Subject: Daily Skimm: Smilers wear a crown, losers wear a frown
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:39:21 -0500 (EST)

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JANUAR= 14, 2019

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Skimm'd while investing with a finance whisperer

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"It just brightened my day" – A 96-year-old World War II veteran after =e got more than 50,000 birthday cards. And that just brightened our week.<=p>

THINGS MAKING TRUMP SWEAT=/p>

Russia

The Story

And you thought you were done hearing about President=Trump and Russia.

What's new?

A new report from The New York Times says the FBI opened a counterintelligence =nvestigation into whether Trump was working on behalf of Russia. The inves=igation started in May 2017, a few days after he fired James Comey �=93 who was leading the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation. Over the weekend,=Trump avoided directly answer=ng whether he is working or has ever worked for Russia, adding that "i='s the most insulting thing I've ever been asked."

Is that all?

Nope. A new report from The Washington Post says Trump has gone above and beyon= to keep details of his convos with Russian President Vladimir Putin=on the DL. Including taking his interpreter's notes and telling them not t= discuss what had happened with anyone. This has made it so there are no d=tailed records – including classified files – of Trump's f=ce-to-face interactions with Putin over the past two years. Trump says he'= never done anything in particular to hide his meetings.

theSkimm

Special counsel Robert Mueller is thought to be close=to finishing his investigation into whether Trump or his team conspired wi=h the Kremlin. Now, these two reports are a reminder of how little we know=about Trump's communications with Russia.

Government Shutdown

The Story

The longest shutdown in US history continues. Welcome=to day 24.

Tell me more.

Since last month, around 800,000 federal workers have=been working without pay or are on unpaid leave while the funding fight ov=r the US-Mexico border wall drags on. On Friday, many workers got an empty paycheck. And the union =epresenting air traffic contr=llers sued the Trump administration about it. Now, Sen. Lindsey Graham=(R-SC) is telling Trump to temporarily reopen the gov and continue negotiating with Democrats for bo=der funding – and if that doesn't work out, there's the always the=option of declaring a nationa= emergency.

theSkimm

It's unclear when hundreds of thousands of Americans =ill be able to go back to their normal lives with normal paychecks.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when your boss makes you feel underapprec=ated…

We're not gonna take it. Teachers in Los Angeles are =lanning to go on strike t=day. You saw the headlinesdemanding a few things= Including: smaller class sizes, more nurses, librarians, and counselors, =nd more money in teachers' paychecks. The school district and the teachers= union there have been fighting for more than a year. And last week, they =ouldn't agree on a deal that included all of those things. So teachers are=getting their protest signs ready. Schools are still expected to stay open=– with some hired subs. This would be the first teacher strike the=e in 30 years, and it could potentially spark more protests around the country.

What to say when your friend who's bad with direction= is navigating…

Not feeling so confident about this. Yesterday, Greec='s PM called for a vote of co=fidence in the government. Here's the drama: Greece isn't a fan of Mac=donia because it's already the name of a northern Greek territory. And Gre=ce has iced out Macedonia from NATO and the EU over the issue. Last year, =oth countries agreed that Macedonia can get rebranded as the Republic of N=rth Macedonia. Last week, Macedonian lawmakers approved the name change. B=t Greece's defense minister – whose right-wing party is in a coali=ion with the PM's left-wing party – isn't on board and resigned. A=d said his party is not in the mood to stay in the coalition. Now, the PM'= saying 'we don't need you' – and that a confidence vote will prov= just that. It looks like the PM may have enough support in this week's vo=e, but if things go south, it could lead to a snap election.

What to say when you tell someone 'we should put somethi=g on the cal'...

Not happening. Yesterday, a judge in California block=d Trump admin rules that would let more employers opt out of giving women free birth control. Th=s is about an Obamacare requirement that women's birth control be covered =t no additional cost. But there are exemptions for religious organizations= The Trump admin wanted to expand the criteria – making it so some=employers (like nonprofits and small businesses) could also use moral obje=tions to opt out. The rules were set to take effect today. But yesterday a=judge said the rules are on hold in 13 states and DC because there are sti=l "serious questions" about whether this violates the health care law. The=rules will still go into effect for the rest of the country.

What to say after finishing everything on your weeken= to-do list…

Just gonna give myself a pat on the back. Yesterday, =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15694983.2811382/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJza1dHN2s/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bd4d71448" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Sarah Thomas became the fi=st woman to officiate an NFL playoff game on the field. One of many firsts in her career. Speaking o= the playoffs, the divisional round wrapped up over the weekend and four teams are saying hello to=next weekend's conference championship games. It'll be the Los Angeles Ram= vs the New Orleans Saints. And the Kansas City Chiefs vs the New England =atriots. The two teams that win will go to the Super Bowl in Atlanta, y'al=. Speaking of, meet your half=ime performers: Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi.

What to say when you get taken down a notch...

How do you like them eggs?

THING TO KNOW

=pril 14

The day winter is coming. Aka when the final season o= "Game of Thrones" officially comes back. Mark your cals.

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SKIMM'RS

Cheers to…Catherine S (AL) for =nrolling in school to get her master's degree in education and following h=r lifelong dream of becoming an English teacher. And to Wenting G (WA) =/b>for traveling to all seven continents…in nine months. Yes, you =ead that right.

S=otlight on…Diane H (UT). Three months ago, she donated =er kidney to her friend's sister-in-law. Now she's an ambassador for the l=ving donor community, and encouraging people to be tested to help save oth=rs.

(=ome) Birthdays….theSkimm's Andrew Cerda (NY), Shonda Rhimes, L=ri Anderson (MN), Jared Whertvine (NY), Amy Haywood (FL), Lexie Gritlefeld=(CA), Rachel Lebow (NY), Michael Funston (KS), Rachel Strauss (TX), Stepha=ie Evans (OR), Martha Burt (AL), Samie James (IA), Valerie Mason (MD), Mic=elle Zauzig (ITA), Allison Woodward (WI)

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