Subject: Daily Skimm: Joey doesn't share food
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:29:57 -0500 (EST)

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DECEMB=R 12, 2018

Skimm'd with a good=view

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Small technical defect" – A town in Germany had its streets paved with=chocolate after a factory mishap. Willy, is that you?

I SENSE TENSION

The Story

Politicians not getting along in DC? Gasp.

Give it to me.

You know President Trump wants funding for a US-Mexic= border wall. So far, Congress hasn't been willing to play ball. But a dea=line to fund the government is approaching fast (think: next week). And yesterday, Trump said he'd g=adly let part of the gov shut down unless lawmakers approve $5 billion for=the wall.

Go on.

Trump got together in the Oval Office with House Mino=ity Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D=NY), where they argued on liv= TV about funding the wall. While VP Mike Pence sat there silently. Th= Dem leaders offered $1.3 billion for border security. Schumer later accus=d the president of throwing a "temper tantrum." And Pelosi said the wall i= a "manhood thing" for hi=. Quite the meeting.

What else?

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-=Y) said the Senate will vote on criminal justice reform this month. McConnell's been dragging his fe=t on this because lawmakers couldn't agree on the specifics. After some ed=ts, the bill is expected to pass. It'd be the biggest sentencing reform in=decades, with shorter prison sentences for some drug offenders and letting=some prisoners out early into halfway houses.

That it?

No. Yesterday, the Trump admin dropped a new proposal that would make it so tha= thousands of miles of streams and swampy areas are no longer federally pr=tected. Meaning they wouldn't necessarily be protected from pollution or t=ings like pesticides. The admin says it's just reversing an Obama-era rule=that treads on farmers' property. There's a 60-day public comment period n=w. And there could be lawsuits. So nothing is official yet.

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The midterms handed Dems control of the House while g=ving the GOP more seats in the Senate. Now politicians are scrambling to g=t things done before the change in power. And Trump's quarrel with top Dem= is just a preview of what a divided government might look like for the ne=t two years.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you co-workers shut down your idea..=

Thanks for the support. Earlier today, UK lawmakers t=iggered a no-confidence vot= against PM Theresa May. This comes days after Brexit hit a major road=lock when she delayed UK Parliament's vote on a potential Brexit deal. The=reason: the Magic 8 Ball said on whether she'd get enough support for the deal= Now lawmakers will vote on whether she can keep her job today. She needs = majority of them to give her the thumbs up. Otherwise, she'll be out as P=. She says she'll fight a no-confidence vote "with everything I've got." A=l this adds more uncertainty and chaos to an already-chaotic Brexit situat=on.

What people are talking about…

This for=er gynecologist at the University of Southern California. Earlier this=year, the Los Angeles Times found that he was allowed to work there for de=ades despite many sexual misconduct allegations. Since then, hundreds have=accused him of inappropriate behavior. Now, a new report says that police =ave also been looking into a collection of nude photos he kept in a storag= unit. This is believed to be the LAPD's largest sex-crimes investigation =ver. The doctor reportedly says he's innocent. In other men making headlin=s, Charlie Rose. CBS News set=led a lawsuit with three women who accused the former anchor of sexual=harassment. They also claimed the network was aware and didn't stop him. A=so, this former Baylor Univer=ity frat president. He was accused of raping a woman back in 2016 and =ook a plea deal. The judge on the case said he'll face a deferred probatio=, a $400 fine...and he won't need to register as a sex offender. This appa=ently wasn't the first time this judge gave men accused of raping female s=udents light plea deals. See: and this.

What people are watching…

Strasbou=g, France. Yesterday, a gunman opened fire in a Christmas market there= killing at least three people and injuring at least a dozen others. The s=spect – who was on a terror watch list – still hasn't been=found. This is being investigated as a possible terror attack. France has =aised its terror threat level to the maximum level.

What to say when you don't have a business card on ha=d…

Google me. Yesterday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced = whole bunch of search queries…from Congress. Lawmakers asked him =bout alleged political bias in Google's algorithms and at the company. As in, one Republican rep too= issue with Google's effort to get Latino voters to turn out in key states during the 2016 election.=Pichai repeatedly denied any political bias. And said the co has no plans =o make a censored search engine in China, at least for now. He also said the words "follow up" a lot= As in, he doesn't have an answer yet for senators' questions on everythin= from hate speech on YouTube<=a> to privacy issues to h=w non-Google-made iPhones=work. Damn Google, what happened to turning out results in fractions of a =econd?

<=>PS: GV (formerly Google Ventures) is a minority investor in th=Skimm.

What to say when you hear what Netflix thinks of "Gossip Girl"...

You know .

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THING TO KNOW

Hangx=ety

When a hangover makes you anxious. As if being hungov=r wasn't hard enough on its own.

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