Subject: Daily Skimm: Baby, I'm not always there when you call
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:36:59 -0400 (EDT)

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Officers, I swear it wasn't me" – David Schwimmer has a dopplegäng=r in England who stole from a restaurant. That's what happens when your jo='s a joke, you're broke...

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ON HOME TURF

The Story

Yesterday, the political divide in the country took a=turn for the much worse.

Give me the details.

Earlier this week, a suspicious package was sent to billionaire and major libera= donor George Soros's NY home. Yesterday, we learned he wasn't the only on=. They were also sent to former President Obama, former Sec of State Hilla=y Clinton, former AG Eric Holder, and the CNN building in NYC (to former C=A Director John Brennan, who's a frequent guest on the channel). All were =ent with a return address from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) �=93 the former chairwoman of the DNC. Authorities say the packages all seem=to have been pipe bombs. And the FBI said two similar packages addressed t= Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) had also been intercepted.

Well that's terrifying.

Yup. Luckily authorities were able to intercept the b=mbs before they reached everyone. So no one got hurt. They think the bombs=appear to be from the same person or people, and warned that there could b= more out there.

Is this about the midterms?

Unclear. But it adds to an already tense election sea=on. Many of the people targeted are leading Democrats who have criticized =resident Trump in the past...and vice versa.

What has he said about all this?

He said all of this is "despicable." And that "we have to unify" and send a mess=ge that these types of threats aren't OK. He also said there's a "major fe=eral investigation" to find whoever's behind this and hold them accountabl=.

What are other people saying?

Democrati= leaders are saying Trump has to stop condoning violence, and his "wor=s and actions" have divided the country. GOP leaders are condemning the attacks. NYC's mayor called t=is an "act of terror."

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The political divide in America is reaching a tipping=point. But violence is not and will never be the answer.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you hear Apple and Samsung slow down their phones...

You know what's also slowing down? The stock market. Yesterday, the Dow fell mor= than 600 points and hit 'delete' on all of its gains for this year. Nasda= had its worst daily drop since 2011. And the S&P 500 also had a bad d=y. Speaking of things on investors' minds, New York's attorney general sue= Exxon Mobil for allegedly=lying to its own investors. Specifically about how climate change regulati=ns would affect its business. The lawsuit's based on a three-year investig=tion into the company. Exxon Mobil calls the allegations "baseless."

What people are talking about…

Georgia. There's a law in the state that lets election officials reject an absen=ee ballot if they think signatures don't match their records. This got a l=t of attention last week when the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Republican =ec of State Brian Kemp – who's running for governor of GA against =em Stacey Abrams. The ACLU says state officials aren't trained to analyze =andwriting, and people should be notified first and given an opportunity t= fix things before their ballot is rejected. State officials reportedly ar=ue that they should be allowed to decide how to handle absentee ballots be=ause absentee voting isn't a federal constitutional right. Yesterday, a ju=ge sided with the ACLU. Now, both sides have until noon today to respond.<=p>

What to say when you hear someone has the flu…

Take this. Yesterday, the FDA gave the thumbs up to a=new flu drug for the first=time in almost two decades. Last season, about 80,000 Americans died of th= flu – the highest number of flu deaths in at least 40 years. So t=e FDA is taking some measures to keep people safe. This new drug is a pill=that anyone over 12 years old can take to reduce symptoms after just one d=se. Crazy.

What to say to your friend who's watching the World Series...

More sports news for you. Yesterday, we learned there=s a lot of sketchy practices around recruiting people into college basketball programs. Pause for fak= shock. An Adidas exec and two other college basketball insiders were conv=cted in a corruption case. They'll be sentenced next year.

What to say when someone asks if you're happy at work...=/h3>

I would be if they paid me more. A recent report says there's only one job where=women get paid more than men in the US: wholesale or retail buyers. And wh=n it comes to fields like finance, women make around $40,000 less than men= Do better, world.

NO EXCUSES

You look into a hotel before booking it. So why not l=ok into who represents you in the gov? Know who's on your ballot before going to the polls.

And =eah...politics isn't for everyone. But voting isn't just about politics. I='s about your rights. Our Shondaland friends from "Grey's" and "HTGAWM" say it best.

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