The Presidential Daily Brief - 06/10/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] IMPORTANT June 10, 2016 [Sen. Elizabeth Warren excoriates Donald Trump in a speech before officially endorsing Hillary Clinton's presidential bid - upping speculation that she may be Clinton's pick for vice president. Source: Getty] [Obama, Biden, Warren Endorse Hillary Clinton] They're circling the wagons. "I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office," the president said of the presumptive Democratic nominee, eight years and two days after she first endorsed him. Vice President Joe Biden and influential Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined the chorus hours later, as Democrats try to delicately end the nomination fight. Obama and Biden met separately with [Bernie] Sanders, who says he'll continue to battle for the nomination until the July convention. The president will begin campaigning with Clinton next week in Wisconsin. Sources: [The Hill], [CNBC], [Boston Globe], [Politico] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [US Approves Broader Military Role in Afghanistan] They're targeting the Taliban. President Obama has approved an expanded military presence in the war-torn country, but only in very specific instances. While U.S. soldiers won't make daily patrols with [Afghan] troops, they can now be brought in to "proactively support" local security forces tackling major Taliban offensives - as can airstrikes, which were previously banned except in self-defense situations. Meanwhile, Obama has yet to issue a decision on the plan to bring home nearly half of the 9,800 U.S. troops still in Afghanistan by the start of 2017. Sources: [Reuters], [ABC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Wins Peruvian Election] It was a nail-biter. The former World Bank economist appears to have won [Peru's] presidency over Keiko Fujimori, daughter of Peru's imprisoned ex-leader Alberto Fujimori. She had a healthy lead in pre-election polls, but Fujimori appears to have lost by less than 42,000 votes. Some Peruvians worry that her Fuerza Popular party, with its Congressional majority, will embark on an obstructionist campaign against Kuczynski once he's declared the winner. Fujimori has yet to concede, and the results won't be official until a court certifies about 50,000 disputed ballots. Sources: [Time], [FT (sub)], [BBC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [As Brexit Looms, Some Fear Recession, Future Trade Trouble] There's a trick to the trade deals - and it may be not offending your trading partners. Experts are increasingly gloomy about the U.K.'s trading prospects if its citizens should vote to leave the EU in the upcoming referendum. While some dispute predictions of out-and-out recession if a Brexit takes place, many are weighing the potential for retaliation against Britain when it tries to forge new trade deals in Europe, and with the EU's allies around the world, should it [choose to go] on June 23. Sources: [WSJ (sub)], [Bloomberg] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly More potential MH370 debris found on Madagascar coast. [(BBC)] Kurdish group claims responsibility for Istanbul bus attack. [(Al Jazeera)] Vice President Biden pens open letter to Stanford rape survivor. [(NBC)] Kim Jong Un photographed smoking during anti-smoking campaign. [(CNN)] Feeling presidential after a week of briefings? Prove it with the PDB quiz. [(OZY)] INTRIGUING [How an Indian Ideological War Is Playing Out Through Myth] Is a demon actually the lesser of two evils? Hindu mythology is straightforward: The goddess Durga, still celebrated in festivals across India, famously slew the evil demon Mahishasura. But some see the demon as an ancestor of India's tribal people, or adivasis, and Durga as a genocidal Andrew Jackson-style killer. Now activists are rallying behind characters like Mahishasura, hoping for new myths that don't alienate India's historically oppressed lower castes - even as some scholars say their new version of history is just as simplistic. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Tinder to Ban Teenagers] They can make a [date] ... when they turn 18. Anyone above the age of 13 has been allowed to swipe left and right since 2012 - matching teens only within their own age group. But Tinder, citing a sense of "responsibility" for its users' experiences, has decided those who are not yet legal adults will be cut off beginning next week. The change, which comes on the heels of promises to also make the app more transgender-friendly, will affect less than 3 percent of its global user base. Sources: [Tech Crunch], [PC Mag] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Study: Youth Antidepressants Do More Harm Than Good] The findings are depressing. An analysis of 34 studies involving over 5,200 patients showed that the risks - including suicide attempts - outweighed the benefits for 13 of 14 [antidepressants] commonly prescribed to children and teenagers, with only Prozac found to be worth it. Researchers warned in the medical journal The Lancet that the problem could be even worse, because many trials are financed by pharmaceutical companies and some unpublished studies showing ill effects may get buried. Antidepressant use among U.S. kids and teens nearly doubled between 2005 and 2012. Sources: [Sydney Morning Herald], [WebMD] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Justin Bieber Gets Into Fistfight in Cleveland] It's another "Sorry" moment. The [pop star] traded punches with a man outside his hotel in Cleveland, where Bieber was cheering on the Cavs in Wednesday night's NBA finals game, and he appeared to get the worst of the exchange. Naturally, an onlooker sent a video of the altercation to TMZ, where it went viral. The Grammy winner had seemed to be turning a corner recently after a string of tabloid-splashed missteps, but the former teen star is still just 22 - with plenty of growing up left to do. Sources: [TMZ], [E! News] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Yordano Ventura, Manny Machado Suspended, Fined for Melee] They're due for some pine time. MLB handed Kansas City pitcher Ventura a nine-game suspension and gave Baltimore third baseman Machado four games after Tuesday's throwdown. Ventura drilled Machado with a 99 mph [fastball], and the Oriole charged the mound and punched the Royal in the face - leading to a bench-clearing fracas. The loss may hit Baltimore harder: Machado is a star slugger, while the volatile Ventura leads the league in walks. Both are appealing their punishment and will continue playing until their cases are heard. Sources: [USA Today], [ESPN] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve FLASHBACK [The Feel-Good Story of the First Modern Olympic Superstar] [Read In Full] GOOD SH*T [The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of] [Read In Full] 2016 [Meet the British Frank and Claire Underwood] [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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