Subject: Daily Skimm: Why’d it have to be snakes?
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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:38:10 -0500 (EST)

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"We will only remember the good moments" – Paris's first nudist restaurant<=a> is closing because who wants to eat in a restaurant full of naked peopl=. Answer: apparently no one.

WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN THE =RC

The Story

Yesterday, the Democratic Republic of Congo found out=who will probably be the coun=ry's next president.

You don't sound confident.

Eh, here's some background: President Joseph Kabila h=s been in power for almost two decades. In '16, Kabila's time in office of=icially expired. He called new elections under pressure, but stuck around =or another two years. There had been deadly clashes leading up to last week's election. The country =as been waiting for results since.

So...who won?

Earlier today, the country's electoral commission sai= opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi won the presidency with more than 7 million votes. Trailing behi=d him, another opposition candidate – businessman Martin Fayulu. A=d behind him, a candidate hand-picked by the prez that some saw as his att=mpt to stay in power.

So that's that. The opposition leader won?

That's what it looks like. But it gets tricky. Pre-el=ction polls showed the other opposition candidate Fayulu in the lead. And =here were fears that the current prez was going to try to rig the vote in =avor of his candidate. Or work out a deal with Tshisekedi to somehow share=power. So now that Tshisekedi won, there's questions over how legit this a=l is. And things had been so tense leading up to the results, that riot po=ice had been ready to go.=The Roman Catholic Church (which has a lot of sway there) has been monitor=ng the election and trying to ensure a peaceful power transition. But the =hurch reportedly found that Fayulu is actually the one who won the election.

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The DRC has dealt with multiple shady elections in th= past. But this was supposed to be the first democratic transfer of power =ince the country's independence almost 60 years ago. Tshisekedi shouldn't =op the champagne yet: the losing candidates are legally entitled to appeal=the results. And Fayulu could take the whole thing to court.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when your co-worker's being stubborn...

Someone's gotta budge. Yesterday, President Trump and=Democrats met up to discuss a deal to re-open parts of the gov. Neither side budged on their demands=over funding for the US-Mexico border wall. Trump walked out of the meetin= he called "a total waste of time." Speaking of time, today's day 20 of th= partial shutdown. Meanwh=le, it turns out the border isn't the only thing Trump's getting tough on.=Yesterday, the president threatened to stop sending federal aid to California unless state officials="get their act together." Last year, CA wildfires killed at least 89 peopl= and left thousands homeless. Trump has blamed state officials for mismana=ing the forests, though CA's forests are generally managed by federal agen=ies. Since then, more than 6,600 people have applied for aid to get tempor=ry housing. More than $48 million in aid has been approved. Now, Trump say= he told FEMA to cut off the money.

What to say when you hand in your two-weeks' notice=E2��

Let's talk transition. Yesterday it came out that Dep=ty Attorney General Rod Rosen=tein plans to leave his job once President Trump's AG pick is confirme=. Rosenstein and Trump haven't always been on the best terms. Rosenstein o=ersees the special counsel's Trump-Russia investigation right now, but the=new AG – which is expected to be nominee William Barr – woul= take it over. Barr has been critical of the special counsel's investigati=n in the past. But apparently now says 'he's got nothing but respect' for =pecial counsel Mueller. His confirmation hearings are scheduled for next w=ek. In other names you keep hearing about, Michael White. Yesterday, Iran confirmed that it detained=the US Navy vet...but didn't say why. White is the latest of several Ameri=ans Iran has kept behind bars. Tensions between the US and Iran aren't any=hing new. But this latest arrest comes during an especially strained time =etween the two, ever since the US dropped out of the Iran nuclear deal las= year and reimposed sanctions.

Who people are talking about…

R. Kelly. The singer's name has been everywhere since=the docu-series "Surviving R. Kelly" aired last week – which highl=ghted women who accuse him of abuse and pedophilia, among other things. It=s led to renewed calls to #MuteRKelly, a campaign you saw last year to get music venues, streaming p=atforms, and artists to cut ties with him. This docu-series has put the sp=tlight right back on the issue. And since it came out, there've been repor=s that prosecutors in Georgia=and Illinois could be investigating the singer. Yesterday, it came out=that an arrest warrant wa= reportedly issued for Kelly's manager last summer for allegedly threateni=g to kill a man who claims Kelly has manipulated and isolated his daughter= Kelly has denied accusations against him. His manager isn't commenting.

What to say when you hear a lot of millennials are fe=ling pessimistic about their =ebt…

Here's o=e attempt to fix it.

What to say when you hear Jeff Bezos might need to take a personal day...

Issa=could use one too.

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