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Martin Lewis reveals how you could save hundreds of pounds on broadband every year as he urges customers to act ahead of Black Friday The British money saving expert said customers could save thousands READ MORE: Martin Lewis urges people that now is the 'crucial moment to act' to boost your savings By ALICE WADE Published: 23:01 GMT, 26 November 2024 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 26 November 2024 e-mail View comments Martin Lewis has revealed how the Black Friday sales could be the key to saving hundreds of pounds on broadband every year. The British money saving expert, 52, said customers could substantially reduce their bills, during a segment on Tuesday's episode of his live money show on ITV . With Black Friday rapidly approaching, Martin implored customers who are out of a contract or near the end of one to use comparison websites to pursue the best deals and potentially save hundreds on monthly bills every year. He said previous years have offered 'dud' Black Friday deals, but claims that 2024 has some strong contenders for saving cash. The finance guru advised that these can be found by using comparison websites and by haggling with broadband providers. During the programme, he asked: 'Are Black Friday broadband deals worth it this year?' before answering with an enthusiastic 'yes'. 'Some years they're duds. This year I am seeing some of the cheapest prices we've seen for broadband in 2024 so it is worth a look,' he encouraged. 'Seven million people are out of a contract and therefore free to switch and could save.' Martin Lewis has revealed how the Black Friday sales could be the key to saving hundreds of pounds on broadband every year Martin explained that customers could save hundreds or even thousands every year if they use current Black Friday savings to score the best deal. He said: 'It is hundreds of pounds. You're paying £40 to £60 a month and most people who are out of contracts for relatively slow speeds. These prices are a fraction. 'Again, the best deals are by comparison sites. Why? Because if firms give you the best deals and incentives direct, they have to offer them to existing customers. 'If they give them via comparison sites, they don't so they put them on comparison sites direct.' The finance guru went on to give some examples of savings viewers could make, saying: 'On various sites, there's Virgin deals up to 264mbps for between £17 and £19 per month all in. ' Vodafone up to 500mbps for £18 to £25 per month, 150-500mbps. Those are the types of prices we're seeing at the moment but it depends on which site you go to. 'All of these are incentive based deals. What do I mean? Have a £100 Amazon voucher, have £100 cash back and I've factored that into the price over the contract so you won't see a price that cheap but once you factor in the cash back, that reduces the price.' During the segment, one viewer wrote in to the show to share how they had saved more than £100 a month on their monthly outgoings, including broadband. The British money saving expert, 52, said customers could substantially reduce their broadband bills Unlike previous years, Martin claims that 2024's Black Friday broadband deals are worth it With Black Friday rapidly approaching, Martin implored customers who are out of a contract or near the end of one to use comparison websites to pursue the best deals Read More Martin Lewis urges people that now is the 'crucial moment to act' to boost your savings The viewer's comment read: 'I took your advice when renewing my broadband and TV contract. 'I managed to get all television, sport, movie, Netflix , internet and phone currently costing £186 for £66 for 24 months. I shall be haggling again when this runs out.' This gave them a saving of £120 per month and therefore £1,440 over the course of a 12 month period. Over two years, this means a whopping saving of nearly £3,000 all in. Martin also encouraged customers to ensure they haggle with broadband providers to ensure they get the best deals possible. 'The whole point on haggling means you need to bench mark what's out there what other people will sell you for so again, another really good price if you're nearly out of contract or out of contract. 'And remember, if they won't give you the deal that you want, try and get through to disconnections. Don't be mean, don't be rude, it's not the call centres fault. 'Disconnections, otherwise known as customer retentions, it's where they give you the best deals,' he concluded. It comes after Martin revealed whether premium bonds are really worth it - or if you're better investing your cash elsewhere. He shared the insights on a recent episode of The Martin Lewis Podcast . Martin previously explained that while more than 22 million people in the UK have premium bonds, some people could actually make smarter financial choices by avoiding them. Picture: Stock image Martin explained that while more than 22 million people in the UK have premium bonds, some people could actually make smarter financial choices by avoiding them altogether. With the UK holding more than £100billion in premium bonds, not everyone will be able to rake in the profits they hope for. In fact, Martin explained that if you're only planning to invest a small amount into the bonds, then other forms of savings are likely a 'better bet'. 'It is an incredibly popular form of savings,' he explained, adding that the capital you invest into the bonds is safe. But after saying that they're a tempting option due to the winning process and being tax-free, he added: 'For those people only putting a small amount in and who don't pay tax on savings - which is a lot of people - premium bonds are a bad bet. 'I mean, there will always be someone who beats the odds and has more than typical luck but they're a bad bet.' Black Friday Martin Lewis Share or comment on this article: Martin Lewis reveals how you could save hundreds of pounds on broadband every year as he urges customers to act ahead of Black Friday e-mail Add commentMISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Marcus Adams Jr.'s 25 points helped CSU Northridge defeat Utah Tech 89-79 on Sunday night at the Stew Morrill Classic. Adams added five rebounds for the Matadors (4-1). Keonte Jones added 23 points while shooting 8 of 15 from the field and 5 for 10 from the line while they also had nine rebounds and three blocks. Scotty Washington had 19 points and went 7 of 14 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range). The Trailblazers (1-5) were led by Hakim Byrd, who posted 23 points. Utah Tech also got 15 points from Noa Gonsalves. Samuel Ariyibi finished with 14 points and three blocks. The Matadors play Denver and Utah Tech takes on Montana when the event wraps up on Monday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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EXCLUSIVE Trump's NATO pick Matt Whitaker's surprising take on Russia seizing Crimea resurfaces as Putin threatens WWIII READ MORE: Sign up for DailyMail.com's daily political email Follow DailyMail.com's politics live blog for all the latest news and updates By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 17:38 EST, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 18:01 EST, 22 November 2024 e-mail View comments Donald Trump 's choice for U.S. ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker said back in 2014 that Russia's seizure of Crimea wasn't a threat to 'vital' U.S. interests. The invasion, as it turns out, was a prelude to the broader invasion in 2022 that now has the Kremlin threatening to strike a U.S. base in Poland and raising nuclear threats while NATO allies making new preparations for a potential World War II . The latest chilling sabre rattling came from Russian foreign minister said Moscow would 'react accordingly' after Ukraine fired U.S.-provided long-range weapons at its territory and Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev posted that it meant 'World War III'. Whitaker's comment, in the midst of a Republican primary during Whitaker's ill-fated run for the U.S. Senate , is one of a limited number of public pronouncements on geopolitics, U.S. alliances, and the nation's military spending. His position, if confirmed, would put him at the center of a historic standoff, with allies saying Russia's war threatens the entire transatlantic alliance. Whitaker is a lawyer, a former U.S. attorney, a former Big Ten football player, and former Acting Attorney General who Trump installed when he fired Sen. Jeff Sessions while fuming over the Russia probe. His comments on Crimea and U.S. 'boots on the ground' came during a debate in Des Moines against eventual winner Joni Ernst in response to a foreign policy question, just a few months after Russian forces seized the vital territory in 2014. 'Well, for me, it's what is in our national interest,' he said in the debate , hosted by KCCI. 'And I have a very high bar for what's in our national interest. For example, I didn't support going to Syria . I think this President was one of the prime example of him showing weakness.' 'And I would look at, really, when are our vital interests being threatened? I don't see that happening right now in Crimea, for example, but there are ways we could strengthen NATO and the European Union ,' Whitaker continued, in a clip obtained by DailyMail.com and unearthed by super PAC American Bridge, which is researching Trump nominees. Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO, amid growing threats in Europe Then he compared himself to the candidate field on military spending. 'Probably among these five, I would probably be the least likely to use our military and probably spend the least amount on the military. It's probably marginally less, but it is probably among these five I would do the least in that,' he said. Trump two years later could campaign on new military spending, calling the military 'so depleted' and vowing: 'We will rebuild our military.' Even with the buildup, the U.S. would find itself short on ammunition, javelins, and missiles in the rush to supply Ukraine after Russia's 2022 invasion. President Joe Biden, while shovelling billions in military aid to Ukraine, has resisting putting U.S. forces there. Whitaker did not hesitate when the moderator asked if the U.S. should have gone into Iraq. 'No, we should not have gone to Iraq,' Whitaker said. That dovish position puts him in line with Trump, who now regularly criticizes the war (although fact-checks have decisively contradicted his claims that he opposed the 2003 invasion before it happened). A grab taken from footage released online on November 21, 2024 by the Ukrainian charity "Come Back Alive" shows flashes over the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Kyiv accused Russia of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile attack at Ukraine for the first time on November 21, 2024 but without a nuclear warhead Security camera footage out of the central-eastern city of Dnipro showed several projectiles streaking in and detonating in a series of violent, fiery explosions Russian President Vladimir Putin's government has been keeping up nuclear sabre rattling. The 2014 invasion of Crimea was a prelude to the cross-border invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Whitaker defended Trump on the Russia probe and in TV appearances. His comments on Crimea, which was part of Ukraine before Russia seized it, came during his failed run for Senate In another debate, Whitaker spoke about Ukraine as a 'fairly new democracy' that was 'split almost right down the middle to Russian speaker and the non Russian speakers' trying to determine 'which way to look.' 'Ukrainians need to come up with a solution and not have to favor one group or the other,' he said. Read More Moment 'nuclear-capable' Russian ICBM hits Ukraine as Moscow threatens to destroy US base in Poland He blamed Barack Obama for his 'very weak response' after Russia invaded Georgia, another former Soviet republic. 'I see why President Putin is very willing to go into Crimea and secure his port in Sevastopol and really now we have a election that is being propped up to have an independent state in Crimea that will look to Russia and it’s all because of this president and his weak foreign policy,' he said. Trump has revealed the premium he is putting on personal loyalty in his early picks, including selecting Pam Bondi, who represented him during his first impeachment, as attorney general after the Matt Gaetz nomination imploded. Whitaker scores high marks in that category as well, saying in a 2019 Fox News interview defending Trump that 'abuse of power is not a crime.' Trump has picked Whitaker for the key ambassadorial post at a time when key allies are making contingencies for World War III amid Kremlin threats over the war in Ukraine. Trump said Whitaker, who he installed in the top-level Justice Department post amid the Mueller probe during his first term, would be a 'strong warrior and loyal Patriot.' He said he would 'ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended. Matt will strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability.' Trump has long been a critic of NATO and the way allies have lived up to burden-sharing commitments, and allies are busy gaming out how his return will impact global relationships . Trump's announcement comes after days of incendiary rhetoric following reports that President Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range ATACAMs provided by the U.S. to strike deep inside Russia – something the Ukrainian's appear to have quickly acted on. It sparked furious warnings from the Kremlin that it was 'fueling the fire' and from Kremlin allies that it could bring World War III. That followed Russia's introduction of thousands of allied North Korean troops onto its territory as it seeks to push back Ukrainians holding seized territory inside its Kursk region . Then, the administration confirmed it would send controversial antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine. The new anti-personnel landmines are more sensitive but also can lead to more civilian deaths. Meanwhile, European nations are gearing up for an all-out war on the continent as Ukraine launched US-made missiles into Russia for the first time and Vladimir Putin officially lowered the threshold for Moscow to consider a nuclear strike. Germany 's foreign minister vowed her country 'will not be intimidated' by Putin, just one day after German media revealed the nation will transform into a NATO staging ground if the conflict to the East should escalate. According to a 1,000-page document entitled 'Operationsplan Deutschland', Germany would reportedly host hundreds of thousands of troops from NATO countries and serve as a logistics hub for sending huge quantities of military equipment, food and medicine toward the front. Read More Europe prepares for WWIII: Biden announces new weapon Zelensky can use against Putin A report by Der Spiegel in the summer said as many as 800,000 soldiers from the security bloc could be hosted by Germany as they transit to posts further East. Putin signed off on an updated version of the Kremlin's nuclear doctrine that broadens the scope for Moscow to turn to its fearsome atomic arsenal. The new document, first announced in September, allows Putin's strategic forces to deploy their devastating weapons if Russia or Belarus is threatened by a non-nuclear nation supported by a nuclear power . Returning from a trip to South America late Tuesday, Biden would respond to shouted questions about long-range missiles or reports that Russia had been behind the cutting of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea in apparent sabotage. Finland reminded its citizens of their 'national defense obligation' and recently launched a new information website, while Sweden laid out a detailed guide on how to seek shelter and what to do in case of a nuclear attack. Trump, whose cabinet picks have run into controversy, praised Whitaker, a former Big Ten football player at the University of Iowa who served as a U.S. attorney in his home state. 'I have full confidence in Matt's ability to represent the United States with Strength, Integrity, and unwavering Dedication. I look forward to working closely with him as we continue to promote PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, Freedom, and Prosperity around the World.' Whitaker is a lawyer and Trump loyalist who does not have foreign policy experience. A Ukrainian service member from the special police unit Hyzhak (Predator) fires a howitzer D30 towards Russian troops. Russia reacted with fury over reports the U.S. is allowing missile attacks deep inside Russia Soldiers of the German Bundeswehr conduct military drills amid ongoing tensions and fears of an expanding war Whitaker held a key post overseeing the Russia probe – which Trump continues to brand a 'witch hunt' – during his first term. Trump installed him as acting AG over the objection of Rod Rosenstein, who had appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel overseeing the probe. Democrats had voiced concerns that Whitaker, who didn't go through Senate confirmation, would shut down the probe. He also served as chief of staff to Trump's first AG, Jeff Sessions, who infuriated Trump by recusing himself from the Russia probe. He denied interfering with the probe in testimony to congressional Democrats. Whitaker has used frequent TV appearances on Fox News to blast the criminal cases against Trump, and has been involved in the the right-leaning America First Policy Institute. Trump's announcement brought reminders of some of the oddities on his resume from years ago. Before Trump installed him at the DOJ, his gigs included serving on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing. Democrats accused the firm of running a patent scam with products such as the ‘Masculine Toilet’ for ‘well-endowed men.’ According to the firm, it featured a ‘specially designed bowl’ to help the men ‘avoid unwanted contact with porcelain or water.’ If plumbing is still stuck on his mind, Whitaker’s future residence (the post requires Senate confirmation – something he avoided as ‘acting’ AG) – his future digs likely have more than one bathroom that could use a refresh. Truman Hall, built by a chocolatier in the Flemish countryside in 1963 near NATO headquarters in Brussels, has a ‘sweeping lawn, towering cedars, English gardens and an herb harden,’ according to the U.S. Mission to NATO. ‘The interiors are humanly scaled with sensible arrangements and elegant proportions.’ The announcement comes as Trump's team is in the Senate trying to line up support for his controversial choice of former Rep. Matt Gaetz to lead the Justice Department despite an Ethics Committee probe into alleged sex trafficking allegations. Trump spent his first term blasting allies including Germany who failed to live up to spending commitments for defense. He also ordered a U.S. troop drawdown in Germany amid complaints about its defense spending – although the Biden administration has praised German efforts to send arms to Ukraine after Russia's 2022 invasion. Early this year, Trump spoke about what he would encourage Russia to do to U.S. allies who don't meet their spending commitments while recounting a conversation with 'one of the presidents of a big country.' 'No, I would not protect you,' Trump said he told the foreign leader 'In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.' Ukraine Moscow NATO Donald Trump Germany Share or comment on this article: Trump's NATO pick Matt Whitaker's surprising take on Russia seizing Crimea resurfaces as Putin threatens WWIII e-mail Add commentAs much as theaters are humming right now, with “Wicked” and “Moana 2" bringing moviegoers by the droves, it's been a fairly bruising movie year. In between the blockbusters, though, the challenge of not just capturing the attention of audiences but of simply getting to the screen feels more perilous than ever. The year was marked by filmmakers who wagered everything from a $120 million pile ( Francis Ford Coppola's “Megalopolis” ) to their life (the dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's “The Seed of the Sacred Fig"). Considering the paths of the “The Apprentice” (about Donald Trump's rise in New York) or the Israeli occupation documentary “No Other Land” (which still lacks a distributor), the question of what gets released was a common and chilling refrain. That also made the movies that managed their way through — the ones that told urgent stories or dazzled with originality at a time of sequel stranglehold — all the more worth celebrating. Here are The Associated Press’ Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr's picks for the best movies of 2024: Was this a great year for movies? The consensus seems to be no, and that may be true. But it did produce some stone-cold masterpieces, none more so than Payal Kapadia’s sublime tale of three women in modern Mumbai. It’s a grittily real movie graced, in equally parts, by keen-eyed documentary and dreamy poetry. Beguilingly, “All We Imagine As Light” grows more profound as it cleaves further from reality. In theaters. Like Kapadia, RaMell Ross started out in documentary before bringing a singular eye to narrative film. His adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, about two Black teenagers at an abusive reform school in the Jim Crow South, is shot mostly from the two boys’ first-person perspective. The result is one of the most visually inventive American films of the decade and, just as certainly, one of the richest in empathy. Opens in theaters Dec. 13. So many of the reasons to go to the movies — to laugh at a clattering comic set piece, to witness the breakthrough of a young performer, to be devastated by something tragic — are contained within the thrillingly kitchen-sink “Anora.” It’s a concoction that only Sean Baker could conceive, let alone execute. (And, by the way, if you liked Yura Borisov’s performance alongside Mikey Madison, seek out 2021’s “Compartment No. 6.”) In theaters. Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature — a dramatic leap forward for filmmaker and a transfixing trans parable — is a chilling 1990s coming of age in which a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”-like series called “The Pink Opaque” offers a possible portal out of drab suburban life and other suffocations. It feels chillingly, beautifully ripped out of Schoenbrun’s soul — and it’s got a killer soundtrack. Streaming on Max, available for digital rental. The fury of Agnieszka Holland’s searing migrant drama is suitably calibrated to the crisis. Along the Poland-Belarus border, a small band of migrants from Syria and Afghanistan are sent back and forth across a wooded borderland — sometimes they're even literally tossed — in a grim game of “not in my backyard.” It’s not an easy movie to watch, nor should it be. To keep up with the times, more uncomfortable movies like this may be needed. Streaming on Kino Film Collection, available for digital rental. We also need more big, fun movies with Ryan Gosling. David Leitch’s affectionate ode to stunt performers manages to celebrate behind-the-scenes crew members while simultaneously being completely carried by two of our most winning movie stars in Gosling and Emily Blunt. The societal value of watching Gosling cry to Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” should not be underestimated. Streaming on Peacock, available for digital rental. The way the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who was forced into exile while editing this, condenses real-life social upheaval into a family drama makes this a uniquely disquieting film. Like Kurosawa’s “Stray Dog,” Rasoulof’s movie centers around a lost handgun. The subsequent search reveals just how deeply the Iranian government's policies have seeped into the most intimate relationships. In theaters. We had not one but two movies this year that captured the therapeutic properties of theater. Each, almost unbelievably, deftly eludes tipping into cliche thanks to abiding compassion and authenticity in the performances. Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan’s “Ghostlight” is about a grieving father, a construction worker (an exceptional Keith Kupferer), who reluctantly joins a local production of “Romeo and Juliet.” “Sing Sing” dramatizes a real rehabilitation prison program. Its screening at Sing Sing Correctional, where many of its performers were once incarcerated, was easily the most moving moviegoing experience of the year for me. “Ghostlight” is available for digital rental. “Sing Sing” returns to theaters Jan. 17. In Azazel Jacobs’ funny, tender and raw family drama, a flawless cast of Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne play three sisters caring for their dying father. In close quarters and with death looming, it all comes out. Streaming on Netflix. In between large, lengthy epics, Martin Scorsese has made some his most interesting and personal films. In this, Scorsese narrates for director David Hinton his lifetime journey with the films of Powell and Pressburger, the great filmmakers of “The Red Shoes,” “I Know Where I’m Going!” and “Black Narcissus.” As an expression of movie love — of the power of film to transfix you, to change your life, to live alongside you as you grow older — “Made in England” could hardly be more effusive. Such insightful, passionate testimonies are an increasingly necessary lifeblood in a film culture where algorithms are typically blind to the treasures of cinema’s past. Streaming on WatchTCM and available for digital rental. Also: “Grand Tour,” “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,”“No Other Land,”“Rebel Ridge,”“The Brutalist,”“Between the Temples,”“Evil Does Not Exist,” “Universal Language,” “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” “Daughters” Steve McQueen tells a different kind of World War II story in “Blitz,” a powerful and clear-eyed odyssey through London during the German bombing raid. Structured around a 9-year-old boy (Elliott Heffernan) trying to make his way back to his mother (Saoirse Ronan), it is a sneakily revolutionary glimpse into and poignant elegy for worlds unexplored and stories untold. Streaming on Apple TV+. Poetic and transportive, Kapadia’s Mumbai-set film explores the vibrations of a thrilling but brutally impersonal metropolis, the lives of three women in different stages and predicaments (forbidden love, loneliness, eviction) and delicacy of female friendships. Josh Margolin’s debut feature about a 90-something (played by the incomparable June Squibb ) on a mission to get $10,000 back from a scammer is so modest in scope and effortlessly enjoyable that it’s easy to undervalue. This independent film feels as sharp and put-together as a yesteryear studio comedy. It’s pure joy and one of those movies you could recommend to anyone. Streaming on Hulu. It takes a special kind of movie to transcend the echo chamber of arthouse cinephelia and become a cultural moment, but Baker’s “Anora” did it. A classic in waiting, Baker and his star Mikey Madison, who lifts the streetwise stripper trope, take audiences on an unforgettable ride in this fairy tale that falls apart in spectacular fashion. Ross transforms Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel about the abuses and generational trauma of a reform school in the Jim Crow South for the screen by employing first-person point-of-view. It’s a bold choice that pays off, transporting you into the heartbreaking reality of Elwood and Turner, two characters you won’t soon forget. A Zambian family says goodbye to their Uncle Fred in this remarkable, semicomic film from writer-director Rungano Nyoni. With an eye for the beautifully absurd and a keen understanding of generational trauma and toxic familial cycles, Nyoni has firmly established herself as a major talent. In theaters Dec. 13. Decades of dreaming about a film does not always seem to benefit said film, but Denis Villeneuve was able to translate his passion for Frank Herbert’s opus into pure cinematic spectacle, and doom, about the rise of a leader. It’s a grand and thrilling adventure that could make sci-fi nerds out of us all. Streaming on MAX. Jesse Eisenberg grapples with modern and historical trauma in the disarmingly entertaining road trip film “A Real Pain,” which he wrote, directed and stars in alongside Kieran Culkin as cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland. In theaters. Saoirse Ronan delivered one of the year’s absolute best performances as an alcoholic who goes further and further into seclusion in the Orkney Islands in an attempt to start life anew. Films about addiction are hardly novel, and yet Nora Fingscheidt captures the wild highs, lows and in-betweens of the human condition with unapologetic honesty. Available for digital rental. It was a great year for first-time directors, including India Donaldson whose quietly brilliant character study of a teenage girl on a camping trip with her dad and his friend resonates even a year later. Streaming on Apple TV+ Also: “The Taste of Things”; “Green Border”; “Challengers”; ”Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ”; “La Cocina”; “Will & Harper”; “Evil Does Not Exist”; ”Conclave”; “Maria”; “Young Woman and the Sea”; “Tuesday”; “Lee”.

NBA star LeBron James announced Thursday that he’s decided to take some time off from social media. The reason? Too much “negativity.” James reposted a message from Rich Kleiman — an entrepreneur known for being fellow NBA player Kevin Durant’s agent — that spoke about, “so much hate and negativity in the world today” asserting that, “We can all acknowledge that is the last part of society that universally brings people together.” AMEN!! 🫡 — LeBron James (@KingJames) Shortly after his repost, James made the following post indicating it was time to step away. And with that said I’ll holla at y’all! Getting off social media for the time being. Y’all take care ✌🏾👑 — LeBron James (@KingJames) This would be all well and good for a four-time champion if he truly considered professional sports to be an escape that brings Americans together while using his platform to spread positivity. However, James has spent the past election cycle doing just the opposite. On Halloween, James posted a deceptively edited video — basically propaganda — with soundbites of President-elect , making him seem like a raging lunatic racist one would find in the Civil Rights Era among names like former Alabama Gov. George Wallace. James added the caption to the video, “What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me.” He ended his message with a desperate plea to his followers. “VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!” What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!! — LeBron James (@KingJames) This video the embodiment of the negativity James is complaining about. How could James be so incredibly oblivious to the on display here? TPUSA contributor Jon Root replied to James’s reposting of Kleiman’s message, reminding him how responsible he was for the atmosphere he now complains about. Bro... You called Trump and his supporters (more than half the country), segregationist racists, KKK members and Nazis when you endorsed Kamala Harris. You are perpetuating the divisiveness and hate that is tearing this country apart. Maybe look at yourself in the mirror,... — Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) Root appropriately told James he was “perpetuating the divisiveness and hate that is tearing apart.” Well said. If James truly wanted to bring the country together, he would stop posting propaganda, stop attacking , and do one of the hardest things in the world — admit he was wrong. Running away from the problem that you created while saying it’s someone else’s fault isn’t going to help your case. James doesn’t appear to be done with X. Maybe after his break, he can come back with a new mindset and actually be part of the solution. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. .Jordan Sears scores 25 points, Jalen Reed has double-double and LSU outlasts UCF 109-102 in 3OT