sounded like a good idea, and somewhat of an answer to the second video conundrum as well. The first video creator cited athletes or others who accomplish amazing things such as moving quickly through a bunch of obstacles, and they (she said) will advise to keep one’s eye on the path, not on the obstacles. So, this is not a cure-all, but may have made some sense.
It turns out that someone took her advice, and her points about where to look for information, and made a video of some of the organizations and people who donated to Harris, or engaged in no donations, or balanced donations. And so I’ll post that here and perhaps on an additional link:
Companies That Donated To Kamala Harris NOT Project 2025!
So, here is a very incomplete I’m assuming list of companies that donated more to Harris, according to this video:
The source is said at the beginning of the video to be:
Companies That Donated To Kamala Harris NOT Project 2025!
Tell The People with Sunny & W1
15.3K subscribers
25,323 views Dec 4, 2024
Companies that donated a large percentage to Harris:
Blue Water grill 100%
Bob Evans
Chophouse Brewery (100%)
Gordon Biersch brewery (100%)
Kirkland [said i the video to be also known as Costco] 96%
Lipton (98%)
Old Chicago Pizza (100%)
Red Lobster
Rock Bottom restaurants
Sonic
Starbucks (70%)
Wetzel’s Pretzels (76%)
Companies that DID NOT donate a significant amount or DID NOT donate:
Auntie Anne’s
Beyond Meat
Blaze Pizza
Denny’s
Extreme Pita
Ghirardelli Chocolate
Grand Marnier
Mike’s Hard Lemonade
Mrs. Fields
Shine Distillery & Grill
Sky Vodka
TCBY
Thai Express
Whata Burger
White Claw
Companies that donated to both campaigns:
[a) companies which donated more blue than red according to the data posted with the video on youtube.]
Black Box Wines 60% blue 40% red
Boston market 63% blue 37% red
Burger King 66% blue 34% red
Chipotle 69% blue 31% red
Churches Chicken 63% blue 37% red
Clos Du Bois 60% blue 40% red
Corona 60% blue 40% red
Culver’s 55% blue 45% red
Dove Chocolate 67% blue 33% red
Heineken 55% blue 45% red
Modelo 60% blue 40% red
Paul Mason Grand Amber Brandy 60% blue 40% red
PF Chang’s 55% blue 45% red
Popeyes 66 blue 34% red
Seasons 52 62% blue 38% red
[b) Companies split down the middle of their donating, according to the data posted with the video on youtube.]
Kraft Foods 50% blue 50% red
[c) companies which donated more red than blue according to the data posted with the video on youtube.]
Companies that donated more red than blue
Five Guys 31% blue 69% red
Green Mountain coffee 42% blue 58% red
Honest Tea 42% blue 58% red
Olive Garden 47% blue 53% red
Ora Ida 43% blue 57% red
Panda Express 48% blue 52% red
One overall point here is that we should face the fact that there are some people who will go in the opposite direction of our boycotts. They will, for their own political reasons, boycott the companies we choose to patronize, and patronize the companies we choose to boycott.
I like that app. I had no idea apps like Goods Unite US even existed. I certainly hope they develop their youtube channel. The last video they posted was 5 months ago. Do they not realize the importance of word of mouth and social media?
