July 2018
- Ivanka Trump’s Clothing Line to Shut Down by By Kim Bhasin , Matthew Boyle , and Hema Parmar (bloomberg.com)
“The brand depended on Ivanka Trump as a symbol of aspiration and possibility, selling dresses, shoes and accessories meant to signal confidence without pushing fashion’s envelope. But politics brought scrutiny. Most of her products were made overseas even as Donald Trump decried outsourcing and threw up tariffs meant to keep jobs at home. China granted the company trademarks, bringing accusations of favoritism and emoluments. In the end, the company will join a long list of defunct Trump enterprises, including casinos, magazines, steaks and ill-fated Trump University….”
March 2018
“Corruption tends to come in two flavors: the sort that doesn’t take work and the sort that does. Flying first class is easy; circumventing the law to obtain a $31,000 dining-room set is hard. And then there is Jared Kushner….”
- All of Robert Mueller’s indictments and plea deals in the Russia investigation so far. That we know of. by Andrew Prokop (vox.com)
“Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has either indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 19 people and three companies so far — with most of those being announced just in the past few weeks.
That group is composed of four former Trump advisers, 13 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer. Five of these people have already pleaded guilty — the latest being former Trump campaign staffer Rick Gates, who signed a plea deal and committed to cooperate with Mueller’s investigation Friday….”
February 2018
- Kushner’s Overseas Contacts Raise Concerns as Foreign Officials Seek Leverage by Shane Harris, Carol D. Leonnig, Greg Jaffe and Josh Dawsey (washingtonpost.com)
“Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience…”
- Donald Trump Jr.’s Tour Through India is Staggeringly Corrupt by Zeeshan Aleem (vox.com)
“…it’s clear that the Trump administration is still embroiled in huge conflicts of interest.”
“…The Trump Organization saw a 3 percent decline in revenue during the 2016 campaign and the early months of the Trump presidency.
And during the past year, a number of Trump’s businesses — particularly those in blue states — appear to have taken a substantial hit. For example, attendance at his golf courses in the Northeast and on the West Coast has declined, with a double-digit drop in revenue at his course outside of Los Angeles.
In New York City — Trump’s hometown — the Trump brand seems radioactive in some quarters. In November, the residents of a Manhattan condo complex voted to have Trump’s name removed from three buildings. A Trump-branded luxury condo building on Manhattan’s West Side is currently suing for the right to do the same thing — although a Trump Organization lawyer has threatened to countersue if the building tries to do it.”
January 2018
- Alleged Payment to Porn Star was Illegal Donation to Trump Campaign, Watchdog Says The call from Common Cause for criminal prosecution echoes charges against John Edwards. by Josh Gerstein (politico.com)
November 2017
- SUCCESS STORY – Keep Voting with Your Wallet!! – Trump’s brand name is coming off! Trump’s name is coming off his SoHo hotel as politics weigh on president’s brand by Jonathan O’Connell and David A. Fahrenthold (washingtonpost.com)
August 2017
- 3 charities cancel Mar-a-Lago events amid Trump backlash by Bernard Condon, Julie Carr Smyth, and Terry Spencer (abcnews.com)
The American Cancer Society, Cleveland Clinic, and The American Friends of Magen David Adom have canceled upcoming fundraisers scheduled to be held at Mar-a-Lago
July 2017
- Bungled Collusion is Still Collusion by Charles Krauthammer (nationalreview.com)
June 2017
- Trump’s Lies Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them. So we have catalogued nearly every outright lie he has told publicly since taking the oath of office. by David Leonhardt and Stuart A. Thompson (nytimes.com)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: James Comey’s Prepared Testimony, Explained There’s evidence Donald Trump abused his power, but it’s not yet clear that he obstructed justice. by David French (nationalreview.com)
May 2017
- In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family pushes $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese by Emily Rauhala and William Wan (washingtonpost.com)
“program has been criticized by members of Congress from both parties who have said the program in essence sells visas to the wealthiest foreigners..”
April 2017
- Companies That Made Big Donations To Trump Inauguration Are Benefiting From Presidency Boeing, private prisons and chemical companies all gave significant cash gifts by Paul Blumenthal (huffingtonpost.com)
- Leaked Email: President Trump’s Modeling Agency Is Shutting Down
Business partners are told it’s over for one of Trump’s most prized businesses by James West (motherjones.com) - The only 4 things you need to know about Trump and Russia by By Gregory Krieg (cnn.com)
March 2017
- China has Granted Preliminary Approval for 38 New Trump Trademarks by Erika Kinetz at Associated Press (ap.org)
“If Trump receives any special treatment in securing trademark rights, it would violate the US Constitution, which bans public servants from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless approved by Congress…”
- Here are 15 of the Most Notable Members of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s ‘Winter White House’ that Costs $200,000 to Join by Sarah Jacobs (businessinsider.com)
- Watchdog to ask U.S. lawmakers to probe Icahn’s role with Trump by Chris Prentice (reuters.com)
February 2017
- Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interests: A Crib Sheet A semi-comprehensive list of the business concerns that may influence the president during his time in office by Jeremy Venook (theatlantic.com)
- Burlington Removes Ivanka Trump’s Collection From Its Site Another retailer jumps into the fray. by Chavie Lieber (racked.com)
- Defections by Sears, Kmart cap week of controversy for Trump brands by David Greising (reuters.com)
- Key Lawmakers Seek Probe of Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Go Buy Ivanka’s Stuff’ Message by Fredreka Schouten (usatoday.com)
- T.J. Maxx And Marshalls Tell Employees To Stop Featuring Ivanka Trump Products Employees were told to throw away signage and mix clothes into racks. by Jamie Feldman (huffingtonpost.com)
- Ivanka Trump’s Neiman Marcus Products Are No Longer Online by Jeremy Quittner (fortune.com)
- Trump Hotels to Open Scion in Dallas With Foreign Investors by Hui-Yong Yu and Caleb Melby (bloomberg.com)
- Nordstrom has officially cut ties with Ivanka Trump’s brand by Hayley Peterson (businessinsider.com) NOTE: Nordstrom remained on the boycott list until 3/14/2017 – when they entirely stopped selling Ivanka Trump products.
January 2017
- Why Impeach Donald Trump by David Swanson (counterpunch.com)
- The Trump Resistance Plan: Step One The first step to resisting President-elect Trump is understanding how he and Kellyanne Conway deploy their “Three Ds” strategy: deflect, divert and distract by Stephen Harper (billmoyers.com)
- Trump’s Interests vs. America’s, Aberdeen Edition Despite pledges to terminate pending plans and stop pursuing foreign deals, the president-elect’s organization is expanding its property in Scotland. by Jeremy Venook (theatlantic.com)
- Donald Trump Is Encouraging You to Shop at L.L. Bean Trump Tweets Out Support to L.L.Bean Amid Boycott Calls by Phil Wahba (fortune.com)
- How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News by Pagan Kennedy (nytimes.com)
- Kawasaki to Stop Sponsoring ‘Apprentice’ Because of Trump Involvement
- A modest proposal: Let’s not watch Arnold Schwarzenegger on “The New Celebrity Apprentice” Trump is maintaining his producer credit, which will net him at least five figures per installment. by Melanie McFarland (salon.com)
December 2016
- TruePrez.com (website) Cataloging facts and quotes that expose the truth about our President-elect
- The Array of Conflicts of Interest Facing the Trump Presidency by Larry Buchanan and Karen Yourish (nytimes.com)
November 2016
- Ivanka Trump at Japanese Prime Minister Meeting Was ‘Out of a Tin Pot Oligarchy’ by Pamela Kruger (fortune.com)
- This isn’t just a photo of Ivanka Trump. It’s a middle finger to democracy. Shredding democratic traditions, one image at a time. by Judd Legum (thinkprogress.org)
- When Chinese Bank’s Trump Lease Ends, Potential Conflict Begins by Caleb Melby, Stephanie Baker, and Ben Brody (bloomberg.com)
- The merger of the Trump administration and the Trump Organization took 6 days The first truly corporate presidency. by Judd Legum (thinkprogress.org)
- Safety Pins Show Support for the Vulnerable by Valeriya Safronova (nytimes.com)
- Ivanka Trump’s Jewelry Company Apologizes for Hawking Bracelet Worn on ‘60 Minutes’ by Joe Dziemianowicz (nydailynews.com)
- Are Donald Trump’s Colognes Toxic? Donald Trump Is No Longer on a Mission to Make America Smell Great Again by Emily Orofino (popsugar.com)
- Trump Agrees To Settle Trump University Lawsuits For $25 Million by Scott Simon (host) (npr.org)
- ‘Grab Your Wallet’ Movement Shuns 50 Businesses Supporting Trump by Troy Smith (cleveland.com)
- Nordstrom on Selling Ivanka Trump Products: “We strive to be agnostic” by Jennifer Reingold (fortune.com)
October 2016
- How Trump’s Casino Bankruptcies Screwed His Workers out of Millions in Retirement Savings Trump made out like a bandit, but his employees paid the price. by Patrick Caldwell (motherjones.com)
- What’s in a Name? When It’s ‘Trump Place,’ It’s a Revolt by Charles V. Bagli (nytimes.com)
- Art of the ‘Steal’: How Trump Lost $916M and Avoided Tax by David Cay Johnston (investopedia.com)
September 2016
- Trump hotel chain agrees to $50k settlement over credit-card data breaches by Andrew Blake (washingtontimes.com)
August 2016
- Trump’s economic advisers are also his biggest donors They’re also all men. By Shane Goldmacher (politico.com)
June 2016
- Conflicts of Interest? President Trump’s Would Be Amazing by Timothy L. O’Brien (bloomberg.com)
May 2016
- How Hard Is It to Boycott Everything Donald Trump? Just because you don’t live in one of his buildings, doesn’t mean you’re not contributing to his campaign. by Araceli Cruz (vivala.com)
March 2016
- Donald Trump’s 500 businesses would pose ‘unprecedented ethical dilemma’ by David Goldman (money.cnn.com)
February 2016
- From Oreo to HBO: All the companies and countries Donald Trump has boycotted by Bob Bryan (businessinsider.com)
Why Boycott? The Emoluments Clause, look that up. Citizens should put their money where their mouth is. I’m doing that, and it’s working!
Just a thought here— why would you try to drive businesses out of when they support working Americans? So singled mothers should lose their jobs because of politics? Also, by your way of thinking, we should look up your employer and those of your children and boycott them, we should also look up the employers of every single democrat in office and boycott the companies that their children work for, including Chelsea Clinton because we want to attack everyone fairly and attack their children as well….pretty slippery slope you are creating.
Hi GYW,
Great job so far and keep up the good work!
Wanted to let you know that our family will be buying 4 overseas airline tix (a $4K+ purchase) in the next few weeks. Will definitely avoid any of the OTAs listed here, and in fact will write in specifically letting them know that they lost the chance to compete for our business due to their Trump connections.
Regarding Nordstrom’s, just checked their site and only 3 (lonely) pairs of shoes turn up when searching for Trump brand products. It almost seems kind of sad/pathetic at this point. Hahaa. Perhaps time to cut them some slack and switch to positive reinforcement for taking a stand to drop Ivanka Trump going forward? Seems like this week’s press/headlines (and Trump’s juvenile comments) have done more for the cause then continuing to boycott Nordstrom’s.
Is it possible that the reason Trump suddenly decided to agree to the One China policy was because ICBC told him they could call in his loan early?
Thanks for the list of places I will now be shopping. You liberal lefties have really stooped to a new low to boycott. This will have no effect only to enrage the majority of Americans who support Trump. I was actually sitting the fence on Trump till i saw the attacks from the left. Now I support him 100% and will make a point to buy things from your stupid boycott list.
Geez, you didn’t support Trump until someone told you NOT to support Trump. You are the worst kind of gullible.
And make sure you post pictuers of those “MADE IN USA” labels that don’t exist on Trump brand clothing,