Lianne Hikind
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Americans are now under more revolving debt than at any point in history, with the current collective outstanding credit reaching $1.021 trillion dollars.
Revolving debt, usually just summarized as credit card debt, actually includes home equity lines of credit and personal lines of credit as well as credit cards. The current debt total exceeds the previous record set in April 2008, which…
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In a heated roundtable discussing the Trump administration, former Jeb Bush supporter and GOP strategist Ana Navarro used her screen time to compare President Trump's administration to a Las Vegas brothel. Currently a CNN political analyst, Navarro had this to say during a segment discussing the president's first 200 days:
“His White House has had more people go in and out for quickies than a…
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As every mainstream media outlet has informed us, President Trump is responsible for all the bad things going on in the world, but cannot take credit for any of the good. No matter what the problem, or how big or small it may be, there is always one culprit, and he lives in the White House.
Now, according to NBC, the president is even responsible for a decline in workplace morale. NBC reports (…
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A Democratic congressman has a painting of the Statue of Liberty wearing a hijab in his office, and an activist group is very unhappy about it.
The picture, which depicts the State of Liberty sporting the traditional garb worn by Muslim women, was selected as a finalist for a student art competition hosted by Congressman Lou Correa (D-Calif.). The painting has elicited outrage from an activist…
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Saudia Arabia, a country already rife with human rights violations, is about to behead a young man for protesting.
In 2012, Mujtaba’a al-Sweikat was arrested by Saudi police just as he was about to depart Saudi Arabia to study finance at the University of Michigan. His crime? Peacefully protesting against the government.
According to NBC Chicago and the American Federation of Teachers:
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The top negotiator for the Palestinian Authority is receiving medical treatment and awaiting a lung transplant...in Israel.
Saeb Erekat, the PA's top negotiator, is being treated for pulmonary fibrosis in an Israeli hospital, according to The Times Of Israel. Erekat is currently on the waiting list for a new lung, and had been battling the disease for over a year before being hospitalized…
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While student loan debt is at an all-time national high, CNBC is reporting that some states are struggling under more college debt than others. According to an analysis from Value Penguin:
Student debt has skyrocketed more than 256 percent from 2004 to 2015. Outstanding college-loan balances at the end of the first quarter of 2017 totaled $1.34 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank…
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In a move ripe with hypocrisy, the allegedly pro-human rights United Nations has been awarding contracts to individuals and organizations with ties to the Assad regime in Syria.
According to Bloomberg:
The United Nations paid at least $18 million last year to companies with close ties to Bashar al-Assad, some of them run by cronies of the Syrian president who are on U.S. and European Union…
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It seems like faith is back in the White House, as there are reports that many members of President Trump's cabinet are conducting weekly Bible studies.
The Hill is reporting that Ralph Drollinger, a former NBA player and founder of Capitol Ministries, is leading these sessions, which apparently include many high-ranking members of the Trump administration. Members that have reportedly been…
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President Trump took a swing at Congress over not being able to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, sending out tweets hinting at potential consequences for both Congress and insurance companies if the majority Republican Congress could not come to a consensus.
The first tweet threatened to end "bailouts" for both health insurance companies and Congress, referring to subsidies that…