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<p class="skimm-p"><em>Skimm'd while feeling extra festive</em></p>
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<p style="font-size:21px;line-height:23px;letter-spacing:0px;font-weight:;padding-top:7px;padding-bottom:7px;margin:0;">THINGS WE SKIMM'D IN 2018=/p>
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<p style="margin:0">2018 got us <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLU0VqMVk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88B56180b3b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">in our feelings</a>. You <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/155H26.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSRHQ1Umk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B5c66c" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">f=ossed</a>. You hopefully didn't eat a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com=click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTdTRJRzM/5bae7b412ddf9c6;b801b8B5492f53e" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoratio=:none;">Tide Pod</a>. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.s8658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQaGhmZEU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B59b9fd=d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Ariana =rande and Pete Davidson</a> came and went. <a href="https://link.theskim=.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRYmR4SFI/5bae7b412dc633bb801b8B25925eea" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-deco=ation:none;">Megyn Kelly</a> and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGVXA1dXM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88B136bb9b2" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">Roseanne Barr</a> just went. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFUGxBVTc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb80Bc377efdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none=">Serena Williams</a> is still the coolest cat in the game. <a href="htt=s://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSd=dMaGY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B1718bc92" target="_blank" style="color:b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Plastic straws</a> got the boot. LeBron Jame= <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za=ltbXRoLmlzLzJDMGRGa00/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bcdbc7dd8" target="_blank"=style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">moved out west</a> and <a hr=f="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRo=mlzLzJCN0t3bWc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bae8c4486" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">set up Shop</a>. <a href="https:=/link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6Q1JR=Wg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba1c076f8" target="_blank" style="color:#00*9;text-decoration:none;">Beychella</a> was the new Coachella. <a href=https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzL=JGVkNweUw/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B23f66633" target="_blank" style="co=or:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Kim</a> and <a href="https://link.thes=imm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQZThDa2c/5bae7b4-df9c633bb801b8Be9d7948b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-d=coration:none;">Kanye</a> went to Washington. No comedian can follow <a hr=f="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRo=mlzLzJEWkdGdWw/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B9c57223c" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Michelle Wolf</a>. <a href="http=://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6RU1c/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B9508e08f" target="_blank" style="color:# 2a9;text-decoration:none;">Kylie Jenner</a> made history. Khloe had a ba=y with <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM=Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRQWt2V3U/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bec5fd0f9" target="_=lank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">a side of drama</a>. P=ince Harry and Meghan Markle said <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSZ1l2UUk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B33f6e471" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">'I do'</a> and have a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544&.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBZ0Q2eGE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B8da21" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">roy=l baby</a> on the way. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826'38658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSa3hiM1k/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B9b231<" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Nick J=nas and Priyanka Chopra</a> also tied the knot. 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Canada was <a h="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXR=LmlzLzJDTkMxMlY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3a41fc4d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">feeling green</a>, eh. <a href="=ttps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLz=RZXd1ZDM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bbfa1ab21" target="_blank" style="col=r:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Melania Trump</a> really doesn't care, do=u? You can count <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.27386=8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyWE51OEo/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bea08f91f" t=rget="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Oprah</a> ou= of the 2020 race. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.273e8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJCSE1Ob2g/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bb8cc0db1"=target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Ruth Bader=Ginsburg</a> needs to be bubble wrapped. <a href="https://link.theskimm.=om/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLUUw1OGo/5bae7b412ddf33bb801b8B8f5ee246" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decora=ion:none;">Childish Gambino</a> headlined all the think pieces. <a href=https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzL=JMeW9zRzA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba9332874" target="_blank" style="co=or:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Kendrick Lamar</a> won a Pulitzer Prize.=The <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly=za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTa0Y0NlQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B25238de9" target="_bla=k" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">yodeling kid</a> went vir=l. Authorities found the <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/155448=6.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJKcnRicU0/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B97dm51" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Gold=n State Killer</a>. Hawaii had a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTc2xTbms/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88B69b9fbb0" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">false alarm</a>. Your friend who hates <a href="https://link.theskimm=com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFbEwyQWw/5bae7b412dd633bb801b8B289b9729" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decor=tion:none;">romaine lettuce</a> might've been onto something. <a href="h=tps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ=T1dweVY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3f16879b" target="_blank" style="colo=:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">IHOb</a> was an IHOrrible idea. <a href=https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzL=JLUEY3RVY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bab523aac" target="_blank" style="co=or:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="https://lin=.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJWY0FuT3M/57b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3349b5b0" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;=ext-decoration:none;">MoviePass</a> were a mess. <a href="https://link.t=eskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJWZEpUM08/5bae12ddf9c633bb801b8B0a3e8f69" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;tex=-decoration:none;">Instagram</a> scared us. The <a href="https://link.th=skimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFZENTdUI/5bae7A2ddf9c633bb801b8B2240da47" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;textcoration:none;">FDA</a> said 'hey Juul, don't make it bad.' <a href="h=tps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJVGT2o/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B68cfddb5" target="_blank" style="colo=:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">QAnon</a> raised lots of Qs. Some of us ha=e <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9z=2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ5TkpEQnY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B751f4c6b" target="_blank= style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">BDE</a>. <a href="https:/=link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFMEtMb=Y/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B8ac4eb2d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b;text-decoration:none;">Banksy</a> said 'you need to cut it.' And <a hre="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoL=lzLzJya083c28/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bfb5f46a5" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Space Force</a> is going to infini=y and beyond. But why stop there\u2026</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>P=esident Trump...</b>as in the one putting America First. And saying 'bye' =o international obligations like the <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/=lick/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTb0NXdWs/5bae7b412ddf9c63801b8Bfaa96321" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration=none;">Iran nuclear deal</a> and the <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/=lick/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBUDdHZ1U/5bae7b412ddf9c63801b8Bc6af8f64" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration=none;">UN Human Rights Council</a>. He moved the US's embassy in Israel to=<a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2=tbXRoLmlzLzJCT25XQXc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bd356040f" target="_blank" =tyle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Jerusalem</a>. He doubled dow= on the country's friendship with <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJydVJ4SnU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B6bd8e96e" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">Saudi Arabia</a>. He thinks some places are "<a href="https://link.t=eskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6RTg5VG8/5bae12ddf9c633bb801b8B5d84aa7b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;tex=-decoration:none;">sh*thole countries</a>." He had a <a href="https://li=k.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFZVJHc08/e7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B468ff091" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9=text-decoration:none;">historic handshake</a> with North Korean leader Kim=Jong Un. He ordered the US to pull troops out of <a href="https://link.t=eskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJUYzBPNEc/5bae12ddf9c633bb801b8Baaa128bb" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;tex=-decoration:none;">Syria</a> and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBOUhRb2g/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88B5684bee7" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">Afghanistan</a>. And made his first visit to a <a href="https://link.=heskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyWjVvYmE/5ba{412ddf9c633bb801b8B16d28ce4" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;te=t-decoration:none;">combat zone</a>. There are <a href="https://link.the=kimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDNmxtV04/5bae7bddf9c633bb801b8B25f7554c" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-oration:none;">ongoing questions</a> about his ties to Russia. On the bi= front: his admin intro'd <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544&.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRYklPdXU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B42k414" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">NAF=A 2.0</a>. And issued <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.s8658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJCTml0dFU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B7d52f6=d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">tariffs=/a> on <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM=Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGVUhXcGw/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B777f55f3" target="_=lank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">tariffs</a> to try to =et the US better trade deals. The <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJUY2JBclM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B56a3121e" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">stock market's</a> been a little nauseous from the ups and downs. Then=there was domestic news: the government is <a href="https://link.theskim=.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTb1djWmM/5bae7b412dc633bb801b8Be2a765ad" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-deco=ation:none;">partially shut down</a>...making it the third shutdown this y=ar. The admin intro'd a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/1554482=.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLUElYaDM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba437;0" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">zero-=olerance policy</a> toward people crossing the border illegally \u2013 =ausing major backlash when families started being <a href="https://link.=heskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6RXBUaEY/5ba{412ddf9c633bb801b8Be9edea0a" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;te=t-decoration:none;">separated</a>. He beefed up border control to try to s=op <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9ltbXRoLmlzLzJQRHR6Y0E/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B2a74d6fb" target="_blan=" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">migrant caravans</a> from =rossing into the US. It's unclear what's next for <a href="https://link.=heskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGVTdiYnE/5ba{412ddf9c633bb801b8Bbe724f11" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;te=t-decoration:none;">DACA</a>. Or <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDTmJLUkQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88Ba449a550" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">birthright citizenship</a>. Or the <a href="https://link.theskimm.com=click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSeHc0TDY/5bae7b412ddf9c6;b801b8B60073da1" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoratio=:none;">wall</a>. He signed a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/1T4826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyWWZtdHE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801ba7124c2" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;"=bipartisan criminal justice reform bill</a>. And the admin eased up on som= <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za=ltbXRoLmlzLzJCOGdqYTM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc51f1455" target="_blank"=style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">environmental regulations</a=. We learned not to get too attached to people: <a href="https://link.th=skimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHSkw4VjE/5bae7A2ddf9c633bb801b8Bce6d2626" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;textcoration:none;">Jim Mattis</a>, <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDMEVMYnE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B3c3e24d7" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">John Kelly</a>, <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2758/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJya0R1OWk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B81d2eb36= target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Jeff Sess=ons</a>, <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0c=M6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFYWJUanI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0e3bba0e" target=_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Nikki Haley</a>, <a =ref="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbX=oLmlzLzJBUnZYbXU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B5dd87d66" target="_blank" styl="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Rex Tillerson</a>, <a href="htt=s://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQa=JMMko/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B28c4cb68" target="_blank" style="color:b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Hope Hicks</a>, <a href="https://link.thes=imm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFMkQ2bng/5bae7b4-df9c633bb801b8Bc0ca16d0" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-d=coration:none;">Scott Pruitt</a>, <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJCT1hxcVE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B8e5973d6" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">Don McGahn</a>, and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/1554482=.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRenlsSXg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bca76b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">HR Mc=aster</a> are out. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.273e8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyMVUxeWs/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bebd06277"=target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Mike Pompe=</a>, <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6=y9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRYmJXbHg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bf76e0aba" target="_b=ank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">John Bolton</a>, <a hre="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoL=lzLzJyZWExeEk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bd62e06d6" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Gina Haspel</a>, and <a href="ht=ps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJT=3ZVcHg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3734bbdf" target="_blank" style="color=#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Matthew Whitaker</a> are in. Things got <a =ref="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbX=oLmlzLzJScnFON0w/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B1c2d902a" target="_blank" styl="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Stormy</a> for a while. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLm=zLzJFQlk5T0c/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B589c050d" target="_blank" style=color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Comey</a> told it all. Jim got <a hre="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoL=lzLzJTdUVselA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bcdbfa70b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Acosta'd</a>.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>M=dterms...</b>the one with the highest estimated turnout in <a href="http=://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJVYT=rbWQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B44fe294c" target="_blank" style="color:# 2a9;text-decoration:none;">more than 100 years</a>. There were a bunch o= firsts \u2013 like the first <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJEcjRwc2E/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88B18232edd" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">Muslim women</a> and first <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/1T4826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ5VFc1Tmw/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b91d2662" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;"=Native American women</a> elected to Congress, the first <a href="https:=/link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHOTVz=VU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B09630d54" target="_blank" style="color:#00*9;text-decoration:none;">openly gay man</a> elected as governor, and <a =ref="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbX=oLmlzLzJLZkxaZXI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc566eeba" target="_blank" styl="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">others</a>. More congresswomen we=e elected than <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658=aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJCUGJWTGg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B30661ae7" tar=et="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">ever before</a=. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9z=2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSVFAwVUY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B42d1c9e9" target="_blank= style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Florida</a> still doesn't urstand elections. Neither does <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRN3pPNHM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88Bbea04bae" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">North Carolina</a>...or legislators in <a href="https://link.theskimm=com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHbEI5VkU/5bae7b412dd633bb801b8Ba352bef5" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decor=tion:none;">Michigan</a> and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15D826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRSzlyV04/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8b65767" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">=isconsin</a>. Next up, a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/155448=6.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFYlNoZVU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B92e!7b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">spli= Congress</a>: Democrats took the House. Republicans have a few more Senat= seats. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJxS3dCMEQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B7660e948" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Here's what that mean=</a> for some issues you care about.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>#=eToo</b>...as in you saw women wearing black saying '<a href="https://li=k.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGWVlDTXg/e7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B199f0223" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9=text-decoration:none;">Time's Up</a>.' You saw men saying 'not guilty.' <a=href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltb=RoLmlzLzJTY2txV3c/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Be62c38e6" target="_blank" sty=e="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Harvey Weinstein</a> is facing c=arges. So is <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/a=R0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDeVhZQnc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0f7085b7" targe="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Kevin Spacey</a>= <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za=ltbXRoLmlzLzJEWUNpamQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bbb1f7f56" target="_blank"=style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Bill Cosby's</a> in prison. =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJEWFRtOTY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B11b3d30e" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Larry Nassar</a> could be ther= forever. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0=HM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSbmpNb3c/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0fc73259" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Jeffrey Epstein</=> is somehow not. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738X/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJCT2dneW8/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bcf71b261" =arget="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Les Moonves=/a> and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSbExXVWE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bd5dd1a4e" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Jeffrey Tambor</a> ar= out of a job. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658=aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRY2dwblc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bcefed57a" tar=et="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Hoda Kotb</a> =as a better one. Meanwhile, #MeToo was front and center in this year's <a =ref="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbX=oLmlzLzJLUXVhNU4/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc6c224b7" target="_blank" styl="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">SCOTUS hearings</a>. Speaking of.=.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>B=ett Kavanaugh...</b>President Trump's second addition to the <a href="ht=ps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJV=k83YnA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc874e126" target="_blank" style="color=#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Supremes</a> after Justice Kennedy put in h=s notice. Kavanaugh was accused by CA professor <a href="https://link.th=skimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQZ0lDRU0/5bae7A2ddf9c633bb801b8B31f739fe" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;textcoration:none;">Dr Christine Blasey Ford</a> of sexually assaulting her ades ago. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aH HM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQczNaNms/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B329604cc" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Other women</a> c=me forward with stories, too. Kavanaugh <a href="https://link.theskimm.c=m/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHZHRDclc/5bae7b412ddf9c3bb801b8Bc46fba0c" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decorat=on:none;">denies them all</a>. There were hearings. And <a href="https:/=link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJEV2w2T=E/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bb778e686" target="_blank" style="color:#00b;text-decoration:none;">protests</a>. And lots and lots of <a href="ht=ps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJS=FlwTVI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B66c54bd6" target="_blank" style="color=#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">opinions</a>. Some thought he deserved the =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJRYnE1aXI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3885b0c8" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">benefit of the doubt</a>. Othe=s felt we should <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.27386=8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSUUo3YUo/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0bde2ccc" t=rget="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">#BelieveWome=</a>. A lot of people were reminded of <a href="https://link.theskimm.co=/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ5b3BIUzU/5bae7b412ddf9c3bb801b8B0a9443fb" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decorati=n:none;">Anita Hill</a>. Kavanaugh got the job. And is scooching the bench=to the right in a position he'll have for life.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>C=imate change\u2026</b>as in the world is getting hotter and something ns to change. Now. You may have seen the <a href="https://link.theskimm=com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyNlhhTkg/5bae7b412dd633bb801b8Bbdc0234f" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decor=tion:none;">UN report</a> that said we have 12 years to massively cut gree=house gas emissions, or else. Or maybe you saw the <a href="https://link=theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQVEFDeVU/5bb412ddf9c633bb801b8B9ddd533d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;t=xt-decoration:none;">report</a> that predicted climate change could cost t=e US economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century. Or=maybe <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6=y9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJQNXlRRmo/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3f83dc8e" target="_b=ank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">the one</a> that said c=untries aren't on track with their goals to reduce their greenhouse gas em=ssions, and that their goals are too low to begin with. What could help: t=ings like carbon taxes and lowering coal use.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>S=cial media fails...</b>as in it's all fun and games until companies start =iving out your personal info and spreading fake news. You may have seen th= heads of big tech companies <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15D826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBalN1WlI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8f11d2e" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">=estifying</a> on Capitol Hill. Facebook's in trouble for <a href="https:=/link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHdlNu=Wk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba470fbf0" target="_blank" style="color:#00*9;text-decoration:none;">Cambridge Analytica</a>, <a href="https://lin=.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLWEtkMjE/57b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0efa9946" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;=ext-decoration:none;">going after critics</a>, and how its platform was us=d to fuel the violence in <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544&.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRQnFITks/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B2aacd" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Mya=mar</a>. Also trending this year: Twitter's ongoing issues with <a href=https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzL=JEVlZlMjQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B34c47bcd" target="_blank" style="co=or:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">fake news</a> and <a href="https://lin=.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDNHhSQzU/57b412ddf9c633bb801b8B397aa4f3" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;=ext-decoration:none;">alleged political bias</a>. Google's employees took =he co to task for how it handles <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/clic=/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGVUcwZ2s/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb88B859fed1b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:non=;">sexual misconduct cases</a>, its work with the <a href="https://link.=heskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGVUhVZ1k/5ba{412ddf9c633bb801b8B24bde378" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;te=t-decoration:none;">Pentagon</a>, and the <a href="https://link.theskimm=com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFbThJN00/5bae7b412dd633bb801b8B7d72ff2a" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decor=tion:none;">search engine project</a> in China it hasn't ruled out yet (hi= censorship).</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><em>=strong>PS: </strong>GV (formerly Google Ventures) is a minority investor i= theSkimm.</em></p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>R=ssia\u2026</b>the one with the meddling problems. And not just with ele=tions. This year it also fired on <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJGVTdlRE4/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B3fb9409a" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">Ukrainian ships</a> near Crimea \u2013 and Ukraine issued a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLm=zLzJSaFV1dnU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B1543abef" target="_blank" style=color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">30-day martial law</a>. Russia was ac=used of <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRYXNWRUU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba6e765ab" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">poisoning</a> an ex-s=y and his daughter in the UK. And the country <a href="https://link.thes=imm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRd2ZncnQ/5bae7b4-df9c633bb801b8B63b35070" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-d=coration:none;">re-elected</a> President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, Putin =nd President Trump ran away from it all and met up in <a href="https://l=nk.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJya0VCcGE[ae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B1afb0106" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a=;text-decoration:none;">Finland</a> \u2013 which had many people raisin= eyebrows. Mostly\u2026</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>Rrt Mueller\u2026</b>as in the special counsel could wrap up his <a hr=f="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRo=mlzLzJHY2w5Vlg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3ae1dbdc" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Trump-Russia investigation</a> soo=. What we know: Trump's former lawyer <a href="https://link.theskimm.com=click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTcDZFUTM/5bae7b412ddf9c6;b801b8B74c53579" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoratio=:none;">Michael Cohen</a> is guilty of violating campaign finance laws. An= of lying about a potential plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Trump's=former campaign manager <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/1554482=.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRYXl1VHA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B39ea4" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Paul =anafort</a> pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud related to his time as a =obbyist for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. Trump's former natio=al security adviser <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2758/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTbHBaNFU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B71c8ab48= target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Michael F=ynn</a> got his sentencing pushed back so he can keep cooperating with proutors. And Russia used social media to <a href="https://link.theskimm.=om/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTb1ludkU/5bae7b412ddf33bb801b8B8d2ec278" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decora=ion:none;">influence the 2016 election</a>, specifically targeting black v=ters. What we don't know yet: if/how Trump is involved in all of this.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>U=-China trade war</b><strong>...</strong>as in after tit-for-tat tariffs fo= <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za=ltbXRoLmlzLzJDMTVoNHc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B4f0aa954" target="_blank"=style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">months</a>, President Trump =nd Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to pump the brakes with a tariff c=asefire until 2019. Trade talks almost hit a roadblock after the CFO of Hu=wei (a major Chinese telecom co with alleged ties to China's gov) was <a h="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXR=LmlzLzJ6U1Zkc1E/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bda1fa915" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">arrested</a>. But the US and China=keep on keeping on, and are back on those trade talks.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>B=exit</b><strong>...</strong>as in the UK has until March to figure out a p=an to <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6=y9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTdGFTcW8/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B98ffb398" target="_b=ank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">divorce the EU</a>. Pri=e Minister Theresa May survived a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/cli=k/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBbFpkbFU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bbb8B3bfb3bf4" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:no=e;">no-confidence vote</a> to remain the lucky person who gets to hash out=the details. Meanwhile, no one can agree on the <a href="https://link.th=skimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFVHFFcjc/5bae7A2ddf9c633bb801b8Be1b1f7b7" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;textcoration:none;">fine print</a>.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>T=king a stand</b><strong>\u2026</strong>as in <a href="https://link.th=skimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ2eVcyRWQ/5bae7A2ddf9c633bb801b8B4094afe5" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;textcoration:none;">teachers</a> from West Virginia to Washington said 'clas= dismissed' to demand bigger paychecks and more school funding. <a href=https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzL=JydEJWcEI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B748648f6" target="_blank" style="co=or:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Prison inmates</a> across the US refused=to work and went on hunger strikes to call for better pay and conditions. =undreds of thousands of people around the US turned out for the second <a =ref="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbX=oLmlzLzJyWDZtN00/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc86803d4" target="_blank" styl="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Women's March</a>. The Parkland, =L students took action and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15546.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6SXdsbkE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B8Tb380" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">ma=ched for their lives</a>. People in <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/c=ick/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFemxMbmU/5bae7b412ddf9c63301b8Bcf743b20" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:=one;">France</a> said 'oui aren't happy' about the gov's proposed fuel tax=hikes. And <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR=cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJMalo5cmU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bec8ca21e" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Israelis</a> chal=enged the gov to protect women against violence.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>T=nsions in America...</b>as in videos of people yelling at <a href="https=//link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHU0I=SkE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bb7d920e4" target="_blank" style="color:#0a9;text-decoration:none;">Muslims</a> and <a href="https://link.theski=m.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFVnBEUEY/5bae7b4129c633bb801b8Bcddb346d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-dec=ration:none;">Spanish speakers</a> went viral. The deadly police shootings=of <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9ltbXRoLmlzLzJDQmliOU8/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Becc01a3c" target="_blan=" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Stephon Clark</a>, <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLm=zLzJyVW9zWFk/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B1bab76bf" target="_blank" style=color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Antwon Rose Jr</a>, <a href="https:=/link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDQWZO=nI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B859a6e5a" target="_blank" style="color:#00*9;text-decoration:none;">Thurman Blevins</a>, <a href="https://link.th=skimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBaEJDQ1I/5bae7A2ddf9c633bb801b8Bb590c676" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;textcoration:none;">Botham Jean</a>, and <a href="https://link.theskimm.co=/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRVjRtZmg/5bae7b412ddf9c3bb801b8B89877dab" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decorati=n:none;">Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr</a> made headlines. The FBI says <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLm=zLzJyWDc3aDg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B59f1c358" target="_blank" style=color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">hate crimes</a> in the US are on the =ise. There was a spike in <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544&.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFU0cxQTI/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B6355b" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">ant=-Semitic incidents</a>. Starbucks changed its <a href="https://link.thes=imm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFYk9yU08/5bae7b4-df9c633bb801b8B849ddc2f" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-d=coration:none;">bathroom policy</a>. The NFL changed its <a href="https:=/link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJOSGE1=lA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B047d52b2" target="_blank" style="color:#00*9;text-decoration:none;">anthem policy</a>. And Colin Kaepernick and Nik= decided to <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aH HM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJMQUhyams/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B6d5f5733" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">'Just Do It' </a>=and take a stance.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>T=e far-righ</b><strong>t...</strong>as in nationalism is singing 'can we ge= much higher?' around the world. In <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/c=ick/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJEdHBOTlo/5bae7b412ddf9c63301b8B287dad6d" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:=one;">Italy</a>, the country voted in an anti-EU, anti-immigrant gov. And =pproved measures to roll back protections for migrants. German Chancellor =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJEZVdENG0/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B62823276" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Angela Merkel</a> \u2013 wh='s gotten pushback for her open border policies for migrants \u2013 is =assing on the party chairwoman baton and isn't running for re-election in 1. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6L=9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJCUGpFSmM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc3a9bf36" target="_bl=nk" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Sweden</a> still can't g=t its gov together after a far-right group gained more seats than expected=in its election. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.27386=8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRVFhac0Y/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bbf052dc1" t=rget="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Belgium's PM=/a> resigned after getting pushback for supporting the UN's pact on migrat=on. And <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLT0FJU3Q/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B198d495f" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Brazil</a> elected ri=ht-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>T=e Catholic Church</b><strong>...</strong>as in a Pennsylvania grand jury d=opped a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJNUjRhS1Y/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Beea426be" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">bombshell report</a>,=saying hundreds of priests sexually abused more than 1,000 children going k decades. Cue <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.27386=8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyV3dwdkg/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B7426cc18" t=rget="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">other states=/a> and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFYVcya3o/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bd47d2439" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">the DOJ</a> saying 'w='re looking into this too.' Pope Francis and the Vatican still <a href="=ttps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLz=LNHV6QnY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B244b513c" target="_blank" style="col=r:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">haven't come up</a> with a game plan to e=d the systemic problem. But they're hosting a <a href="https://link.thes=imm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRekFaT3Q/5bae7b4-df9c633bb801b8B39877c61" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-d=coration:none;">global summit</a> in February, and could announce changes =hen. We'll be here, waiting. In the meantime, the pope wants sexual predat=rs to <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6=y9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBZXdrcko/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bdaa2af9f" target="_b=ank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">turn themselves in</a>.=/p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>T=e opioid crisis</b><strong>...</strong>as in it's still very much a proble=. So much so that the <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.s8658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTbW1FU0s/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B77022c=0" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">surgeon=general</a> recommends carrying Narcan. <a href="https://link.theskimm.c=m/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ3ZG9FVFM/5bae7b412ddf9c3bb801b8B17a5277c" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decorat=on:none;">Kentucky</a> and <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15546.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLUVU5dFo/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Badf4a" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Fl=rida</a> told pharmacies to lawyer up. The <a href="https://link.theskim=.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJEVzVhSjQ/5bae7b412dc633bb801b8Bb38e2e87" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-deco=ation:none;">DOJ</a> announced its largest crackdown on healthcare fraud e=er. And Congress put on its bipartisan hat and <a href="https://link.the=kimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6RWl0TDg/5bae7bddf9c633bb801b8B40668208" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-oration:none;">passed a sweeping package</a> to fight the epidemic.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>V=olence in America</b><strong>...</strong>as in the deadly shootings around=the country: the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLm=zLzJTcHJuVEs/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B55762cdf" target="_blank" style=color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Parkland, FL</a>. The high school sho=ting in <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cH=6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJyWEk1MWU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B5810ef9d" target="=blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Santa Fe, TX</a>. The=<a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2=tbXRoLmlzLzJ6T05kdGQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B07140225" target="_blank" =tyle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Capital Gazette newsroom</a> =n Annapolis, MD. The <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.28658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLUHM0RGU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B77a7d22=" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">synagogu= shooting</a> in Pittsburgh, PA. The shooting at a bar in <a href="https=//link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJVYzF=QWo/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B983cba6b" target="_blank" style="color:#0a9;text-decoration:none;">Thousand Oaks, CA</a>. The political divide al=o took a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0c=M6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDMlJ3VDY/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0ba7b4c4" target=_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">scary and violent tu=n</a> before the midterms. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15546.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJEWUVjalU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0M9df8" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">3-= printed guns</a> tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to be a thing. And =he Trump admin banned those <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/155H26.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJMelZoVDA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B81cd9" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">b=mp stocks</a> you heard about in 2017.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>M=ther nature</b><strong>...</strong>as in Hawaii's months-long <a href="h=tps://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ=dXBDcmc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B4324eff4" target="_blank" style="colo=:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">volcano eruption</a>. And the volcano erup=ion in <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM=Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJDQ0k5Y1g/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Ba83b2957" target="_=lank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Guatemala</a> that kil more than 100 people. California had its <a href="https://link.theski=m.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFVG05d2Q/5bae7b4129c633bb801b8Be616c7fc" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-dec=ration:none;">deadliest wildfire</a> ever. Greece had its <a href="https=//link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJ6SDZ=SzU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0760b686" target="_blank" style="color:#0a9;text-decoration:none;">deadliest fire season</a> in more than a decad=. Hurricanes <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/a=R0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTcHJYUnE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bb3d8ff25" targe="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Michael</a> and =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJQZm5uRGw/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B07398ecc" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Florence</a> hit the East Coas=. <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9z=2ltbXRoLmlzLzJVZUtoeUQ/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B252b7f96" target="_blank= style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Typhoon Mangkhut</a> killed=dozens. And Indonesia's <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/1554482=.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJHRVdwR2g/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bec7bm8" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">natur=l disasters</a> killed thousands. This year's disasters were not only trag=c but very, very <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.27386=8/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJWYlVUeXM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B0130beab" t=rget="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">costly</a>.<=p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>N=rth Korea\u2026</b>the country that made us all think we were on the br=nk of <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6=y9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRODFyMm0lMjA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B02fa1788" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">WWIII</a>. Now, n=t so much. That's because President Trump and Kim Jong Un shook hands and =greed to <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0c=M6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJSdnJmNFo/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B7c537907" target=_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">denuclearize</a> the=Korean Peninsula. Great, except all signs are pointing to the North <a hre="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoL=lzLzJFYzJlc3Y/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B779f6c4f" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">still building up</a> its nuclear =rogram. And it's not giving up its nukes unless the US gets rid of its <a =ref="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbX=oLmlzLzJUY0IwcGc/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B120d1821" target="_blank" styl="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">"nuclear threat"</a> first.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>J=mal Khashoggi</b><strong>...</strong>the Saudi journalist and dissident wh= was <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6L=9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJBTFRNZkU/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B8d15f908" target="_bl=nk" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">murdered</a> while visit=ng the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Everyone pointed the finger at Saudi C=own Prince Mohammed bin Salman as being behind the killing. Including the =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJQZ2hDRnE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B04a01e68" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">CIA</a>, which looked into it =nd still thinks it was ordered by the crown prince too. President Trump sa=d 'maybe he did, maybe he didn't' \u2013 and got heat for letting the c=untry get away with a slap on the wrist and putting business interests fir=t. US lawmakers have been trying to take matters <a href="https://link.t=eskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJTbVdjSmQ/5bae12ddf9c633bb801b8B0ffeb0de" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;tex=-decoration:none;">into their own hands</a>. Khashoggi and other journalis=s were named <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/a=R0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJFUExTcDE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bfe434440" targe="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">Time Person of t=e Year</a>.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>Y=men</b><strong>...</strong>the years-long civil war may come to an end soo=. Yemen's gov has been fighting against Houthi rebels. And it has led to t=e <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9z=2ltbXRoLmlzLzJRSnJwWnM/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B9e537faa" target="_blank= style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">world's worst humanitarian =risis</a>. The gov has had its eye on the rebel-held main port city of Hod=ida. But fighting there risks crucial aid and food, and human lives. Milli=ns of people are at risk of famine. But the two sides have been <a href=https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzL=JVd1B6cGQlMjA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bf67e3a84" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">talking things out</a>. So far, th=y've agreed on a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange. They're expected to co=tinue talks next month.</p>
<p style="line-height:12px!important;"><br></p><p style="margin:0"><b>V=nezuela\u2026</b>as in the country has been facing a crisis for years. =nd it's still going on. President Nicolas Maduro won <a href="https://li=k.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzJLUHZCUzA/e7b412ddf9c633bb801b8B3517cf0c" target="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9=text-decoration:none;">another term</a>. Although some called it a <a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/15544826.2738658/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLm=zLzJEWUtBcm0/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Beb96db77" target="_blank" style=color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">s
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