Lianne Hikind
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Lianne Hikind | July 5, 2017
A U.S. congressman received criticism from the Auswuitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum among others after he decided to go inside a Nazi-era gas chamber and film his thoughts. While Rep. Clay Higgins (R- La.) was visiting the infamous Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, he filmed himself walking around and talking about how affected he felt saying,“It's hard to walk away from the gas chambers and…
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Lianne Hikind | July 3, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, known better in many circles as “Fauxcahontas," has received a very thoughtful birthday gift by her Massachusetts challenger: a DNA test. In a hilarious gesture, Shiva Ayyadurai, a Republican running for Warren's senate seat, sent Ms. Warren a 23andme DNA test kit as a birthday present. Fox News reported on Monday that Ayyadurai had tweeted about sending the Massachusetts…
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Lianne Hikind | July 3, 2017
In what may just be a case of really bad optics, New Jersey Governor and former 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie was caught over the weekend lounging with his family on a beach that was closed to the public. Christie was taking in rays on the sand in front of the governor's beach house on Island Beach State Park, and it certainly wasn't the most appealing picture in the…
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Lianne Hikind | June 30, 2017
So far, three states have rejected calls from President Trump's commission on election integrity to turn over their complete voter roll data. The commission requested voters' names, birthdays, the last four digits of their social security numbers, as well as voting history back to 2006, from all 50 states. Elected officials in California, Kentucky and Virginia all stated they have no intention…
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Lianne Hikind | June 28, 2017
Health care has become an increasingly hot-button topic, and the "Better Care Reconciliation Act" has been receiving some major pushback from voters and politicians alike. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would delay a vote on the bill until after July 4. A growing number of Republican senators have distanced themselves from this bill, including…
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Lianne Hikind | June 28, 2017
It started out as a "Fight for 15," but McDonald’s employees may not be lovin' it when their company's new policy kicks in. The popular fast food chain has announced that it will now replace its front counter employees with kiosks -- and that may just be the beginning. According to the Tribunist, there will soon be limited interaction between front-of-house employees and customers. Tim Kae of…
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Lianne Hikind | June 26, 2017
The University of Florida, a publicly funded school, has to use risk assessments to help plan student events, because apparently adults can't be trusted to behave themselves on their own. The assessment is part of a process students must go through in order to obtain a permit to host an event on campus. In addition to any possible "physical" or school "reputation" concerns, the form, sent to…
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Lianne Hikind | June 23, 2017
  On Friday, President Trump took steps towards fulfilling one of his most significant campaign promises: to take care of the nation's veterans. Trump signed into law the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act (S.1094), which makes it easier to fire bad employees and increases whistleblower protection within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The…
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Lianne Hikind | June 22, 2017
Israeli airline El Al has been ordered to pay a settlement to a Holocaust survivor who was asked to change her seat by a flight attendant back in 2015. Renee Rabinowitz sued the airline when she was asked to move her seat on a 2015 El Al flight because she'd been seated next to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, who refused to sit next to a woman. Rabinowitz complied with the request at the time, but…
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Lianne Hikind | June 22, 2017
John Oliver, everyone's favorite liberal transplant from the UK, may be facing some legal trouble. In an effort to make a point about coal mining, the host of Last Week Tonight called out Robert Murray, a top coal mining executive, in a video on June 18, saying he looked like “Mr. Evil."  Now, the Murray Energy Corporation chief executive has filed a lawsuit accusing Oliver of carrying out a "…