Tag: FEP Commentary

Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign Should Declare a State of Emergency for Itself, Not for LGBTQ People

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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has declared a state of emergency for people who identify as LGBTQ+, but Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard assures anyone alarmed by that warning that "gay people in America are not at any higher ...
Target Pride

Target Shareholders Take Legal Action as Company’s Pride and Politics Sink Their Investments

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"Well, it’s finally happened. A company has strayed so far into politics, at the demonstrable and shattering detriment to its bottom line, that shareholders have begun a process that – unless Target mends its ways – will end in court." ...
HRC

Scott Shepard: The Human Rights Campaign Should Call 911 For Itself

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Oh, dear. It appears that the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has declared a national emergency. You remember HRC, no? That’s the group that up to about a decade ago pushed for gay people to have the same civil marriage rights ...
Target

Scott Shepard: As Target Plays Politics, Its Shareholders Take Aim

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Well, it’s finally happened. A company has strayed so far into politics, at the demonstrable and shattering detriment to its bottom line, that shareholders have begun a process that – unless Target mends its ways – will end in court ...
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No, Choking Off Reliable Energy is NOT Real Capitalism

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"The usual-suspect, woke-capital CEOs and activist groups are lying when they claim that their wholly political campaign to kill off reliable energy is somehow capitalism in action," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard in his latest RealClearEnergy column. Scott ...
power lines energy

Scott Shepard: What a Real, Fully Capitalist Energy Transition Would Look Like

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You don’t really need me to tell you this, but the usual-suspect, woke-capital CEOs and activist groups are lying when they claim that their wholly political campaign to kill off reliable energy is somehow capitalism in action. For replete and ...
Emperor Larry Fink

Leftist CEOs Conspire to Take Down Fox News

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and "his fellow Davoscenti may well have teamed up to silence a primary American voice opposing the C-suite insurrection," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard in a new RealClearMarkets commentary. There was some speculation last ...
Emperor Larry Fink

Scott Shepard: Is Emperor Larry Fink Silencing the Critics of His ESG Regime?

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It’s been clear since The World Economic Forum’s annual conference this winter that BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has tired of criticism of the globalist Davos regime and its principal satrapy, the Biden Administration in Washington. Recall his whining last year and again at Davos ...
Chase Should Explain to Congress Why It Discriminates Against Conservatives

Chase Should Explain to Congress Why It Discriminates Against Conservatives

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While JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sometimes talks a good game, Chase Bank has been revealed to discriminate regularly against conservative customers, and then to lie and lie about it. Nineteen state attorneys general have now demanded that Chase mend ...
Scott Shepard: ESG Means Biden Administration Priorities Forced on Businesses

Scott Shepard: ESG Means Biden Administration Priorities Forced on Businesses

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Last week, Alabama State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) introduced a bill to keep Alabama’s tax dollars away from companies that discriminate according to ESG criteria. That’s great news for Alabama; the bill deserves broad support and speedy passage. Alabama ...

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