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Dana Milbank

GOP Boycotts Climate Bill, Dems Get Bored

Climate hearing boycott ends with whimper

Nov 4, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - For a while yesterday, Democrats got to live the dream: a world without Republicans. The GOP made good on its promise to boycott the Senate environment committee’s hearing on its climate change bill, and Democrats had a good time lambasting them in absentia, calling them the party of “... More »

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climate change • global warming • Senate • boycott • George Voinovich • Barbara Boxer • Dana Milbank • Republicans • Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Tsvangirai Boycotts Unity Government in Zimbabwe

But he's not pulling out of the coalition just yet

Oct 16, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai’s party will boycott Cabinet meetings and cut off communication with president Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF, theoretically its partner in government. The move accompanies growing anger among members of Tsvangirai’s MDC over Mugabe’s strong-arm tactics and the jailing of a Cabinet minister-designate, the More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • boycott • coalition government • Zanu-PF • MDC • Southern African Development Community • Roy Bennett • unity government

OPINION

 Why Murdoch Must 
 Fire Glenn Beck 

Offensive as the Fox News host is, the bottom line is the bottom line

Oct 5, 09 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch will eventually fire Glenn Beck from Fox News, though not directly because of "his continued assault on the president," writes Ben Cohen. True, Beck's "remarkable slew of accusations and innuendo does not reflect well on the network," but arguments about politics miss the point:... More »

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television • Rupert Murdoch • advertising • Fox News • Fox • Glenn Beck • boycott • News Corp • Sky News

ANALYSIS

 Thank Beck, 
 Internet for 
 Van Jones 
 Uproar 

Strategy deflected attention from Jones' Beck boycott

Sep 6, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media entirely ignored the controversy over now-former Obama adviser Van Jones, who was slyly forced out by Glenn Beck and his online fans, Politico reports. Beck whipped up a fury over Jones—who once signed a 9/11 conspiracy petition—without mentioning that the green jobs czar was also... More »

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media • Google • Internet • White House • September 11 • czar • Glenn Beck • boycott • presidential adviser • conspiracy theory • Twitter • Van Jones

 Beck's Ratings Surge 
 as Ad Boycott Continues 

Six more firms to refuse to run ads on host's show

Aug 27, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The audience for Glenn Beck’s Fox News show continues to swell even as more advertisers decline to run commercials on the program in the wake of the talk-show host's assertion that President Obama is a racist, the Los Angeles Times reports. Beck’s Monday night show attracted 2.81... More »

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Republican • advertising • conservative • radicals • Fox News • Glenn Beck • boycott • conservative base • leftist

OPINION

Don't Take It Out on the Arugula

Why it's wrongheaded to boycott Whole Foods to punish CEO

Aug 19, 09 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boycotting Whole Foods is the wrong move for liberals irate about the politics of the company's CEO, Mary Schmich writes in the Chicago Tribune. Before joining Facebook boycott groups and denying themselves the company's farm-fed, fair-trade wares, angry customers should consider the difference between "a business's practices and a... More »

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Whole Foods • John Mackey • boycott

 Rabbi Seeks Boycott of 
 'Revolting' Mannequins

Stores could lose kosher certification

May 13, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli rabbi has called for a boycott of shops that display scantily clad mannequins, AFP reports. Mannequins and "obscene photographs" of models wearing swimsuits or underwear "elicit sorrow among the passers-by," said the rabbi. Stores in the northern city of Tiberias that keep their racy displays... More »

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Israel • kosher • boycott • retail stores • underwear • swimsuit • rabbi • mannequin • Tiberias

 May Films Face 
 Galaxy of Boycotts 

List of new releases that face criticism

May 7, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie fans are fuming for one reason or another about most of the blockbusters out this month, the New York Times reports—and studios find it difficult to discern potent protests from the all-too-common casual boycott. A look at which films, and why:
  • Terminator Salvation upset fans because of
... More »

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Hollywood • film • list • boycott • Jamie Foxx • Miley Cyrus • Star Trek • Jennifer Garner • movie theaters • Terminator Salvation • Angels & Demons • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past • The Soloist

Kenyan Women Use Sex Strike to Sway Politics

They want political rivals to stop infighting

Apr 29, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kenyan women are withholding sex in hopes of forcing an end to the squabbling that threatens to break the government's fragile coalition and plunge the nation into chaos, the AP reports. Thousands of members of 11 women's groups are participating in the week-long strike, and they have asked the wives... More »

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Africa • Kenya • politics • women • sex • protests • boycott • coalition government

Israel Yanks Ambassador
to Switzerland

Outraged as Iranian, Swiss leaders meet at UN racism conference

Apr 20, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Australia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Germany • Poland • Holocaust • Canada • Italy • Switzerland • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Netherlands • New Zealand • racism • boycott • ambassador • Ban Ki-Moon

 Kindle Devotees Rip 
 Rising E-Book Prices 

Digital books should cost $10 or less, they say

Apr 7, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small but vocal group of Kindle owners has banded together to protest upward-creeping e-book prices, Wired reports. Around 250 disgruntled Kindle devotees have tagged more than 7,200 titles on Amazon priced higher than $10—the most they argue an e-book should cost. "On material items, prices can... More »

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protests • consumer prices • boycott • Kindle • Amazon.com • e-readers

Kellogg's Faces Pro-Phelps Backlash

Fans launch boycott, slam company with wave of complaints

Feb 10, 09 7:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Kellogg's decision to drop Michael Phelps’ sponsorship deal has created an angry wave of would-be cereal killers, the Baltimore Sun reports. A Facebook group urging consumers to boycott the company has hit 5,000 members and is growing fast. Pro-marijuana groups are also calling for a boycott, labeling the company's... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2012 London Olympics • Kellogg • marijuana • boycott • Bill Maher • USA Swimming • Bill Maher Grid

Calif. Gay-Marriage Backers Launch Biz Boycotts 

Stakes rise in controversy; financial damage unclear

Nov 14, 08 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Protesters against California’s newly passed gay marriage ban are registering their opposition by boycotting businesses whose owners or executives supported the measure, the Los Angeles Times reports. Targets, which include a restaurant, health food store, movie theater chain, and car dealership, have been identified using campaign-contribution lists and “... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • protests • boycott • Proposition 8

 Chicago School Boycott 
 Moves Downtown 

'Teach-ins' at corporate offices protest unfair funding

Sep 3, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Civic leaders held "teach-ins" at downtown Chicago businesses today to protest uneven education funding in Illinois, the Tribune reports. Educators joined students boycotting a second day of school in the lobbies of buildings including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Boeing Corp. Most businesses said they would welcome the students... More »

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education • Chicago • Richard Daley • protests • funding • boycott • public schools • James Meeks

Boycott Disrupts Chicago's 1st Day of School

Inner-city students make symbolic visit to wealthy suburb

Sep 2, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundred of Chicago students missed the first day of school today as they tried to enroll in more affluent suburban schools, the Tribune reports. Students and parents are protesting the uneven division of wealth among Illinois public schools by attempting to enroll en masse in top-rated North Shore schools. It’... More »

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education • Chicago • boycott • public schools

Bush: Olympic Boycott Would Be 'Affront' to Chinese People

Prez says he'll tackle human rights in Beijing

Jul 6, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush today defended his decision not to boycott the Beijing Olympics next month, saying skipping “would be an affront to the Chinese people" that would make it difficult "to speak more frankly with the Chinese leadership.” Speaking ahead of tomorrow's G8 meeting in Japan, Bush said... More »

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Japan • Beijing • Group of Eight • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • boycott • George W. Bush • Olympic boycotts

OPINION

 'Slutbucks'?
 Coffee Logo
 Spurs Protest 

Retro logo is latest Christian complaint against Starbucks—if not its worst woe

May 10, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks' fiscal woes are well-documented, and, Mother Jones blogger Jen Phillips writes, a boycott by a Christian group could be next, over the reintroduction of its original logo, which features a nearly bare-breasted sea siren. "The Starbucks logo has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like... More »

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Starbucks • Christian right • boycott

House Speaker Calls on Bush
to Snub Olympic Ceremonies

Pelosi urges move to protest 'oppression'

Apr 1, 08 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - House speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Bush to consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in an interview airing today, ABC reports. Pelosi, a fierce critic of China's human rights record, isn't suggesting an American boycott of the games themselves, but. she says that it was a... More »

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China • Nancy Pelosi • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • boycott • George W. Bush

Merkel Will
Skip Olympics

German chancellor says she's not protesting, but Czech and Polish leaders are

Mar 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top German officials won't be going to the Beijing Olympics, the Guardian reports, joining Polish and Czech leaders who have pledged to stay away. But while Polish PM Donald Tusk and Czech President Vaclav Klaus said they'll be boycotting the opening ceremony to protest... More »

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China • Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Bernard Kouchner • boycott • Donald Tusk • Vaclav Klaus

OPINION

West Must Boycott Olympic Venues 'Stained With Blood'

Oppressed Chinese, Tibetans demand no less, French philosopher says

Mar 27, 08 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The West must take a stand against China's human-rights abuses by boycotting the Summer Olympics, French philosopher Bernard-Henry Levy insists in the New Republic. Otherwise, athletes will compete in “stadiums stained with blood.” China was supposed to cease its worst behavior, but it’s done the opposite: A... More »

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China • Darfur • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Burma • human rights abuse • boycott • Bernard-Henri Levy • Olympic boycotts

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