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Anonymous:

Please promote Feb. 28 as Economic Blackout Day, see https://www.yahoo.com/news/economic-blackout-gathering-strength-heres-185545116.html

The only money spent should be in local, independent businesses. Don’t buy gas, don’t shop online, don’t shop in big chain stores, don’t go to chain restaurants, etc. It’s called a boycott, and if worked for the Sons of Liberty it can work for us!

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Anonymous:

I am boycotting EVERYTHING, except for food and absolute necessities. My one exception to that rule was a purchase of a hat, from a Canadian supplier, that reads "Canada is Not for Sale.'

I have emailed the "Supreme" Court letting them know that I know that, His Majesty Donald Trump, is making them the "Superfluous" Court.

I have replaced my Google browser with Duckduckgo, not an easy matter as my laptop is a chromebook. I have installed an Ad blocker as well.

I will be paying off all my credit cards by the end of the current billing cycle. Since I am boycotting EVERYTHING I will use cash as much as possible for the foreseeable future.

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Not using credit cards denies VISA, MC and banks their lucrative fees.

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Anonymous:

Agreed. But, not only Trump and Murdoch—Zuckerberg/Meta/FB, as well

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Anonymous:

I want to follow your advice about not buying their products but where can we get a comprehensive list other than cars, hotels and promotional (MAGA) items (which none of us would wear anyway). I would be happy to go on a starvation diet, just to know that I'd be diminishing their wealth and evil but I feel their wealth--seeking tentacles may be in products we don't suspect.

By the way, isn't "X" the universal sign for "danger, do not enter?"

My response:

I don't have a list. You can do an Internet search for:

* Major Trump donors

* Fox advertisers

* Company pay ratios, see https://aflcio.org/paywatch/company-pay-ratios

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Here are some humble ideas for hats or T Shirts :

Help me! I lost my job to an immigrant. (Photo of Musk)

CACA = Comeon America, Crap Again? (Brown Hat)

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Anonymous:

I have already boycotted all Musk ventures to the best of my knowledge as well as Murdoch's - but I've been doing that all along. I quit Amazon Prime and am replacing my subscriptions with Amazon by shopping directly from the companies. I looked up corporate donations to the Trump campaign and have stopped doing business with Home Depot and Sephora - many others I never frequented anyway because of their reputation for regressive policies.

I have made multiple and many calls to congresspeople - asking them to defend our democracy, thanking those who are standing up - as ineffectual as it may be. Contacted my state AG and asked him to sue on my behalf for Musk's illegal access to my personal information. I do my best to spread the truth on FB, and am also weaning off FB and hoping to be able to move to Bluesky completely.

I support the ACLU. I'm trying to figure out how to print the cards from the Card Campaign for Democracy and disseminate them as I travel across country next month.

I read opinions from conservative sources in order to better understand the thinking, and to keep an open mind - not all opinions that aren't progressive are dangerous.

I am doing my level best to act out of love, compassion and kindness on behalf of all inhabitants on the planet.

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Soonie Moon's avatar

I’ve done everything I could, also my husband, did, we saw it coming, 2025 is the same as Hitler’s Germany, we are Democrats, we voted , we will not buy or Support anything from Musk!!! We love our country & Democracy 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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