List of companies that donated to Trump and Project 2025...

[PeaceWave]

I am not sure how comprehensive this list is. It was forwarded to me from Democrats Abroad:

https://www.democratsabroad.org/companies_that_donated_to_trump_and_project_2025

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

[Scrivener7]

1. Bookmarking. Thank you.

[iemanja]

2. LL Bean surprises me

Old Dutch disappoints me. They make the best potato chips on earth.

[LeftInTX]

52. Good News

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ll-bean-inc/summary?id=D000042703

Recipient Total From Individualsimore info From Organizationimore info Typeimore info
Harris, Kamala $18,175 $18,175 $0 Candidate (D-PRES)
King, Angus $3,256 $3,256 $0 Candidate (I-MES1)
Movement Voter PAC $2,250 $2,250 $0 Carey
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $1,694 $1,694 $0 Political Party
DNC Services Corp $1,570 $1,570 $0 Political Party
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $1,342 $1,342 $0 Political Party
Fair Fight PAC $800 $800 $0 Carey
Trump, Donald $746 $746 $0 Candidate (R-PRES)
Brown, Sherrod $608 $608 $0 Candidate (D-OHS1)
Forward Blue $427 $427 $0 Outside Group

[allegorical oracle]

63. Thanks for that -- was about to swear off my Bean buys. nt

[PeaceWave]

89. All I know is that several years ago the founder's granddaughter donated $60K to Trump.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-thanks-l-l-bean-linda-bean-233529

Linda Bean, the granddaughter of L.L. Bean founder Leon Leonwood Bean, donated $60,000 to Making America Great Again LLC, according to the Associated Press. That contribution exceeded the Federal Election Commission’s allowable limit for the PAC and her support has prompted some to push for a boycott of the Maine-based company.

Trump, however, predicted that Bean’s support for him would only boost the company’s bottom line.

“Thank you to Linda Bean of L.L.Bean for your great support and courage,” he wrote on Twitter Thursday morning. “People will support you even more now. Buy L.L.Bean.

[Marigold]

3. Dammit! There go my Hershey kisses.

[niyad]

6. I have been boycotting hershey since they sent 1,500 union jobs to

Mexico years ago.

[Marigold]

7. Agree

I had been too, but slipped up recently with my granddaughter and nostalgia for the candy I grew up with. I lived within an hour of Hershey and remember the town smelled like chocolate until they sent all the jobs away. Time to get tough.

[niyad]

9. There are good local companies making good chocolate, including

Choc-o-love up in Boulder. I used to love Scharffenberger and Dagoba, until nestle (which I have been boycotting since the 70's) bought them. Of course, withh climate change afffecting chocolate production, the decisions may be moot.

[calimary]

18. HMMM... Choc-o-love... must investigate!

[Cirsium]

27. Interesting side note

Hershey products were safe for Celiac sufferers until they moved operations to Mexico. Since then they are not safe. Probably production lines are cross-contaminated or not cleaned adequately. Pinching pennies earns millions for the owners.

[summer_in_TX]

22. I'd added them to my list to avoid because of high levels of lead and cadmium in that and some

other dark chocolates made by Hershey's, Trader Joe's, and several other chocolate-makers. But now, that does it. Not even milk chocolate if I can help it.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

[LeftInTX]

51. Good News

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/hershey-co/summary?id=D000026470

Recipient Total From Individualsimore info From PACsimore info Typeimore info
Harris, Kamala $19,324 $19,324 $0 Candidate (D-PRES)
Thompson, Glenn $6,000 $0 $6,000 Candidate (R-PA15)
Casey, Bob $4,720 $220 $4,500 Candidate (D-PAS2)
Smucker, Lloyd $4,071 $0 $4,071 Candidate (R-PA11)
Kaine, Tim $3,571 $0 $3,571 Candidate (D-VAS1)
Scott, David $2,500 $0 $2,500 Candidate (D-GA13)
Trump, Donald $2,304 $2,304 $0 Candidate (R-PRES)
Barry, Charity $2,082 $2,082 $0 Candidate (R-WI02)
Pallone, Frank Jr $2,000 $0 $2,000 Candidate (D-NJ06)
McCaul, Michael $2,000 $0 $2,000 Candidate (R-TX10)

[mucifer]

57. Here is a list of truly fair trade

Chocolates that are also vegan.

There is a lot of human exploitation in chocolate and the list breaks it down.

https://foodispower.org/chocolate-list/

[GoreWon2000]

74. That makes 2 of us.

[UTUSN]

4. IOW, almost all businesses - yeah, I know there are more businesses than this

[Initech]

15. MolsonCoors donates to Trump, MAGA boycotts Budweiser.

That's not highly suspect or anything.

[niyad]

5. Had never heard of many of them, was already boycotting many of the

others. More than happy to add the rest to my ever-growing list.

[Uncle Joe]

8. "Conair?"

Is that like the movie of the prisoners that took over the plane?

Thanks for the thread PeaceWave

[PeaceWave]

10. They make hair care products, including hair dryers.

[kacekwl]

11. It seems the only way to

Avoid these companies is to buy and eat at small independent shops. Hard to do at times.

[Initech]

12. The Angels donated to Trump? Fuck Arte Moreno!

[BadgerMom]

17. I've always been a Dodger fan.

Vindicated!

[Initech]

20. Well... it certainly explains a lot!

[Mblaze]

13. Wonder bread seems appropriate.

[GreenWave]

82. Yep! We wonder where the ingredients went.

[Mblaze]

83. Or where they've been. 😀

[boonecreek]

14. Ace Hardware?

Aw crap, they're my alternative to Home Depot.

[FormerOstrich]

38. That is EXACTLY what I said...

but then I got to wondering....I think ACE is franchises. Could it be individual franchises donated? Am I harming local business if I boycott my local franchise? I'll try to research more when I have a few minutes...I've been working on a project that is due tomorrow...and don't have that much energy left right now.

I guess Lowes is next but I've never been as fond of them.

[boonecreek]

62. The ACE I use is locally owned.

The closest Lowes is a12 mile drive while the
ACE is about a mile and quarter down the road.
On a nice day I can walk there if I need something small.

[LeftInTX]

47. They donated more to Kamala than they did to Trump, but their down ballot choices are R

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ace-hardware/summary?id=D000042548

[BadgerMom]

16. Great. I used Charmin because it wasn't owned by the Kochs.

And I know a lot of store brands are made by Georgia-Pacific, the Koch-owned company. With Charmin on this list I guess I’m in real trouble. Suggestions, anyone?

And Anthropologie is dead to me.

[Figarosmom]

21. Msybe if there isn't

One that's not compromised. Maybe you can live with the thought that you use their product to wipe shit everyday. And that's all it's good for.

[LeftInTX]

48. Good news! You can wipe your butt!

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/proctergamble/summary?id=D000000485

Recipient Total From Individualsimore info From Organizationimore info Typeimore info
Harris, Kamala $103,517 $103,517 $0 Candidate (D-PRES)
Brown, Sherrod $36,869 $31,869 $5,000 Candidate (D-OHS1)
Landsman, Greg $15,596 $15,596 $0 Candidate (D-OH01)
Trump, Donald $12,348 $12,348 $0 Candidate (R-PRES)
McCormick, Dave $11,210 $11,210 $0 Candidate (R-PAS2)
DNC Services Corp $11,176 $11,176 $0 Political Party
Duty Honor Country PAC $10,000 $10,000 $0 LeadPAC
Pallone, Frank Jr $10,000 $0 $10,000 Candidate (D-NJ06)
Republican Federal Cmte of Pennsylvania $8,800 $8,800 $0 Political Party
Schneider, Brad $8,000 $0 $8,000 Candidate (D-IL10

[BadgerMom]

68. Thanks.

Everyone’s here’s happier.

[piddyprints]

78. Check out

whogivesacrap.org. We use their bamboo TP. They have a great mission, so I don't care if it costs a little more.

[BadgerMom]

80. Thanks!

[Sugarcoated]

96. A bidet

[Figarosmom]

19. Some of those are a real shame

Most of them. It figures.

[JT45242]

23. Wonder how many donated to both sides...just in case

I know a lot of rich folks who would give to both sides of every race ...just to make certain that whoever won would "owe" them

Would love to see, side by side how much they gave to MAGAts and how much to Dems.

Not that excusing it. Because I see a lot if the usual suspects of hate like hobby lobby and Hardee's. Shocked that home Depot is not on the list.

[ForgedCrank]

25. See, that's

the thing. 10 bucks says all of them gave to both, it's usually how they all do it. There are also probably many thousands missing from this list.
Besides, allowing myself to fall victim to rigid political stance to the point where I would participate in economic terrorism isn't in the cards for me. I think it's silly to be frank about it. Just like it's silly when MAGA does it.

[niyad]

29. Boycotting is "economic terrorism"???

[ForgedCrank]

35. Yes. When

it is used to do damage for political reasons, that's exactly what it is.

[Patton French]

58. Uh, no.

Terrorism, by definition, involves violence or the threat of violence. Choosing not to purchase something for political reasons does not involve violence.

[ForgedCrank]

65. Ok

[iemanja]

91. Ridiculous

No one is compelled to purchase from any company they don't want to. I am not owned by corporations.

[ForgedCrank]

93. I said

absolutely nothing about being "compelled to purchase from any company". This is yet another instance of someone hearing voices or something.
What I did say is that economic terrorism is silly, and it is.

[meow2u3]

71. But hoarding wealth and jacking up prices to unaffordable levels is not? nt

[niyad]

85. Did you mean to address that question to me, or to the poster labelling

boycotts as "economic terrorism"?

[Reader Rabbit]

24. Hanes *and* Fruit of the Loom?

Gah. Gonna have to find some underwear alternatives!

[mwooldri]

26. A lot of Berkshire Hathaway companies listed here.

The main company isn't on this list though.

If Boost Mobile was on the list then I would have expected to see Dish or parent company Echostar.

Probably a number of parent companies not listed here too.

[LeftInTX]

54. It's on open secrets. He tends GOP. Donates to both.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/berkshire-hathaway/summary?id=D000021757

[SickOfTheOnePct]

90. Because companies can't donate

To candidates or parties…what is shown on OpenSecrets are donations by individuals or PACs associated with those companies.

[Cirsium]

28. Butter

Land o Lakes butter is the only product we use that is on that list, although there are a couple of L.L. Bean t-shirts somewhere in the closet, I think.

Apparently it is possible to survive without anything on the list.

[Celerity]

30. Sus list. Some of these are not companies, they are just brand names, and also this list uses individual employees

donations at times, not the firm itself. In some cases these firm's employees, on balance, gave more to Democrats than they did to Rethugs, but onto the list the firm or brand goes.

Urban Outfitters is a good example:

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

Far more given to Dems than Rethugs

[Faux pas]

31. Thank you PeaceWave! Kickin to share!

[PeaceWave]

33. You're welcome. As for those criticizing the list, file your complaints with DemocratsAbroad...

Along with the link, I literally included the disclaimer "I am not sure how comprehensive this list is." So, there's that. Further, there are only three kinds of posts I make. (1) straight up informational, which include links to my sources, (2) straight up editorializing, which only include my opinions, and (3) irreverent commentary, albeit attempting to avoid poo poo and pee references that seem so popular these days (sometimes I fail). The post atop this thread is informational and therefore belongs to category (1).

[Celerity]

36. But you are the one that posted the list on DU. Saying you do not know how 'comprehensive' it is is not the same

as saying you are unsure of the accuracy of it.

Also, the only link you gave was the link to the list itself.

And again, the list conflates individual employee contributions with the firms themselves.

The list is misleading and in some cases inaccurate, as I showed with my reply.

2 other examples: (from the list, and I can show more)

Wonder Bread

Wonder Bread is not a company, it is just a brand name.

LL Bean (vast majority of contributions went to Dems and Dem associated indies and liberal orgs, yet under the bus they go on the list you posted)

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ll-bean-inc/summary?id=D000042703





other contributions (to the independents King and Sanders) and then to liberal orgs other than direct contributions to individual Democratic candidates

[PeaceWave]

37. Like I said - Take it up with the source. But, Democrats Abroad is a good organization doing good work.

[Celerity]

39. The 'source' did not post its list on DU you did. If I post something on DU that has significant errors or is misleading

then it is on me for posting it.

Example:

A tweet or article I post has false info.

Me saying 'take it up with the tweeter or the article author ' is not a valid reply/excuse for me posting the false info if the false info is pointed out by other DU posters.

[PeaceWave]

40. You do realize that you're questioning the veracity of info put out by a Democratic Party organization...

https://www.democratsabroad.org/companies_that_donated_to_trump_and_project_2025

This, from Democrat Abroad's own website:

https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_party

Democrats Abroad is the official Democratic Party arm for the millions of Americans living outside the United States. We strive to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.

Democrats Abroad has 52 country committees throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. These country committees keep Americans abroad informed of their rights and help them participate in the U.S. political process. Our members live in more than 190 countries around the globe and vote in every state and Congressional district in the U.S.

Democrats Abroad is recognized as a "state" Party by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and is represented on the DNC by eight voting members, as well as at the quadrennial Democratic National Convention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrats_Abroad

[Celerity]

42. It is one person from that org, and I already showed significant errors in the list, with links to show the errors.

The list is also is misleading as it implies it was the firms that contributed, when it was simply employees of the firms, not the firms themselves. It also lists brand names that are not even standalone companies.

I one hundred per cent stand by my posts.

[Celerity]

46. Here is another example from the list: Norwegian Cruise Line.

The firm itself gave nothing, it was all individual employees, and almost all donations (close to 99%) went to Dems or liberal orgs. 28 dollars went to Trump.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/norwegian-cruise-line/summary?id=D000054826

[LeftInTX]

49. They're a good group, but this is not their forte!

[LeftInTX]

45. It's hard to keep those lists up to date!

There is a shopping app and it's severely outdated.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

32. ULINE

Liz and Dick Uhlein are extremely evil and have donated many millions to GOP and right-wing causes.

[LeftInTX]

50. Yeah, they aren't even on the list. They are hard to avoid because they specialize in business packaging

Our party actually orders from them.

If you are small business, you can order cheaper. But lots of small businesses order from Uline.

I have purchased from them. Then I found out they were GOP and went with another brand. (The Amazon knock off brand, which probably was even worse)

[NameAlreadyTaken]

56. Amazon geta their boxes from Uline...

[LeftInTX]

60. Yeah I figured. I think lots of places do.

[Norbert]

34. No Chic-fil-A. That is a surprise

[Frasier Balzov]

41. Hanes?? That's it, I'm going commando.

[LeftInTX]

44. I thought you already were, with your screen name and all...

[Frasier Balzov]

72. That was from a time

when the zone heating was out.

[LeftInTX]

43. Well, there goes my Chobani Yogurt

I didn't know Oreck was still around???

ETA: Chobani has not donated in over `12 years.

[LeftInTX]

53. Walmart has been improving

[luvallpeeps]

55. Free People?

Ironic.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

59. Thank you for this list

I was surprised to see Star Furniture on this list. Star is owned be Bershire Hathaway and Warren Buffett. I also used to like Schlotzkys but have not eaten there in years.

[malaise]

61. Rec

Important

[Trueblue Texan]

64. Really sorry to see Tito's on that list...

The rest of the stuff, I won't miss.

[LeftInTX]

73. Yeah, disappointing. 68% to Rs.....I checked them out on Open Secrets.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/fifth-generation-inc/recipients?id=D000092658

[BannonsLiver]

66. I don't do boycotts but this thread is absolutely entertaining on so many levels.

[ThoughtCriminal]

67. I didn't know Fry's Electronics still existed

I thought everything was liquidated in 2021.

[Rebl2]

69. Kind of

surprised Hallmark isn’t in there.

[Lemons UK]

70. Playtex is funny in a man-girdle sort of way...

[GoreWon2000]

75. Thanks for posting

because now I know who I'm boycotting.

[PeaceWave]

79. You're welcome. What caught my attention was what Democrats Abroad wrote along with the list...

Again, this is from their website...

https://www.democratsabroad.org/companies_that_donated_to_trump_and_project_2025

The following companies have donated to Trump and Project 2025. Try to avoid giving them your money. Please share this with your Democratic friends and family.

The site went on to refer to such businesses as promoting fascism.

[GoreWon2000]

81. I totally agree that they're promoting fascism

For me this list means no more NY Yankees games, no more Hershey's chocolate and no more Dairy Queen ice cream.

[Polybius]

76. Hmm, not Tesla

And it's gonna be hard for me to boycott Ace Hardware.

[piddyprints]

77. We stay away from most of them already.

No one except Tractor Supply sells the horse feed we use, so we're stuck going there. I do go directly to the manufacturer websites for the smaller things like supplements.

We get as much as we can from Aldi, but have to fill in the rest at Walmart. Walmart and Amazon have pretty much made sure we have to go to them for things we can't get anywhere else.

Anyway, thanks for the list.

[PeaceWave]

87. With few exceptions, I don't use these brands. Bacardi, on the other hand...

[jmowreader]

84. Thanks

As if I didn’t need another reason to hate the Yankees and Hendrick Motorsports.

[B.See]

86. Thanks. Copied to

personal folder and highlighted those I'll no longer be dealing with.

[philly_bob]

88. I'm surprised Amazon is not on list. /nt

[stollen]

92. Walmart, Hersheys, LL Bean

are all we use. 2025 will be better.

[betsuni]

95. I thought companies can't donate directly to candidates.

A daily populist conspiracy theory in 2016 was that Hillary was 100% corrupt and beholden to Wall Street, had to do whatever they said forever and ever, by convincing people that donations of a few hundred dollars from employees working for companies on Wall Street were actually from the evil neoliberal big money status quo Goldman Sachs and other evil financial companies. So stupid!