The Presidential Daily Brief - 03/10/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] March 10, 2016 [The Presidential Daily Brief] Follow Us: [Facebook] [Twitter] Presented by Important [Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in a heated debate in Miami. Source: Getty] [Democrats Clash in Bid to Woo Hispanic Voters] Following Tuesday's loss in Michigan, Hillary Clinton came back swinging in Miami last night, where she and Bernie Sanders debated vigorously on immigration, Cuba and health care as they courted the Hispanic vote. The former secretary of state dredged up Sanders' support of Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, while the Vermont senator accused Clinton of turning her back on Honduran children. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, held a rally in Hialeah, but OZY's [Nick Fouriezos] reports that turnout was strikingly low for the Florida native, who desperately needs Hispanic support to stay afloat. Sources: [NYT], [Politico], [Washington Post] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD Party Names Presidential Candidates] She'll be the puppet master. The human rights campaigner and Nobel laureate, whose National League for Democracy won by a landslide in November, is constitutionally barred from holding [Myanmar's] presidency. But she's vowing to rule from the sidelines, and today the NLD named two out of three nominees for the role. Henry Van Thio was nominated in the upper house. But it's Htin Kyaw, a close advisor and former driver to Suu Kyi - put forward in the lower house - who's expected to win the presidency. Sources: [BBC], [DW] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Mr. Trudeau Goes to Washington] He's been a charity boxer, snowboard instructor, actor and teacher. But tonight, Justin Trudeau, the newly elected Canadian prime minister, will enjoy the first cross-border state dinner since Bill Clinton and Jean Chrétien broke bread in 1997. He and Obama will announce the expansion of customs pre-clearance locations north of the U.S. border, and discuss carbon emissions and trade. Likened to a Canadian [JFK], Trudeau's countrymen expect their charismatic and hunky young leader to put the Great White North back on the world stage, starting at the White House today. Sources: [Bloomberg], [CBC], [The Canadian Press] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Fresh Stimulus Measures Expected at ECB Meeting] Don't be so negative. At today's European Central Bank meeting President Mario Draghi is likely to announce expanded efforts to boost the eurozone's recovery, like dropping its deposit rate to minus 0.4 percent and increasing bond-buying programs by as much as $16 billion per month. Some senior European bankers [warned] the ECB yesterday that negative rates were hurting profits and risking financial bubbles. So Draghi has his work cut out for him to convince skeptics that super low rates can stave off deflation and boost economic growth. Sources: [WSJ (sub)], [FT (sub)] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly VW America CEO Michael Horn resigns in wake of scandal. [(BI)] Prosecutors file charges against Brazilian ex-president Lula da Silva. [(IBT)] South African woman found guilty of 1997 baby snatching. [(BBC)] Bond trader John Gutfreund dies at age 86. [(FT)] sub North Korea reportedly fires two short-range ballistic missiles into sea. [(BBC)] [The Presidential Daily Brief] INTRIGUING [Lawmakers Get Sick After Milk Celebration] Did they get a raw deal? West Virginia lawmakers celebrated overturning a ban on raw milk by sipping some of that very product ... and have now become ill with fever, vomiting and diarrhea. An anonymous source told local media that the sick lawmakers all became ill after tasting the unpasteurized drink. But State Rep. Pat McGeehan denies the beverage had anything to do with his "bad stomach virus," which he says has been plaguing the [state] capitol. Health officials have been called in to investigate the outbreak. Sources: [Gizmodo], [GOOD] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [New Therapies Could Revolutionize Kidney Donation] Time to settle for an imperfect match? We won't judge your love life, but when it comes to kidneys, it may be the difference between life and death. An eight-year study has found that patients who are difficult to match with donors - those with lots of antibodies ready to attack alien [organs] - can succeed with an imperfect match combined with desensitization therapies. Doctors say this could make transplants cost up to $30,000 more - but it's a better price to pay than lifetime dialysis or early death. Sources: [US News] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Moody's Settles With CalPERS for $130 Million] They've settled the score. The financial services company agreed to compensate the California Public Employees' Retirement System over a 2009 suit alleging that Moody's acted negligently by giving high scores to bonds backed by subprime mortgages. The nation's largest public pension fund says it lost more than $1 billion after the financial crash from [investments] directly tied to those bonds. The settlement, which follows a similar agreement with Standard & Poor's for $125 million, will be put back into the employees' fund "to help ensure [its] long-term sustainability." Sources: [LA Times], [Sacramento Bee] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [The Rise of the One-Woman Show] They're going it alone. Budding young actresses aren't waiting to be cast in other people's tales - they're increasingly writing, directing and performing their very own shows, with stars and nobodies alike creating works that let them fly solo on stage. Low-commitment platforms like YouTube and crowdfunding tools like Kickstarter have helped lower financial barriers. While some roll their eyes at the trend, others see it as a way to boost women's equality in theater and possibly break onto Broadway with a splash. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Brock Osweiler Drops Broncos for Texans] Win some, lose some. The [Super Bowl] champs have lost their top two quarterbacks. Just days after Peyton Manning retired, his 25-year-old heir apparent signed a four-year, $72 million contract with Houston. Denver reportedly tried convincing Osweiler to stay, but general manager John Elway was quick to dismiss the departed QB, noting that "building a team with players who want to be Denver Broncos" has been a "successful approach." Elway will likely look at Colin Kaepernick, Ryan Fitzpatrick or Robert Griffin III to help defend Denver's title. Sources: [ESPN], [Denver Post] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve FLASHBACK [The Night a Southern Governor Quietly Desegregated His Capitol] [Read In Full] TRUE STORY [Doppelgängers Unite?] [Read In Full] PROVOCATEURS [Meet the Oddest Odd Couple in Sports Broadcasting] [Read In Full] 20M people love reading OZY every month. Be part of the revolution. [Facebook] [Twitter] [Instagram] [Vimeo] [Youtube] Add us to your Address Book | Having trouble viewing this email? 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