Subject: Daily Skimm: Don't everybody thank me at once
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Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 06:41:22 -0500 (EST)

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JANUAR= 9, 2019

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"He is survived by none" – George, the last living tree snail of its ki=d, died. He'll be missed…by the people reading this.

LIVE FROM THE OVAL

The Story

Last night, President Trump took over your small screens for a little chat. And=to make the case for his border wall.

What did he say?

That there is a "growing humanitarian and security cr=sis" on the US-Mexico border. That tens of thousands of undocumented child=en were smuggled into the country last month. That this is putting a strai= on public resources and hurting jobs and wages – especially for b=ack and Hispanic Americans. That women and kids making the trek are the bi=gest victims here. That he's determined to end this "cycle of human suffer=ng" and protect the country. That Democrats have supported a physical barr=er in the past. And that it's now their fault the government is shut down =ver this.

Fact-check the main claims for me.

What's true…that a large num=er of women are estimated=to have been sexually assaulted on their trek to the border. Also, that so=e Dems supported a physical barrier in the past. But heads up: that was fo= several hundred miles of fen=ing along the border, not a wall.

What isn't true…that even though Trump's asking for Co=gress to set aside funding for the wall, Mexico would basically be paying for it with the new US-Mex=co-Canada trade deal. If the deal is passed and it brings the US more mone=, Congress would still need to set aside the cash for the wall.

What needs more context...Trump said that 90% of heroin comes =hrough the US-Mexico border. It's true that a majority of heroin comes thr=ugh the southern border. But it mostly comes from legal points of entry, so it's unclear how it woul= be affected by a border wall.

So, what did the Dems have to say?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that Trump is =holding the American people hostage" with this shutdown and "manufacturing=a crisis." She and Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Dem= and the prez both want borde= security. But they called a wall "ineffective," "expensive," and "unn=cessary." As Schumer put it, the "symbol of America should be the Statue o= Liberty, not a 30-foot wall."

What happens next?

Trump says that he invited the Dems to the White Hous= to talk through this today and come to an agreement. TBD what happens.And in the meantime?

About 420,000 federal employees are working without p=y. And 380,000 are on unpaid leave. If the shutdown keeps going like this,=the admin and Congress are trying to make sure there's no impact on food stamps and tax refunds.

theSkimm

Yesterday was Trump's first formal address from the O=al Office. Neither he nor Dems said anything particularly new or seemed wi=ling to compromise. But now that they've made their cases directly to the =merican public, eyes are on whether it helps move shutdown talks along.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you're putting up a new frame…<=h3>

Higher. Higher. Higher. Yesterday, a report came out =hat says that the US's carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 had the biggest increase in eight years. You=probably already know that countries aren't doing enough to slow down climate change. And that the U= has gotten heat (literally) for exiting the Paris climate agreement as on= of the world's biggest carbon=polluters. This new report says that carbon emissions in the US are on=the rise again after three years of declining. And that the drastic increa=e in 2018 was thanks to things like higher oil and gas use during a cold w=nter, and the country's lack of strategy for not reducing emissions. It's =ot all bad news though. We also learned yesterday that the cancer death rate in the US is on the dec=ine, and has been dropping for at least the last 25 years. Oh and here's a=fun fact for your next group dinner: apparently millions of Americans thin= they have food allergies...but they really don't.

What to say when you hear Paul Manafort allegedly shared polling data with an accu=ed Russian operative…

Speaking of things in trouble: Iran. Yesterday, the EU sanctioned the Iranian i=telligence ministry. The reason? Its alleged involvement in a series of at=acks in Europe since 2015. That includes a failed bomb plot in Paris last =ear, and the killings of two Dutch nationals of Iranian origin in the Neth=rlands. It's the first time the EU's sanctioning the Iranian gov since the=2015 nuclear deal. Speaking of things on the EU's mind, it came out yester=ay that the Trump admin downg=aded its delegation in DC without giving the EU a heads up. Meet, the =iplomatic version of changing your relationship status without telling you= SO. The admin has been known for being critical of international groups (=ee: this, this, this, this).=The move was made last year and means the EU rep gets a title change: from='ambassador' to 'head of delegation.'

What to say when you hear NASA found a cool new planet…

SearsKroger is partnering with Microsoft to pilot two high-tech groc=ry stores. They will apparently have things like image recognition and dig=tal displays to take your grocery game up a notch. Take that, Amazon and W=lmart.

What to say to your friend with a baby…

Ready to be a hair model?

THING TO KNOW

One-third

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SKIMM'RS

Cheers to…Jennie T (NV) on having her =ast radiation treatment for invasive lombar breast cancer. And to Ashle=gh H (MO) for getting into law school with a full-ride scholarship. Wh=t, like it's hard?

S=otlight on…Cristen I (WI). She was selected as a 2019 Woman to=Watch for Brava Magazine because of her work to expand Girl Scouting acces= in her community. That includes creating inclusive and equal spaces.

B=rthdays…Alan Alpert (CA), Clint Boone (IL), Gina Fleck (WA), =li Fortier (MA), Amanda Sue Piltz (AZ), Alex Puzzolo (IL), Maddie Rohr (M=), Trena Goble Roudebush (IN), Theresa Charli Rusniaczek (UT), Bill Waterm=ier (OR), Christine Wold (NC), Rebecca Saenz (TX), Allison Palombo (RI), K=ty Pape (DC)

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