As I was drafting this, Trump announced that he will be signing an executive order to keep families together. We have no real details how it will work, or if the children who have already been taken away will be reunited with their parents. There is also the issue that the order might end up being illegal as it will butt up against his zero-tolerance policy that calls for all migrants to be arrested if they cross illegally, because children can’t legally be kept in prisons.
I won’t even get into all the lies he told in his statements to the press this morning, like the fact that children had been separated from their parents under the previous administration (they weren’t — those were kids who came over here by themselves, or were taken from human smugglers) but suffice to say, he’s been forced to do this by GOP congress members who recognized they were on the losing side of this issue ahead of the midterms.
My worry is that there will be so much that happens between now and November that by Election Day we are going to forget how we felt this morning when we learned out country had set up baby jails so they could rip babies and toddlers away from their mothers. Never forget this. Never stop being outraged. Vote these fuckers out in November or they will be emboldened to do this again.
Keep watching, it’s a situation that is developing rapidly.
Nathan Fielder warns that the Emmys are very vulnerable to election hacking and gives a very detailed step-by-step instructions on how one might go about doing that, and suggests that if another show other than Nathan For You wins Outstanding Variety Sketch Series the FBI should do a thorough investigation.
Atlanta has been renewed for a third season because OF COURSE it has been renewed. And it also gives me a chance to yell at you to go watch the BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION if you haven’t already.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee will return on Netflix on July 6. Comedians will include: Jerry Lewis, Kate McKinnon, Ellen DeGeneres, Hasan Minhaj, Dana Carvey, Neil Brennan, Tracy Morgan, Brian Regan, Alec Baldwin, Zach Galifinakis, John Mulaney, and Dave Chappelle.
Inside North Korea will air on June 10 on NatGeo, two days before Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-Un.
The Staircase: Your new true crime obsession. Netflix
Alex Strangelove: A teenager questions his sexuality after meeting a charming gay kid in this original film. Netflix
Just Another Immigrant: Romesh Ranganathan moves to America with his family in this new comedic docuseries. 8 p.m., Showtime
SATURDAY
American Made: This is that weird movie starring Tom Cruise where he’s recruited by the CIA to run drugs or something? Anyway. 7 p.m., HBO
Big Hero 6: Series premiere. 8 a.m., Disney
The Crossing: ABC burns off the final two episodes. Series finale. 7 p.m., ABC
SUNDAY
Claws: The women struggle to remain hopeful under their new Russian regime. Season premiere. 8 p.m., TNT
The Tony Awards: Broadway stuff. 7 p.m., CBS
Fear the Walking Dead: Morgan tries to do the right thing in the mid-season finale. 8 p.m., AMC
Late Night:The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Penelope Cruz, David Koechner, Interpol Jimmy Kimmel Live (Friday): Billy Bob Thornton, Hannibal Buress, Aloe Blacc
