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Skimm for September 1st

Skimm’d from bed.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Where are we on this?” — Hillary Clinton in an email with the subject line “Gefilte fish.” Yesterday, thousands of emails were released from the private server she controversially used while sec. of state.

THE BIG O

THE STORY

Yesterday, OPEC – a squad of the world’s biggest oil producers – said it might be open to working with other countries to boost oil prices.

WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

OPEC’s a group of 12 countries - think: Mideast, African, and South American nations - that together produce almost half of the world’s crude oil. And lately, their oil profit game has been thrown off by fracking (read: a controversial way of producing oil and gas) in the US and Canada. Fracking has flooded the market with oil supply, even though there’s not as much demand for oil (thanks in big part to a sluggish global economy). This has led to prices dropping like it’s hot. (Psst...we Skimm’d it for you.)

SO WHAT’S THE LATEST?

Now, it looks like OPEC might be open to working with other producers to revive oil prices. Which a lot of people think means the US and Canada. This, plus other slick headlines, sent oil prices way up.

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OPEC isn’t known for playing nice with others, but the drop in oil prices has been a big blow to some of its member countries, who depend on oil to keep their economies afloat. This could be a smoke signal that they’re hurting badly enough to flirt with countries they don’t normally do business with.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR FLIGHT’S DELAYED...

Can I leave, please? These journalists can relate. Yesterday, two British Vice News journalists and their translator were arrested in Turkey on terrorism charges. Turkey says they were working for a terror group, allegedly one you might have heard of (hint: rhymes with crisis). Reminder: Turkey recently starting fighting ISIS in Syria. Turkey’s also been fighting the PKK back home, a group it considers a terrorist organization. These journalists were covering the violence between the Turkish military and the PKK. Vice has called the charges “baseless and alarmingly false.” Human rights organizations agree.

WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR GRANDMA MAKES AN INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT AT A FAMILY DINNER…

Not the place for that. The Auschwitz museum’s had problems with high temperatures recently. So the caretakers of the former concentration camp installed “mist showers” to cool people off. And now high temperatures are the least of their problems.

WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO RESOLVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE’S COMMENTS IN A SHARED DOC…

Hard to please everyone. Ukrainian lawmakers know about that. Yesterday, the country’s parliament voted on whether to give more power to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Reminder: Ukraine has been going through an epic identity crisis for years (Here’s your Skimm). In February, Ukraine, Russia, and the West agreed on a cease-fire deal to end months of violence between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s eastern cities. Part of that deal included separatists getting more autonomy. But a lot of Ukraine doesn’t want to give up any power to the separatists, who everyone thinks are actually backed by Russia. Yesterday, protests in the capital got violent . One person was killed and dozens were injured when a grenade was thrown. Now, Ukraine’s government is left wondering if it’ll have enough support to hold up its end of the cease-fire bargain. Rock, meet Putin’s abs.

WHAT TO SAY WHEN THE SAME CAR ALARM KEEPS GOING OFF OUTSIDE...

This again? Everyone’s talking about Tom Brady’s balls . Still. Yesterday, the star QB was back in court, appealing the NFL’s decision to bench him for four games for his role in Deflategate. Deflategate: when the Patriots were accused of intentionally deflating game balls to make them easier to grip...and win playoff games. Brady says he knew nothing of the shrunken balls. The NFL begs to differ. Yesterday was the last chance for both sides to talk it over and hug it out before a judge steps in. There was no hugging. The judge says he’ll make the call this week on whether to keep Brady sidelined.

THING TO KNOW

Denali: The mountain formerly known as Mt. McKinley. Obama officially renamed it this week to please his Alaskan friends - who’ve been on the Denali name train for pretty much forever. His GOP frenemies are none too pleased.

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