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T. Rowe Price
Target
- “The silence of 109 corporations who claimed to be champions of voting rights” (see sub-section entitled "Corporate donations flow to Republicans blocking voting protections"), Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Jan 12, 2022
- “Major Corporations That Claim To Support Voting Rights Donated Over $640,000 To Senate Republicans Who Blocked Federal Voting Rights Legislation In 2021”, Accountable.US, Jan 11, 2022
- “UPDATE: Republican lobbyists are "frustrated," push corporate PACs to resume contributions”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Nov 9, 2021
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “The myth of corporate neutrality”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, June 2, 2021
- “US companies amass political funding cash pile after Capitol riot: Corporate Pacs that halted donations are sitting on $28m ahead of 2022 midterm elections”, Christine Zhang, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson & Lauren Fedor, Financial Times, May 25, 2021
- “The Chamber of Commerce Is Panicking”, Accountable.US, May 21, 2021
- “Watchdog group launches campaign pressuring companies to leave Chamber of Commerce over voting rights”, Alex Gangitano, The Hill, May 20, 2021
- “Target, Google and others are under pressure to dump the Chamber of Commerce over voting rights”, Matt Egan, CNN Business, Apr 21, 2021
- "Statement signed by major corporations opposing laws that restrict voting rights [includes downloadable text of statement and list of all signatories]”, Washington Post, Apr 14, 2021
- “A Zoom call will not save democracy”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Apr 13, 2021
- “More than 100 corporate executives hold call to discuss halting donations and investments to fight controversial voting bills”, Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, Apr 11, 2021
- “Joint Statement on Protecting Voting Access: The Right to Vote is the Cornerstone of our Democracy [signed by more than 170 companies]”, Civic Alliance (a nonpartisan group of businesses), Apr 2, 2021
- "Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors", Sergio Hernandez and Tal Yellin, CNN Business, Feb 5, 2021
- "Where things stand", Judd Legum, Popular Information, Jan 14, 2021
- "Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election", Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business, Jan 13, 2021
- "Major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 10, 2021
- “The Corporations Funding the End of Democracy: The GOP’s efforts to undermine our elections did not begin this week, and they were heavily subsidized by some of America’s best-known firms”, Osita Nwanevu, New Republic, Jan 6, 2021
- "David Perdue attacked Kamala Harris with a racist trope. These corporations are still backing his Senate campaign." Judd Legum, Popular Information, Oct 19, 2020
- "Kelly Loeffler is running against Black Lives Matter. These corporations are supporting her campaign." Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jul 16, 2020
TD Bank (part of a multinational headquartered in Canada)
TECO Energy
- News release: “Corporations That Made Commitments To Racial Equity Donated Over $800,000 To State Lawmakers Who Led Voter Suppression Efforts Beyond Georgia” - Full report [PDF]: “Corporations That Have Touted Commitments To Racial Equity Have Given $800,500 To State Lawmakers Who’ve Led Voter Suppression Efforts in Texas, Arizona, and Florida”, Accountable.US, Apr 19, 2021
- “The Corporate Sponsors of Voter Suppression: Since 2015, Corporations Have Contributed $50 Million to the State Lawmakers Supporting Voter Suppression Bills, Trade Groups Have Given Another $36 Million [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis, Taylor Lincoln and Rick Claypool, Public Citizen, Apr 5, 2021
Tenet Healthcare
Teva Pharmaceuticals (Teva Pharmaceuticals is a multinational headquartered in Israel)
Texas Association of Realtors
Texas Instruments
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “Lockheed Martin is now the top corporate donor to GOP objectors”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Jul 19, 2021
- "Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld [Yale School of Management] says corporate bans on political donations will stick", Dan Primack talks with Professor Sonnenfeld, Axios podcast, Feb 23, 2021
- "Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors", Sergio Hernandez and Tal Yellin, CNN Business, Feb 5, 2021
Texas Realtors
Textron
TIAA
- “Google, Deloitte, and Citigroup quietly collaborate with GOP group pushing voter suppression”, Judd Legum (Popular Information) and Nick Surgey (Documented), Popular Information, May 17, 2021
- "Georgia’s New Voter Suppression Law and Corporate Support”, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice website, Apr 3, 2021
- “Leaders from these companies oppose Georgia's new voting law”, Jared Gans, The Hill, Apr 2, 2021
- “Black Executives Call on Corporations to Fight Restrictive Voting Laws”, Andrew Ross Sorkin and David Gelles, New York Times, Mar 31, 2021 updated Apr 3, 2021
- “The Corporations Funding the End of Democracy: The GOP’s efforts to undermine our elections did not begin this week, and they were heavily subsidized by some of America’s best-known firms”, Osita Nwanevu, New Republic, Jan 6, 2021
TikTok (owned by Chinese company ByteDance)
Time Warner (acquired by Charter Communications in 2016)
T-Mobile (part of Deutsche Telekom, a multinational headquartered in Germany)
- "Two members of Congress spoke at a white nationalist convention. These corporations are supporting their reelection.” Judd Legum, Popular Information, Feb 28, 2022
- “Tech giants swore off donations to those who denied Biden’s win. Their cash is still likely getting through.” Cristiano Lima with research by Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, Jan 6, 2022
- “Seven major corporations pledge not to support GOP objectors in 2022” [article also cites companies that have kept and those that have broken their 2021 pledges], Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 4, 2022
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “These corporations just donated to a Republican group that helped create the January 6 mob”, Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Aug 4, 2021
- “This sedition is brought to you by…”, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington), Jun 23, 2021
- “Corporate America Forgives the Sedition Caucus”, Michelle Cottle, New York Times, Jun 16, 2021
- “US companies amass political funding cash pile after Capitol riot: Corporate Pacs that halted donations are sitting on $28m ahead of 2022 midterm elections”, Christine Zhang, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson & Lauren Fedor, Financial Times, May 25, 2021
- “These corporations broke the commitments they made after January 6”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, May 24, 2021
- “EXCLUSIVE: How corporate PACs are plotting to "move beyond" January 6”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, May 10, 2021
- “The Corporate Sponsors of Voter Suppression: Since 2015, Corporations Have Contributed $50 Million to the State Lawmakers Supporting Voter Suppression Bills, Trade Groups Have Given Another $36 Million [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis, Taylor Lincoln and Rick Claypool, Public Citizen, Apr 5, 2021
- “Corporate money trickles back to Republicans after Capitol riots: Donations to fundraising vehicles increase despite pledge to pause in wake of attack”, Lauren Fedor, Christine Zhang and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Financial Times, Mar 25, 2021
- "The Georgia legislators pushing voter suppression bills are backed by millions in corporate cash", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Mar 3, 2021
- "Microsoft, Google, Facebook, others freeze political contributions in wake of Capitol siege", Shelby Brown, Eli Blumenthal, Ian Sherr, CNET, Feb 5, 2021
- "After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 13, 2021
- "UPDATE: More corporations suspend donations to Republicans who objected to Electoral College vote", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 11, 2021
- "Major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 10, 2021
- “The Corporations Funding the End of Democracy: The GOP’s efforts to undermine our elections did not begin this week, and they were heavily subsidized by some of America’s best-known firms”, Osita Nwanevu, New Republic, Jan 6, 2021
Tory Burch LLC
Toyota North America (part of a multinational headquartered in Japan)
- “The Corporate Insurrection: How companies have broken promises and funded seditionists”, Angela Li & Areeba Shah, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Jan 3, 2022
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “Lockheed Martin is now the top corporate donor to GOP objectors”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Jul 19, 2021
- “More Corporate PACs Resume Political Donations to Republicans Who Rejected Election Results: PACs for American Airlines, GM and UPS donated to some GOP lawmakers after pausing all contributions in response to Jan. 6 Capitol riot”, Chad Day, Wall Street Journal, Jul 16, 2021
- “UPDATE: Toyota reverses course, says it will stop donating to Republican objectors”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Jul 8, 2021
- “Opinion: Toyota vies to become Official Car of Insurrectionists. Will Oath Keepers swear their brand loyalty?”, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Jul 6, 2021
- “Toyota Leans In Amid Furor Over Donations To GOPers Who Challenged Election Results”, Summer Concepcion, Talking Points Memo, Jun 28, 2021
- “Toyota leads companies in election-objector donations”, Lachlan Markay, Axios, Jun 27, 2021
- “This sedition is brought to you by…”, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington), Jun 23, 2021
- “These corporations broke the commitments they made after January 6”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, May 24, 2021
- News release: “Corporations That Made Commitments To Racial Equity Donated Over $800,000 To State Lawmakers Who Led Voter Suppression Efforts Beyond Georgia” - Full report [PDF]: “Corporations That Have Touted Commitments To Racial Equity Have Given $800,500 To State Lawmakers Who’ve Led Voter Suppression Efforts in Texas, Arizona, and Florida”, Accountable.US, Apr 19, 2021
- “What we learned from the first major FEC deadline after the insurrection”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Apr 17, 2021
- “Lawmakers Who Voted Against Certifying Biden’s Victory Saw Drop in Business Contributions”, Chad Day and Ted Mann, Wall Street Journal, Apr 16, 2021
- Statement by Toyota, Apr 13, 2021: “Toyota supports candidates based on their position on issues that are important to the auto industry and the company. We do not believe it is appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the electoral certification. Based on our thorough review, we decided against giving to some members who, through their statements and actions, undermine the legitimacy of our elections and institutions. All PAC campaign contributions are, by law, disclosed to the FEC and are transparent to the public.”
- “Toyota donates to Republican objectors [scroll down on the webpage to see this sub-article]”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Apr 13, 2021
- “Toyota Donated To A Seditious House Republican And Now They’re Facing A Boycott”, Jason Easley, PoliticusUSA, Apr 10, 2021
- “Corporate money trickles back to Republicans after Capitol riots: Donations to fundraising vehicles increase despite pledge to pause in wake of attack”, Lauren Fedor, Christine Zhang and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Financial Times, Mar 25, 2021
- "After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 13, 2021
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
- "Major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 10, 2021
Tracfone (Tracfone is a subsidiary of América Móvil, a multinational headquartered in Mexico)
TransNational Payments (formerly known as TransNational Bankcard)
Travelers
- “UPDATE: Republican lobbyists are "frustrated," push corporate PACs to resume contributions”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Nov 9, 2021
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- "Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors", Sergio Hernandez and Tal Yellin, CNN Business, Feb 5, 2021
- "Big businesses say they are responsible, but too often they fuel conspiracy theories: Corporations have been condemning the Capitol insurrection, but take a closer look", Michael E. Porter and Bruce F. Freed, in USA Today, Jan 19, 2021
- "FACTBOX-U.S. companies suspend political donations after Capitol attack", Reuters, Jan 15, 2021
Tripadvisor
TruGreen
Truist Financial (BB&T/SunTrust merger)
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “Lockheed Martin is now the top corporate donor to GOP objectors”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Jul 19, 2021
- “Toyota donates to Republican objectors [scroll down on the webpage to see this sub-article]”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Apr 13
- “These rainbow flag-waving corporations are backing the sponsors of anti-trans legislation”, Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Apr 12, 2021
- "Georgia’s New Voter Suppression Law and Corporate Support”, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice website, Apr 3, 2021
- "Corporate-backed Florida Republicans push perplexing new voting restrictions", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Mar 23, 2021
- "The gap between corporate declarations and reality: U.S. banking industry spent $1 million on television ads for Senator David Perdue", TRACKING POLITICAL DONATIONS, Mar 9, 2021
- "The Georgia legislators pushing voter suppression bills are backed by millions in corporate cash", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Mar 3, 2021
- "Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors", Sergio Hernandez and Tal Yellin, CNN Business, Feb 5, 2021
- "Major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 10, 2021
Twilio
Twitter
- "Statement signed by major corporations opposing laws that restrict voting rights [includes downloadable text of statement and list of all signatories]”, Washington Post, Apr 14, 2021
- “McConnell versus the First Amendment”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Apr 6, 2021
- "Microsoft, Google, Facebook, others freeze political contributions in wake of Capitol siege", Shelby Brown, Eli Blumenthal, Ian Sherr, CNET, Feb 5, 2021
- "Why Did Companies Take So Long to Divest from White Supremacy?", Victor Ray, in Harvard Business Review, Jan 25, 2021
- “Don't believe the anti-Trump hype – corporate sedition still endangers America”, Robert Reich, The Guardian, Jan 24, 2021
- "Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election", Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business, Jan 13, 2021
Tyler Perry Studios
Tyson Foods
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “More Corporate PACs Resume Political Donations to Republicans Who Rejected Election Results: PACs for American Airlines, GM and UPS donated to some GOP lawmakers after pausing all contributions in response to Jan. 6 Capitol riot”, Chad Day, Wall Street Journal, Jul 16, 2021
- “Shareholders push to end secret political spending”, Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, May 12, 2021
- "Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors", Sergio Hernandez and Tal Yellin, CNN Business, Feb 5, 2021
- "FACTBOX-U.S. companies suspend political donations after Capitol attack", Reuters, Jan 15, 2021
- "Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election", Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business, Jan 13, 2021
- "After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 13, 2021
- "Major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 10, 2021