The Presidential Daily Brief - 06/29/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] IMPORTANT June 29, 2016 [Passengers sleep and wait outside Istanbul's airport after a suicide bomb attack killed dozens of people late Tuesday night. Source: Getty] [Scores Dead at Turkish Airport, ISIS Suspected] Yet another tragedy. Two explosions and gunfire rocked Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, with Turkish officials confirming more than 230 injured, 41 dead, and the toll expected to rise. Three bombers were also killed. One opened fire with a Kalashnikov before blowing himself up in the entrance of the international terminal at the world's 11th-busiest airport. Turkey has endured terror attacks by jihadis and Kurdish militants in recent months, and officials are laying preliminary blame for this latest massacre on [ISIS] as flights resume from the airport this morning. Sources: [BBC], [CNN], [USA Today] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Brexit Threatens London Trading as Cameron Makes Farewells] So long, and thanks for all the garbage fires. Prime Minister David Cameron gave a sad address at his final EU summit yesterday, as fellow European leaders began preparations for a Britain-less Europe. French President François Hollande is saying London's financial district will no longer be allowed to clear trades denominated in euros. They had been permitted to make such trades, despite not being in the eurozone, but that right will be a [Brexit] casualty - much to the delight of Frankfurt, which can absorb that trading power. Sources: [FT (sub)], [WSJ (sub)] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Benghazi Report Casts No New Blame on Clinton] She's in the clear. The Republican-led House Select Committee's probe of the 2012 attack that killed four Americans culminated yesterday with an 800-page report revealing no new evidence of a cover-up or that then-Secretary of State [Hillary Clinton] did anything wrong. The nation's ninth investigation into the incident criticized a slow military response and the intelligence community's failure to understand the seriousness of Benghazi's security risks. Clinton's campaign responded, reiterating that the probes were politicizing American deaths, and added, "It's pretty clear it's time to move on." Sources: [Al Jazeera], [NYT], [NPR], [Vox] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Scottish Leader Heads to Brussels for EU Answers] You can never take their freedom ... of movement. After Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, the country's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been exploring a range of options for staying in the bloc despite Brexit, including vetoing the referendum or calling [another vote] on Scottish independence. EU leaders will meet with her today to discuss Scotland's future - even as her Scottish National Party makes a bid to officially replace the Labour Party, whose leadership is in disarray, as the political opposition to the ruling Conservatives. Sources: [BBC], [The Guardian], [Reuters] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly Judge stops El Chapo's extradition to the U.S. [(BBC)] Gay marriage question looms over upcoming Australian elections. [(NYT)] Trump fundraising campaign spams Australian and European politicians. [(Huffington Post)] Californians to vote on recreational marijuana legalization this fall. [(CBS)] Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore dies at 84. [(AP)] INTRIGUING [Could Terrorists Find a Way in Via Colombia?] They're beating a path to North America's door. Colombia and its neighbors are used to migrants passing through in search of opportunities in the United States. But they now fear people with less altruistic goals and more global destinations in mind are filtering through. Officials are growing increasingly wary of folks - some linked to extremists and/or drug cartels - coming from Nepal, India, Pakistan and Syria, using existing migration flows as a means for moving unseen through the region and attracting sympathizers along the way. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Humans Create New Species as We Eliminate Others] It's the circle of life. A scientist at the University of Copenhagen calculated in a new study that while we've officially logged 1,359 plant and animal extinctions in the past 12,000 years, humans have relocated or domesticated another 1,634 species. Recording the debut and disappearance of lifeforms is far from exact, and there's no making up for the entire ecosystems humans have ransacked - but the figures shed new light on how our [environment] constantly reshapes itself around us as we hunt, farm and build cities. Sources: [Wired] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Study Lights the Way to Possible Zika Vaccine] It's a race to a cure. A new study found that the virus stayed in non-pregnant monkeys for no more than 10 days, and animals who were re-infected later had developed an immunity. But the fast-spreading virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in humans, lasted 30-70 days in pregnant monkeys, though researchers still don't know why. The results could help with developing a Zika [vaccine] and treatment for pregnant women to prevent fetal abnormalities like microcephaly, which continues to surge in South America. Sources: [Popular Science] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] ['Rolling Stone' Wins Dismissal of Frat Brothers' Suit] Careful what you publish. A New York judge tossed the case of three Phi Kappa Psi members who said they were defamed by last year's retracted Rolling Stone story about [campus] rape. The judge found the description of a University of Virginia gang rape - fabricated by anonymous source "Jackie" - was too vague to meet the definition of defamation. The magazine is preparing for two more defamation suits, including a $25 million claim from the Virginia Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi that goes to trial in October. Sources: [Hollywood Reporter] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Hall of Fame Coach Pat Summitt Dies at 64] She fought hard, but you can't win 'em all. Summitt, who led Tennessee's Lady Vols to eight national titles and 1,098 victories, was the winningest NCAA Division I [basketball] coach, male or female, in history. Four years after retiring due to illness, she succumbed to early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. Considered a trailblazer for gender equality in college athletics, her influence went far beyond the hardwood. "Everyone in the state was proud to have her as an ambassador," said former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning, among the many offering tributes. Sources: [Time], [Huffington Post], [ESPN] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve RISING STARS [The Next Artist Who's About to Get Kicked Out of China] [Read In Full] 2016 [What Trump's First Intelligence Briefing Will Look Like] [Read In Full] IMMODEST PROPOSAL [Don't Let Old People Vote!] [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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