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NEW YORK — Americans who spend Memorial Day scouting sales online and in stores may find more reasons to celebrate the return of warmer weather. Major retailers are stepping up discounts heading into the summer months, hoping to entice inflation-weary shoppers into opening their wallets. Target, Walmart and other chains have rolled out price cuts — some permanent, others temporary — with the stated aim of giving their customers some relief.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden marked Memorial Day with a pledge that the country would continue the work of the nation’s fallen toward a more perfect union, “for which they lived, and for which they died.” Delivering remarks at a solemn remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Biden said each generation must ensure the sacrifice of the country’s service members is not in vain. “Freedom has never been guaranteed,” Biden said under gray skies in the memorial amphitheater.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCharlie Blackmon loves baseball like an 8-year-old kid, works out with the energy of a teenager and views the game through the eyes of a gnarly veteran. All of those characteristics were on display Monday afternoon at sun-splashed Coors Field. Blackmon, who turns 38 on July 1, hit a three-run homer and two doubles and drove in four runs to lead the Rockies to an 8-6 victory over the Cleveland Guardians.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share(video from Aug 20, 2023) No, it's not a cult. Here's what happened after Eric Trump agreed that his family 'sacrificed for the country': And we will do it again!
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDonald Trump is so full of shit that we're going to need to attach a toilet flush on his jaw. Trump was relentlessly booed and heckled at the Libertarian Convention Saturday evening. But to hear his sycophants say it, their Trumpy bear was a smashing success, and the thunderous applause could be heard from eleventy bazillion miles away.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRep. Madeleine Dean yesterday blasted Sam Alito for blaming his wife for displaying the upside-down flag outside his home in the days following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Via The Hill: In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Dean invoked Memorial Day and stressed the importance of abiding by a code of ethics when asked to respond to the latest Alito controversy. “I think I’ll end where I started, which is: How do we honor the war dead in this country?
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