The Presidential Daily Brief - 05/14/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] May 14, 2016 [The Presidential Daily Brief] Follow Us: [Facebook] [Twitter] Important [Locals celebrate Brazil's new acting President Michel Temer in the Lebanese town where his father grew up. Source: Getty] [Will Paul Ryan Give In and Endorse Trump?] It'll take some getting used to. With Republican fate and fealty in the balance, Donald Trump met with [Paul Ryan] Thursday after the House speaker declined to endorse the presumptive nominee. In a joint statement, they acknowledged a "few differences" but appeared to be edging toward common cause. The pressure is on, as Hillary Clinton continues to marshal Democratic forces. But she must also battle a quixotic Bernie Sanders campaign in Oregon and Kentucky on Tuesday while GOP leaders plan more meetings with Trump to see how he'll reshape their battered brand. Sources: [Washington Post], [NYT], [Buzzfeed], [The Atlantic] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Dilma Rousseff Sidelined by Impeachment Process] She's not going quietly. Brazil's embattled [leftist] president saw lawmakers decisively approve her suspension and impeachment proceedings this week. Rousseff, who's vowing to fight the "coup" and refusing to help centrist acting President Michel Temer with the transition, is accused of illegal budgetary manipulation. But in the meantime, Brazilians - in the throes of a crippling recession - are turning their gaze toward former behind-the-scenes "wheeler dealer" Temer. The 75-year-old lawyer faces the daunting task of instituting economic reforms and retaining power as Rousseff tries to grab back the reins. Sources: [AFP], [FT (sub)], [NBC], [Foreign Policy] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Is London Becoming the New Zürich for Banking?] They're not following the money. While U.S. regulators have cracked down on Swiss banks that help would-be taxpayers conceal assets, British regulators appear to have a different attitude. A block from the Bank of England, an employee of Swiss bank BSI shared her suspicions of surreptitious financial practices with U.K. regulators and became frustrated when nothing happened. After last month's Panama Papers offshore [banking] revelations, this and other cases may gain fresh traction, especially considering BSI admitted to secretly funneling American clients' money by using untraceable, anonymous debit cards. Sources: [FT (sub)] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [New England Private Schools Face History of Abuse Claims] The silence is broken. At least 67 Northeastern U.S. private schools have been hit with allegations over the past 25 years that staff sexually [abused] pupils, according to an investigation by the journalistic team featured in Spotlight, the movie about its historic probe of abusive priests. Ninety lawsuits have been filed, 37 employees dismissed and two dozen defendants convicted. But, similar to the church scandal, many accused staffers were hired by other private schools. It's likely that more sexual misconduct remains to be exposed - at institutions whose very existence depends on spotless reputations. Sources: [Boston Globe] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly Pfizer says it won't provide drugs for leathal injections. [(CNN)] Sheldon Adelson to donate $100 million-plus to Trump. [(NYT)] Homeland Security chief asks travelers to be patient with TSA lines. [(AP)] Hezbollah: Its Syria commander killed by 'jihadists,' not Israel. [(BBC)] U.S. and Mexico mull joint World Cup bid for 2026. [(USA Today)] INTRIGUING [Can the Holy Ganges River Be Cleaned?] It's an ungodly mess. The 450 million people who live in its basin have contributed to its astounding pollution, from dumping sewage and disgorging toxic tanning chemicals to cremating the dead according to Hindu tradition. Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] has launched a $3 billion effort to cleanse the sacred water source that gave us one of the world's oldest civilizations and largest modern nations. But environmental law enforcement has been spotty, and even the government acknowledges that making the river healthy again will take far longer than the program's five-year time frame. Sources: [BBC Magazine] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [These Apps Teach Women to Orgasm] This story has a climax. The Apple Store may censor them, but apps like Happy Playtime Web, which encourages women to demystify masturbation by stimulating a cutesy cartoon vulva, offer exciting possibilities. And sex tech doesn't stop there: Websites like OMGYes deliver sex tips and practical advice that go far beyond "relax," while newfangled vibrators leave the phallic shapes behind and concentrate on what women really want: the 60-second climax. Pursuing a high-tech female orgasm comes with its own marketing challenges, but it might just be the next sexual revolution. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Start-Ups Are Trying to Transform Communal Living] All together now. The latest big-city living trend is furnished "dorms for grown-ups," rather than risking the perils of Craigslist. Not much cheaper than a [Manhattan] studio, the arrangement can be a way to combat the fierce loneliness of urban professionals. Houses managed by the start-up Common have two people to a bathroom and four to a kitchen - human interaction required. Experts identify group living as part of the extended adolescence stage common to younger residents, who are becoming the core market for this new cohabitating paradigm. Sources: [The New Yorker] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [How the Myth of the Biological Clock Hurts Women] It's wound too tight. Since the late 1970s, the media and some scientific studies have fostered the notion of the "biological clock," portending the end of a woman's fertility and the crisis faced by 30-somethings [yearning] to fulfill their waning biological imperative. But the idea - which served as a foil for the women's liberation movement - is increasingly seen as overblown. Likewise, tropes that male fertility is lifelong and men don't want babies are being debunked, helping show women that equality and reproduction needn't be mutually exclusive. Sources: [The Guardian] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [From Queen of Everest to Connecticut Housewife] She's moving mountains. Lhakpa Sherpa has summited Mount Everest six times - more than any other woman - but she's fought more daunting battles. Last year, she ended an abusive marriage to a Romanian-American climber who brought her to Hartford, Connecticut, to subsist on food stamps and work as a housecleaner and cashier at 7-Eleven. But a mountaineer since the age of 15 - and the first female Sherpa to climb to the top of the world and back - she's returned to [Nepal], where the ropes are set for her seventh conquest. 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