Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, gluing their hands to 6th Avenue in Manhattan.
Balloons and floats intended to travel down the street were blocked, forcing the NYPD to divert the parade, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/23/metro/pro-palestinian-protesters-glue-their-hands-to-street-disrupting-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">The New York Post</a> reported. The parade traditionally ends at Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters have glued their hands to 6th Avenue, disrupting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; floats, bands and balloons are being diverted. <a href="https://t.co/nYKLGyev87">pic.twitter.com/nYKLGyev87</a>
&mdash; Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) <a href="https://twitter.com/chayesmatthew/status/1727707695510163923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In another attempt to turn the parade political, members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/macys-parade-thanksgiving-day-live-updates-rcna126392">waved</a> Palestinian flags.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested as they tried to shut down the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They glued themselves to the pavement and shouted “Liberation for Palestine and Climate.&#8221; Crowd shouts &#8220;Boo!&#8221; &#8211; they’re sick of this! <a href="https://t.co/P607J6eCBI">pic.twitter.com/P607J6eCBI</a>
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924; the same year Detroit had a Thanksgiving Day Parade. The only older Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia started in 1920. The Macy’s parade usually lasts roughly three hours and has been nationally televised since 1953 on NBC; Macy’s employees, friends and family work as volunteers for the parade.
Between 1942 and 1944 the parade was suspended because of World War II; rubber and helium were needed for the war.
Macy’s was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy, who established a &#8220;R. H. Macy &amp; Co.&#8221; on Sixth Avenue in 1858. The Macy family owned the company until they sold it to Isidor and Nathan Straus in 1895, who moved the flagship store to Herald Square in 1902. Isidor Straus died with his wife Ida on the RMS Titanic in 1912. When it became clear the ship was sinking; Ida refused to leave the ship without her husband.
Titanic survivor Colonel Archibald Gracie said he asked a ship’s officer if Isidor could join a lifeboat with his wife, but Straus refused to enter a lifeboat while women and children were still onboard. Ida Straus said, &#8220;I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together,” instead giving her maid her fur coat and insisting the maid get into the lifeboat. The last witnesses saw of the Straus couple they were arm-in-arm.

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A petition calling to boycott Macy&#8217;s stores and refrain from watching this year&#8217;s Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade has garnered more than 40,500 signatories objecting to the event&#8217;s apparent transgender agenda.
The parade, set to take place in New York City, has generally been accepted as a family-friendly affair <a href="https://www.iloveny.com/blog/post/history-of-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#:~:text=Since%201924%2C%20the%20Macy%27s%20Thanksgiving,this%20beloved%20event%20through%20Manhattan." target="_blank" rel="noopener">viewed</a> by tens of millions of Americans each year. This year, however, two characters associated with the event&#8217;s performances are so-called non-binary or transgender.
&#8220;The non-binary and transgender extravaganza on display this Thanksgiving will be brought to you by Macy’s during their annually sponsored Thanksgiving Day Parade,&#8221; reads a <a href="https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/say-no-to-the-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petition</a> hosted by One Million Moms, a division of the American Family Association. &#8220;Unless they are forewarned about it, this year’s holiday parade will potentially expose tens of millions of viewers at home to the liberal LGBTQ agenda.&#8221;
&#8220;Performances showcased in the parade will include music from two Broadway musicals, &#8216;&amp; Juliet&#8217; and &#8216;Shucked&#8217;, both of which feature transgender and non-binary performers in major roles,&#8221; the petition says.
Notably, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in 2021 featured a pop singer named Kim Petras, who&#8217;s been dubbed the “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200301191447/https://www.papermag.com/kim-petras-clarity-project-2639362951.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="standard-link">world’s youngest transsexual</a>.&#8221;
President of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alliance-defending-freedom-adf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alliance Defending Freedom</a> (ADF), Kristen Waggoner, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/thousands-sign-petition-macys-non-binary-trans-extravaganza-planned-thanksgiving-day-parade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a>, “Macy’s inclusion of a non-binary transgender character in a parade is just another example of an ideological war that’s being waged on families, and customers are saying they’ve had enough. But it seems that corporate brands that were once trusted just still aren’t getting the message.”
&#8220;Shame on Macy’s for promoting and sponsoring this type of entertainment,&#8221; the One Million Moms petition reads. &#8220;We still cannot trust Macy’s Dept. Store. It is clear that Macy’s does not have our children’s best interests in mind. Macy’s needs to know that trust must be earned, and once trust is lost, it is difficult to get back.&#8221;
As of Wednesday morning, the petition has 40,543 signatures.
&#8220;I do not agree with the LGBTQ agenda you are pushing on families during your Thanksgiving Day Parade,&#8221; reads a blurb aimed at those signing the petition. &#8220;My family and I will not watch this indoctrination. Since this event goes against our beliefs and values, Macy’s has left conservative and Christian families with no choice but to avoid the parade and its stores, even during the holiday season. My family will not support Macy’s; you have lost our trust.&#8221;
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For Macy’s part, the department store is moving forward with the Thanksgiving Day events.
“For nearly 100 years, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has showcased the very best in entertainment, delighting Americans everywhere with the most popular music acts, the best of Broadway, our country’s finest marching bands and dance teams, and giant balloons and floats that capture your imagination,” a Macy’s spokesperson said in a statement, National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/macys-to-proceed-with-non-binary-performers-in-thanksgiving-parade-despite-petition/#:~:text=“For%20nearly%20100%20years%2C%20the,capture%20your%20imagination%2C”%20a%20Macy%27s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday.
“Every performer and volunteer is there with one mission — to entertain millions of spectators and kick off the holiday season. We look forward to celebrating this iconic Thanksgiving tradition again&#8230;,” the spokesperson added. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-macys-pulls-all-chrissy-teigen-products-after-messages-show-how-she-bullied-teen-girl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Report: Macy’s Pulls All Chrissy Teigen Products After Messages Show How She Bullied Teen Girl</a>

Tom Turkey by Macy’s float is waiting for the parade to start during 96th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 24, 2022 in New York City.

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Four migrants bused to New York City from Texas were arrested for allegedly stealing more than $12,000 in items from Macy&#8217;s.
Wrallan Cabezas Meza, 19, Miguel Angel Rojas, 21, Rafael Rojas, 27, and Jose Garcia Escobar, 30, were detained after being tracked down by Nassau County Police. They allegedly drove away from the crime scene on January 9 in a 2006 BMW with a false license plate.
&#8220;All four defendants were charged with Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree. Defendant Meza was issued multiple traffic citations,&#8221; the Nassau County Police Department said in a statement. &#8220;All four defendants were arraigned on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at First District Court, 99 Main Street in Hempstead. Defendants Escobar and Rafael Rojas were released with no bail.&#8221;
The stolen items were reportedly returned to the Macy&#8217;s location at the Roosevelt Field Mall in East Garden City on Long Island.
&#8220;Here in Nassau County, our police department is going to be vigilant in making sure that anybody who commits a crime is tracked down, caught and arrested,&#8221; Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11669281/Migrants-bused-NYC-form-Texas-arrested-stealing-12K-Macys-store-Long-Island.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a Monday press conference.
The suspects told a Spanish-speaking Nassau County detective that they came to New York City on a bus from Texas, Detective Lt. Richard Lebrun <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/four-migrants-arrested-for-shoplifting-12k-from-ny-macys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The report did not indicate when the four men arrived in New York City. Meza reportedly crossed the U.S. southern border on July 4, 2022, with the other three men entering the country in September, according to Nassau County police.
Two of the men, Miguel and Rafael Rojas, had been living at the Westin Hotel, which is housing migrants, on West 57th Street in Manhattan since their arrival to the city, according to police.
The arrests of the four migrants were announced shortly after New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams visited the border in El Paso, Texas, earlier this month. Adams argues that more federal assistance is needed at the border and to help migrants entering his city.
The Daily Wire also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-to-house-migrants-at-cruise-ship-terminal-mayor-eric-adams-confirms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Adams announced over the weekend that the city would temporarily house migrants at a cruise ship terminal to help handle the growing influx of asylum seekers. The mayor shared plans for the 1,000-person shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in a press release on Saturday.
“With more than 41,000 asylum seekers arriving in New York City since last spring and nearly 28,000 asylum seekers currently in our care, our city is at its breaking point,” Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/050-23/mayor-adams-placement-new-humanitarian-emergency-response-relief-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Texas has transported more than <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/operation-lone-star-disrupts-cartel-activity-along-bidens-open-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5,200 migrants</a> to New York City since August.
In addition, Texas has bused 9,100 migrants to the nation’s capital since April, more than 1,500 migrants to Chicago since August 31, and more than 890 migrants to Philadelphia since November 15.

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Macy’s reportedly pulled all products from Chrissy Teigen’s cookware line from its online store days after years-old bullying messages Teigen made to a then-underage girl resurfaced online.
Teigen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chrissy-teigen-apologizes-for-harassing-minor-wishing-for-her-death">issued</a> a public apology for her behavior toward Courtney Stodden on Wednesday. Teigen and her brand may still be suffering from the blowback of her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liberal-chrissy-teigen-sent-death-threats-to-underage-girl-on-twitter-report">messages</a> to Stodden, sent in 2011 and 2012 when Stodden was a teen, however. According to the U.K.’s <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/celebrities/14974295/chrissy-teigen-cookware-removed-macys-courtney-stodden/">The Sun</a>:
<blockquote>On Sunday morning, the kitchen items in the model and chef’s Cravings by Chrissy Teigen line were marked “unavailable” on Macy’s website.
By Sunday afternoon, the did not show up at all on the website.</blockquote>
Macy’s did not immediately return The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
Target has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-has-dropped-chrissy-teigen-cookware-line">dumped</a> Teigen’s cookware line. The retail corporation said that it made the decision to part ways with Teigen back in December because of a new direction the company wanted to take. The decision, the company said, was made before the revelations about Teigen surfaced and was not impacted by Teigen’s decade-old messages.
“We made the mutual decision in December to no longer carry the cookware line, given our continued focus on brands we develop and that can only be found at Target,” Target said in a statement.
Stodden revealed Teigen’s messages in a recent interview, saying that Teigen had told her directly to kill herself.
“[Teigen] wouldn’t just publicly tweet about wanting me to take ‘a dirt nap’ but would privately DM me and tell me to kill myself,” Stodden said. “Things like, ‘I can’t wait for you to die.’”
In a series of since-deleted messages, Teigen told Stodden, “My Friday fantasy: you. dirt nap. mmmmmm baby,” “Go. to sleep. Forever,” and “what drug makes you do that with your mouth? asking for a friend who really wants to look like an idiot. thanks.”
Teigen apologized for her behavior last week.
“Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bullshit in front of the entire world. I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention seeking troll,” Teigen said on Twitter. “I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel.”
“I have worked so hard to give you guys joy and be beloved and the feeling of letting you down is nearly unbearable, truly. These were not my only mistakes and surely won’t be my last as hard as I try but god I will try!!” she added.
Stodden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/courtney-stodden-rips-chrissy-teigen-apology-trying-to-save-her-brand-wokeness-a-broken-record">slammed</a> Teigen’s apology on Twitter, suggesting that it was an attempt by Teigen to save face over the scandal. Stodden also said that she had never heard from Teigen or received an olive branch or private apology Teigen had tried to send privately.
“I accept her apology and forgive her,” Stodden said in an Instagram post. “But the truth remains the same, I have never heard from her or her camp in private. In fact, she blocked me on Twitter.”
“All of me wants to believe this is a sincere apology, but it feels like a public attempt to save her partnerships with Target and other brands who are realizing her ‘wokeness’ is a broken record,” she added.

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Macy&#8217;s canceled their nearly 160-year-old tradition of hosting Santa Claus in their midtown Manhattan store because of COVID-19.
More than a quarter of a million people typically shuffle through the store&#8217;s elaborate Santaland each Christmas season, but the close quarters of the attraction have rendered it impossible in the age of social distancing, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/santa-claus-macys-coronavirus-covid-19-324551e9bc38e19042b136514136d166" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Associated Press</a>.
Santa will also not be appearing in the Macy&#8217;s in Chicago or San Francisco, though he will be making an appearance at the annual Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day parade, which has also had to undergo adjustments to comply with health guidelines.
Macy&#8217;s is offering a virtual Santaland experience on its <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/santa-land/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-santaland-_-n-_-n" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a>, however. “Moving to a virtual engagement will safely bring the magic of Santa Claus to children of all ages this year,” Macy’s told the AP.
Many big malls are keeping their Santa displays, the AP reported, but children will be forced to maintain a six-foot distance from him.
Santa Claus is not the only holiday tradition to have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Halloween has also been spoiled in places such as Beverly Hills, which has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-responsible-approach-city-in-california-bans-trick-or-treating-on-halloween" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">banned</a> trick-or-treating, trunk-or-treating, and giving candy to anyone outside of one&#8217;s family.
Earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that Thanksgiving gatherings might also have to be canceled because of COVID-19. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-fauci-suggests-canceling-thanksgiving-family-gatherings-this-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>Dr. Anthony Fauci says families might have to “bite the bullet” and cancel Thanksgiving this year.
Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, says COVID-19 is still a menace and the rising number of infections in the U.S. could endanger older people or those with medical maladies.
“You may have to bite the bullet and sacrifice that social gathering, unless you’re pretty certain that the people that you’re dealing with are not infected,” Fauci <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fauci-covid-19-surge-travel-thanksgiving-trump-recovery/">told</a> CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell.
“That is unfortunately a risk, when you have people coming from out of town, gathering together in an indoor setting,” he said. “It is unfortunate, because that’s such a sacred part of American tradition — the family gathering around Thanksgiving. But that is a risk.”
“Given the fluid and dynamic nature of what’s going on right now in the spread and the uptick of infections, I think people should be very careful and prudent about social gatherings, particularly when members of the family might be at a risk because of their age or their underlying condition,” Fauci said.</blockquote>
Studies are emerging about the toll the lingering lockdowns are taking on young people, who have seen a spike in suicidal ideation, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-a-quarter-aged-18-24-have-seriously-considered-suicide-in-past-30-days-says-cdc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CDC survey</a> released in August, one in four respondents 18-24 had &#8220;seriously considered&#8221; killing themselves in the previous 30 days.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-responsible-approach-city-in-california-bans-trick-or-treating-on-halloween" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘The Responsible Approach’: City In California Bans Trick-Or-Treating On Halloween</a>

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On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that although the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will not be canceled, it will not be held along the usual 2.5-mile parade route but instead just featured as a televised broadcast.
De Blasio <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/new-york-city-mayor-says-macys-thanksgiving-parade-will-go-on-without-crowd.html">stated,</a> “It will be a different kind of event. They’re reinventing the event for this moment in history, and you’ll be able to feel the spirit and the joy of that day on television, online. Not a live parade but something that will really give us that warmth and that great feeling we have on Thanksgiving Day.” He added, “New York City is always proud to join Macy&#8217;s to ring in the holiday season with New Yorkers and viewers around the world. We’ve worked closely with the Macy’s team on a safe and creative plan this year, and we look forward to keeping this tradition going on Thanksgiving Day.”
Macy’s announced in a <a href="https://www.macysinc.com/news-media/press-releases/detail/1638/macys-and-the-city-of-new-york-announce-plan-for">press release</a>:
<blockquote>For the first time in its more than 90-year history, the annual Macy’s Parade will be modified to safely bring the magic to more than 50 million viewers nationwide on Thanksgiving Day, while maintaining all of the spectacle and wonder of this cherished holiday tradition. This year the celebration will shift to a television only special presentation, showcasing the Macy’s Parade’s signature mix of giant character helium balloons, fantastic floats, street performers, clowns and heralding the arrival of the holiday season with the one-and-only Santa Claus.</blockquote>
Susan Tercero, executive producer of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, said, “Macy’s believes in celebration and the joy of marking milestone moments with family and friends. The Macy’s Parade is our love letter and gift to the City of New York and the nation. Under the unique challenges of these unparalleled times, we felt it was important to continue this cherished holiday tradition that has been the opening act to the holiday season for generations of families. While it will certainly look different in execution, this year’s Macy’s Parade celebration will once again serve its historical purpose – to bring joy into the hearts of millions across the nation.”
Macy announced some of the changes to the parade this year:
<blockquote>Reducing the overall number of participants by approximately 75%, and splitting the remaining participants over two days; All participants will be appropriately socially distanced during performances and be required to wear face coverings and additional personal protective equipment depending on their role, and shifting to a television-broadcast-only production with staging for Parade elements focused solely in/ around the Herald Square.</blockquote>
Macy’s <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/parade/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-parade-_-n-_-n">previously</a> stated, “Following our successful, safe and innovative production of Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, it is our intention to similarly reimagine Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this November.”
In July, de Blasio suggested on CNN that gatherings such as normal parades and fairs would be restricted in his city, but Black Lives Matter protests would not be shut down.
De Blasio helped paint a Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, and yelled, “We are saying Black Lives Matter in New York City and Black Lives Matter in the United States of America! Let’s show Donald Trump what he does not understand; let’s paint it right in front of his building for him!” Later, the mayor appeared on CNN with host Wolf Blitzer, who asked him, “What about protests? If people want to march down Fifth Avenue, are they going to be allowed to do so?”
De Blasio answered, “Look, Wolf, this is always an area of real sensitivity. If you’re just talking about health, we would always say, ‘Hey, folks, you know, stay home if you can.’ But we understand at this moment in history, people are talking about the need for historic changes. I mean, today, in New York City, recognizing the power and the meaning of the message Black Lives Matter, which we did in front of Trump Tower today, this is a historic moment of change; we have to respect that, but also say to people, the kinds of gatherings we’re used to – the parades, the fairs – we just can’t have that while we’re focusing on health right now.”

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De Blasio: No Traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade This Year. He Was Okay With Protest Marches.

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