The Daily Populous

Friday June 22nd, 2018 morning edition

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First lady Melania Trump wore a green military jacket that says, "I really don't care, do u?"

on her surprise visit to Texas to visit immigrant children on Thursday.

The jacket worn by the first lady is made by Zara and is worth $39, according to the Daily Mail.

Trump's visit to McAllen, Texas came amid the firestorm over President Donald Trump's family-separation policy that saw children taken from their parents. »

AT&T Successfully Derails California's Tough New Net Neutrality Law

Authored by techdirt.com

In the wake of the FCC's ham-fisted net neutrality repeal, more than half the states in the country are now exploring their own, state-level net neutrality protections.

In the early days of net neutrality, ISPs like AT&T engaged in more ham-fisted and non-transparent abuse of their broadband monopolies.

Net neutrality formally died on June 11, the company's latest megamerger was approved thanks to a comically narrow understanding of the markets by a Federal Judge, and it managed to scuttle state-level net neutrality in California, purportedly a stronghold for net neutrality activism. »

South Korean court outlaws killing dogs for their meat

Authored by nypost.com
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A South Korean court ruled for the first time that it’s illegal to kill dogs for their meat, a decision that activists hope will pave the way to making the controversial practice illegal, reports said.

“It is very significant in that it is the first court decision that killing dogs for dog meat is illegal itself,” according to Kim Kyung-eun, a lawyer with the animal rights organization Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth.

Roughly 70 percent of South Koreans don’t eat dog meat, but only 40 percent of them believe it should be banned. »