Subject: Daily Skimm: Party in the city where the heat is on
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:35:14 -0500 (EST)

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FEBRUA=Y 11, 2019

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Don't escape, you bad little gorilla" – A child watching chimpanzees e=cape in a Northern Ireland zoo. Spoiler: they didn't listen.

CALLED OUT

The Story

Turkey is If one wanted to say Uighurs out loud…

They would pronounce it like wee-gurs.

Thanks. What else should I know about them?

They're a UN panel found that an estimated 1 mi=lion Uighurs or more have been detained in the Xinjiang region.

Concerning. What's China have to say?

That these camps provide job training and help fight extremism and terroris=.

What's everyone else have to say?

That they're reportedly forced labor camps. And people who've been released fro= them say the camps are being used to get Uighurs to kick their devotion t= Islam to the curb.

You mentioned Turkey...

Yep. Turkey and China are close, so Turkey had been q=iet about all this for a while. But Turkish President Recep Erdogan appare=tly sees himself as a defender of Muslims and especially Turkic people. No=, the country's describing the detention of Uighur Muslims as a "great shame for humanity" –=a rar= case of a Muslim-majority country speaking out against this.

Why the shift?

It's unclear. But Erdogan may be looking to take a st=nd on this before the country's local elections next month. Also, the coun=ry specifically mentioned the death of renowned Uighur folk poet and music=an Abdurehim Heyit, who i= said died in one of the detention centers. (Since then, reports have come out that Heyit is alive – but still incarce=ated.) Turkey is also calling China out for arresting Uighurs and subjecti=g them to "torture and political brainwashing."

I can't see China liking that.

Yeah, no. It says Turkey has it all wrong. And restat=d its claim that these "training" centers are necessary to fight terrorism=

theSkimm

Last year, the UN called on China to release those detained in the centers. And=some US lawmakers called for sanctions to punish the country for repressin= its citizens. Now, Turkey's getting involved. But beyond acknowledging th= problem, the international community has so far failed to stop China from=holding an estimated 1 million people against their will.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you hear Virginia Dems are still stewing in their own hot water�=80�

Capitol Hill is still stewing in deadlock. It's T-5 d=ys until the next shutdown deadline. And surprise: Republicans and Democra=s still can't agree on border=funding. Tonight, President Trump will be in the border city of El Pas=, Texas, which he called one of the US's "most dangerous cities" before it=got a fence along its southern border. Fact check: crime was falling there before fencing was built.=Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke=(D-TX) will be speaking at a counter-protest nearby. Speaking of Dems maki=g people think about 2020, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Yesterday, she announced she's running for pre=, joining a long list of =iverse candidates.

What people are watching…

Spain. Tomorrow, it's kicking off one of the country'= highest-profile trials in ye=rs. Two years ago, leaders of Catalonia – the semi-autonomous =art of Spain that includes Barcelona – held a vote on whether to d=clare independence. Spain wasn't amused. And sacked Catalonia's local gove=nment. Now, it's holding a trial for 12 of the Catalan leaders who've been=charged with things like rebellion. But it's still causing some friction i= the country – yesterday, tens of thousands of people protested Sp=in's prime minister after it came out that he was open to easing tensions =ith Catalonia's pro-independence movement. Meanwhile, Hungary's right-wing prime minister is making =ews. He's long made it clear he's not a fan of migrants. But the country's population is declining a= people are apparently looking for better job opportunities in Western Eur=pe. Yesterday, the PM gave a speech promising that women who have four or =ore kids won't have to pay income taxes. The goal: to reduce the labor sho=tage and make Hungary More Hungarian Again.

What to say when you hear "The Favourite" and "Roma" =on big at the BAFTA Awards<=a>...

There were also big wins at the Grammys. Kacey Musgraves won album of the year.=Childish Gambino made his=ory with the first rap song to win record and song of the year – b=t wasn't there to accept =he awards. And Cardi B ma=e history as the first solo woman to take home best rap album. She also ma=e waves off the stage. Sp=aking of, the red carpet was extra red. Drake didn't feel like being nice (for what). Host Alic=a Keys got by with a little h=lp from her friends. Dolly Parton got a lot of love. JLo didn't. Janelle Monáe made us feel. So did Diana Ro=s' grandson. And not ever=one was ready for that "Aladd=n" trailer.

What to say when you hear YouTube isn't going to rec conspiracy videos anymore�=80�

Amazon may or may not be taking recs to stay out of NYC. Last year, New York of=ered the 'Zon tax breaks to help convince the company to build another HQ =here. But some state and local Democrats weren't fans of giving a trillion=dollar company big tax subsidies. Plus there are concerns that having the =ompany in NY will drive up already high real estate prices. But Gov. Andre= Cuomo (D-NY) is saying 'plea=e stay.' Critics are calling this a ploy by Amazon to get its haters o=f its back. Speaking of Amazon, CEO Jeff Bezos is still at war with the National Enquirer. Bezos is =ccusing the Enquirer of trying to extort and blackmail him. And says this =ould have been politically mo=ivated since he's the owner of The Washington Post – which has=reported on President Trump, a friend of the CEO of the Enquirer's parent =o. Now, the Enquirer's parent co is denying any foul play. And is accusing Bezos of threatening the =nquirer by accusing it of shady business dealings with Saudi Arabia.

Who's not gonna take it anymore…

Denver t=achers. Today, after more than a year of failed negotiations, teachers=in Denver are going on strike for the first time in 25 years to protest fo= better pay. Yes, this is par= of a trend. Speaking of protests, people are protesting museums like =he Guggenheim and the Met for accepting money from the Sackler family. The Sacklers own Purdue Pharm= – the producers of OxyContin, which has been tied to the country'= deadly opioid epidemic. Now, some are calling for museums to turn down do=ations and stop naming buildings after the fam.

Who was trending this weekend...

AOC.=And Bob Costas.

PERSON TO KNOW

Kym W=rthy

She's the first black woman to serve as county prosec=tor in Detroit's Wayne County and has worked to end the backlog of thousan=s of untested rape kits in the city. Her work led to the discovery of more=than 800 serial rapists.

Make=sure you know about Worthy an= other black leaders championing today's biggest issues.

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Cheers to...Cailey A (FL), who just =tarted a new job in the NHL. And to Nicki M (IA), who jus= wrote and published her first book – a bilingual children's book.=/p>

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