Subject: Daily Skimm: All's fair in love and basketball
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 06:37:39 -0400 (EDT)

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OCTOBE= 4, 2018

REA= IN BROWSER

Skimm'd while getting in on this movement

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"THIS IS A TEST" – The test alert cellphones all over the US received f=om the president yesterday. Because all-caps aren't just for Twitter.

TICK TOCK

The Story

Senators are reading the FBI report on Brett Kavanaug= any minute now.

Yes, I've been hearing about this. A lot.

Then you know the basics: CA professor Christine Blas=y Ford says Kavanaugh sexual =ssaulted her in the '80s. Kavanaugh denies the allegation. Last week, =oth Ford and Kavanaugh testif=ed in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee voted to =ove his confirmation process along. But first Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said =put the FBI on the case' =efore the full Senate votes.

So, what happened?

The FBI already did a background check on Kavanaugh t= clear him for the nom process. Now, it's updating its files. The new repo=t includes interviews wi=h people in Ford and Kavanaugh's lives from back in the day who may have m=re info on what happened (think: "PJ" and "Squi"). The FBI also interviewe= Deborah Ramirez – the second woman to come forward with a sexual =isconduct allegation against Kavanaugh.

Who wasn't interviewed?

Ford, Kavanaugh, and apparently more than 40 others.

So what kind of investigation is this then?

Not a criminal one. The report includes summaries of =he bureau's interviews. There's no conclusion on whether it thinks the all=gations are accurate.

Where's the report?

The White House already looked at it and said 'no problems here.' Lawmakers pla= to start reading it early to=ay. Just one copy will be available and the two parties will take turn= in alternating one-hour shifts.

Then what?

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wants to put a=vote on the books ASAP. He set the stage for a procedural vote tomorrow, and for a possible full Sen=te vote on the confirmation the next day.

How's that expected to go?

Unclear. If all Dems vote 'nay,' then Kavanaugh can o=ly afford to lose one Republican vote. Here's who to watch out for.

theSkimm

The White House has made it clear that it's unfazed b= the report. The future of the Supreme Court is in the hands of 100 men an= women elected to the Senate. So yes, your vote matters.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say after a breakup...

Everything you own in the box to the left. The US is =aying 'same' to Iran. Bac= in the '50s, the US helped launch a coup to set up a US-friendly gov in I=an. It worked. And the two govs were so close, they signed a friendship tr=aty. Fast forward past a few =ey hurdles (think: a revolution, regime change, hostage crisis, nuclea= threat, and sanctions) and that friendship is long gone. This year, the T=ump admin dropped out of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal and brought back =anctions. Iran said 'friendship pact: violated.' Yesterday, the UN's top c=urt agreed, ordering the Trump admin to lift some of the sanctions set to =o into effect next month. That's when the US said 'eff that' and ended the=treaty, saying its friendship with Iran "was already over, it's still over=" The move doesn't really change anything since Iran and the US haven't ha= diplomatic ties for decades. But the US wasn't done. It also had words fo= the UN's top court, calling it "politicized" and dropping out of another UN protocol it said wasn'= doing the US any favors. Ouch.

What people are talking about...

Temporary protected status (TPS.) Yesterday, a federa= judge in San Francisco block=d the Trump admin from going forward with ending protections for immig=ants coming from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti, and Nicaragua – affect=ng over 300,000 people. TPS allowed immigrants from these countries to sta= and work legally in the US, after they faced war or national disasters. T=e Trump administration has been moving to end these protections. Now, it l=oks like immigrants from these countries may be able to stay protected in =he US.

What to say to your friend wearing pink this month�=80�

Australia's also got women's health on the brain. A n=w study says that Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer. Fo= more than ten years, Australia's had a national program to give girls fre= HPV vaccines. Boys have since joined the program. Now, researchers say th= country down under is on track to basically eliminate the cancer by 2028.=/p>

What to say when your friend and their SO get a dog..=

Taking your relationship to the next level – =ust like Honda and General Mo=ors.

What to say when you remember that 'ohana' means family...

Take me back to my childhood...and bring Aslan.

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