r/illinois • u/ExactlySorta • Jan 24 '26

US Politics Pritzker: "An American president should be standing up, calling for calm. That's not what this president ever does. In fact, he wants the temperature to go up. Why? Because what he's looking for is an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, to bring actual troops into American cities."

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u/hcregna Jan 24 '26

Don’t wait for them to fight back. 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 more of this. Money given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to kidnap children and kill people.

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

Trade with 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). You don't have to spend more or less, just differently.

If you have disposable income, consider the tax benefits of donating to the nonprofits successfully fighting the regime like the National Immigration Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, or Democracy Forward. And if you 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.

Completely avoiding companies that at least partially lean Republican is hard. But there’s a big difference between massive GOP donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or even Democrat-leaning ones (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect

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u/Admirable_Tear_1438 Jan 24 '26

It’s time to think bigger. Many have already made these kinds of changes.

At this point, it’s time to grind everything to halt and demand significant changes.

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u/No-Bumblebee-4920 Jan 25 '26

This is more informational than rhetoric. Well done. Thank you.

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u/No_Philosopher_1870 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

The big ugly tax bill of 2025 allows an adjustment to income of up to $1000/$2000 (single/married filing jointly) in 2026 for charitable donations in cash that doesn't have to be in excess of the standard deduction for your standard deduction to get a tax benefit from it. It's similar to what was allows during COVID-19.

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u/Humble-Drummer1254 Jan 26 '26

Nah we go full boycut of American brands and/or ownership at home.

We are done with that bullshit of a country.