Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 10/03/2018, including: The moderate to conservative Democrats, the so-called “Blue Dog” Democrats (“Trumpocrats”), are leaving the Democrat Party in droves. They are fed-up with being ignored and ridiculed by the elites in DC and the MSM—and more recently, appalled and angered by the despicable way that a good man, Brett Kavanaugh, has been unjustly, vociferously, and viciously lied about and trashed by the Left. Republicans are now the hip, cool, purveyors of truth, justice, free speech, patriotism, compassion, and racial equality. Imagine that; But BestBlackFriday.com released its 2018 Thanksgiving Day store closings list Monday, a roll call of 60 retailers that won't open their brick-and-mortar stores Nov. 22. That’s the largest number they have ever confirmed at this point in the year. Costco, Ikea, Sam’s Club, Home Depot and Lowe's are among the big names on the popular holiday website's third annual Thanksgiving closures list. According to the National Retail Federation, 174 million people shopped in-store and online during last year's five-day Thanksgiving weekend, which concluded with Cyber Monday. ShopperTrak found Thanksgiving Day foot traffic to be down while Black Friday traffic remained stable in 2017. The market research firm projects this Black Friday will be the biggest shopping day of the year; U.S. gasoline prices are sitting at four-year seasonal highs headed into the November midterm elections, even as President Donald Trump has called repeatedly for OPEC to push prices lower. While gasoline prices typically drop following peak summer demand season, they have not fallen as fast as expected according to AAA; A third of British men admit to HIDING in their bathrooms to get some peace and quiet, according to a study. Researchers who polled 1,000 men found they spend a total of seven hours a year in the bathroom – just for brief respite. In addition to getting some quiet time, they also escape to the toilet when their other half is ‘nagging’ them - or to avoid the kids. Chore avoidance and the chance to look at their mobile phone undisturbed are also key reasons for nipping off to the bathroom. Commissioned by bathroom experts, Pebble Grey, the research also found one in 10 visits to the bathroom are interrupted on average – that’s 171 during the course of a typical year. A spokesman said: “We all need a little bit of time to ourselves - to take stock or switch off completely.
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