Subject: Daily Skimm: The cold never bothered me anyway
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:26:33 -0500 (EST)

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DECEMB=R 18, 2018

Skimm'd while writing our book

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Oh, piss off" – JK Rowling reacting to a tweet saying the most success=ul people start their day at 4am. Gonna side with her on this one.

THEY SEE ME TROLLIN'

The Story

Turns out, Russian interference in the 2016 US presid=ntial election is worse than =reviously thought.

I know this like the back of my hand but remind me.

Russia a=tacked the 2016 election by doing things like hacking into the DNC and=spreading divisive political messages on social media. US intel agencies h=ve already come out and said =he Kremlin is behind it all. Now we're learning more…

I'm all ears...

Yesterday, two reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee droppe=. They both show that Russia tapped social media companies to spread their=disinformation campaign. Think: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Goog=e+, Vine, Pinterest, Tumblr. The whole lot. They found lots of other thing=, specifically that Russia went after black voters to try to get them to b=ycott the election. The Russians did all of this to try to spread disinfor=ation and help President Trump get elected. Now, the NAACP is calling Face=ook out for allowing this – the org has returned a donation to the=platform and is calling for a=boycott.

Who is responsible for this?

The group behind all this – the Internet Rese=rch Agency (IRA) – is a troll farm owned by a close ally of Russia= President Vladimir Putin. Its efforts show support for Trump from the pri=aries all the way through his inauguration. Special counsel Robert Mueller= who's in charge of the Trump-Russia investigation, has already indicted 13 members of the IRA for el=ction interference. Speaking of…

Yes...?

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is set=to be sentenced today. He=pleaded guilty to lying a=out his contacts with Russia, as well as some Turkish lobbying work. Muell=r has recommended Flynn get n= jail time for the amount he's cooperated with the investigation. Mean=hile yesterday, two of Flynn's business associates were indicted for that Turkish lobbying work we m=ntioned.

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Over the last two years, you've been hearing over and=over again about how Russia meddled in the US election. The findings in th=se reports not only confirms that, but provide a bigger picture on exactly=how bad and widespread it was.

=strong>PS: GV (formerly Google Ventures) is a minority investor i= theSkimm.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you get off on the wrong foot with y=ur new co-worker...

Let's start over. Yesterday, Poland's president offic=ally scrapped a controver=ial part of a judicial law. Earlier this year, the gov tried to make some =dits to control the justice system. One example: it lowered the retirement=age for Supreme Court justices – meaning about two dozen of them h=d to pack up their desks. The EU's top court wasn't a fan, and said it vio=ates the courts' independence. Lawmakers took note and agreed to get rid o= the age requirement. Yesterday, the prez finally signed off on reinstatin= the judges – hours after the EU reminded him that this still wasn't okay. After months of t=nsion with the EU over this issue, it's starting to look like the Polish g=v is willing to cooperate and play nice.

What to say after another back-and-forth of 'let's ge= coffee soon' that never gets scheduled…

So...should we actually plan this? Yesterday, UK Prim= Minister Theresa May set a n=w date for UK Parliament to finally vote on Brexit. Mark your cals for=the week of Jan 14. That's less than 80 days before the UK is officially s=litting from the EU (yes, we did the math for you). But not everyone's fee=ing giddy about next month's vote. The leader of the Labour Party (aka the=main opposition) is calling for another no-confidence vote against May. To recap: last week, her Con=ervative Party called for a no-confidence vote against her, which she survived. Now the opposition =s calling for one. This latest one is more of a symbolic vote, since she w=uldn't be forced to resign<=a>. But this shows that lawmakers across the board are frustrated with May=and how she's handling the Brexit situation. TBD how next month's vote wil= go.

What people are talking about…

This new government report on homelessness. It says that the number of homeless=people in the US has gone up for a second year in a row. Especially in cit=es like New York and Seattle. The main reason: lack of affordable housing.=But the upside is that the homeless rate went down in places like Los Ange=es, in part because local officials have been taking action to fix the pro=lem.

Who people are talking about…

Les Moonves. The former CEO of CBS won't get his $120 million severance package= The network's board of directors says it's because he broke company polic=es and didn't cooperate with an investigation into sexual misconduct alleg=tions against him.

What to say when you hear Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) won't run for re-election in =020…

It would be the talk of the town if lawmakers weren't=preoccupied with trying to avoid a partial gov shutdown on Friday.

What to say to your friend who loves "The Big Lebowsk="…

Far out, man. But seriously. Scientists have found th= most distant object ever=discovered in our solar system. And they're calling it…drum roll p=ease…Farout.

SKIMM READS

2018's about to be shelved. But first...fill your she=f with all our favorite reads of the year. Good =or holiday travel and 2019 reading goals.

Spea=ing of 2019...here's a book to keep on your radar: How to Skimm Your Life. That's right. th=Skimm's coming out with a book. It'll be available this summer, but yo= can pre-order it today.

It w=ll help you live a smarter life. Actually. It gets into everything from ne=working, to investing your cash money, to picking the perfect bottle wine =t a restaurant, and much more. .

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