Subject: Daily Skimm: You always run the ball
From: "theSkimm" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:40:17 -0500 (EST)

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FEBRUA=Y 4, 2019

REA= IN BROWSER

Skimm'd while feeling like a tax pro…

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Tequila anyone?" – Oprah handed out tequila shots on a cruise in her p=jamas. If this isn't our 2019 mood, we don't know what is.

SNOOZER BOWL

The Story

Last night, the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl 13-3 against the Los An=eles Rams. Quick, act surprised.

I fell asleep. How'd it happen?

At a glacial pace. By the fourth quarter, the game wa= tied 3-3 thanks to field goals. Until the Pats finally picked things up w=th a touchdown. It was the lo=est-scoring Super Bowl game in history. Now Pats QB Tom Brady has more=Super Bowl wins than any NFL player ever. Pats wide receiver Julian Edelma= was the Super Bowl MVP. =nd head coach Bill Belichick became the oldest coach to get a Super Bowl ring (he's 66).

What else will people at work be talking about?

Gladys K=ight, who crushed the national anthem. The male cheerleaders who were there for the first time. =rady's first pass of the game being intercepted. Rams' punter Johnny Hekker kicking the longest punt in Super Bowl history. An= the people who didn't tune in: celebs and activists boycotted and tweeted=#ImWithKap.

I saw some ads but let's hear a recap.

RoboChil= is giving us nightmares. made us feel empowered. Mr. Peanut came to the rescue. There was some serious '90s nostalgia. Carrie Brads=aw and The Dude drank Stella =r-toes. Bud Light wants everyone to sip its corn syrup-free beer. Colgate made us uncomfortable. So did chunky milk. The Washington Post reminded us that journalism matters. =nd you have a lot of shows you need to add to your watch list: "The Handmaid's Tale," "Game of Thrones," "The Twilight Zone," "Hanna."

Thoughts on the halftime show?

There was nippl=s. Travis Scott didn't pr=pose to Kylie. Big Boimoves like Jagger. Pla= for next year's game: just have the gospel choir perform.

theSkimm

With Brady and Belichick's six Super Bowl wins togeth=r, last night's game solidified what we already knew: they're one of the b=st QB/coach duos of all time. And could be for a while to come.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

Who people are talking about…

Virginia's Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. On Friday, a photo from his 1984 med =chool yearbook surfaced t=at shows two people: one wearing blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan o=tfit. He apologized for appearing in the photo but didn't say which of the=two people he was. The next day, he said 'actually, that definitely wasn't me in the photo.' But he =dmitted to wearing blackface in a dance contest to resemble Michael Jackso= in the past. And he seemed ready to prove that he'd mastered Jackson's mo=nwalk after a reporter asked if he could still do the move – until=his wife said "inappropriate circumstances." People in his own party are c=lling for him to resign. He's refusing.

Here's what yo= need to know about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook scandal #SkimmL=fe

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What to say when you hear El Salvador is getting a new president…

Things are less clear in Venezuela, which still has t=o people calling themselves "Mr. President." It's been about two weeks sin=e opposition leader Juan Guaidó invoked the constitution to become in=erim president. President Nicolás Maduro has said he's not going anyw=ere. But over the weekend, a =igh-ranking general there decided to break with the rest of the military and support Guaidó= This came the same day that tens of thousands of people protested to push Maduro out of office. Mea=while, Maduro has called for =arly parliamentary elections. Which could potentially lead to Guaid�=B3 – who's also the head of the country's parliament – bei=g ousted. Other countries are still weighing in on all this. After China t=rew its weight behind Maduro, it's now saying that it'll continue to work =ith Venezuela "no matter how =he situation evolves." And yesterday, President Trump said that a US m=litary intervention there is =an option." Maduro said '=eriously, don't.'

What to say when your OOO gets approved…<=h3>

Time to see new places. Yesterday, Pope Francis went to the United Arab Emirate= – becoming the first pope to ever visit the Arabian Peninsula. Th= region is the birthplace of Islam and the UAE is majority Muslim �=93 but home to about 1 million Catholics. This visit is part of the pope's=efforts for interfaith talks<=a>. Tomorrow, he will celebrate mass at a sports arena, in what's expected=to be the largest public Christian celebration in the country.

What to say to your cousin who always one-ups you�=80�

Anything you can do I can do better. Russia's singing the same tune. Let's back=up: on Friday, the US officially pulled out of a Cold War-era treaty betwe=n the two. The fine print: both countries had to get rid of and stop produ=ing missiles with ranges between about 300 and 3,400 miles. The US has acc=sed Russia of violating the treaty for years, and officially withdrew. So =ow Russia's saying that it'll stop following the treaty too – and =hat it plans to start building up the weapons that were previously banned.=Great.

What has people shook…

21 Savag=. Yesterday, the Grammy-nominated rapper was arrested in the US for ov=rstaying his visa. Even though he's said he's from Atlanta, he's actually = UK citizen.

What to say during your co-worker's going away party=E2��

Vonn=voyage.

In honor of Black History Month, we'll be featuring s=me of the incredible black leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs that are ma=ing living history in 2019.

Chec= out...

- Th= leaders championing toda='s biggest issues

- Th= authors to add to your r=ading list

- Th= entrepreneurs to support=all year

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SKIMM'RS

A round of applause for…Kara W (TN), w=o's been working with elementary school girls through Girls Who Code. And =b>Ashley F (CA), who was picked to rep Navy nurses in a new docu-serie= that highlights their service.

S=otlight on...Alexis M (SCO). She just submitted her PhD thesis and two=scientific manuscripts to be published. Her research is around ice-ocean i=teractions to help improve predictions of rising sea levels.

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