Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt

A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances

We were having a family discussion about where our money goes – and doesn’t – these days.

We don’t hit up TrumpBurger (McDonalds) unless we are out and about and there just isn’t another choice (so far, so good). I buy a lot less Coca-Cola since they became ICE snitches. Target used to get about $150 a week from us. We can’t avoid them completely but they haven’t gotten even that weekly amount in total since they killed their DEI programs, and nothing over the past couple weeks.

Seems like we aren’t alone in this. Which is great since obviously no one is gonna move the needle based on my financial contribution alone.

But it goes other places too. I don’t give to NPR anymore. I probably should since, sure, they aren’t FOXNews but…. They have gone way out of their way to comply with the worst of us, in favor of mocking dead school kids, repeating outright administration lies without clarification, etc. They might not be my enemy, but they sure as hell aren’t my friend either.

John Leguizamo is trying to orchestrate boycotts aimed at certain companies to show them folks are paying attention to their actions. Not sure if this works or not. There is money to be made in hate these days but I just do not want to reward horrible behavior.

‘We’ll all have to go vegan’: Wisconsin dairy farmers fret over immigration crackdown

This is actually a surprisingly level-headed article. Granted it is isn’t US media but I am shocked *anyone* is still doing journalism at this point.

Herein we meet farmers who, despite their politics, know their industry is about to get kicked in the teeth. Sure, some are still for making the US a white ethnostate and I wish them nothing but the same pain they wish on others.

This week in Google

Remember this slogan?

Yeah, once upon a time Google used to operate by this singular standard.

These days? Not so much. As of today, this is what they are calling the Gulf of Mexico.

Yeah, they are sucking up to Trump.

Over at Google Calendar, they are removing Black History Month, Indigenous People Month, Jewish Heritage, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month, among others. Their “reasoning”? It is all too hard to keep track of. You know, the site that catalogs the whole ass internet can’t sort a few hundred days properly.

We have a LOT of rich tech folks getting on their knees for an old racist.

NFL will remove ‘End Racism’ from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl

Remember back in 2019 when the Navy covered up the name of the John S. McCain so as not to offend Trump’s fragile ego? Yeah, this is a lot like that.

The NFL is not going to use the “End Racism” slogan at the edge of the end zone like they’ve been doing since 2020 because Trump wants to go the Super Bowl.

Not a single institution in this nation has the spine to stand up against this racist. Not one. We deserve whatever is coming I guess.

We are gonna do a movie marathon instead on Sunday. Fuck these enabling shits.

Boycotting Target because of its DEI policies is going to hurt. That’s the point.

Cutting off the Target shopping isn’t easy. And it may not be completely possible depending on where you live. But give it some consideration. Even a reduction in what you get there…and just cutting out the impulse purchases is the death by a thousand cuts approach.

Either way, what you do to spend your values is your call.