According to the New York Times, the Democrat Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even go to the polls. Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot. That four-year swing […] The post NY Times: Democrat Party Could Be in a Death Spiral appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down next year after serving in the role for 10 years. The move comes as Target faces declining sales and a controversial public image, with boycotts coming from both sides of the political aisle.   The Minneapolis-based company is passing the baton to chief operating officer Michael Fiddelke, who was selected in a unanimous board of directors vote, per an announcement made on Wednesday. Fiddelke, a 20-year veteran of the company, will take over beginning February 1, 2026. “It is clear that Michael is the right leader to return Target to growth, refocus and accelerate the company’s strategy, and reestablish Target’s position as a leader in the highly dynamic and fast-moving retail environment,” Christine Leahy, lead independent director of Target’s Board of Directors, said. Cornell had previously committed in 2022 to serve for three more years as CEO. He will now be the executive chair of the company’s board of directors.  Sales were down 1% in the latest quarter compared to one year ago, the New York Post noted, with a reported $25.2 billion total. This trend was blamed on a reduction in total merchandise offered. Profit for the quarter was $1.3 billion, which is a reduction of 19% compared to last year, according to the Post.  The company blamed some of its financial woes on the economic uncertainties surrounding Trump’s tariff plan. Earlier this year, Target announced it was rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, following suit with other companies and retailers amid the changing political landscape. This pivot served to anger liberal activist groups, who called for boycotts. RetailBrew reported that these boycotts appeared to be working as foot traffic was down 3.1% in Q2. In May, Cornell blamed the lackluster first-quarter sales in part on the company changes related to DEI.  He said the numbers declined due to “ongoing pressure in our discretionary business, plus five consecutive months of declining consumer confidence, tariff uncertainty, and the reaction to the updates we shared on belonging in January.”  Despite making these changes, some conservatives are still boycotting Target for its past pride campaigns aimed at children, saying the retailer’s policy changes were too little, too late. 

(Reuters) — Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and other stretches of the U.S. East Coast. The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands may become impassable, with waves as high as 20 feet crashing ashore. The heavy surf is likely to result in significant beach erosion, it said in its 8 a.m. EDT update. North Carolina Governor Josh Stein declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, freeing up state money and manpower to help during the storm and its aftermath. Tropical storm and storm-surge warnings are in place for other parts of the North Carolina coastline. Earlier in the week, the coastal counties of Dare and Hyde — which encompass most of the Outer Banks — ordered residents and tourists to evacuate the vulnerable Ocracoke and Hatteras islands, whose populations swell during the summer months. Local media reported that ferries took more than 2,220 people off Ocracoke, with the final sailing scheduled for 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Ferries to Hatteras will keep operating as long as conditions allow, ABC News affiliate WCTI reported. But Chris Styron, manager of the Pony Island Inn on Ocracoke, is ignoring the evacuation orders and staying to watch over the 50-room hotel. “We’re used to storms like this,” Styron said. “I’m born and raised here. We’re not really worried — it’s so far offshore.” End of Summer Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships The eye of Erin, rated as a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h), was expected to move midway between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda on Wednesday and Thursday as it traveled northward, the NHC said. That trajectory will keep the worst of its winds offshore. Tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 265 miles (426 km) from the storm’s center, with hurricane-force winds extending for 90 miles. Even so, the NHC warned beachgoers along most of the East Coast to stay out of the water because of “life-threatening surf and rip currents.” Along the New Jersey shore, swimming and other water activities were prohibited on beaches from Cape May north to Sandy Hook, with high surf and rip current warnings in effect into Friday, the NWS said. Coastal flooding is expected to peak during high tide on Thursday. New York City Mayor Eric Adams ordered all city public beaches — including Coney Island and Brighton Beach — to close on Wednesday and Thursday. Fortunately, temperatures in New York were expected to be seasonably cool on Wednesday and Thursday, with highs only reaching 70°F, well below the average of 82°F. Erin, the fifth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic season and the first to attain hurricane status, had strengthened to a Category 5 storm. The last Atlantic storm to reach that intensity was Hurricane Milton in October 2024. (Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Frank McGurty and Mark Porter)

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