#NCPPR is not a concerned shareholder. They're a #KochBrothers-backed conservative group that bought a handful of #NYT shares so they could sue. A court already threw out the same tactic against #Starbucks: #NCPPR wasn't protecting investors, it was "advancing its own political agenda" with "obvious vindictiveness."

The #JPost article frames them as accountability watchdogs:

[…] "The purpose of the demand is to investigate whether the company's board of directors and senior management have upheld their fiduciary duties" … "It is instead seeking to investigate possible corporate mismanagement, inadequate oversight" … "Mostly, the inspection of the processes is of great shareholder concern, especially for financial reasons."

#NCPPR owns maybe 56 shares. A court already ruled they use lawsuits to push politics, not protect investors. They brought in a tiny Jewish advocacy group (#NJAC, ~$11K annual budget) for the optics.

Their own lawyer admits a defamation suit "would likely fail." They're using a US law called Section 1782 - which lets parties in foreign lawsuits compel US companies to hand over evidence. Israel files a weak defamation case, then uses 1782 to force the #NYT to produce everything: notes, sources, names, photos, medical records.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-897873

https://vinnews.com/2026/05/14/israel-announces-defamation-lawsuit-against-new-york-times-over-kristof-column-on-alleged-abuse-of-palestinian-detainees/

#ncppr #kochbrothers #nyt #starbucks #jpost #njac #gazagenocide #israel #palestine #christianzionism

Straight on to Hell with the the national center for public policy research.

"Apple shareholders vote to keep its diversity policies" [Reuters]

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-investors-reject-proposal-against-dei-policies-2025-02-25/

#Apple #Mac #iPhone #iPad #DEI #LGBTQ #diversity #ncppr #election2025

So, it would be a fair cop to say that I am one of the petite bourgeoisie. This has allowed me to do things like buy shares of companies because I want to keep track of what's going on in their shareholder meetings.

And I've noticed something. All of the shareholder proposals to drop #DEI programs, stop charitable contributions to leftist organizations, et.al., seem to be coming from one place: The National Center for Public Policy Research.

The #NCPPR is a privately funded and held charity that doesn't reveal it's donors. It's a pretty far, into extreme, right wing policy churn engine responsible for bullying some of the world's largest companies into getting rid of DEI or facing lawsuits from them. What makes them so powerful that companies like AT&T have folded before the shareholders have had a chance to vote?

I'm really surprised that there's not a major media story about this.