Subject: Daily Skimm: I need a one dance
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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:43:50 -0500 (EST)

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JANUAR= 17, 2019

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"The secret to male sexual stamina is veggies" �=93 PETA's new campaign on=traditional masculinity has changed the way we look at carrots. And not in=a good way.

THINGS TRUMP’S TH=NKING ABOUT

State of the Union

The Story

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants to change up =his year's State of the Unio= plans.

Explain.

The gov's been partially shut down for 27 days. Thous=nds of furloughed workers have been called back in to work (without pay). Federal courts could have =o stop their normal operation= soon. The economy's been . Dems and President Trump are still butting heads over th= US-Mexico border wall. And there hasn't been funding for the Secret Servi=e and Dept of Homeland Security – which typically handle security =or the SOTU address. Yesterday, Pelosi told Trump the funding problem brin=s up "security concerns." And that she and Trump should do one of two thin=s. One: reschedule the SOTU a=dress (which is scheduled for Jan 29) for after the gov re-opens, or t=o: he can write and send his speech instead of delivering it live in front=of a joint session of Congress. This came the same day that Trump signed a=bill that guarantees back p=y for the estimated 800,000 federal employees affected by the shutdown=

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No word from Trump on all this. But Republicans have =alled this a political stunt<=a>, and Homeland Security Sec Kirstjen Nielsen says the agencies are "fully prepared" to secure the=event. Expect this issue to heat up tensions around the shutdown even more=

Syria

The Story

A deadly=attack in Syria is raising red flags.

Explain.

US troops have been fighting ISIS in Syria since 2015= Last month, Trump announced that the US is pulling all those troops out because ISIS has been defea=ed there. It sparked a lot of from lawmakers, military officials, and allies who said that =SIS is still a problem there. quit over the announcement. Yesterday, at least=19 people – including four Americans – were killed in a su=cide attack in northern Syria. ISIS claimed responsibility. The White Hous= condemned the attack and praised the "brave American heroes" who died. La=makers on both sides of the aisle say this attack is an example of why the=US shouldn't take its troops out of Syria yet.

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Yesterday's attack shows that there's some confusion =ver what's going on with ISIS in Syria. Now, people are watching to see if=the admin will change its plans to pull troops out or if things will keep =oving full steam ahead.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say after you get a confidence boost...

It's better than the one UK PM Theresa May got. Yeste=day, May's government barely =urvived a no-confidence vote. You've been hearing us say this a lot bu= coming up with the fine print for Brexit has been a mess. Earlier this we=k, UK lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected the plan May and EU leaders have b=en working on for a while. Then yesterday, they voted on whether they stil= trust May's gov. The results: 325 lawmakers are here for it, 306 are not.=Not the best...but May's getting back to work and wants to talk to opposit=on leaders about alternative =rexit plans. She's been given until Monday to give lawmakers a new dea=. Even if she does come up with one, it's unclear if the EU will sign off =n a revised version. And it all has to happen before March 29th – =hen the UK is set to leave the EU. No pressure.

Who you will be hearing about…

The Sack=er family. They're the ones behind Purdue Pharma that made the painkil=er OxyContin. Back when OxyContin came out in the '90s, Purdue worked hard to encourage doctors to pr=scribe it to patients. It worked, leading to opioid prescriptions skyrocke=ing. Today, you know OxyContin for its role in the opioid crisis –=which leads to thousands of overdose deaths every year in the US. Several =tates are suing pharma companies – including Purdue – for =heir roles in the crisis. Massachusetts sued last year, and named members =f the Sackler fam in the suit. Earlier this week, the state's attorney gen=ral accused the Sacklers and other company execs of knowing that OxyContin=was causing overdoses…but continued to push the drug and make mone= as people died. Purdue said the lawsuit "distorts critical facts." There'= a hearing on it next week.

Who the sports fan in your life will be talking about�=80�

New York Knicks center Enes Kanter. Turkish prosecutors are reportedly looking =nto getting an arrest warrant for him. Kanter is originally from Turkey an= has been an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. N=w the country is saying Kanter's part of a terror group. Today, the Knicks=are playing in London but Kanter won't be there. He said he fears he'd be arrested or even assassina=ed. He said the Turkish gov doesn't have "any single piece of evidence of =y wrongdoing." In other news of people you'll be hearing about, Michigan S=ate's interim president is re=igning after saying Larry Nassar's victims enjoyed the spotlight. It's=the second time an MSU president has left during the Nassar scandal. He'll=officially step down next week.

What to say when your office is looking for volunteers..=

I want to help, just like Microsoft. The company is pledging $500 million to he=p address the affordable housing crisis in the Seattle area. A gov report =ast month said that in order to keep up with growth, the area will need to=add close to 250,000 affordable housing units by 2040. Now, Microsoft is s=epping up to help – and reportedly hoping it will inspire other co=panies.

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What to say when you need to laugh…

"Space F=rce" has your back.

What to say to your single friend who wants cuffing seas=n to be over…

You will find your Juliet.

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SKIMM'RS

Spotlight on…Richard J (GA). Two years=ago, he joined a friend in starting a Facebook group called "Unleashing Ki=dness" dedicated to encouraging more kindness. People do simple acts of ki=dness every day and share experiences and ideas with others. Now, the grou= has thousands of members in dozens of countries.

C=eers to…Michelle W (CAN),who quit her corporate job to travel =round the world volunteering and exploring. And Liz R (IL), a blogg=r who was recently invited to a local morning show to share a recipe and g=t invited back. Paging Savannah and Hoda.

(=ome) Birthdays…theSkimm's Noorie Deolall-Antoine (NY), Nick To=ler (NY), Steve Towler (NY), Allison Glasgow (RI), Alyse Reynolds (WY), Ch=issie Puchta (MA), Tara Wilson (TN), Jeffrey Boxer (Spain), Joan Gilboy (I=), Emily Gray (CO), Gracie Hamlin (OR), Karen Hediger (VA), Julie Hudson (=O), Elaine Michaels (IL), Riley Miller (KY)

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