Jacksonville, Fl — The Seattle Seahawks rode their ‘Dark Side’ defense to a second Super Bowl.
Advocates looking to make this day after the Super Bowl some type of national holiday have some new facts to back up their case.
UKG’s annual Super Bowl Absenteeism Survey estimated 26.2 million employed Americans say they will miss work the day after the big game, surpassing 2025’s record-setting 22.6 million employees.
The potential lost work and productivity totals upwards of $5.2 billion.
Since 2005, UKG has commissioned The Harris Poll to conduct Super Bowl-related absenteeism research.
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The White House continues trying to spin and downplay a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The offensive meme came at the end of a video alleging 2020 election interference, a claim that has been thoroughly debunked. Trump first claimed no mistake had been made, then denied seeing the video, but acknowledged the offensive post was taken down (12 hours later) after GOP objections began circulating. Whatever the intent, the result is sensationalized attention. Ed O’Keefe reports.
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