| No Images? Click here  Friday, June 22MILITARY TO HOUSE MIGRANTS Some 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children are reportedly to be sheltered on U.S. military bases, according to a Pentagon official, following a request from the Department of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, experts say the process to reunite detained children with their families is in “total chaos.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]NO JACKET REQUIRED Is it a protest, a cry for help, an expression of sincerity, or an strategy to distract the media? Apart from Argentina’s World Cup defeat to Croatia, first lady Melania Trump’s “I really don’t care” coat was the the most baffling event of Thursday evening. President Donald Trump responded to the brouhaha, undercutting the statement put out earlier by his wife’s spokeswoman, while Twitter feasted on its actual meaning. New York illustrator Justin Teodoro probably offered the best response via Instagram. [HuffPost]LOCKED UP INDEFINITELY The Trump administration has filed an emergency motion in court so it can lock up migrant children indefinitely — along with their parents. Earlier, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the Christian Broadcasting Network that it’s “painful” to hear religious leaders condemn the policy of child separation he oversaw. [HuffPost]REBOOT THE REBOOT ABC announced a “Roseanne” spinoff — without Roseanne, whose racist Twitter flap a few weeks back got the original reboot canceled. According to the network, the “spinoff will continue to portray contemporary issues.” Online misinformation might be a good place to start… [HuffPost]EU HITS BACK The European Union has retaliated against Trump’s tariffs by slapping a tax on $3.2 billion of U.S. goods specifically designed to impact Trump’s stronghold states. [The New York Times]HOUSE OF PAIN The House Thursday rejected a conservative immigration bill, with a second, less hard-line bill also expected to fail in the coming days. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was quick to blame Democrats for the defeat, claiming they care more about open borders than migrant children. [HuffPost] TRUMP TARGETS MERKEL Trump and a network of his ideological allies are behind a push to unseat German Chancellor Angela Merkel — punishment for the more than 1 million refugees she welcomed into Europe. They “ultimately want to prove that compassion toward immigrants is now political suicide in the West,” our report reveals. [HuffPost]‘WOMP WOMP’ DROPPED Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was axed by his speakers bureau after mocking a 10-year-old with Down syndrome with a now-infamous “womp womp.” Of course, Lewandowski was not dropped by CNN, who had him back on the network Thursday so he could refuse to apologize. [HuffPost]LASER WAR A U.S. military officials has warned that lasers are being used against American aircraft in the Pacific, with 20 incidents recorded since September. China is suspected to be behind the alleged attacks. [CNN]KRAUTHAMMER DEAD Fox News pundit and Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer has died, aged 68. [HuffPost]GOOGLE BOYCOTT A group of influential engineers at Google earlier this year refused to work on a cutting-edge security tool that would allow the company to compete for military contracts. [Bloomberg]FACEBOOK FOLLY Facebook’s new political ad policy is creating headaches for small businesses, news publishers, and other advertisers. [The New York Times]
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