A very important list of companies who donated huge amounts of money to the trump campaign.

[babsbunny]

I made a list, she tells you where she got the list at the end, now, pass it on!

[Prairie_Seagull]

1. Seems a good idea to find stores you 'do' want to shop at.

Like Penzies. Instead of a long list of stores you don't.

[Trueblue Texan]

2. Well, my Amazon alternative donated ...

Guess I'll have to move my business to Target.

[Scrivener7]

3. Great resource. Thank you.

[Celerity]

30. It actually is not, see my replies in this thread. The information is cherry picked and misleading.

I hope my years here on DU exposing corporate abuse and skulduggery lend some legitimacy to my call-out. I am absolutely not a corporate shill type, but I also do my due diligence, and this list is not something I feel is accurate and/or reliable enough to label firms with based solely upon what it says.

[Trust_Reality]

4. I need the list in printable, database or spreadsheet form.

Did I miss where to find it, or see it?

[Meowmee]

5. Why not just post a list?

[tritsofme]

6. Are these individual donations from employees who happen to work at these companies?

Or donations from a corporate PAC?

Pretty pointless information if we do not know.

[TiberiusB]

7. I don't believe individual donations

are public information. This is almost certainly all corporate.

[tritsofme]

9. Yes, individual donations over $200 are public. When you donate they ask for your employer.

Definitely not safe to assume this random person’s video isn’t just about individual contributions.

[Celerity]

15. I looked up Urban Outfitters and the record does not back up the YT video claims for 2020, 2022, and 2024.

And yes, it is individuals, not the firm itself.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/urban-outfitters/totals?id=D000030711

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/urban-outfitters/recipients?toprecipscycle=2024&id=D000030711&candscycle=2024

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/urban-outfitters/recipients?toprecipscycle=2024&id=D000030711&candscycle=2022

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/urban-outfitters/recipients?toprecipscycle=2024&id=D000030711&candscycle=2020

[Wiz Imp]

23. For the record, the Goods Unite Us App shows Urban Outfitters with 86% of their donations to Republicans.

[Celerity]

24. Does it give the source link for that? OpenSecrets is a very well respected reference site.

[Wiz Imp]

25. It says 100% of donations were from senior employees, none from the company itself.

It shows donations to the following Republicans:

Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Marco Rubio
Paul Ryan
Thomas MacArthur

And one Democrat: Debbie Stabenow

Those are apparently the 5 biggest recipients of their donations.

It gives no other info - no amount of donations, no names of people donating, and not even a time frame for the donation.

From their Website:

Our Data
Our research team hand curates and certifies all of our data. Search for a company or brand, and we’ll show you what percentage the company, its affiliates and its senior management and executives collectively donate to Republicans and Democrats, what percentage comes from the company itself versus its employees, and the top five politicians donated to. We’ve also given each company our proprietary Campaign Finance Reform score. Each company’s CFR score is calculated on a scale of -100 to +100. The higher the score, the more likely that purchases from the company or brand will lead to meaningful campaign finance reform. You can read more about our data here and our CFR score here.

The data provided on our free app and website are for individual use only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited without Goods Unite Us’ prior written permission. If you would like to use our data for commercial purposes, please contact us at [e-mail].

and from its description on the Apple App Store:

Our team has spent thousands of hours vetting companies’ political donations with the tools available to us, and we’ll continue refining our data to ensure our results are as accurate as possible. So far, we’ve focused on organizations’ spending in federal elections, and our next step will be to vet state expenditures.

I know its become very popular but I can't speak to its overall reliability.

[Celerity]

29. That app is cherry picking old data from OpenSecrets.

Paul Ryan has not run since 2016, for example.

In the last 3 cycles, 2020, 2022, and 2024, the vast majority of contributions from individuals at Urban Outfitters have went to Democratic candidates.

Also, it is problematic to cast blame on entire companies in general for the actions of some of their employees.

I am sorry, but I am going to have to give a hard pass to that app that list, and that video.

Cheers,

Cel

[NameAlreadyTaken]

8. Don't buy from ULINE

Dick and Liz Uihlein are GOP megadonors. Many millions of dollars over the years to national and local campaigns in many states and GOP think tanks. Liz even has a political page in the ULINE catalog. Unfortuantely Amazon gets their boxes from ULINE, so if you buy something and it comes in an Amazon box, you are indirectly supporting the GOP.

[RandiFan1290]

19. Their markups are astronomical

I'd fire anyone that used that garbage to buy anything for my company.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

26. They put conservative editorials in their catalogs.

I used to manage a warehouse and usually, they went straight into the recycling bin but one say I was bored and started flipping through it. I couldn't believe how bold it was.

[Wiz Imp]

28. OMG. I didn't really know anything about them so I found an article from Propublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/uline-uihlein-election-denial

They are absolutely insane. Turns out that the father/founder of the company was a John Bircher. and supported George Wallace for President.

But this is insane. Former employees of Uline told ProPublica the couple’s traditionalist politics govern the smallest details of how the company is run. For new staffers, it begins with the dress code in the employee handbook. The handbook defines “tardy” as one minute past an employee’s scheduled start time. Just four personal items are allowed on employees’ desks, with maximum dimensions of 5 inches by 7 inches. One former staffer at Uline’s headquarters recalled a coworker who was forced to remove several drawings done by his young child. “Liz would walk up and down the aisles, and if your desk looked off, you’d be written up,” he recalled.

Unlike at other corporate workplaces where discussing politics is tacitly discouraged, the Uihleins lean in to theirs. Employees gathered at the major Uline distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for a company party in 2019 were bemused when the entertainment hired by the company emerged on stage: a Donald Trump impersonator, wearing a red MAGA hat.

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What is this weird fascination and objection conservatives apparently have with corduroy? I've seen multiple references recently to conservative groups banning corduroy. I find it bizarre.

[Wiz Imp]

10. List is on the Youtube page:

The List:
Auto Zone, ACE Hardware, Allegiant Air, Arby's, ArmorAll, Ashley Furniture, Bali Underwear, Bausch + Lomb, Big Heart Pet Brands, Bike Athletics, Molson Beer, Coors Beer, Brooks shoes, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Wild Wings, Buick Cadilac, Carls Jr., Champ Clothing, Hanes, Cheverolet, Cinnabon
Cincinatti Financial, Conair, Cuisinart, Dairy Queen, Dirt Devil, Discount Tire, Dole Foods, Exxon
Dudley Sports, Farberware, Florist.com, Folgers, Fruit of the Loom, Fruit Bouquets.com,
Frys Electronics, Geico, George Forman Grill, GMC, Hardee's, Helzberg Diamonds, Home Goods,
Hendrick Motorsports, Hobby Lobby, Hoover Vacuum, Horizon Bank, Keller Williams Realty,
Leggs Pantyhose, Las Vegas Sands, L.L Bean, Maidenform underwear, Marshalls, Martins Famous Pastry Shoppes, McDonalds, Miller Beer, Milwaukee's Best Beer, Molson, Mobile, My Pillow,
NAPA Auto Parts, New Orlean Saints, NY Yankees, Norwegian Cruise, Old Dutch Foods,
Oreck Vacuums, Purdue Farms, Playtex, Public Storage, Rail Vac, Schlotzsky's, Shell Oil,
Sierra Trading Post, Slumber Land, Soma Intimates, Spalding, Stanley Black and Decker Hardware,
Star Furniture, Stiletto Tools, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, The Popcorn Factory, Toast Master,
Tractor Supply, Wendy's, Wynn Resorts, 1800Flowers.com, Smucker's Products, Publix, Act Floride, Procter & Gamble, Baskin and Robins, Charmin, Omni Hotels, Wow Cable, Arizona Diamond Backs,
Chiquita Brands, Jimmy Deans, Land o Lakes, Boost Mobile, Vanity Fair Paper Products, GNC,
Grey Goose, Los Angeles Angels, Sonoco, Tito's Vodka, Turtle Wax, Wonder Bread, Urban Outfitters-Free People, Enterprise Rental Car, Motorola, Papa Johns, Walmart, Young Brands,
Garmin Sports Products, Alamo Rental Cars, Hershey Products, Anthropologie, Bacardi, Blue Bell,
Chobani Yogurt, Dean Foods

[soandso]

11. I'll bet nearly all of those have also given money to Democrats, too

Companies that give to politicians tend to hedge their bets and give to both parties.

[Wiz Imp]

12. She said that she was only listing those companies that either gave exclusively to Republicans or

those who gave to both but the overwhelming majority of contributions went to Republicans. She said she was intentionally not including those companies who gave fairly equal amounts to both parties. I have no idea how accurate her assessment is though.

[soandso]

13. Okay, thanks

I didn't bother checking who gave what to whom because it would be too time consuming. I only know that, for the most part, political contributions from companies and corporations are purely business decisions which is why so many spread the money around.

[orleans]

14. did you watch the video? nt

[soandso]

16. No, because another poster posted the list

[soandso]

17. Okay, I watched it

Then Celerity made a post regarding Urban Outfitters that contradicted it. Not sure what's correct. The lady mentioned Chevy, Cadillac and GMC - all General Motors. I find it hard to believe any or all haven't also donated to Democrats.

[Wiz Imp]

21. She said she pulled from OpenSecrets.org & the Goods Unite Us app

I have downloaded the goods unite us app but haven't looked at it closely yet.

[Wiz Imp]

22. OK, I just looked at the Goods Unite Us app

As you suspected, it showed General Motors with roughly equal donations to both parties. However, it did show Urban Outfitters with 86% of their donations to Republicans.

[soandso]

27. Thanks for that info

I'll have to look at Goods Unite Us.

[Wiz Imp]

20. She said she would do another list of companies who donate to democrats

and I think she was going to include companies that donate roughly equally to both parties on that list. She hasn't posted it yet, though.

[DFW]

18. Living in the EU, I manage to avoid most of those companies anyway.

I wasn't surprised to see Wonder Bread (I'm amazed the FDA even allows them to call that stuff bread) and Smuckers (their products are full of HFCS) on there. Making sure that "their" politicians protect their license to kill.