Subject: Daily Skimm: And the peaches and the mangos
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:23:06 -0500 (EST)

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NOVEMB=R 14, 2018

Skimm'd while keeping our finances afloa=…

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"It was liberating" – A woman had a divorce party and blew up her weddi=g dress. Freedom never tasted so good.

THINGS WITH BIG UPDATES

Amazon

The Story

Amazon's HQ2 is saying 'homes sweet homes' to New York and Virginia.

Why two cities?

The company said it all came down to getting top tale=t. And a lot of it. Each site will host 25,000 employees with highly skill=d jobs (think: an average salary of around $150K). In return, Amazon gets =bout $2 billion in incentives=/a> from the two cities as a 'thank you' for the job creation. It's also a=ding a smaller Nashville =ub for things like operations and logistics.

What does it mean for both spots?

Depends on who you ask. The local govs in NY and VA a=e giving themselves high fives for landing the deal – which comes =ith $5 billion in investments from Amazon. But local residents are saying 'hmm, how is this not goin= to up our rent, push us out of our neighborhoods, and make traffic more o= a living hell?'

theSkimm

The search for Amazon HQ2 started out as a competitio= and opportunity for economic growth for cities around the country. Now mo=e than a year and 238 city bid= later, the world's largest online retailer has chosen its winners �=80� and pocketed info on major US cities' infrastructure and job market =n the process. Bezos strikes again.

Brexit

The Story

The UK and EU are one step closer to finalizing their divorce.

Fill me in.

Yesterday, after months and months of failed negotiat=ons, the UK and EU agreed on a draft deal. There aren't a ton of details y=t, but UK PM Theresa May is meeting with her cabinet today to give them th= pitch. What we know: the plan doesn't include a hard border between North=rn Ireland (part of the UK) and Ireland (part of the EU). This has been on= of the most complicated issu=s in the negotiating process because of a peace deal from the '90s tha= got rid of the border there.

theSkimm

Here's who still needs to give the plan the thumbs up= May's cabinet, UK parliament, European Parliament, and every EU country. =ut May's gov is divided on this, so it's unclear if she'll even get suppor= at home. And don't forget they're working on a time crunch – Brex=t officially goes into effect in March, with or without a deal in place. N= pressure.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you have back-to-back meetings all day.=.

Busy, busy. Yesterday, CNN sued President Trump and some of his top aides for s=spending reporter Jim Acosta's press pass for allegedly "placing his hands= on a White House intern. CNN says Trump and co violated Acosta's First an= Fifth Amendment rights. The White House says 'bring it.' Meanwhile, First=Lady Melania Trump is publicly calling for Mira Ricardel – deputy national security adviser =E2�� to get the boot. The beef has to do with who got to sit on the fi=st lady's plane during her Africa trip last month. If Ricardel gets fired,=she wouldn't be the only one on the chopping block. The president is expected to fire Sec of Homela=d Security Kirstjen Nielsen...and also push out WH Chief of Staff John Kel=y. Oh, and Maryland isn'= down with Trump's acting AG pick Matthew Whitaker. Drama? In DC? Groundbr=aking.

What people are worried about...

Hate crimes. Yesterday, the FBI dropped data that shows reported hate crimes in=the US went up last year for a third year in a row. Part of this could be =ecause more local and state law enforcement agencies are giving that kind =f info to the FBI. And the FBI is reportedly planning to train officers on=how to better identify and report these kinds of crimes. The report says t=at a majority of hate crimes committed were motivated by race or ethnicity=– of which nearly half of the victims were black. There was also a=spike in anti-Semitic attacks. Acting AG Matthew Whitaker said reducing vi=lent crimes is the DOJ's top priority and that hate crimes are violent cri=es as well as "despicable violations of our core values as Americans."

What to say when you hear there's a new Keurig pod machine for cocktails�=A6

Shaking things up. Just like Juul. The company is pulling most of its flavored =-cigarettes from stores and will shut down some of its social media accoun=s. This is to get on the FDA's good side, after the agency said earlier th=s year that e-cig use in teens had reached "an epidemic proportion." And gave some companies (cough,=Juul, cough) 60 days to prove they can keep e-cigs away from minors. Subtl=.

What to say when you're experiencing election withdra=al...

We don't=blame you.

What to say when you're already over the cold weather=E2��

April is=coming.

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THING TO KNOW

MMF

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