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List of companies to suspend payments to or potentially cease doing business with due to these companies suspending or stopping political contributions in order to punish those who voted to overturn the election, and or in response to the Jan. 6 protests at the capital(*Sources) Note: Report: Companies donated $170M to GOP election objectorsHALLMARK CARDS (stopped and seeking reimbursement) AMERICAN EXPRESS (stopped)AIRBNB (stopped)AMAZON.COM (suspended )AMERICAN EXPRESS (stopped)AT&T (stopped)AMERICAN AIRLINES (suspended 3 months)ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND (agricultural commodity trader: suspended)BEST BUY (stopped)BLACKROCK (asset manager: suspended)BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD (suspended)BP (suspended six month)CISCO SYSTEMS (stopped permanent) CITIGROUP (suspended current quarter)COMCAST (suspended)COMMERCE BANK (stopped)CONOCOPHILLIPS (suspended at...

Posted on January 12, 2021 Here’s all the companies boycotting Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and other Republicans for objecting last weekFiled Under: Mark Speaks

Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, joined other major companies in indefinitely suspending donations to U.S. lawmakers who voted against President-elect Joe Biden's election certification.The Arkansas-based company said Tuesday, in light of last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol, its "political action committee is indefinitely suspending contributions to those members of Congress who voted against the lawful certification of state electoral college votes."

Cotton warned that if Congress threw out the electoral votes of states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where President Trump has alleged without evidence widespread election fraud, it would “take away the power to choose the president from the people.” He said it would imperil the Electoral College and the voice it gives to smaller states like Arkansas and help Democrats “achieve their longstanding goal of eliminating the Electoral College.” He said Congress if overrides the Electoral College’s vote, it would “take another big step toward federalizing election law.” “Thus, I will not oppose the counting of...

Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos and the heirs to Walmart have made approximately $116 billion during the pandemic even as their employees have made a fraction of that in hazard pay, according to a Brookings Institution report. Jeff Bezos and the Walmart heirs, the Walton family, have made 35 times the amount their companies gave to more than 2.5 million workers in pandemic-related hazard pay, according to the December Brookings Institution report. Amazon and Walmart have given significantly less than competitors such as Best Buy, Target and Costco.

Sen. Josh Hawley traded sharp words with Walmart’s corporate Twitter account on Wednesday over his contention of the 2020 election results, prompting the superstore giant to apologize to the Missouri Republican. After announcing his intention to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory Wednesday, Walmart’s Twitter account responded, “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #soreloser,” in a since-deleted tweet. Hawley later shared a screenshot of the tweet, calling out Walmart for what he called “insulting condescension.”

Update (1520ET): Out of left field, Walmart decided to pick a fight with Sen. Josh Hawley, calling him a "sore loser" in a tweet written by an unknown "member of the social media team" over his announcement challenging the Electoral College certification."Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate," wrote Walmart, with the hashtag #soreloser."Thanks ⁦@Walmart ⁩for your insulting condescension," shot back the Missouri Republican, adding "Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?"Hawley followed it up with "Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as...

Walmart apologized to GOP Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after a tweet from its official account called the Missouri lawmaker a “sore loser.” The retailer blamed a member of its social media team for the since-deleted snarky tweet, saying the employee had intended to send it from their personal account. Earlier Wednesday, Hawley tweeted a statement announcing he would object to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory at the Electoral College certification process in the Senate on Jan. 6. Walmart responded to the tweet, writing: “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #SoreLoser.” Hawley, a rising star in the GOP, fired back,...

Walmart’s China branch announced at an investment conference hosted by the Wuhan city government on Wednesday that it was committing 3 billion yuan ($425 million) to expand its presence in the origin point of the coronavirus pandemic over the next five years. TRAITOR!

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) broke the internet when he announced that he would be objecting to certification of the Electoral College results Jan. 6. He also broke one of America’s leading retailers. Walmart attacked him for it in a quickly deleted tweet that read, “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #soreloser.” Hawley was ready for them, and his response was brutal. In a follow-up tweet, Hawley went for the critical blow: "Thanks ⁦@Walmart⁩ for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?” Hawley didn’t let up, and proceeded...

In what is almost an unbelievable turn of events, even for this horrible year of 2020, the official Twitter account for WalMart just outright attacked GOP Senator Josh Hawley today. After Senator Hawley became the first GOP senator to make it known that he will object to the January 6 certification of the Electoral vote, WalMart weighed in with a response that reads “Go ahead. Get your 2-hour debate. #soreloser”. PauseUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI Image That a major corporation would weigh in on a political issue with a partisan political response is no surprise. We see that happening all the time....

Complaint Alleges Company Unlawfully Dispensed and Distributed Prescription OpioidsIn a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice has alleged that Walmart Inc. unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across the country and unlawfully distributed controlled substances to those pharmacies throughout the height of the prescription opioid crisis. The complaint alleges that this unlawful conduct resulted in hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The Justice Department seeks civil penalties, which could total in the billions of dollars, and injunctive relief.“It has been a priority of this administration to hold accountable those responsible for...

Game over. Two women wound up in a knock-down, hair-dragging battle over a PS5 game console at a North Carolina Walmart this week, leaving both apparently bruised and empty-handed. The two women exchanged punches over the hot ticket item at a Walmart in Charlotte on Dec. 13, TMZ reported. Video of their confrontation has since gone viral. A woman with long braids can be seen shouting at another woman with a black hoodie, “What the --–- are you gonna do?” At one point, a man in a motorized scooter and a woman in a red mask try to intervene

Police deployed against mask mandate opponents in Boise, Idaho but first... The State of Washington leveling threats against businesses that remain open in spite of the coronavirus restrictions... A Jewish celebration broken by heavily armed police in Belgium for violating coronavirus restrictions... The Central Idaho District Health Board in Boise, Idaho meeting late in the afternoon on Newsdump Friday... At a time when many are dissatisfied with the election results here in Pennsylvania and want legislators to reverse what they see as election fraud and a stolen election, public access to the State Capitol complex is being shut off... Republican...

A Mississippi councilwoman has been charged with firing a gun in a Walmart parking lot brawl with her ex girlfriend and her ex's new fiancée. Summit Town Councilwoman Pauline Monley turned herself into police on Monday after an insane video posted on Facebook appeared to show her opening fire at the fleeing fiancée before pistol whipping her ex. The confrontation, filmed by a shocked shopper, allegedly shows Lillian Martin fleeing for her life through the car park, with the elected official striding after her, firearm raised. "You're going to jail!" the woman with the gun can be heard roaring,...

A curfew in Philadelphia tonight from 9pm to 6am. Streets in the downtown area closed. Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard deployed... A federal judge in Portland granting a preliminary injunction saying that federal officers denied First Amendment rights to peaceful protesters... Walmart removing firearms and ammunition from display floors...Today Walmart reversing course... The country with the highest coronavirus infection rate in Europe moving to a national lockdown. Belgium shutting down... In Canada Winnipeg the largest city in Manitoba moving to a Code Red coronavirus lockdown... An earthquake measuring 7.0 struck off the coast of Turkey today... The current UK...

Walmart says it has removed ammunition and firearms from displays at its U.S. stores, citing 'civil unrest' in some areas. The nation's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, sells firearms in about half of its 4,700 stores. The move comes days before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, with many worried that the result could be contested or spark violence. 'We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for the safety of our...

Looters in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia ransacked a Walmart during the second night of protesting the shooting of an armed Black man on the city’s west side. Rioters broke pipes in the ceiling, flooding the store. Fox29 reporter Steve Keeley tweeted video from inside the pillaged Walmart early Wednesday morning. The footage shows the devastation left behind by looters who stole everything from big-screen televisions to small appliances. Water is seen spraying from pipes in the ceiling. The unrest began after two officers shot and killed an armed Black man, Walter Wallace, Jr. Video captured by a witness...

KFC has brought back its fried chicken-scented 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog for a third year, and this time it’s being sold exclusive at Walmart Inc. Available at select stores and on the Walmart WMT, 0.46% e-commerce site, the item is priced at $15.88 and will be available while supplies last. The item will also be available in Canada for the first time in the coming weeks. The 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog is made in partnership with Enviro-Log, an environmentally-conscious consumer products and recycling company based in Georgia. The item has sold out over the past two years, with...

The item will also be available in Canada for the first time in the coming weeks. The 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog is made in partnership with Enviro-Log, an environmentally-conscious consumer products and recycling company based in Georgia. The item has sold out over the past two years, with demand increasing, according to a statement from Ross McRoy, founder of Enviro-Log.