The time is now!!! No more sitting passively on the couch watching the news host tell us that our democracy is being stolen. No more getting angry as we learn of another Cabinet appointee with a conflict of interest or a history of sexual misconduct.
We don’t have the time to wait until the Democratic Party finds a platform that works for a broader segment of the population. We don’t have the luxury of waiting until the Democratic Party develops a new pool of charismatic candidates that can inspire a broader constituency to vote for their own interests.
We need action now. The easiest resistance program is to create an economic pressure on the ultra- wealthy magnates and their corporations that supported the far-right agenda in this past election. We need a national boycott of their products. So easy. First and foremost, no one who is a Democrat or progressive should buy a Tesla. Let’s put Tesla out of business. And that goes for “X”… no more tweets by the left on X, just delete the app and move to Bluesky or Substack.
Then, we should make the major advertisers on Fox News start feeling the pain for supporting right-wing media: Some of the biggest advertisers on Fox News include:
- Procter & Gamble: Advertises consumer products like Venus razor blades and Secret deodorant
- Novo Nordisk: Advertises the medication Ozempic on Fox News
- Scotts Miracle-Gro: Advertises on Fox News during commercial breaks
- Balance of Nature: A supplement company that was a primary advertiser
Other top Fox New Advertisers: GlaxoSmithKline, Liberty Mutual, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, Intuit, NortonLifeLock, Nestle, Kraft Heinz, Progressive, Charles Schwab, Toyota, and Subaru.
This such an easy form of resistance that results in little to no hardship for the boycott supporters. The only groups who will feel the pain will be the corporations that lose sales, and Fox News, which will lose advertising dollars. We all need to be on the same page….
No Tesla, no “X”, no Balance of Nature and no Scotts Miracle-Gro. Spread the word.
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