| Wednesday, June 27 GOTHAM PRIMARY SHOCK In a huge upset, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) — seen as a future leader of the Democrats — lost his seat to progressive political newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, in the 14th Congressional District. In Utah, Mitt Romney eased to victory in the GOP Senate primary, earning him a congratulatory tweet from President Donald Trump, who Mitt once described as ''a phoney, a fraud.” Over in Colorado, openly gay Rep. Jared Polis won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]TRUMP HAS 30 DAYS A federal judge ruled the Trump administration has 30 days to reunite migrant families split up by the administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy. [HuffPost]OKLAHOMA LEGALIZES MEDICAL WEED Deep-red Oklahoma becomes the 30th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. [HuffPost]MITCH SWITCH PAYS OFF Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gloated about cheating Merrick Garland out of a Supreme Court seat Tuesday, after the five conservative justices — including McConnell’s changeling Neil Gorsuch — handed allies a major win on abortion and upheld a version of Trump’s Islamophobic travel ban. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the travel ban dissent, saying the court had failed to safeguard the “fundamental principle” of religious liberty. [HuffPost]PYONGYANG PUSHES AHEAD North Korea is still upgrading the nuclear reactor it uses to fuel its nuclear arsenal, according to satellite images, despite Trump’s insistence that Pyongyang is no longer a threat. [The Guardian]MCMASTER AND HIS COMMANDER Trump’s heavy Twitter campaign paid off for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who won the Republican primary runoff Tuesday. [HuffPost]JEFF JOKES ABOUT CRYING KIDS Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a speech Tuesday in which he cracked a joke about separating immigrant parents from their children. Of course, the conservative crowd laughed and applauded. For context, here are immigrant parents weeping as they describe being ripped away from their children. [HuffPost] UNDERSTANDING HARVEY HuffPost’s latest Highline piece looks at the motivations of sexual predators such as Harvey Weinstein, showing that power alone fails to explain why they abuse. [HuffPost]BEEF CRISIS America’s beef addiction has led to shocking new deforestation figures, while efforts to combat the crisis have been described as “trying to put out a house fire with a teaspoon.” [HuffPost]FOX FARCE Fox News sent one of its top Washington reporters to the Red Hen restaurant in Virginia to report on… absolutely nothing. For two whole days. [Mediaite]JEALOUS JUBILANT Former NAACP President Ben Jealous, who enjoyed the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won the Democratic nomination for governor of Maryland, capping the best primary night for progressives this year. [HuffPost]‘COMPROMISE’ BILL COMEDY House Republicans will vote Wednesday on their “compromise” immigration bill, which is likely to gain even fewer votes than their bill that failed last week. [HuffPost]CHAO IN CONFRONTATION Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao fumed at protesters when they confronted her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), over tearing families apart at the border. [HuffPost] New York artist Jase Harley has spoken out about the plagiarism debate surrounding his song “American Pharaoh” and Childish Gambino’s megahit “This Is America.” Diego Maradona looked thoroughly… fueled... as he watched Argentina creep into the top 16 at the World Cup in Russia. ESPN’s “Body Issue” is featuring an openly gay couple for the first time. Facebook revealed the company has abandoned its plan to create drones that deliver internet connectivity. “Game of Thrones” star Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor, hated that Ed Sheeran cameo, too. A child fired a gun inside an Ikea in Indiana after a shopper’s handgun slipped into a couch, where it was found by the 6-year-old. Meghan Markle’s dad told TMZ that if the queen is willing to meet Trump, “she has no excuse not to meet me, I’m nowhere near as bad.” Actor Jeremy Irons has been cast by HBO in a leading role for the upcoming pilot for an adaptation of Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” graphic novel series. NPR looks at “Cadillac Frank,” “Ice Pick Willie,” and many of the other remarkable nicknames of America’s old-time mobsters. A police unsolved homicide unit in Sydney, Australia, is looking into the deaths of 27 men who they suspect were murdered because they were gay. The BBC visited a top-secret nuclear bunker in Europe’s most isolated country: Albania. The women in that distracted boyfriend meme appears in other stock photos — perpetually shocked. Director David Lynch is backpedaling on his Trump admiration, offering the clarification that Trump could be great, but not if he continues on his current course. A Japanese train operator has unveiled a new Hello Kitty-themed Shinkansen bullet train. And here’s what’s coming to Netflix next month.
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