Subject: Daily Skimm: Can I have this dance?
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 06:34:56 -0500 (EST)

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FEBRUA=Y 5, 2019

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

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HEAR YE, HEAR YE

The Story

Tonight, President Trump is giving his second State of the Union address.

How do I watch?

9pm ET on all major networks. Or stream it live here.

So…this is definitely happening? No rain chec= this time?

Yup. The SOTU address was originally scheduled for Ja= 29. Then, the partial gov shutdown happened – and House Speaker N=ncy Pelosi (D-CA) asked Trump=to postpone it until after the shutdown. After a lot of back and forth between the two, they agr=ed to reschedule it for tonight.

Got it. So what will he talk about?

Bipar=isanship…Trump's hoping everyone can just get along and wo=k together on everything from infrastructure to health care (think: loweri=g prescription drug prices). Especially after the 35-day partial gov shutd=wn...and the fact that a new =unding deadline is coming up on Feb 15. Which brings us to…

The US-Mexico border wall…the issue that shut down the gov. Trump has threatened to declar= a national emergency at the border so that he can build a wall there. The=e's a chance he could do that tonight.

Trade…at last year's SOTU, Trump promis=d to fix trade deals he said hurt US jobs. Long story short, that promise =ed to the current US-China trade war. Expect him to talk about that, and f=r him to brag about the USMCA – the new trade deal between the US,=Mexico, and Canada.

North Korea...after the=historic summit between T=ump and NK leader Kim Jong Un last year, the two are planning a reunion. T=ump may update us on where and when that could happen.

HIV…tens of tho=sands of Americans are diagnosed with it every year. Trump's planning to a=nounce a 10-year plan to end the epidemic in the US.

Will he talk about the Russia investigation?

Don't count on it. Or for him to elaborate on his "executive time."

What will the mood be like?

Expect to see women dressed in white to honor suffragettes. You'll also see Tru=p and first lady Melania Trump's guests, including Alice Johnson – Trump commuted her life sentence over a nonviolent =rug offense last year. And lawmakers' guests, including border patrol officials and the father of a =arkland shooting victim. Plus Pelosi has a new seating arrangement next to VP Mike Pence. Make sure =o point him out to everyo=e at your watch party.

Does the other side get to talk?

Former Georgia state congresswoman Stacey Abrams – who lost the GA gove=nor's race in November – will give the Dem rebuttal. California AG=Xavier Becerra will deliver the rebuttal in Spanish.

Anything else?

Speaking of Trump, yesterday federal prosecutors subpoenaed his inaugural commi=tee. Late last year, a report=/a> said that prosecutors were looking into whether donors made contributi=ns in exchange for political favors. Which could violate federal corruptio= laws. The committee says it'll cooperate with the subpoena.

theSkimm

The SOTU address is usually when presidents congratul=te themselves on their accomplishments and set an agenda for the upcoming =ear. This time, it's also a test of whether Trump can inspire a divided go= to work together on major issues that affect Americans' everyday lives. A=d a chance to set the tone as he gears up for a 2020 campaign.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

Who people are still talking about…

Virginia's Gov. Ralph Northam (D). He's continuing to=resist calls to resign over his yearbook scandal. The one where he apologized for appearing in a pho=o that shows one person wearing blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan ou=fit. And then he backtracked, saying he wasn't in the photo. Meanwhile, pe=ple are also talking about the state's Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), who's =ext in line to become the state's governor if Northam resigns. Yesterday, =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15913739.2904193/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJUd1R6b0s/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bb710b9a1" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Fairfax denied a woman's a=legation that he sexually assaulted her in 2004. He said the encounter had=been consensual and suggested Northam's supporters may be behind this, say=ng the timing of the allegation didn't seem like a coincidence.

What to say when you're ready to introduce your new SO t= friends…

Let's go public. Slack is saying 'same.' Yesterday, t=e company announced it had fi=ed paperwork with the SEC to go public. Usually, companies go public w=th a traditional IPO, which means they hire investment banks to handle all=the complicated stuff like pricing shares. The non-traditional way is a di=ect listing, when companies potentially save some cash money by skipping t=e part where banks underwrite the IPO. Last year, Spotify successfully went public with a direct lis=ing, making people say 'who's next?' Now, Slack is saying 'pick me, choose=me, buy me.' It was recently valued at about $7 billion. It is the first o= several big-name tech compan=es (hi Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb) that could go public this year.

=strong>Skimm More: We have theSkimm on IPOs in our app.

What people are talking about…

This interview with Liam Neeson. The actor said that after someone close to him=was allegedly raped by someone who was black, he walked around hoping to k=ll some "black bastard" in revenge. He went on to say that "it was horribl=, horrible, when I think back, that I did that," and that he'd learned "a =esson" from his reaction. He's now facing backlash for his admission.

What to say to the medical resident in the group�=A6

Hear about this? A new study found that cancers tied to obesity are on the rise=for millennials. Including gallbladder, kidney, and pancreatic cancer. Tho=e usually show up in patients who are in their 60s and 70s. But the study =ound some of the biggest increases in recent decades were among millennial=. Doctors say this puts pressure on physicians to screen for childhood obe=ity.

What to say to your friend who bought a jade egg�=A6

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What to say when you're feeling underappreciated�=A6

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