Bryan Michalek
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Bryan Michalek | August 30, 2017
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency reported this week that it had successfully shot down a missile in a defensive test in the Pacific. The USS John Paul Jones detected and tracked a missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, using an onboard radar before firing SM-6 missiles for the interception, USA Today reports. This test marks the second successful missile interception…
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Bryan Michalek | August 29, 2017
  A recent report from CareerBuilder.com reveals a stunning 78 percent of full-time American workers claim they live paycheck to paycheck, up from 75 percent last year. The report also found that 71 percent of all U.S. workers are now in debt, up from 68 percent last year. Of those Americans experiencing debt, 46 percent say claim it's manageable, while a whopping 56 percent say it's not.…
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Bryan Michalek | August 29, 2017
Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Budweiser, announced it will be halting beer production at its brewery in Cartersville, Georgia to send emergency drinking water to Hurricane Harvey victims.  The company will be sending more than 50,000 cans of drinking water to a Red Cross facility in Baton Rouge, where they will be distributed to people who've been affected by the massive storm. This…
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Bryan Michalek | August 28, 2017
A now-viral newsletter posted at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus made headlines for stating that veterans should be banned from four-year colleges and universities.  Initially reported by KKTV, the newsletter clearly states that military veterans should be banned from classes before drawing a comparison between military culture and white supremacist groups.  The newsletter…
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Bryan Michalek | August 28, 2017
According to a new NPR report, the state of Texas is becoming a haven for conservatives looking to flee their more liberal states.  The story chronicles the account of a man named Tim Stokes, who, although having only purchased his home in California just a little over a year ago, is planning on uprooting his family and moving to a more conservative part of the United States.  Stokes told NPR…
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Bryan Michalek | August 28, 2017
The U.S. Navy has announced that it has recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who were killed onboard the USS John S. McCain after a collision with a merchant vessel of the coasts of Singapore and Malaysia earlier this month.  "The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers have now recovered the remains of all 10 USS John S. McCain sailors," a statement on the Seventh Fleet's website read. The guided…
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Bryan Michalek | August 25, 2017
Since Emanuel Macron became the president of France, he has reportedly spent up to 26,000 euros, or about $30,000, on makeup services. Chronicled in the weekly French news magazine Le Point, the French leader reportedly spent the cash on a personal make-up artist who was "hired to beautify" him. In response to the reports of his makeup expenses, the president's 'Elysee Palace' told France Info…
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Bryan Michalek | August 25, 2017
ISIS has released a new propaganda video online featuring an alleged 10-year-old American boy, in which the child promotes the fight against the West and threatens President Trump by name. The child in the video identifies himself as Yousef and claims to be the son of a United States veteran who served during the Iraq War, claiming, "My father's an American soldier who fought the Mujahideen in…
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Bryan Michalek | August 24, 2017
According to this, Reuters quickly deleted a tweet calling Anti-Trump protesters "peace activists" after a slew of users pointed out the violence in Phoenix rally that took place this week.  The tweet also featured a crowd of people outside of a pro-Trump rally Tuesday. Reuters actually labeled anti-Trump protesters as "peace activists," which was a far cry from police reports of them throwing…
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Bryan Michalek | August 24, 2017
DC Comics recently announced that it would be creating a live-action version of the popular comic series "Teen Titans," giving die-hard fans plenty of reasons to jump for joy. But it looks like DC might be more concerned with appearing diverse than staying true to the series. In the show's most recent casting announcement, the character of Starfire -- originally an orange-skinned, green-eyed,…