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Woke books that were bought for huge advances by 'inexperienced' editors have flopped commercially, insiders say. 'Ideological fanatics' allowing their politics to dictate professional decisions have seen profits slump, according to industry experts. Among the works responsible for huge losses is a hotly anticipated memoir by the actor Eliot Page about his journey transitioning. 'Pageboy' sold for a $3 million advance but has sold just 68,000 copies. Industry standards suggest for publishers, paying roughly $7 per book sold is considered a good deal It means that even novels that sell tens of thousands of copies such as Page's can still...

How charming…. Target just hired someone named Erik Thompson, also known as the Gay Cruella on Instagram (duh), who is Target’s new LGBTQIA+ (say that 10 times fast!) multicultural merchandising strategy and Pride businesses leader! Yes, really. It’s no secret that the retail store Target has not endeared itself to Christians anytime lately. In fact, Target’s main focus in recent years has been about pushing ‘LGBTQ’ propaganda by prioritizing products that support that specific agenda. They’ve done this in spite of the mostly negative responses they’ve received for their trouble. Back in June, Target even backtracked on pushing their “pride”...

The 72nd Annual MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT will be broadcast LIVE from El Salvador on Saturday, November 18th on YouTube, Roku or Telemundo in the United States, starting at 8:00 PM ET. The pageant's owners, JKN Global Group, out of Thailand, just filed for bankruptcy last week. This year's pageant will go on as scheduled. I always watch this contest on Telemundo because Latin American countries take this pageant very seriously and do a great broadcasting the event. They even have a pre-show scheduled as well. Two trans women, Miss Portugal and Miss Netherlands, will be competing amongst the 84 candidates....

It turns out that viewers do not want to see men competing in a women's pageant. Who could have guessed? According to Fox Business, the JKN Global Group filed for bankruptcy last week in Thailand. JKN owns the Miss Universe pageant, which this year will feature two transgender contestants: "Miss" Portugal and "Miss" Netherlands."Miss" Spain -- the first transgender contestant in pageant history -- competed in 2018. He did not advance to the finals, however, no doubt due to transphobia. Thankfully, a new owner means a remedy for that vile "fear" of men pretending to be women. The JKN Global...

Target has come under fire again after reports the retail giant is stocking ‘woke’ Christmas decorations in a number of its stores. Conservative X account End Wokeness was the first to post images of the woke Christmas decorations in Target, which included a black Santa Claus in a wheelchair along with a “pride” hat and a “pride” flag. Podcaster Tim Pool also confirmed that Target made “Santa in Wheelchair” available for purchase. “[O]mg its real,” Pool wrote.

Like some of you guys, I've made a few stops at Victoria's Secret to purchase a surprise for my wife. I usually did it coming home from a business trip. The store clerks were always super helpful in figuring out such important things as size. It's no secret that most guys don't know their wife's size or number or other details. In my case, I would show the clerk a photo of my wife and she knew exactly what her size was. Perfect batting average, I'll say. I never told my wife that the clerk figured out her number so...

Legendary lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret said its sales took a nose dive after featuring woke soccer player Megan Rapinoe as a brand ambassador. Following the news of poor sales, the company has announced that they’re going back to basics and steering clear of ‘woke’ ad campaigns. The Washington Examiner reports: Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret plans to withdraw its attempt at being more inclusive with its marketing , reverting to its original reputation in the wake of decreased sales. The brand, known for hiring beautiful models, has tried to diversify its models over the past few years, including plus-size and transgender...

The price hikes follow reports earlier this year saying Disney parks experienced a disappointing summer in terms of attendance, with one travel company that tracks line-waiting time at Disney World saying that the Independence Day weekend was one of the slowest in nearly a decade. As if visiting a Disney theme park wasn’t already outrageously expensive, the Walt Disney Company is once again hiking the price of admission to Disney World in Orlando and Disneyland in Anaheim, with certain passes skyrocketing by as much as 21 percent. Disney is also jacking up the price of parking in Orlando from $25...

Women’s lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret is reportedly pulling back from its recent woke ad campaigns featuring obese models, transgenders, and anti-American gay soccer star Megan Rapinoe after sales plummeted. In 2021, the sexy underwear company moved away from what it called a “hyper-sexualized” image and dove face-first into a woke remake of its brand. But apparently, the results of this rebranding was a steep loss of revenue, Fox News reported. The rebranding kicked off in July of 2021 when the company named Rapinoe and transgender model Valentina Sampaio its brand ambassadors. At the time, hard-core, left-wing activist Rapinoe had blasted...

Disney went from being the "Magic Kingdom" to the "Tragic Kingdom" in just a few short years. The once uncontested king of family entertainment infused itself with leftist politics, DEI practices, and LGBT activism to the point where it's become nigh unrecognizable. As such, Disney's self-inflicted wounds have it bleeding out and despite talk of healing itself, no steps have been made to do so. [snip] According to the poll, 60 percent of Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of the company with 35 percent having a "very unfavorable" opinion. Democrats have almost a mirror opposite view with 61 percent favorability...

The Vanguard Group has joined fellow investment giant BlackRock in drastically reducing the number of projects it plans to fund that are under the environmental, social, and corporate governance umbrella. BlackRock, the world's largest money manager, reported a massive scale-back in ESG-related backings in late August 2023, according to the Epoch Times. The group said that it has recently backed about 7% of ESG proposals at company meetings the last 12 months leading up to June 2023. In 2022, that number was 22%, and in 2021 the company reportedly voted in favor of nearly half of all ESG proposals. For...

Go woke, go broke. That's what conservatives say, and unfortunately, sometimes it's just rhetoric that doesn't materialize. Still, there are times when the adage proves true. Enter Dick's Sporting Goods, the woke outdoor company that has prided itself on inserting itself into various cultural battles. As RedState reported, shareholders were greeted with bad news recently when it was revealed that Dick's saw a 23 percent drop in profit over the last quarter. That sent the company into a freefall. On August 21st, the stock price was $141. Two days later, it was at $108 (for the up-to-the-minute price, click here)....

Walt Disney has just posted a staggering loss as subscriptions for the company’s streaming service have plummeted. In the second quarter of this year, Disney suffered a $460 million loss. The company is raising the prices of its streaming services Disney+ and Hulu by as much as 27 percent. The price hike comes after a series of “woke” film remakes bombed at the box office. Visits to Walt Disney World in Florida have also fallen considerably amid the company’s war with Gov. Ron DeSantis. Customers with Disney+ will see their monthly costs for the ad-free service rise by 27 percent,...

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that "Bud Light sales might never fully regain the ground they have lost to competitors" as stores clear their shelves to make room for other brands... On Thursday, Anheuser-Busch InBev also announced that it would be laying off hundreds of workers. The Wall Street Journal noted that as Bud Light sales continue "cratering," the "biggest beneficiary of Bud Light’s woes" is rival company Molson Coors Beverage. "There are reasons to believe that Bud Light sales might be permanently impaired. Molson Coors Chief Executive Gavin Hattersley said on a conference call with analysts that retailers...

Anheuser-Busch has lost a whopping $390 million in US sales in the wake of its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. The parent company blamed the 'volume decline' of Bud Light for the drop in revenue in its second quarter - with figures showing that total US revenue dropped by 10.5 percent in the April-to-June period compared to a year earlier. The world's largest brewer said Thursday that sales to US retailers had plunged 14 percent, adding that it had been 'underperforming the industry.' This was a direct result of the tie-in with Mulvaney. For the second quarter of 2022,...

A new woke-busting app is giving shoppers more control over which brands they support. Veebs is a free app available in the App Store that says it "has the brands that align to your personal values settings and offers replacement suggestions for the ones that don't." The app allows users to scan store items to check if the brand supports woke values or is owned or run by bleeding-heart leftists. The best way to fight against these woke brands is with our wallets. Check out this promo video by Bri Teresi - a conservative social media influencer with 1 million...

An ex-Donald Trump campaign manager has cashed in on Bud Light’s disastrous tie-up with Dylan Mulvaney by launching a “woke-free beer” called Ultra Right — and its latest ad is a cinematic parody that takes another jab at the embattled brew. The latest ad for the new beer, called Ultra Right, plays on the comedic action film “Smokey the Bandit,” a 1970s hit about a truck driver who transports an illegal shipment of beer across state lines. “That’s me, Conservative Dad. You’re probably wondering how I got here,” the ad starts while showing founder, chief executive and so-called “Conservative Dad”...

An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry's headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for "stolen" lands to be returned.Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation—one of four descended from the Abenaki that are recognized in Vermont—told Newsweek it was "always interested in reclaiming the stewardship of our lands," but that the company had yet to approach them.It comes after the ice cream company was questioned as to when...

Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, lost billions in market cap after the ice cream brand celebrated July 4th with an unpatriotic tweet about American history. Unilever’s share price went from $52.32 per share to $51.37 per share, erasing an estimated $2.5 billion in market cap as social media users called for a boycott, according to Google finance data. The packaged goods conglomerate saw its market cap drop from roughly $133 billion to $131 billion because its share price. Ben & Jerry’s marked July 4th by tweeting that “the US exists on stolen Indigenous land.” It also included...

The film aims to “tackle” racism and xenophobia and features the company’s first “nonbinary character.