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Shop without feeding the oligarchy — the concentration of wealth, power & influence in the few. Top retailers scored 0–100 on disclosed US political spending; vote with your dollar. Non-partisan, public records. Independent & human-run. noligarchy.com

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NOligarchy @noligarchy.com · 17/09/2026

Michaels' score didn't drift — it dropped when Apollo Global Management's buyout closed in 2021-Q2, and the score switched to reflecting Apollo's own disclosed spending: $2.82M in lobbying, $870K in exec donations that quarter alone. Sat in the 30s since. Michaels' history

Line chart: Michaels's NOligarchy score over time — 2020-Q4: 67 -> 2021-Q1: 71 -> 2021-Q2: 38 -> 2021-Q3: 38 -> 2021-Q4: 41 -> 2022-Q1: 43 -> 2022-Q2: 44 -> 2022-Q3: 41 -> 2022-Q4: 36 -> 2023-Q1: 35 -> 2023-Q2: 35 -> 2023-Q3: 33 -> 2023-Q4: 34 -> 2024-Q1: 32 -> 2024-Q2: 32 -> 2024-Q3: 32 -> 2024-Q4: 34 -> 2025-Q1: 34 -> 2025-Q2: 34 -> 2025-Q3: 33 -> 2025-Q4: 33 -> 2026-Q1: 30 -> 2026-Q2: 30.

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NOligarchy @noligarchy.com · 14/09/2026

Mint Mobile held near 90 for three straight years, then dropped to 35.01 in a single quarter (2024-Q2) and never recovered — it's been in the low-to-mid 30s ever since, sitting at 33.48 now. Mint Mobile's history

Line chart: Mint Mobile's NOligarchy score over time, holding near 91 from 2020-Q4 through early 2024, then dropping sharply to the low-to-mid 30s, sitting at 34 today.

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NOligarchy @noligarchy.com · 11/09/2026

Tractor Supply's disclosed federal lobbying went from $0 in 2020 to $1.82M/year now, PAC giving grew ~40x, and a $1.35M California privacy violation hit in Q3 2025. Score's fallen every year since — 63.92 to 14.46. Score history

Line chart: Tractor Supply's NOligarchy score over time — 2020-Q4: 64 -> 2021-Q1: 63 -> 2021-Q2: 63 -> 2021-Q3: 63 -> 2021-Q4: 61 -> 2022-Q1: 62 -> 2022-Q2: 44 -> 2022-Q3: 41 -> 2022-Q4: 36 -> 2023-Q1: 32 -> 2023-Q2: 30 -> 2023-Q3: 28 -> 2023-Q4: 26 -> 2024-Q1: 27 -> 2024-Q2: 26 -> 2024-Q3: 26 -> 2024-Q4: 27 -> 2025-Q1: 21 -> 2025-Q2: 21 -> 2025-Q3: 15 -> 2025-Q4: 15 -> 2026-Q1: 15 -> 2026-Q2: 14.

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NOligarchy @noligarchy.com · 08/09/2026

Skechers' score jumped from 49.39 to 65.87 between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1 — a $1.25M SEC investor-protection violation from March 2024 rolled off our 24-month scoring window right on schedule. Score's held steady near 66 since. Skechers' score history

Line chart: Skechers's NOligarchy score over time, from 70 in 2020-Q4 up to an 83 peak in 2021-Q4, sliding down through 2024-2025 to a low of 49, recovering to 66 today.

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NOligarchy @noligarchy.com · 08/09/2026

Skechers' score jumped from 49.39 to 65.87 in one quarter — here's why: a $1.25M SEC investor-protection violation from March 2024 sat inside our 24-month scoring window for the full two years, then rolled off right on schedule at the start of 2026. The score has held steady near 66 since.

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NOligarchy @noligarchy.com · 05/09/2026

Big Lots took a $7M wage-and-hour violation in 2021. Our scoring window is a rolling 24 months, so it weighed the score down until mid-2023 — then it jumped 54→68 in one quarter as the violation rolled off, and kept climbing as stock buybacks dropped near zero. Now 87.08. Big Lots' history

Line chart: Big Lots Inc.'s NOligarchy score over time — 2020-Q4: 68 -> 2021-Q1: 69 -> 2021-Q2: 69 -> 2021-Q3: 62 -> 2021-Q4: 62 -> 2022-Q1: 57 -> 2022-Q2: 57 -> 2022-Q3: 57 -> 2022-Q4: 57 -> 2023-Q1: 54 -> 2023-Q2: 54 -> 2023-Q3: 68 -> 2023-Q4: 69 -> 2024-Q1: 81 -> 2024-Q2: 81 -> 2024-Q3: 81 -> 2024-Q4: 81 -> 2025-Q1: 80 -> 2025-Q2: 80 -> 2025-Q3: 85 -> 2025-Q4: 87 -> 2026-Q1: 87 -> 2026-Q2: 87.

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