Subject: Daily Skimm: You got it, dude
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 06:24:44 -0400 (EDT)

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OCTOBE= 23, 2018

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Skimm'd with Alex Karev

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Beautiful Ted" – President Trump's new nickname for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-T=). Lyin' Ted is sooo 2016.

BORDERLINE

The Story

President Trump has been putting on the pressure to stop a migrant caravan from=coming to the US-Mexico border. It's not working.

Details, please.

For years, thousands of Central American migrants hav= been fleeing their homes because of things like poverty and violence. Ear=ier this year, a caravan of hundreds of migrants made the trek up north, w=th more than one hundred of them reaching the US-Mexico border to try to claim asylum.

Tell me about the new group.

Last week, more than one thousand Honduran migrants s=arted making their way to the border through Guatemala into Mexico. Trump =hreatened to cut off aid =o Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador if they didn't stop them along the =ay. And said he'd "call up" the military and close the US-Mexico border. It took more than a week fo= the group to get to Mexico. The gov there said migrants would need to sho= passports and visas, or apply for refugee status at the Guatemala-Mexico =order. Instead, many of them crossed over illegally.

What's the latest?

Well, the caravan has grown to more than 7,000 people. Mexico said local author=ties are reportedly helping migrants with asylum apps, food, and medical t=eatment. Trump claimed that "=riminals and unknown Middle Easterners" are part of the caravan, and c=lled all this a "national emergency." The migrants still have more than 1,=00 miles to go.

What happens if they reach the US border?

Unclear. Typically, they could try to claim asylum =E2�� which would give them protection in the US. But Trump has said th= US would turn away people<=a> who haven't applied for asylum in Mexico first. He could also lay down =he law with a new family sepa=ation policy.

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Caravans like these are typically organized because t=ere's safety in numbers on what can be a very dangerous journey. But it le=ves Mexico and the US in a tight spot for what to do if thousands of migra=ts show up at their borders. And it's putting immigration front and center=two weeks before midterms.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What people are still talking about…

Saudi Arabia. Today, "Davos in the Desert" kicks off. It's usually a chance for=the country to put itself in the cash money spotlight. Not this year. The =eath of Jamal Khashoggi h=s overshadowed the event and caused a lot of businesses to pull out. Yesterday, the conference's website got hacked and replac=d with a message calling for Saudi officials to be held responsible for ki=ling the Saudi journalist, before it got shut down. And some footage came out of Khashoggi's "body d=uble" walking out of the Istanbul consulate where he was killed – =n an apparent attempt to cover up his disappearance. Today, Turkish Presid=nt Erdogan said Khashoggi's murder was planned, which contradicts Saudi Arabia's claim that he was strangled to death after a =ight broke out. The Trump admin has been hesitant to call Saudi Arabia out= because of economic reasons<=a> (think: arms sales). So TBD if it listens to what Erdogan has to say.

What to say when your SO moves across the country�=A6

How will we connect? This week, the longest sea bridge ever built is set to ope=. It'll connect Hong Kong and Macau to China – and apparently cut =own travel time from three hours to 30 minutes. But it comes with a lot of=controversy. Like the fact that the water around it is home to an endanger=d species. And that Hong Kong spent a lot of money on this when it's alrea=y dealing with a housing crisis. And that this could help China tighten it= grip on the semi-autonomous region. That shorter commute tho...

=/a>

What to say when you lose your sunglasses…

Another one bites the dust. Yesterday, Oculus co-foun=er Brendan Iribe announced he's leaving Facebook (the Book acquired Oculus in 2014). So...Iribe's ou=. And Instagram co-founde=s are out. And WhatsApp c=-founders are out. All within a little more than a year. Seems like Facebo=k is having a bit of a retention problem. Next up on Mark Zuckerberg's Kin=le: 'How to Make Friends and Not Influence Elections.'

What to say when you hear the World Series starts today...

The only sports story we're talking about is Rae Carruth.

What to say when your friend says she's expecting�=A6

I'm a (train)wreck for Amy Schumer.

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NO EXCUSES

We're all masters of making excuses. But take the day=off from making them November 6th, because it's time to vote. Let's tackle=a couple we've heard...

Excuse #1: My vote doesn't matter.

Fals=. Justin Chambers (aka Alex Karev) from Shondaland is here to explain why.

Excuse #2: I don't know who's on my ballot.

Say =ye to that one, because we made you a ballot cheat sheet with your state info and key races.

Excuse #3: I ran out of excuses.

Good= Get to the polls November 6t=.

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