Lianne Hikind
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Lianne Hikind | August 18, 2017
One D.C restaurant has a unique way of celebrating White House chaos. According to The Hill, The Bird, a local area bar, announced its $4 drink specials to celebrate the news that now-former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is leaving the White House.  The restaurant, located in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest D.C., first began offering the discounted drinks after former White House…
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Lianne Hikind | August 18, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan announced on Friday of the passage of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, which will lift the 15-year limit on the usage of educational benefits for veterans. This bill, also known as the ‘Forever’ GI bill, will allow veterans easier access to the education they deserve. According to a press release on Ryan's website, this bill will also make it…
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Lianne Hikind | August 18, 2017
Medica, the only remaining insurance company offering individual health care plans under Obamacare to Iowans, has called for a steep 57 percent hike for rates amidst fear of losing federal subsidies. This rate hike is actually a 13 percent increase from the one Medica requested two months ago. Fox News reports: "In June, Iowa's Medica sent a letter to its customers explaining it was seeking a…
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Lianne Hikind | August 17, 2017
An Atlanta area Judge James Hinkle has been suspended from his job for his post on social media comparing Antifa rioters to ISIS terrorists. According to WSB-TV Judge Hinkle posted the following on social media: It looks like all of the snowflakes have no concept of history. It is what it is. Get over it and move on. The judge, who served on the Gwinnett County Magistrate Court, continued in…
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Lianne Hikind | August 17, 2017
Everyone wants Hillary Clinton to just stop talking about the 2016 election -- about what caused her to lose, how she almost won, about every detail she's revisited so many times it's become nauseating. Clinton's constant whining over having lost the election because of sexism, racism, every other type of 'ism" has gotten older than Bernie Sanders, and apparently, even her fellow Democrats think…
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Lianne Hikind | August 16, 2017
In a historic first, Elizabeth Duke will become chairman of the Wells Fargo board starting on Jan. 1, according to a statement put out by the bank. Duke, a former Federal Reserve governor, will become the first woman to ever chair a major U.S bank. She will replace current Wells Fargo chairman Stephen Sanger, who has been chairman less than a year. According to MarketWatch: The San Francisco…
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Lianne Hikind | August 16, 2017
A student and activist in Thailand just received a two-and-a-half year sentence in prison. His crime? "Defaming the monarchy." The student, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, shared, along with 2,800 others, a BBC Thailand profile on the King of Thailand two days after the new king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, ascended the throne.  Japut was the only person to be prosecuted for sharing the profile. The BBC…
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Lianne Hikind | August 15, 2017
There may be some help coming for rural Nevadans who've been left behind by Obamacare. Insurance company SilverSummit has stepped up to cover 14 counties that were slated to have no insurers under the Obamacare exchanges next year. According to the Hill:  Those 14 rural counties became in danger of having no insurers in 2018 after Anthem announced it wouldn't sell ObamaCare plans next year in…
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Lianne Hikind | August 15, 2017
A Chinese teenager who was currently being "reformed" at an internet addiction treatment center has died after he sustained multiple injuries. These centers have been the center of much controversy among the public.  The BBC is reporting:  China has seen a proliferation in so-called "boot camps" aimed at treating internet and gaming addictions. Some are known for their military-style…
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Lianne Hikind | August 15, 2017
In a bizarre but not wholly unsurprising turn of events, a Florida man was sentenced to six years in prison for firing a gun in a strip club restroom where he was attempting to take a selfie. Not much is known about this super classy man and his plan gone wrong, but Rorn Sorn pleaded guilty in April to possession of a deadly firearm as a convicted felon and has finally sentenced on Monday,…