Subject: Daily Skimm: Why are you wearing pajamas, do you live here?
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:25:58 -0500 (EST)

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DECEMB=R 13, 2018

Skimm'd while watching Reese Witherspoon=s new show…

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"We don't think we're doing anything wrong here" �=80� A spice maker called Ne= Bae is getting sued by Old Bay for trademark infringement. Does Salt =ae know about this?

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PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Theresa May

The Story

UK's Prime Minister Theresa May can keep her job after all.

Explain.

Pretty much everyone has been giving her sh*t about B=exit – the UK's plan to leave the EU thanks to a 2016 vote. But le=ving the EU is easier said than done. The main problem: Northern Ireland (=art of the UK). No one can figure out how to avoid creating a physical bor=er between it and Ireland (part of the EU). Important, because having chec=points between the two led to in the past. May's proposed deal hits snooze on that issue, and keeps the UK i= the EU's customs union (hint: trade arrangement) until they can figure it=out.

What's up with May's job security?

Earlier this week, lawmakers were supposed to vote on=May's plan. But people on all sides of the Brexit debate were against it. =nd it was clear it was going to fail, so she pushed it off. Then dozens of=members of her Conservative Party asked for a vote on whether to kick her =ut. Cold. Yesterday, they voted. And she won the majority she needed to ke=p her job. So now she's going back to trying to figure how to pass her Bre=it deal. But to get members of her party off her case, she implied she wou=d step down before the ne=t election, in 2022.

theSkimm

May came into office to oversee a difficult divorce p=ocess with the EU. But the UK is divided on what that new arrangement shou=d look like. And this no-confidence vote proves that. Yesterday's win buys=her a little time to figure it all out. But Brexit day is coming in March =hether anyone likes it or not.

Michael Cohen

The Story

President Trump's former lawyer-slash-fixer is heading to prison. For three y=ars.

Explain.

Michael Cohen used to be one of the people closest to=Trump. He once went full Bruno Mars and said he'd "take a bullet" for him.=But then investigators started looking into Cohen's bank and tax fraud crimes. As well as hush-money payments he made to two w=men back in 2016 to keep them from coming forward about alleged affairs wi=h Trump. Fun fact: this violated campaign finance laws. He said he made th= payments at the direction of Trump, to help him get elected. Prosecutors =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15397444.2735392/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJFcURXdmg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba9c3c9f8" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">concur. Trump doesn't. And=the company that helped facilitate one of the payments (hi, National Enquirer's parent co) is now co=perating with prosecutors. But that's not all...

Go on...

He'll also be serving time for lying to Congress about an idea that was floated=around during the 2016 election to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. The lie:=he said convos about this stopped in Jan '16, but they went on through at =east June of that year – well into the presidential campaign. He'l= turn himself in in March to serve three years in prison, then three years=of supervised release.

theSkimm

Cohen cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller'= Trump-Russia investigation, most likely to try to get less prison time. B=t the judge said he committed a "smorgasbord" of crimes and still put him =way for years. TBD if this sways other people from cooperating in the futu=e. Or if Mueller has enough info to drop his report soon.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What you'll be hearing about…

Brazil's first major #MeToo scandal. More than 200 people have accused a famous=spiritual healer of sexual abuse. Since 1976, João Teixeira de Faria =E2�� aka John of God – has been doing healing ceremonies...and=surgeries (think: incisions, scraping people's eyes). He's worked with cel=bs, politicians, and even got Oprah's attention. Each year, thousands of p=ople visit him. Over the weekend, several women went public with allegatio=s of sexual abuse against him. Prosecutors now say they've gotten more tha= 200 allegations. Some of the potential crimes reportedly go back more tha= 10 years, and include accusations of rape. De Faria denies the claims. In=other news about scandals, Po=e Francis has removed two cardinals from his group of advisers. One fr=m Australia (who was apparently just convicted) and the other from Chile – both tied to alle=ed sex scandals.

What to say when you agree to move in with your SO�=A6

Let's shake on it. Yesterday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA= announced she struck a deal<=a> with a group of Dems who had promised to vote against her in next month=s House speaker election. The fine print: she will limit herself to four m=re years on the job. And back a proposal that will bring term limits to th= party's top leaders. This pretty much guarantees she'll win the election.=You gotta do what you gotta do.

What to say when it's that time of the month…

Keep this in mind. Some Kotex tampons are being recalled after reports that the= were unraveling and coming apart inside people's bodies. And some custome=s had to see a doc to get the pieces out. Yeah, we're cringing too. Now th= manufacturer is saying 'beware.'

What to say when you hear Marie Kondo is coming to Netflix…

Can't wait. We also can't wait for the SAG Awards to start nominating women of =olor for their work. Still waiting...

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What to say when you hear Apple is going to build a new campus in Austin, TX�=A6

I work b=st on sleep.

What to say when you hear about Big Bird Energy...

Well tha='s new.

THING TO KNOW

Moonroof

The sunroof's shadier cousin. It's a sliding panel th=t lets light and air into your car, but (unlike a sunroof) it's tinted gla=s. PS: the Buick TourX has a panoramic (jumbo size) moonroof and other goo= stuff for your next road trip. Check it out here=/a>.

SKIMM PICKS

For when you're first in line at the buffet�=A6

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