Subject: Daily Skimm: Crazy little thing called love
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:21:52 -0500 (EST)

<=>Skimm'd while learning how you really feel about the midterms =/i>

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NOVEMB=R 16, 2018

Skimm'd while learning how you really feel about the midterms

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"We never expected to pass it" – A senior Pentagon official on failing =ts first big audit. Always good to keep expectations at zero.

CRISIS COMMS

The Story

There might finally be justice for the killing of Sau=i dissident Jamal Khashoggi. But probably not.

Argh, why?

Well, you know the deal: last month, Khashoggi visite= the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never came out. All evidence points t= him being killed and dismembered by a team of Saudi agents. Turkey has im=lied this thing goes all the way to the top (hint: that Crown Prince Moham=ed bin Salman ordered it). For a while, the Saudi gov said 'we weren't inv=lved at all.' Then it said 'ok maybe we were.' Now it's saying 'ok we defi=itely were, but it's not bin =alman's fault.' Yesterday, the gov said it's indicted 11 people, and i= seeking the death penalty for five.

So...justice?

Sure. If you believe bin Salman actually had nothing =o do with it – which many people, including US lawmakers –=do not. Yesterday, a bipartis=n group of senators threatened to stop arms sales to the country. And =he State Dept issued sanctions on 17 Saudi officials it says were involved= Some say this is the admin's way of doing something, without doing 'somet=ing.'

But why not do 'something'?

Because the Trump admin is cozy with the Saudi crown =rince. It also has a $110 billion arms sale with the country that Presiden= Trump has said he doesn't wa=t to cancel. They also share the same enemy: Iran.

theSkimm

A lot of the countries we're talking about don't have=great human rights records, especially when it comes to cracking down on j=urnalists or dissidents (see: and this). But t=is time, Saudi Arabia's been accused of killing and dismembering a well-kn=wn journalist in its own consulate and covering it up. Not exactly somethi=g the int'l community can just look past.

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REPEAT AFTER ME...

What people are watching...

The fires in California. Yesterday, the death toll in=the Camp Fire in Northern=CA rose to 63, bringing the statewide total to 66. And 631 people are stil= missing. This is the deadliest fire California has ever seen. Over 9,700 =omes have burned and thousands of people are displaced. A norovirus outbreak has hit one of the shel=ers. The air quality in the Bay area is so bad that authorities are asking people to stay inside wit= the windows closed. Here's h=w you can help.

What to say when you hear the Mark Zuckerberg/Tim Cook beef is officially on...

Here's another status update. Yesterday, Facebook ann=unced it had removed more tha= 1.5 billion fake accounts in the span of six months. Plus a bunch of =ther posts and content that had to do with hate speech, terrorist propagan=a, and child exploitation. This is part of Facebook's effort at more trans=arency – one of many issues Facebook's been struggling with. Speaking of, this announcement =ame out a day after a report<=a> that says instead of dealing with its ongoing crisis like adults, Faceb=ok execs hired a Republican opposition research firm that went after criti=s, hard. Meanwhile, they apparently ignored the warning signs of Russian i=terference in the 2016 election. Zuck that.

What to say when your co-worker betrays you...

Cutting ties. Beyoncé bought out her Ivy Park business partner after he wa= accused of racism and sexual harassment. And he's not the only one dealin= with accusations. Seven women are suing Dartmouth over allegations that the school allowed sexual a=sault and harassment by professors to go on – in some cases for ye=rs. The professors either retired or resigned this summer, before Dartmout= got a chance to finish firing them.

What to say when you're wondering what happened in the F=orida recount...

Patience. The Senate race is still too tight, so some ballots now have to be co=nted by hand. And Andrew Gillum (D) still isn't conceding the governor's race against Ron DeSantis (=) until every vote's been counted.

What to say when you hear the FDA wants to ban menthol cigarettes…

While you're at it, ban this too.

What to say when people are still commenting on women's =lothes...

O(casio)=er it.

THING TO KNOW

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SKIMM READS

"Heads of=the Colored People" by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

This collection of stories touches on different aspec=s of black identity and culture. Some will make you laugh (see: moms excha=ging notes through their kids' backpacks) some will make you cry (see: gun=violence in America). All will keep you glued to your seat over Thanksgivi=g. Get it here.

=strong>PS: Want more reads? He=e you go.

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