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Scott Shepard: Some Wandering Wonderings About Disney’s Odd Shareholder Vote

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"[W]hen shareholders vote, the votes go to a company called Broadridge that somehow controls nearly all the voting pipes," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard in a commentary published by RealClearMarkets. So one would hope that Broadridge is a nonpartisan entity ...
Why Does ADL Call Me ANTISEMITIC

Ethan Peck: The ADL Smeared Me as Antisemitic for Opposing the WEF and UN, Even Though I’m Jewish

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Ever since Hamas's horrific October 7 attack on Israel, antisemitism has shown itself to be rampant around the world -- and particularly on college campuses across America. While one might hope that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) -- which was founded ...
Scott Shepard: Hate Woke Corporatism? Vote Your Shares Against It In Minutes

Scott Shepard: Hate Woke Corporatism? Vote Your Shares Against It In Minutes

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"There’s another tool to fight woke – one that shareholders can use, whether they own a few shares or millions," write Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard at The Daily Caller. For instance, in the case of the upcoming Disney ...
Stefan Padfield: Shareholders Must Protect Their Voting Rights to Protect Their Profits

Stefan Padfield: Shareholders Must Protect Their Voting Rights to Protect Their Profits

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Ever wonder what an individual like you can do to push back against the woke mob that threatens to take down Corporate America -- and your investments with it? In a commentary published at Newsmax, Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Deputy ...
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Scott Shepard: Is BlackRock’s Retrenchment From ESG Real?

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Don't celebrate BlackRock's move toward apparent political neutrality quite yet. Despite reports that the investment behemoth is dissolving its ESG-labeled funds and laying off 600 employees in its ESG and sustainability departments, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard notes in ...
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Companies See Their LGBTQ Scores Tumble Despite Best Woke Efforts

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This year we've seen Anheuser-Busch, Target and other companies sacrifice both their bottom lines and reputations in order to be seen as woke. Turns out that didn't quite pan out for them. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) touts its Corporate ...
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Stefan Padfield: Asked About Its $244 Million BLM Donation, Microsoft Told Its Investors to Pound Sand

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After Microsoft and hundreds of other corporations squandered billions of dollars on the altar of Black Lives Matter, and after Anheuser-Busch, Target, Disney and Dick's Sporting Goods decimated their bottom lines in order to satisfy the whims of their woke ...
Stefan Padfield: Are The Big 5 Liars?

Stefan Padfield: Are The Big 5 Liars?

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The "Big 5" of corporate governance -- BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, ISS and Glass Lewis -- are, without a doubt, carrying water for the left. In a commentary published by Newsmax, Free Enterprise Project Associate Stefan Padfield wonders if the ...
Scott Shepard: Can Corporations Really Trust the Conference Board?

Scott Shepard: Can Corporations Really Trust the Conference Board?

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In a commentary published by RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard targets the supposedly "independent, nonpartisan" Conference Board, which claims its advice can be trusted while making no efforts to dialogue with more than one side of the policy ...
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Scott Shepard: Partisan Bias Shot Through Operations at Vanguard, State Street

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While BlackRock garners most of the attention for misusing other people's money to push woke ends, investment houses Vanguard and State Street -- the other members of the Big 3 -- are in many ways worse. Both of these shops ...

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