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NY Comptroller: Unilever Wouldn’t Budge on Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott
The Comptroller for New York who announced last week that he will divest the state's pensions and investments from Unilever explained in an interview that the move wasn't because of politics, but instead it was an economic decision. Thomas DiNapoli (pictured) told The...
Unilever’s/Ben & Jerry’s Anti-Semitism Called ‘Half-Baked Publicity Stunt;’ ‘Blatant Corporate Hypocrisy’
Unilever, which has joined subsidiary Ben & Jerry's in an anti-Semitic boycott of the nation of Israel, maintains its American headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. And the mayor of the British conglomerate's U.S. home --- a borough across the Hudson River from...
WATCH: Rubio Rips Hypocritical Corporations Who Pander to China
Sen. Marco Rubio appeared on Thursday's "Mornings with Maria" (Bartiromo) on Fox Business Network and spend much of his segment blasting the hypocrisy of U.S. corporations that do the bidding of the communist Chinese government at the...
New York Divests Pension Funds from Unilever over Anti-Israel Stance
The State of New York's comptroller announced Thursday that he will divest the state's pensions from British conglomerate Unilever, because of subsidiary Ben & Jerry's decision to eliminate sales of its products in the "occupied territories" of Israel --- which...
Senate Republicans Urge Unilever CEO to End Ben & Jerry’s Anti-Semitism
The Republican members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led by ranking member John Boozman (pictured) of Arkansas, have co-written a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope requesting he reverse subsidiary Ben & Jerry's decision to cease...
A Shift Away from Corporate Political Activism? Not for Unilever’s Alan Jope
October 10 was "World Day Against the Death Penalty." Almost always tracking with causes – ones associated mostly with those on the political Left – is an effort to pressure/shame/harass businesses and their leaders to sign on in support, to give the impression there...
Florida to Start Its Divestment from Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s
Time's up for Unilever and subsidiary Ben & Jerry's in Florida: The company was given 90 days, according to state law, to rescind its intended boycott of Israel's "occupied territories." Now the Sunshine State will move forward with its divestment process. From...
Unilever CEO Told That Ben & Jerry’s Boycott Affects ALL of Israel
Two pro-Israel groups, StandWithUs and the Israeli-American Coalition for Action, wrote to Unilever CEO Alan Jope (pictured) on Friday to argue that subsidiary Ben & Jerry's planned boycott of sales in the "occupied territories" does not just affect those areas,...
NC Treasurer Answers NLPC; Will ‘Comply’ with Law on Ben & Jerry’s
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell (pictured) issued a press release on Friday in response to NLPC's Oct. 6th letter that requested "the immediate divestiture of Unilever holdings in all public pension funds managed and controlled by the State of North Carolina,"...
House Committee to Amazon: Did You Lie About Stealing Your Customers’ Ideas?
What can bring together avowed Congressional adversaries like Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, the unwavering supporter of former President Donald Trump? Answer: Amazon. The two congressmen...
Walmart Exposed for Forcing Critical Race Theory on Executives, 1,000 Employees
The Manhattan Institute's Christopher Rufo has become the top watchdog and repository for information from whistleblowers about Corporate America's efforts to impose Critical Race Theory on their employees. His latest tranche of information comes from behind the HR...
Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Stumped When Asked About Anti-Israel Hypocrisy
The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, no longer have anything to do with day-to-day management of the company they sold to Unilever over 20 years ago, but they still have a say-so about the ice cream maker's famously progressive...
JOHN STOSSEL: Why I Am Suing Facebook
Longtime reporter John Stossel, who now operates independently after having worked for all the major broadcast television networks, announced this week that he is suing Facebook. The normal expectation of why the libertarian truth-teller would litigate against the...
McDonald’s CEO Bows to Green-Left; Gets Little Love in Return
McDonald's Corporation this week announced it would join the United Nations' meaningless "Race to Zero" program, which is intended to motivate businesses, organizations and governments to pursue a nebulous and ill-defined "net-zero" goal for carbon dioxide emissions...
Facebook Brutalized for Its All-Encompassing Thirst for Power
Two commentaries from Friday capped what was a bloody streak of bad publicity for Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, which was primarily driven by a whistleblower-driven series of Wall Street Journal articles that exposed the social media company's knowledge of the ill...
Senator Challenges Treasury Sec. on White House Push for ESG Investing
Sen. Kevin Cramer this week challenged the Biden administration's Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, in a Senate Banking Committee hearing. Much of his grilling had to do with the administration's push with financial institutions and investment firms to employ...
Rubio Wants Woke Corporations to ‘Mind Your Own Business’
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida introduced new legislation this week that would enable shareholders to sue corporations if their boards and CEOs can't prove their political activism, in steering their companies, is not in the best interests of those who own...
Ethics Group Asks New York to Divest From Ben & Jerry’s Parent Unilever
NLPC is asking New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli to divest the state’s retirement funds from Unilever, parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, which has ended ice cream sales in Israel’s “occupied territories.” The request comes in the wake of New Jersey’s...
States Invested in Ben & Jerry’s: Another One Bites the Dust
Following Arizona's move last week to divest from Unilever --- the parent company of the anti-Semitic Ben & Jerry's --- a blue, but heavily Jewish, state has made the same decision. New Jersey's Division of Investment announced on Tuesday that it also would divest...
Facebook Censorship Limited to the Internet Underclass
You probably saw all the photos of the weekend's Met Gala, in which the elites attending the event showed their beautiful faces while the workers serving them were forced to wear masks. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported another similar two-tiered...
Arizona State Treasurer Announces Divestment of all State Funds from Ben & Jerry’s
Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced on Tuesday that Arizona “will not allow taxpayer dollars to go towards anti-Semitic, discriminatory efforts against Israel,” thereby divesting nearly $140 million invested in Unilever --- the parent company of Ben &...
