The Presidential Daily Brief - 05/12/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] May 12, 2016 [The Presidential Daily Brief] Follow Us: [Facebook] [Twitter] Important [Protesters supporting Dilma Rousseff chant outside Brazil's Senate last night before legislators voted to impeach. Source: Getty] [Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Faces Impeachment Trial] She's been shown the door. After an exhausting 20 hours of debate, the  [Brazilian] Senate voted 55-22 to impeach. In doing so, legislators have launched legal proceedings that immediately suspend Rousseff from office, handing power to VP Michel Temer for up to six months pending a decision on whether to remove the president permanently. While supporters clashed with police outside, Rousseff - who denies allegations of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing deficit - packed her bags, made plans to dismiss her cabinet and is refusing to ease the transition. Sources: [DW], [BBC], [Reuters] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [US Mulls How to Handle Future ISIS Captives] Taking no prisoners may not be an option. The American administration, hoping to avoid echoes of Guantanamo, is now grappling with how to handle ISIS [terrorists] who surrender as the U.S.-led alliance bears down on the strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul. Obama is loath to revive huge detention operations or house captured jihadi extremists, and it's unclear whether Middle East allies can, or are willing to, do so. But the lack of planning has human rights activists concerned that desperate measures will lead to inhumane treatment of detainees. Sources: [NYT] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Next 'Bern' Phase Could Be Grassroots Anti-Trump Effort] Will the movement live on? Bernie Sanders' allies are discussing how to channel the energy (and vaunted email list) of his insurgent [campaign] into November and beyond, should the Vermont senator fall short and exit the race. One proposal calls for a Sanders-driven "convention" running parallel to the DNC, and a massive independent political campaign against Donald Trump. The question is whether he'll comply and drop out after the June 7 primaries in California and elsewhere, when he's still likely to trail Hillary Clinton in delegates. Sources: [Politico] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Nissan to Take 34 Percent Stake in Scandal-Plagued Mitsubishi] They're fueling a rescue effort. The giant [Japanese] auto manufacturer is buying a huge chunk of its smaller rival, which recently admitted to fudging fuel efficiency data. Nissan, already allied with French carmaker Renault, will become Mitsubishi Motors' largest shareholder, buying the stake for an agreed $2.2 billion, with plans to help the beleaguered brand restore customers' trust. Having seen drops of more than 40 percent after the scandal, Mitsubishi's shares were suspended yesterday but saw prices rise alongside buy orders, and Nissan shares dipped 1.6 percent. Sources: [FT (sub)], [BBC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly Debris found off the coasts of South Africa, Mauritius believed to be from MH370. [(BBC)] Golden State closes out series with win over Portland. [(USA Today)] George Zimmerman plans to auction gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin. [(The Guardian)] Nearly $400 million in broken mergers has already plagued Wall Street this year. [(WSJ)] sub WHO: One in four pregnancies ends in abortion worldwide. [(BBC)] INTRIGUING [Woody Allen's Cannes Debut Revives Rape Chatter] It's no joke. Café Society's unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival saw a French comedian draw gasps from the audience when he told Allen, "It's very nice that you've been shooting so many movies in Europe, even if you are not being convicted for rape in the U.S." The director's son, Ronan Farrow, penned a passionate op-ed comparing his 80-year-old father to Bill Cosby. He said the "dangerous" silence from the press and [Hollywood] about sexual assault allegations by his sister, Dylan Farrow, discourages victims everywhere. Sources: [Variety], [Hollywood Reporter] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Education Is the New Bridal Ornament for Indian Girls] How old-school! Regional governments in India are pushing hard for young women's education, offering financial incentives and free bicycles to get enrollment as high as 96 percent in some areas. This, in a country with the world's second-highest rate of child marriage, also aims to keep females in school longer. Yet social values placing marriage above education - except as a bargaining tool for a lower dowry - are still going strong, and they could bring down those trying to cut through the wed tape. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Scientists Find 2.7 Billion-Year-Old Micrometeorites] They had breathing space. [Australian] researchers have found 60 sand-sized flecks embedded in limestone that are about a billion years older than other spacedust samples. The virtual time capsule reveals a surprising clue about the chemical evolution of Earth's upper atmosphere: It was about 20 percent oxygen, like today. Scientists had assumed it wouldn't contain much of the gas, since the lower atmosphere was virtually oxygen-free at that time. More study is needed to figure out Earth's multilayered prehistoric atmosphere, which could inform the search for life on other planets. Sources: [National Geographic], [Smithsonian] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Elon Musk's High-Speed Pod Travel Has First Public Demo] Full speed ahead! Hyperloop One, the electromagnetic propulsion system envisioned by the SpaceX founder, staged its first public demonstration in the Nevada desert yesterday. The test sled's brief acceleration along a straight track wasn't the most thrilling sight, but it's a milestone for the [travel revolution] dream of moving large numbers of people at 700 mph. Hyperloop faces more hurdles, though: The sled doesn't have brakes yet (it stopped by plowing into sand), and it traveled on rails instead of the ultimate goal of low-pressure tubes. Sources: [NPR], [Jalopnik], [Gizmodo] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Max Scherzer Strikes Out 20 to Tie MLB Record] He aced it. The Washington Nationals right-hander dismissed 20 batters in yesterday's 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, joining the exclusive 20-K club of Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood and Randy Johnson. ''That's some serious company,'' said Scherzer, who also tied John Lackey as the only active starters with wins against all 30 major [league] clubs. The 2013 Cy Young winner built excitement early on, racking up eight strikeouts in three innings, and by the eighth he knew he was on his way to making history. 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