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As Far back as I can remember there was always some mistrust of the political system and the participants involved in it. This mistrust is not a bad thing as it should keep us always questioning their actions and motives. This does not mean each participant is untrustworthy however the system may very well be a bit out-of-order. We as voters should never put complete trust in all political systems or participants as the system has been  controlled by long serving members of the system from the local to the Federal level. We currently have an inordinate level of suspect information being issued by these folks under the guise of “looking out” for the voters. This suspect information allows for voters to support actions against themselves and to their own detriment. We have become a nation of puppets guided by an administration and Congress who seem to think we are merely puppets and can be handled as such. My go to explanation of what Congress has done for themselves is the law they enacted to receive an automatic cost of living adjustment. Prior to that law they had to publicly present it and vote  it in.Public outcry was such that they enacted the law so they did not have to publicly announce it.  Do Members of Congress get Automatic Pay Hikes (COLAs)?
Under the terms of Public Law 101-194, the Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989, lawmakers receive an annual adjustment in pay [a cost of living adjustment or COLA] equal to the change in the government’s Employment Cost Index for the fourth quarter of the prior calendar year versus the year before that (this constitutes a one-year time lag between when the pay raise is measured and when it actually takes effect). An automatic provision is made for this pay hike each year, and is self-implementing without any specific vote by Congress (i.e., passage of the overall Treasury appropriations bill enables the raise to occur). However, Members of Congress can, by majority vote, block the pay increase from taking place. This occurred for salary hikes slated for 1994-1997 and for 1999.
P.L. 101-194 also created a new Citizens Commission on Public Service and Compensation to make quadrennial recommendations on salaries for top-level federal officials. However, according to an October 31, 2005 Congressional Service Report, this Commission has not convened.
Members of Congress have linked their own pay increase to that of thousands of other high-ranking personnel in the federal government, including cabinet agency heads and judges. 

Given the actions of Congress in regard to the often cited American People why should they get paid at all? Why not tie their pay to their productivity? I am sure they get adequate compensation from big money backers even after leaving office. Voters need to pound the water line on our elected officials until reform and accountability occurs.

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Kavanaugh Is A Done Deal


Mitch McConnell has already stated that Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed before the hearing even began. This is just another indication that Congress is more broken than the current Presidency. What we know already is that TOTUS is unfit to lead and Congress understanding that his ineptitude allows them to enact and pass anything they want that will enhance their positions and retirements. Essentially these 535 (save a few) are not looking out for the voters or the country. Their focus is what their big donors want in spite of the fact that many big donors are not happy with TOTUS and his machinations. Today Senator Rubio essentially  skated around issues during an interview on air, this why we have such poor governance and souring relations with our allies. With all of this it is essential that we all vote and get some new Congressional members who have new ideas that comport with the Modern world.

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Can It Be Any Clearer?


All of the rhetoric before and after the 2016 election is more than an indication of the “failing Trump Administration”. We have as I see it a leader with questionable abilities, morals and long range thinking. Guided by agenda specific advisors and bolstered by approval seekers who regularly appear on talk shows to promote the dubious claims of progress of the administration, this “mis Administration” has set us on a path of separation by gender, race and politics. This being the melting pot of the world and a beacon of hope (once) is looking more like a separatist country under the lack luster leadership of a self serving leader abetted by a worse Congress lead by 2 of the worst leaders we have had in many years. This country is now led by multi billionaires who want the world to work the way that benefits them and has bought and paid for many members of Congress to get there. These partisan members have conveniently forgotten that their job is to SERVE the people and not serve them up as fodder. We as voters need to first stop following anyone party and look carefully at the people we elected. Several states have laws that do not allow a voter to vote outside declared parties thereby making us captive voters rather than free ones. We need to fight these laws and the lawmakers every step of the way if we are gain control of the government as it should be. It must be remembered that ALL elected officials serve at the behest of the voters- us.

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Ignorance Is No Excuse-Except?


Ignorantia juris non excusat[1] or ignorantia legis neminem excusat[2] (Latin for “ignorance of the law excuses not”[1] and “ignorance of law excuses no one”[2] respectively) is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because one was unaware of its content.
European-law countries with a tradition of Roman law may also use an expression from Aristotle translated into Latin: nemo censetur ignorare legem (nobody is thought to be ignorant of the law) or ignorantia iuris nocet (not knowing the law is harmful).

It has been said enough times that “ignorance of the law is no excuse” or as stated above “excuses no one”. We have possibly the most or one the most flagrant example of legal (Constitutional) ignorance now presiding in the White House. TOTUS has one and a half sources of information and those are 1/2 Faux news and the 1 is in his own mind which is limited to his ability to understand what he is hearing or listening to. There appears to be penchant for interpreting information according to his ego as a self-proclaimed “Stable genius”. Every President has a staff of people who help him to understand the  daily issues facing the country and normally are not swayed by personal beliefs for the most part. This resident has a different take on things which is colored by his lack of knowledge and his often misguided sense of the topic. TOTUS believes he is smarter than his staff and everyone else so any advice given is either taken or dismissed depending how much pandering is involved. Any issue that disrupts is eagerly accepted and used regularly despite the advice of better informed people. The less honest members of our Congress have used his ignorance to push agendas that benefit themselves and party rather than ALL of the American Voters whom they regularly cite without our consent. This Resident has regularly addressed issues that have little to nothing to do with National and International issues rather than doing the work of the country in a professional way. The NFL is not a National issue yet he has weighed in on it in his “town halls” which he uses regularly to push national issues out of context and to get a dose of adoration. This is an act by a person who is way out of his comfort zone but has too big an ego to accept proper assistance to do the job right.

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The Normal Is Abnormal


We have expected our politicians to be true to their party’s basic line however not to the extent of fanaticism. Every voter has their own take on what is proper and correct however many times these opinions do not reflect the real effect of enacting or acting on these opinions for the country as a whole. In any give and take there no winners or losers  if done properly with that said why are we still electing and re electing the same people to misrepresent us in Congress? Our Congress to quote a statement From Wikipedia:
The phrase “speaks with a forked tongue” means to say one thing and mean another or, to be hypocritical, or act in a duplicitous manner. In the longstanding tradition of many Native American tribes, “speaking with a forked tongue” has meant lying, and a person was no longer considered worthy of trust, once he had been shown to “speak with a forked tongue”. This phrase was also adopted by Americans around the time of the Revolution, and may be found in abundant references from the early 19th century — often reporting on American officers who sought to convince the tribal leaders with whom they negotiated that they “spoke with a straight and not with a forked tongue” (as for example, President Andrew Jackson told the Creek Nation in 1829[16]) According to one 1859 account, the native proverb that the “white man spoke with a forked tongue” originated as a result of the French tactic of the 1690s, in their war with the Iroquois, of inviting their enemies to attend a Peace Conference, only to be slaughtered or captured.”

It should be clear that our Congress (save a few )do not have the interest of their constituents in mind unless it serves them personally (or make big donations to their campaigns). This current political era (1945-2016) has brought us “McCarthyism” where there was a Red or communist behind every door and ruining may live in the process, the Watergate scandal where a sitting President had to resign and the attempted impeachment of a sitting President for lying to Congress. Now we have a political a party that helped elect a person unfit to be President just to get their personal agendas passed while allowing their constituencies to go with little or no quality health care, air quality regulations to be rolled back and abetted in the passing of a predatory tax “reform” which gives nothing to the least of us. In the wings is a movement to tinker with your Social Security earnings to offset the  deficit created by the “tax Reform”. These are the issues that too many of us either do not know about or possibly care about but readily accept the blatant falsehoods emanating from the White House and Congress with impunity. We are currently in the middle of a struggle between correct governance and malfeasance in governance and we (voters) are the agents of change.

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The Line Is Here


The real truth of Congress and the current mis administration have been clearly shown with the death of John McCain. The hypocrisy of the Senate leaders who have deceived us for years was apparent in their hollow words. Mr. Ryan and Mr. McConnell are both self serving leaders who have set us on a path of more unemployment, more uninsured and the subsequent economic downturn due to the support of a known unhinged leader. They have decided that the well-being of the country is less important than their own legacies (which will certainly be tainted by association with the current administration and their support of it). The  tacit approval of this administration with their silence and behind the scenes activities is a powerful incentive to vote them out. These folks have essentially usurped the power of the people with their suspect actions and silence on laws they were sworn to uphold. The intent and meaning of the Constitution has been trampled upon by years of “politricks” on both sides. Not since the outright theft of votes by exclusion by gender, ethnicity and color in past and near past voting cycles have we had such flagrant disregard for American’s freedom to vote and elect (hopefully competent and honest) representatives. Looking at our Congress who have made their own service a sea of comfort in pay, retirement and healthcare while decrying the passage of  laws that enhance the well-being of the American people whose will they so readily invoke without our implicit consent. It appears to me that our Government representatives have taken the position that “when I want your opinion , I’ll  give it to you”!

Considering what at stake isn’t it time we as voters ignore the hype and understand that our Government and freedoms are being usurped by self serving factions who unduly influence the folks we elect to serve us. There should never be a right, left, conservative or liberal influence in elections,  just factual information on the candidate as it pertains to the job. A persons politics should never be an influence on their work but alas we have that influence  big time due the obscene amount of money in politics. Which indicates that any and all office aspirants and holders are bought and paid for but not by the voting public. The solution we have as voters is to ignore the hype and ferret out the facts on each candidate up to and including the Supreme  court nominees and make our voices heard. The line is drawn with us- Here and Now!

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AP Fact Check: Trump’s week of fiction: trade, Google, polls


Cannot tell the truth or in other words “Milk curdles in his mouth!”. MA.

26 mins ago

 

© The Associated Press President Donald Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office on Aug. 27, 2018.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is playing loose with the facts in his exuberance to push through a trade agreement with Mexico.

He insists the deal reached this past week between the United States and Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement is “one of the largest trade deals” ever. It’s not.
And in an effort to pressure Canada to join the reimagined trading bloc, or dismiss Canada as irrelevant if it doesn’t, Trump also wrongly suggests that Mexico is a bigger and more important trading partner.

The trade comments came in a week of outright fiction in which Trump also kept asserting that Mexico will pay for his long-promised wall along the southwest border despite Mexico’s statements to the contrary; falsely accused Google of shunning his State of the Union address while promoting Barack Obama’s; and cited high poll ratings for himself that don’t appear to exist.
A sampling of the claims and the reality behind them:
TRADE
TRUMP: “This is one of the largest trade deals ever made. Maybe the largest trade deal ever made.” — phone call Monday with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
THE FACTS: Not even close. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated by the Obama administration, included the three NAFTA partners — United States, Canada and Mexico — plus Japan and eight other Pacific Rim countries. Trump withdrew the United States from the pact in his third day in office.
Even the TPP shrinks in comparison to Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. Concluded in 1994, the round created the World Trade Organization and was signed by 123 countries. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston found the following year that the WTO’s initial membership accounted for more than 90 percent of global economic output.
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TRUMP: “We made the deal with Mexico. And I think it’s a very — deal. We’re starting negotiations with Canada, pretty much immediately … It’s going to be a — it’s a smaller segment, as you know. Mexico is a very large trading partner.” — phone call Monday with Peña Nieto.
THE FACTS: Trump appears to be suggesting that Mexico is a bigger U.S. trading partner than Canada. That’s not the case. America’s two-way trade — exports plus imports — came to $680 billion with Canada last year. That’s compared with $622 billion with Mexico.
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TRUMP: “I smile at Senators and others talking about how good free trade is for the U.S. What they don’t say is that we lose Jobs and over 800 Billion Dollars a year on really dumb Trade Deals … and these same countries Tariff us to death.” — tweet Tuesday.
THE FACTS: The $800 billion is a reference to America’s trade deficit last year. But Trump exaggerates the size of the gap between what the U.S. sells and what it buys from the rest of the world. The trade deficit in goods and services came to $552 billion in 2017. The United States ran an $807 billion deficit in goods such as cars and machinery. But Trump ignored America’s $255 billion surplus in services such as education and finance.
Mainstream economists also take issue with Trump’s assertion that trade deficits amount to a loss for the United States. The money didn’t just vanish. In exchange for what they spent on imports, Americans got the benefit of owning everything from made-in-China iPhones to French wine.
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BORDER WALL
TRUMP: “The wall will be paid for very easily by Mexico. It will ultimately be paid for by Mexico.” — remarks Tuesday.
THE FACTS: Not according to Mexico. Immediately after Trump’s remarks, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray tweeted to stress, once again, that his country won’t foot the bill for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Videgaray wrote that his country has been “absolutely clear” that Mexico “will NEVER pay for a wall.”
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GOOGLE
VIDEO TWEETED BY TRUMP: “For years, Google promoted President Obama’s State of the Union on its homepage. When President Trump took office, Google stopped.” — tweet Wednesday.
THE FACTS: The video is incorrect as to Trump.
There’s no dispute that Google promoted Obama’s State of the Union speeches from 2012 to 2016, according to webpages captured by the Wayback Machine, an internet archive site.
In a statement, Google said it has not historically promoted “the first address to Congress by a new president, which is technically not a State of the Union address,” so it didn’t do so in either 2009, when Obama first took office, or 2017, Trump’s first year as president.
For 2018, several web pages captured by the Wayback Machine show the Google homepage advertising a livestream of Trump’s speech with the words: “Live! Watch President Trump’s State of the Union address on YouTube.”
The archive site shows the webpages in Greenwich Mean Time, which is several hours ahead of the Eastern time zone in the U.S. That means the relevant images of the Google homepage promoting Trump’s prime-time Washington speech on Jan. 30 are dated one day later, on Jan. 31, Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine archive site, told The Associated Press.
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RUSSIA INVESTIGATION
TRUMP: “What’s going on at @CNN is happening, to different degrees, at other networks – with @NBCNews being the worst … When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!” — tweet Thursday.
THE FACTS: There is no evidence of the NBC interview having been “fudged” or doctored in any way, and the White House didn’t respond to requests regarding what Trump was referring to. NBC declined to comment.
In the interview, Trump referred in part to “this Russia thing” as a consideration in his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating possible obstruction of justice in the Russia probe.
It’s possible Trump is frustrated that other comments from the same interview may have received less attention.
Minutes after he acknowledged that “this Russia thing” was on his mind when he fired Comey, Trump also acknowledged that he knew the decision to terminate him might actually prolong the investigation. In fact it did, with Mueller investigating the firing for potential obstruction of justice.
His lawyers and other supporters have contended that that sentiment is actually helpful for the president, suggesting he couldn’t have been trying to obstruct the investigation by doing something that he knew would actually draw it out longer.
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CLINTON EMAILS
TRUMP: “Report just out: ‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.'” — tweet Tuesday.
TRUMP: “Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc.), their credibility will be forever gone!” — tweet Wednesday.
THE FACTS: Trump’s own law enforcement agencies dispute that.
Trump appears to be citing a story by the right-leaning Daily Caller publication, which reported that a Chinese-owned company in the Washington, D.C., area hacked Clinton’s email server.
But FBI and Justice Department officials have said publicly that there was no evidence Clinton’s server was hacked by a foreign power.
A June report from the Justice Department’s inspector general on the FBI’s handling of the Clinton investigation said FBI specialists did not find evidence that the server had been hacked, with one forensics agent saying he felt “fairly confident that there wasn’t an intrusion.”
An FBI official said Wednesday after the Daily Caller story and Trump’s tweet that the “FBI has not found any evidence the servers were compromised.”
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POLL RATINGS
TRUMP: “Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!” — tweet Sunday.
THE FACTS: He’s wrong in regard to polls citing his overall job ratings.
The Associated Press couldn’t find any evidence of a recent poll that put Trump’s approval at 52 percent, and the White House and his re-election campaign didn’t respond to requests for specifics.
Polls are a snapshot of public opinion at the moment they are taken. Job approval can — and has in recent history — vary during a president’s term.
Since his inauguration, however, Trump’s job approval has been remarkably consistent, in the high 30s and low 40s, in polls from various media organizations and other pollsters.
The latest AP-NORC poll, taken this month, finds Trump’s approval among American adults at 38 percent. Some other recent polls measure his approval in the low- to mid-40s.
On his level of support among Republicans, Trump is correct that they broadly approve of his work as president. In the same AP-NORC poll that found 38 percent of adults approving of the president, 76 percent of Republicans and those who lean toward the GOP said they approved of Trump. Some polls have put that level of support as high as 90 percent.
Associated Press writers Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin and Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this report.

The Reason


TOTUS has mastered the craft of stating a non existing problem with current issues only to circle back later and address the issue again under the guise of “fixing it”. These issues were not broken until TOTUS said they were and his legion of followers who apparently do not read much yet follow his tweets and Faux news religiously accept the ruse as an accomplishment. Examples of the “TRUMP PLUMP”, NAFTA, The Paris Climate Agreement, The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the high profile meetings with North Korea and Russia respectively which gave those two leaders a higher profile and netted zilch for the United States. This is how 45 conducted his business and cannot abide not being the loudest voice in the room whether he is informed or not (mostly not). This President has packed his cabinet with adoring fans rather than the “smartest” people as he stated and we all are and will continue to suffer under those choices. What this administration amounts to is a National Platform for Trump which is used to promote his ego. This does not bode well for us.

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Smoke And Mirrors(and dancing pigs)


The current mis administration has been allowed to issue edicts that go against the majority of Americans interests while the 535 seat fillers stand idly by protecting their majority. The “tariff war” which benefits no one is being touted as a negotiating strategy(?). The fight with long time allies is touted as a show of strength but what we have is another ploy to elevate TOTUS’ ego with the idea of looking like a strong President. Looking at each of  45’s actions the method is trash the existing pacts and associations then go in and “renegotiate” under the guise of a better deal. Many of these actions are ineffective since some of the existing deals were due to expire soon no matter who was in the White House. The scam is to create a dust storm and come in with a vacuum and air it out as a new victory. The North Korea deal was a no deal in that no verifiable actions were accomplished beyond the existing and already in place actions. The Russian unknown talks were about?. The known talks were again no different from what was essentially already in place save new sanctions (with no real backing from 45). The Iran Nuclear deal has been scrapped and all of the progress made is now in the hands of our European allies and we have no say in what happens hence forth (unless we get a better negotiator). All of the bluster and sweeping reform talk is just another PR stunt for the edification of our Titular National leader(?). The lines of communication from TOTUS is limited to Twitter and is embraced primarily by his hardcore base many of whom seemingly have no real interest in broadening their range of information beyond “FAUX” news and twitter which makes for a perfect constituent for DJT. It is unfortunate that the some of the “conservative” groups have an out sized effect on modern politics as these appear to be people with a similar mindset as the 1600’s “witch hunters”.

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These Sears and Kmart stores will start liquidation sales as early as this week


This was on the books when MR. Lampert (Lamprey?) used his money making skills to combine the two companies and then under the guise of company improvements made changes counter to what would be normally done to create a better sales experience for customers, such as updating stores and fixtures, using the abilities of the existing workers. There was no true use of upper management (the best ones) to determine what is the correct course to follow. Then he (lamprey) lent millions to the company knowing they could not pay it back since there was no merchandise in any reasonable amounts to garner sales which is revenue to pay the loan back. Then there is the tactic of closing stores when their leases were up with the explanation that they were not profitable, those moves did not generate any revenue but saved the cost of leases and payrolls. The merchandise was shipped to some central location for liquidation and to existing stores rather than take care of seasonal merchandise needs. Essentially Mr. Lampert wants out and running the 2 companies into the ground was the way to do it.MA

By Tomi Kilgore

Published: Aug 27, 2018 1:02 p.m. ET

Shares fell toward a record low after tumbling nearly 40% so far this month

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TomiKilgore

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Sears Holdings Corp. has provided a list of 46 unprofitable stores, across 28 states, that it will close in November.

The number includes 33 Sears stores and 13 Kmart stores. The struggling department store chain said liquidation sales at the closing stores will begin as early as Aug. 30.

Shares SHLD, +1.82%  bounced 0.9% in morning trade Friday, after slumping 5.9% on Thursday to close at a record low of $1.11. They have tumbled 39% this month and 89% this year. In comparison, the SPDR S&P Retail exchange-traded fund XRT, -0.56%  has run up 15% year to date and the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.76%  has gained 7.4%.

Earlier this summer, Sears provided an updated list of 78 Sears and Kmart stores that it said would close in September.

The company had originally said in May that it had identified 100 non-profitable stores, and that it would begin closing 72 of those stores in the coming months. At that time, Sears initially provided a list of 63 stores it would begin closing in early September, then updated that list in early June to 68 stores, then added 10 more stores to the list in late June that it said would begin closing in late September.

“We continue to evaluate our network of stores, which is a critical component to our integrated retail transformation, and will make further adjustments as needed,” the company said in a statement. “We thank associates affected by these store closures for their many contributions to our company. Eligible associates will receive severance and will have the opportunity to apply for open positions at area Kmart or Sears stores.”

 

Here is the latest list of store closures:

Store Address City State
Sears Flagstaff Mall, 4800 N. US HWY 89 Flagstaff Arizona
Kmart 3625 East 18th St. Antioch California
Kmart 1075 Shaw Ave. Clovis California
Kmart 6310 W 3rd. St. Los Angeles California
Sears Capitola Mall, 4015 Capitola Rd. Santa Cruz California
Kmart 935 Sweetwater Rd. Spring Valley California
Sears 2424 Highway 6 and 50 Grand Junction Colorado
Kmart 589 Bridgeport Ave. Milford Connecticut
Kmart 301 College Sq. Newark Delaware
Sears 1625 NW 107th Ave. Doral/Miami Florida
Sears Coastland Ctr., 2000 9th St. N Naples Florida
Sears 2266 University Square Mall Tampa-University Florida
Sears 2860 Cumberland Mall Atlanta Georgia
Sears 100 Mall Blvd. Ste 300 Brunswick Georgia
Sears Oglethorpe Mall, 7810 Abercorn St. Savannah Georgia
Sears 1631 E Empire St. Bloomington Illinois
Kmart 3231 Chicago Rd. Steger Illinois
Sears 4201 Coldwater Rd. Fort Wayne Indiana
Sears 3000 Mall Rd. Florence Kentucky
Sears 1914 Hammond Square Dr. Hammond Louisiana
Sears 50 Holyoke St. Holyoke Massachusetts
Sears Silver City Galleria Taunton Massachusetts
Sears 1250 Jackson Xing 1-94 Jackson Michigan
Kmart 2308 Highway 45 N Columbus Mississippi
Kmart 11 South Kings HWY 61 Cape Girardeau Missouri
Sears 1500 South Willow St. Manchester New Hampshire
Sears 77 Rockingham Park Blvd. Salem New Hampshire
Sears 4409 Black Horse Pike Mays Landing New Jersey
Sears 1400 Union Tpke. New Hyde Park New York
Sears 578 Aviation Rd. Queensbury/Glen Falls New York
Kmart 605 Old Country Rd. Riverhead New York
Sears 200 Eastview Mall Victor New York
Sears 4601 Glenwood Ave. Raleigh-Crabtree North Carolina
Sears 9505 Colerain Ave. Cincinnati-Northgate Ohio
Sears 2700 Miamisburg Centerville Rd. Dayton Ohio
Kmart 440 NW Burnside Rd. Gresham Oregon
Sears 11800 SE 82nd Ave. Happy Valley/Portland Oregon
Sears Post Oak Mall College Station-Bryan Texas
Sears 400 Memorial City Way Houston-Memorial Texas
Sears 7453 S Plaza Center Dr. West Jordan Utah
Sears 12000 Fair Oaks Mall Fairfax Virginia
Sears 8800 NE Vancouver Mall Dr. Vancouver Washington
Kmart 101 Great Teays Blvd. Scott Depot West Virginia
Sears 4720 Golf Rd. Eau Claire Wisconsin
Sears Valley View Mall, 4200 US HWY 16 La Crosse Wisconsin
Kmart 2150 South Douglas HWY Gillette Wyoming
Sears Holdings

In Sears’ most recent public disclosure of Sears and Kmart stores counts, which was detailed in its quarterly 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, there were 894 full-line and specialty retail stores in the U.S. as of May 5, 2018.

Don’t miss: Yes, Sears is likely to collapse, but its biggest stakeholder will be just fine.
See also: Sears adds more merchandise to online marketplace, and Sears CEO’s hedge fund offers to buy Kenmore brand for $400 million.