Auto parts retailer Advance Auto Parts is on the decline.
Y'all voted for this.
This is the results of Joe Biden and soon Donald J. Trump.
We can expect our country to experience decline.
Advance Auto Parts, the country's third largest auto parts retailer announced it will close up to 800 stores in the coming months. Advance has 4,200 stores in the country.
The announcement came with the release of the company's third-quarter report on Thursday, when it reported an adjusted loss of 4 cents per share, compared to a loss of $1.19 one year ago.
The car part supplier's gross profit increased 11% in the third quarter this year compared to the nearly 37% increase in last year's third quarter. Executives said the drop in profits will force the closure of more than 700 locations by the middle of 2025.
Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, it serves both professional installer and do it yourself (DIY) customers. As of December 2023, Advance operated 4,935 stores and 321 Worldpac branches in the United States and Canada. The company also serves 1,245 independently owned Carquest-branded stores in the U.S., Mexico, The Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, and British Virgin Islands.
President-elect Donald J. Trump was endorsed by two controversial figures in the boxing world. The legendary Mike Tyson and the former social media influencer turned boxer Jake Paul.
They had their much anticipated boxing match in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium.
Paul came out the victor by unanimous decision.
Paul took home a purse of $40 million while Tyson took home $20 million.
Winners and losers of 2024.
Many of the viewers who paid up to nearly $1 million for seating were disappointed by the event.
Viewers felt that both fighters didn't put enough effort into the matches.
Others felt like Paul was beaten down a senior citizen. Tyson, 58 is a convicted sexual predator, boxer, media personality and sports commentator.
Paul, 27 is an alleged sexual predator, internet troll, social media personality and brother of Logan Paul. The Paul brothers do internet pranks and sexual innuendo. Logan is a also a boxer, wrestler, social media personality and alleged sexual predator.
The Netflix promotion was a disaster. There was technical difficulties throughout the event.
The event has drawn criticism towards Netflix for widespread technical difficulties and the streamer's capability to broadcast live events. According to DownDetector, around 90,000 viewers reported outages in the hour leading up to the fight.
Folks also found other ways to see the bout.
Antonio Brown, another Trump supporter and former NFL star turned mixed martial artist streamed portions of the event on his livestream.
Ask President Donald J. Trump for a pardon or a commute to your sentence. Tell the future president that you supported his bid.
Y'all voted for this.
Four people in California are arrested for an elaborate insurance scam where a person was disguised as a grizzly bear. That said person would break into expensive vehicles and destroyed them piece by piece.
Only one thing.....
The bear did not destroy the vehicle searching for food.
A bear could enter a vehicle in search of food.
Lotion, discarded food, trash left outside and oil smells attract bears.
Bears get locked into vehicles and they immediately panic and they will literally destroy everything to escape.
Again if you are confronted by bears, you must remain calm, stand tall, scream or use a weapon to scare the animal. Never turn your back on a bear. Walk backwards and never run. If you are attacked by a bear, protect your neck and your face. Make sure if you are camping, carry bear mace or loud horns.
Bears are capable of entering homes, schools, businesses and vehicles.
In what it has dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance companies out of nearly $142,000 by claiming a bear had caused damage to their vehicles.
The group is accused of providing video footage from the San Bernardino Mountains in January of a bear moving inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes to the insurance companies as part of their damage claims, the department said. Photos provided by the insurance department show what appeared to be scratches on the seats and doors.
The company viewing video of the Rolls-Royce suspected it was not a bear inside, but someone in a bear costume.
Detectives found two additional claims and with two different insurance companies for the four with the same date of loss and at the same location. Similar video was provided of the “bear” inside the Mercedes vehicles.
Hello.
It was not immediately known if the four people arrested had attorneys.
The department had a biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife review the three videos, who concluded it was “clearly a human in a bear suit,” the insurance department said.
After executing a search warrant, detectives found the bear costume in the suspects’ home, the department said.
Bears breaking into homes or trash cans in search of food have become a problem in California from Lake Tahoe in the Sierra down to the foothill suburbs of Los Angeles, where some have been known to raid refrigerators and take dips in backyard pools and hot tubs.
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Can we do a Darwin Award for the most stupidest people on the planet?
You can't fix stupid!
You can't change minds!
You are completely trapped in stupid.
You are wrapped and emboldened in stupid.
Again, why do white people always treat wild animals like they're domesticated?
I would never touch a wild animal.
Alas, some people think that animals are timid when you're petting them. Nope.
It's the unfortunate cause and effect of animals and people.
I've said it before and I stand by what I say: "Wild animals are......well you know!"
If you want to be a thrill seeker, you might want to get life insurance.
Musk's infamous jump. The X Corp chairman is joining Trump's second administration. Celebrities are leaving X fast.
In the wake of Donald J. Trump's shocking victory, a lot of celebrities and influencers are leaving X (formerly Twitter).
Don Lemon, the former CNN host and former X influencer has officially ended his time with the platform.
Notable includes Patricia Arquette, Carrie Preston, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Midler, Nicolle Wallace, Lizzo, Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen King, NPR and CBC.
Trump will be appointing Vivek Ramaswamy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Elon Musk to his cabinet. Trump and the picks are billionaires. Musk is the owner of X, Space X and Tesla.
Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg have launched competitors to X.
Dorsey has launched BlueSky and is hoping to bring the magic back.
Jamie Lee Curtis had enough. She is officially off X.
Meta launched Threads which is growing in popularity.
Dorsey is rarely on X and Zuckerberg has not posted on X since the launch of Threads.
Trump who also owns Truth Social has started posting on X since mid-2024.
Musk reinstated the @realdonaldtrump after X banned it in 2021.
X has helped far right agitators promote Trumpism and the president-elect.
X is a cesspool of disinformation, adult entertainment, spambots, stupid mobile phone games, shock videos, gore videos and Elon Musk.
Trump might merge Truth Social with X in the future once his term ends.
OnlyFans is an adult social media company that allows adults to create content for profit. It does adult entertainment, physical fitness, music and family (not often).
Bella Thorne, Bhad Bhabie, Tyga, Raymond Scott (formerly Benzino), Alana Evans, Cardi B, Amber Rose, Iggy Azalea, Carmen Electra, Chris Brown, Coco Austin and Pia Mia have official accounts.
It also allowed people to become viral sensations. It also ruined careers.
I want to say that folks who are being held accountable for their actions will soon realize that some folks can get away with it and still be rewarded.
Donald J. Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are examples of white privilege and a failed criminal justice system where the rich and powerful can get away with it.
An adult entertainer and social media agitator is intentionally spreading STIs.
Gucci Third Leg is a MAGAland Black adult film star. He is being trashed online for being a willing supporter of open sex and not telling female or male partners of his sexual infection.
Y'all voted for this.
Wear condoms.
I admit I have sex a lot but I maintain wearing condoms. No lie.
Gucci Third Leg has allegedly given women herpes (HSV) and some have threatened legal action against him.
Danae Davis says that she was only 19 at the time of their collaboration and never disclosed that he had a sexually transmitted disease. She also claims that GTL knew about his diagnosis and purposely kept it a secret from her and his other female social media collaborators.
Being that Gucci Third Leg has collaborated with some of the biggest porn stars in the world, Davis claims that he has exposed dozens of women to the disease. Streamers Adin Ross and Deshae Frost have slept with some of the women that GTL has collaborated with, which now has the industry abuzz about who could’ve been exposed and possibly even contracted the disease.
Most states require individuals that are tested and confirmed to have HIV to notify their partners. If they knowingly infect anyone with HIV, they could be arrested and convicted of a fourth degree felony. They could be a member of Offender U under TIER III, if convicted.
CNN is losing viewers and staff. Trying to curry favor to Republicans failed.
Y'all voted for this.
Could Chris Wallace see the writing on the wall?
CNN is planning to cut staff.
MSNBC, Newsnation and Fox will follow suit with layoffs too. Everyone got it wrong. It was not only a disappointment for Democrats but for viewers who expected to see history but ended up with the status quo.
Oops, the chaos.
As I explained in previous posts: Israel. The Democrats ignored the anger of protesters who demanded President Joe Biden cut off Israel. Biden ignored them and he brought Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats down with him.
Now we are dealing with a Republican stronghold. President Donald J. Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Congress. They will overplay their hand and of course ram down unpopular laws and policies only suited to protect white supremacy and Israel.
Pollsters, Allan Lichtman and all the pundits who warned you about Trump will find themselves out of jobs soon.
Warner Bros. Discovery the owner of CNN has announced a series of layoffs in its news and cable division.
Warner Bros. Discovery owns HBO, Cinemax, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network and DC Entertainment will start its round. Turner Network (WBDTV) which operates TNT, TBS, Turner Classic Movies, CNN, TruTV, Food Network, Hanna Barbara and part venture in Nexstar/Paramount Global's The CW will be next.
CNN's British CEO Mark Thompson is expected to take out 300 workers.
The junk food will not tell the truth about the unrest in Dutch capital Amsterdam. Israeli thugs rioted and attacked Dutch citizens. The Netherlands move to ban protests.
How can one country be the victim and the aggressor at the same time?
The United States will not break up with its abusive partner. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump will continue to be a sugar daddy to a racist apartheid ethnostate called Israel.
The Maccabi Tel Aviv football club is a major premier soccer club. The fans are extremely passionate about their team. The Israelis who travel to these games show out and it is dangerous.
The team went to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. They won and the fans went to celebrate and riot.
During the riots, the fans would destroy property, attack local Dutch people and rip down Palestinian flags.
Fans got violent and of course the junk food media made it sympathetic to Israelis.
The Israeli government quickly condemned the events and called the violence as a pogrom and an antisemitic attack on Jews.
The Biden Administration quickly condemned it.
The Dutch government condemned it.
Some claimed it resonated with the tragic death of teen Anne Frank. The German teen wrote a diary of her family surviving in Amsterdam from the Axis Nazi forces before being betrayed by the owners. She and her sister Margot would die in a concentration camp of diseases.
Victims of the Amsterdam violence included Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, an Arab taxi driver, and pro-Palestinian protestors.
The events took place amid heightened tensions related to the Israel–Hamas war, and some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans had been filmed pulling Palestinian flags from houses, making anti-Arab chants such as "Death to Arabs", assaulting people, and vandalising local property. Some Maccabi fans had also interrupted a minute of silence for the victims of the 2024 Spanish floods with chanting and whistles before the match. Calls to "Hunt Jews" were shared via social media groups after incidents the day before the match. Subsequently, Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were ambushed and assaulted in various locations across the city. The mayor's office said the perpetrators "actively sought out Israeli supporters to attack and assault them". The attacks also included instances of individuals being thrown into a canal, shot with fireworks, physically assaulted, and spat on. Five people were hospitalized, while 20 to 30 other supporters sustained minor injuries. Eight rescue flights were organized for the safe return of Israeli fans.
Police are aggressively arresting peaceful protesters.
The attacks on Israeli fans were widely condemned as criminal and antisemitic by Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, King Willem-Alexander, and international leaders. The attacks and other acts by Israeli fans were also criticized for anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism. A statement released by the Amsterdam authorities four days after the riots described the causes as "a poisonous cocktail of antisemitism, hooligan behavior and anger about the war in Palestine and Israel and other countries in the Middle East", placing blame both on the antisemitism of those who attacked Maccabi fans and the provocations of Israeli hooligans.
The junk food media seriously got it wrong. Like the 2024 presidential election, they relish on publishing the narratives that favor Israel, Republicans and of course Trump.
The UK's Sky News and Israel's Channel 12 edited reports and deleted social media posts referencing the anti-Arab behaviour of Israeli fans. Sky News removed references to Maccabi Tel Aviv fans tearing down a flag, even though the three men on video could be heard speaking Hebrew, and deleted a reference to Maccabi fans attacking locals. Channel 12 similarly deleted a post about Maccabi Tel Aviv fans tearing down a Palestinian flag and having altercations with Muslim taxi drivers after the network faced backlash, including from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair, who asked, "Whose side is Channel 12 on?"
Crime pays. Israel and the United States have elected white privilege as their leadership and it will be their undoing.
Dutch photographer Annet de Graaf filmed Maccabi supporters attacking Amsterdammers, but many media outlets initially misreported that the video showed an antisemitic mob beating Israelis, including The Wall Street Journal, the German tabloid Bild and the Tagesschau news programme of German public broadcaster ARD. DW and Tagesschau issued corrections. Many social media users disputed the initial reporting, and de Graaf addressed CNN, the BBC, The Guardian and The New York Times in a viral post requesting that they also publish an apology and a correction.
Guardian columnist Owen Jones criticised media coverage of the events in Amsterdam for failing to cover the Israeli supporters' behaviour in the run-up to the clashes, saying, "if you condemn racist fanatics literally relishing in the mass slaughter of children, then you will be branded a hateful bigot." Marc Owen Jones, a disinformation expert and associate professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, said that mainstream media, from The New York Times to the BBC, had given a "ridiculously skewed" version of events and "uncritically embraced what looked like an Israeli government press release". Australian news site Crikey ran an article from Jewish Council of Australia founder Sarah Schwartz, who referenced Sky News' decision as "a powerful example of distorted reportage", and criticised other coverage around the world, writing that "analogies to pogroms and the Holocaust obscure reality."
I strongly believe that Fox, MSNBC, Newsnation and CNN did a disservice to the Democratic Party. They hold them accountable for everything. But to make nice with President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans, they have to let them bullshit to the masses without being fact checked.
Anyway, Chris Wallace joined CNN in 2022. He announced he will leave the controversial cable outlet soon.
A representative for CNN confirmed the news to USA TODAY on Monday. Mark Thompson, CEO and chairman of CNN, said in a statement that Wallace is "one of the most respected political journalists in the news business with a unique track record across radio, print, broadcast television, cable television and streaming."
Wallace, 77, announced his impending departure to The Daily Beast on Monday, sharing that he intends to take his talents to an independent streaming or podcasting platform.
"We want to thank him for the dedication and wisdom he’s brought to all his work at CNN and to wish him the very best for the future," the statement concluded.
Wallace, who hosts "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?" on Max and anchors "The Chris Wallace Show" on Saturdays for CNN, will wrap his duties at the broadcaster by the end of the year, per The Daily Beast. The outlet reported "The Chris Wallace Show" will end next month, and Friday's episode of "Who's Talking" will be its last.
Trump has exhausted so many. His neverending antics will further America in decline and push forth a new era where other countries will emerge as a superpower.
Trump and President Joe Biden sped it up because of their old stubborn ways.
Israel comes to mind.
Wallace was sick and tired of the political madness.
The former "Fox News Sunday" anchor made waves in 2021 when he announced he would be leaving Fox News after nearly two decades. At the time, he was slated to be one of the headlining news personalities at streamer CNN+, but the service was scrapped in its entirety within weeks.
While at Fox, Wallace moderated debates ahead of both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
Speaking with USA TODAY in 2022, Wallace admitted it was "a bumpy road" to getting to "Who's Talking."
"I've spent 18 years hosting a Sunday talk show, and I very much enjoyed that. But I've got a lot more interests than just politics," he said at the time. "I love entertainment, and I love sports and I'm fascinated by business and I'm very interested in culture."
Wallace also revealed, "I just frankly got tired of covering politics implicitly."
"Covering politics exclusively, it becomes so incremental," he said. "I mean, how many weeks in a row was it, 'Here's the minuscule development on the Build Back Better bill?' You feel like you're slicing this salami thinner and thinner."
On "Who's Talking," Wallace has interviewed figures from Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon and Carol Burnett to Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gloria Steinem, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
In a recent interview with The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, Wallace admitted he still enjoys covering U.S. politics after decades in the profession.
"Yeah, I do. God help me, I still love it. I still am excited — you know, by all the things that I do. I love covering a political campaign. I love the interviews I do."
When asked how much longer he sees himself interviewing people, Wallace referenced the longevity of his father, the late "60 Minutes" correspondent and investigative journalist Mike Wallace.
"I can't give you a number, but I will say Wallaces work. You know, my dad was still working late into his 80s. I don't know if I'll go that long, but I'm not about to hang it up," he said. "Life has a way of deciding things for you. But at this point, knock on wood, I've got my wits, I've got my energy about me and my curiosity is running strong. What else do you need?"
In 2020, Trump did not invite Biden to the White House. In 2020, Biden invited Trump to show at least he doesn't hold grudges.
The status quo.
President Joe Biden turns 82 on Nov. 20. He is the oldest serving president and will retire from politics after that. Incoming, the oldest elected president, Donald J. Trump.
At age 78, he will be the oldest elected president again. His birthday is June 14.
He is younger than Biden but will be months ahead of Biden at age.
Biden was elected at 77. He turned 78 soon after.
Trump surpassed him.
Today, Biden welcomes Trump to the White House.
The president will appear at the inauguration for Trump and J.D. Vance.
Trump did not invite Biden to the White House or attended his inauguration.
Biden still showing respect for the office will offer Trump a peaceful transition.
Trump denied Biden many times a peaceful transition.
Y'all voted for this.
Trump has not learned anything and folks who voted for him will soon find out how dim witted his policies are. But the Democrats brought it on themselves.
Supporting Israel, not fighting against the disinformation and not holding Trump accountable led him back into the White House.
Family Dollar is expected to close up to 1,000 stores. The end game is the parent company Dollar Tree is selling it off and the company itself has experienced some downturn.
Y'all voted for this. Expect this to happen more once President Joe Biden is out and future President Donald J. Trump is in.
Dayton, Ohio is expected to lose seven stores in the near future. One located close to downtown is closing. The nearest Family Dollar is located four miles.
The Family Dollar at 1130 N. Main St. at E. Helena Street, about a mile north of downtown, is set to close Nov. 23. The store is selling items at a 20% discount this week. The store is expected to offer sales of 30% off next week and 40% off in its final week of operation. They remodeled the store in Nov. 2023.
It shocked shoppers and angered community residents who already fed up with food deserts and corporations forcing out smaller stores.
The recent Family Dollar closures were on N. James H. McGee Boulevard, N. Gettysburg Avenue and Salem Avenue. Future locations expected to close include Patterson Road and W. Third St. (Westown Shopping Center).
In a Nov. 4 press release, Dollar Tree notes that the company is exploring the sale of Family Dollar, among other considerations. "The Family Dollar business segment... could include a potential sale, spin-off, or other disposition of the business," the statement reads.
In March 2024, Family Dollar announced plans to close 1,000 stores. The company pointed to inflation, a shift in consumer spending, and safety concerns were all factors contributing to lower sales and profit below expectations.
The dwindling locations began affecting Ohio around April, when Family Dollar announced it would be laying off some or all of the 265 employees who work at those locations on or around April 20.
The chain will also shut down more than 300 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree stores at over the next several years, according to a company press release from April 2024.
Republicans continue to hold the House. Thanks to the Democrats ignoring the issues that voters cared about, Republicans have a chance to pass Donald J. Trump's agenda without opposition.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) will likely keep the House Speaker role. He will face some opposition from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) but it will not stop the Republican Party's nomination of Johnson.
The Democrats and Republican sabotaged President Joe Biden.
The Democrats and Republicans sabotaged Vice President Kamala Harris.
Biden sabotaged his presidency by siding with Israel and giving aid and comfort to the apartheid ethnostate. Trump will only increase aid to Israel.
Y'all voted for this.
If the Democrats would have listened to the protesters. If the Democrats would have listened to border state mayors. If the Democrats would have listened to parents.
C'mon, I have no freaking clue to how the Democrats lost.
But I guess the support for Israel doomed them.
Israel being a big issue as well as the economy, immigration and democracy helped Trump and hurt Harris.
Racism and sexism was an issue but not a huge issue.
Pollsters got it wrong.
Democrats squandered their majorities because of their support of Israel.
Young voters, Muslim, Arab American, Black men, Latinos, LGBTQ Americans and especially Black women are not monolithic. Democrats have taken advantage of them and it's time to stop scaring voters.
Stop supporting Israel. Stop pandering. Stop treating MAGAland as idiots. Focus on a strategy that can at least win voters over. No more identity politics.
Y'all voted for this. Ohio is declining and by 2050, Georgia and North Carolina will surpass the state in population.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), vice president-elect will resign in early January and Ohio governor Mike DeWine will pick a Republican replacement to fill seat.
He will be the first Ohioan in over 100 years to be the Vice President of the United States.
Middletown is the city where he grew up in. The city will have a honorary road, school or memorial to the controversial lawmaker.
Ohio is on the road to decline.
Department of Development officials are projecting that the state of Ohio is in the beginning stages of a long-term population decline, according to a new report.
The department predicts that 675,000 will leave the state by 2050.
Ohio voted for Donald J. Trump three times. J.D. Vance will be the Ohioan who becomes vice president.
The gradual decrease in residents is due to slow migration patterns, an aging population and declining fertility rates, according to the report.
From 2020 to 2050, department officials project that the population will decrease by 5.7%, or approximately 675,552 people.
The report states the population began decreasing in 2020 because of a “sharp increase in mortality” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ohio saw a record number of resident deaths in 2020 at 143,000. That number increased again in 2021 with 147,500 deaths.
Ohio declines. White majority state still.
“However, the declining fertility rate and the aging of the population have occurred over the longer term, so the record number of Ohio resident deaths in 2020 and in 2021 have simply accelerated the timetable – and likely the magnitude – of expected population losses,” the report states.
A map provided by the Department of Development projects that Clark, Preble, and Darke counties will see the greatest population decline in the Miami Valley.
Warren, Greene, and Miami counties are projected to see the biggest population growth.
According to NBC-4 TV, population loss can affect Ohio in several ways, including reducing government services and city maintenance, and lower city and state tax collections.
Ohio gained approximately 60,000 people through domestic and international migration in the 2010s, making it the first decade since the 1950s where more people moved in instead of out.
According to the report, Ohio is the seventh-most populated state, but the Department of Development predicts Georgia and North Carolina will surpass the Buckeye State by 2030.
“Ohio is expected to remain the ninth most populous state for many years beyond the scope of these projections,” the report reads.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, West Virginia and Missouri are the Rust Belt.
These states are declining in population and it is expected that Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michigan will lose a representative come 2030.
New York, California, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Missouri will lose a seat while Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina will gain one.
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