Philippines Extends Martial Law, MGMT Drops New Single, a Music Video Sends Egyptian Pop Star to Jail, and More: The VICE Morning Bulletin

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Former FBI Staffers Called Trump an ‘Idiot’
The Department of Justice revealed text messages shared between former FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who both worked on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. Both Strzok and Page referred to Trump as an “idiot,” and Strzok said: “God Hillary should win 100,000,000–0.” Mueller fired Strzok in July when he learned of the texts. Page had already left the counsel’s operation.—Politico

Turkey Calls for Recognition of Palestinian Capital in Jerusalem
Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, suggested ahead of a meeting of representatives from 50 Islamic nations that they must “encourage other countries” to acknowledge the existence of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit, which began Wednesday in Istanbul.—Reuters

Philippines Prolongs State of Martial Law
The country’s Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal to uphold martial law in the Mindanao region until the end of next year. A rebellion by Islamist militants on the southern island was quashed in October, but Duterte said there was still a threat from ISIS sympathizers as well as “communist terrorists.”—Al Jazeera

Dozens Left Dead After Airstrike in Yemen
A strike on a prison camp in Sanaa by Saudi-led coalition forces killed at least 39 people and injured at least 90 others, according to officials on the ground. The Saudi-led air campaign has targeted the Iran-backed Houthi militants now in control of the Yemeni capital. The destroyed military police facility had reportedly held 180 prisoners.—Reuters

Egyptian Pop Star Jailed for ‘Indecent’ Music Video
A court in Egypt sentenced 25-year-old Shaimaa Ahmed, better known as Shyma, to two years in prison for “inciting debauchery” and producing an “indecent” music video. Her “I Have Issues” clip featured the singer eating a banana in her underwear. The director was also given a two-year sentence in absentia.—BBC News

Everything Else

MGMT Return with New Single
The band released “When You Die,” the second track from its forthcoming album Little Dark Age. A video for the song stars Girls actor Alex Karpovsky as a magician who dies and comes back to life.—SPIN

Trump Family Struggles with NYC Mayoral Ballot, Report Says
The president was said to screw up his own birthday on an absentee ballot for the city’s mayoral race, writing that it fell a month later than it actually does. His wife, Melania, apparently forgot to sign her envelope, and his daughter Ivanka failed to mail her ballot in on time.—VICE

Starbucks Customer’s Laptop Used to Mine Cryptocurrency
Noah Dinkin was hit with miner code designed to steal bitcoin or some similar currency while he used the WiFi in a Starbucks in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The company said it took “swift action to ensure our internet provider resolved the issue.”—Motherboard