Reddit Penalizes Trump Supporters, Democratic Debate Round #1, Kim Kardashian's Kimono Chaos

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Topline: Healthcare features prominently in the first Democratic primary debate; Reddit slaps penalties on its biggest pro-Trump community; Twitter hits back at Kim Kardashian's new "Kimono" shapewear line.

The Twitterverse is being none too kind to Kim Kardashian, pillorying her for the name of her new shapewear line—Kimono—as culturally insensitive. The hashtag around the event? #KimOhNo.

A different sort of outrage is brewing on Reddit. The social network took the unusual step of “quarantining” a pro-Trump Reddit group, a decision that effectively reduces how visible it is on the site.

America is detaining a record number of migrant children, and that’s benefiting Comprehensive Health Services. The Homestead, Florida company that is the nation’s only for-profit operator of youth migrant shelters, and the number of unaccompanied migrant children at its largest facility has ballooned by 81% since February.

Apple is buying a failing self-driving car startup, Drive.ai. Once valued at $200 million, Drive.ai was reportedly close to shutting down.

By all appearances, Amazon Go, the e-retailer’s cashier-less convenience store chain, is a success in New York. If it can succeed there, it can succeed almost anywhere.

A little-noticed government report has nothing good to say about the future health of the U.S. economy. A new study from the Congressional Budget Office concludes that one important measure of government indebtedness will soar to historic levels by 2049. 

“The money is not the factor,” says Gary Tharaldson, the first billionaire in North Dakota. “I work because I love what I do.” It’s been 37 years since he bought his first Super 8 motel, and his hotel empire is worth an estimated $1 billion. A number he disputes. “I would say it’s very conservative,” he says. “Obviously we wouldn’t sell for that.”

Volkswagen hopes a record-fast electric race car will help change the conversation about the company, which is still besieged by its diesel scandal.

Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro dominated the discussion at last night's NBC Democratic debate but health insurance proved the real test for the 10 candidates. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Senator Elizabeth Warren broke ranks from the field to back the idea of scrapping private health insurance.

Barrell Craft Spirits creates some of America's best whiskeys without ever distilling a drop. Now bad-boy bottler Joe Beatrice is taking a shot at becoming more than a cult blender.

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