It’s not about donating - it’s the whole economy of the area. People travel there, spend money there, etc. Donations have nothing at all to do with it. Businesses in the area rely on these seasonal infusions of people and cash much the same way seasonal businesses everywhere do.

I’m sure many people think this festival is in the middle of nowhere. They may not realize that there’s a large local mainly Latino population that’s heavily dependent on this festival. I used to know a couple of people from Indio. They must be mortified by this talk of a boycott.

Listen, yes, it’s fucking shitty that this guy donated to these groups to begin with, but he’s an old white dude who inherited his dad’s investment firm (The Anschutz Corp) which owns AEG Live which owns Goldenvoice (who pretty much operate as their own entity). Like, he’s an old white dude who owns a lot of shit, as…

Thanks for saying this. I work with a nonprofit group that supports businesses in that area and it’s amazing how many are reliant on “festival season”. A boycott will not put a dent in Anshutz’s pocket but will hurt those people.

Except it’s not really fair to blame Coachella for Anschutz. This is a case of a bigger company buying a smaller company that was the one actually behind Coachella. The Coachella festival supports a lot of charities that support the surrounding communities. You can see the list of charities they support here. https://w…

“Like, literally just now. We stopped!”

We owe him nothing. The only thing anyone with a conscience owes him is a swift kick to the nuts.

Me too, even though I’m Canadian. Same with my mother and a lot of my friends. Hillary is a powerful symbol for women all over the world and she lost to sentient shower mold. It is painful.

me too. I thought I was going to start bawling when she got to the part of the speech where she addressed young women and girls.

I know she was right and classy, but it is hard to feel like I owe Donald Trump anything.

My 14 year old is extremely interested in politics. As a homeschool kid she has the option to choose a lot of her curriculum. Today she said, “ I want it centered around politics. I want to walk out of college and change the world.” And so it shall be. She will have a mess to clean up but I hope all young girls and…

oh my god, i am crying at work. This is so sad and this is an incredibly brave and gracious way for her to concede.

Basket of deplorables? You don’t say....

A person I agree with about 75% of the time vs. a literal dumpster fire is nothing forced to me.

Between the unhinged asshole, the guy who thinks the veto will solve all our problems, the “doctor” who thinks wifi will give our kids cancer, and Hillary, it’s an easy choice.

The GOP’s smear campaign has been wildly successful.

Voting is ultimately an act of choosing outcomes, and not an effective instrument to express personal views, convictions and personal ideology.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the purity test. Of all the ways we liberals shoot ourselves in the foot, this one is my absolute favorite.

Ask her if she’s proud to be in the company of the KKK and Neo-Nazis. Also ask her if she’s proud to support a candidate that Holocaust survivors (who would know a thing or two about fascist / racist / xenophobic leaders) are recoiling at.