The Presidential Daily Brief - 08/30/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] IMPORTANT August 30, 2016 [Turkish soldiers drive a tank into Syria as part of the country's military push against ISIS - which is also battling anti-ISIS Kurdish fighters. Source: Getty] [Turkish Clashes With Kurds Vex U.S. Officials] Can they keep their eye on the ball? As Turkey bombards northern Syria, some ISIS-fighting Syrian rebels are re-entering the fray with Turkish military backing. But both the rebels and Turkey's allies are concerned that Ankara's indirectly helping the self-declared "caliphate" by battling [Kurdish] forces, perceiving them as allies of Kurdish separatists fighting in Turkey even if they're reliable anti-ISIS fighters. That sets U.S.-backed forces against each other, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter has called on Turkey to cut it out, something it's so far refused to do. Sources: [Al Jazeera], [BBC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Top Clinton Aide Abedin Dumps Cheating Ex-Congressman Husband] Nobody can afford distractions at this stage of the game. Huma Abedin is the Democratic nominee's closest adviser and Hillary Clinton's likened her to a "second daughter." Now the [Clinton campaign] is rallying around her after Abedin announced a split from Anthony Weiner, her husband of six years, after another sexting scandal similar to the one that forced his resignation from Congress in 2011. But some are concerned Donald Trump's jabs at Abedin - he's already suggested that she may have given Weiner classified information - could hurt Clinton's campaign. Sources: [Politico], [NYT], [LA Times] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [California Lawmakers Pass New Sexual Assault Rules] Stop us if you've heard this one: [Stanford] swimmer Brock Turner, 20, was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious person, then given a six-month county jail sentence that sparked outrage across the country. Now the Golden State is trying to make sure it doesn't happen again: Laws don't currently mandate jail time for sexual assault that doesn't use force, but the new regulations, which now go to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, would mean state prison for anyone convicted of raping or assaulting someone too drunk to consent - unless Brown uses his veto. Sources: [Reuters], [CNN] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Apple Will Have to Pay Billions in EU Tax Penalty] They had good luck with the Irish ... for a while. But Apple's sweetheart deal with the Emerald Isle also violated core EU tax principles: Ireland allegedly gave the tech juggernaut [tax perks] not available to other companies, according to a two-year investigation. Now Brussels has ordered Apple to pay about $14.5 billion for 10 years of back taxes, one of the largest judgments of its kind - though Ireland and Apple say they'll appeal as other big companies like Starbucks and Amazon undergo similar EU tax scrutiny. Sources: [FT (sub)], [BBC], [NYT] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly Know This: The [bomber is dead] and three others were injured in a suicide bombing at China's embassy in Kyrgyzstan. Accused internet pirate [Kim Dotcom] has won the right to livestream his appeal of the extradition order that would return him to the U.S. from New Zealand. And a 17-year-old [allegedly hacked] the Sri Lankan president's website in a bid to get exams delayed.  Read This: "Lenin was so confident of Marxist doctrine and worldwide revolution that he was convinced Finland would come crawling back." Before Brexit, there was Finlexit: Finland's [accidental independence] from Russia. Remember This: 323. That's the [number of reindeer] that were apparently killed by lightning during a single Norwegian storm on Friday. OZY & Predix from GE bring you an inside look at the future of digital industries. [Make a Call, Plan a Developing City] Your commuter train is delayed again. So, you call your boss and hope not to get reprimanded. That phone call could be the key to improving your commute. Emerging markets are using data from your smartphone's GPS to gather location and movement data. Mobile devices produce around 40 trillion gigabytes of data, providing a huge opportunity to ask and answer a lot of pressing questions about how people live. Citizen, you have become the sensor. Sources: [OZY | GE ON DIGITAL INDUSTRY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] INTRIGUING ['Willy Wonka' Star Gene Wilder Dies at 83] He's taken his last bow. Born Jerome Silberman, Wilder was known for starring in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - and for caring for his cancer-stricken wife, beloved  [comedian] Gilda Radner. But he also had a long collaboration with comedy great Mel Brooks, with star turns in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein. Brooks [tweeted] after Wilder's nephew confirmed the death: "He blessed every film we did with his magic & he blessed me with his friendship." Sad news, but he'll "go on" in our hearts and memes. Sources: [Variety], [THR] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [How Reagan Went From Joke to Icon] The year was 1976. Ronald Reagan, challenging sitting President Gerald Ford, went from losing five primaries in a row and burying his campaign in debt to winning ... and then winning some more. He didn't win it all that year, but a surprise move from Ford at the convention - calling Reagan up to the stage with no notice to give an improvised speech - ended up catapulting the former actor and future Republican superstar even more firmly into the limelight, and setting him up for his heralded two-term presidency. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Americans Lose Their Taste for Orange Juice] Orange you glad you're not a citrus producer? American orange juice sales have dropped 13 percent since 2012. It's a pattern for popular beverages: soft drinks and skim milk have also taken their turns falling out of favor. But orange juice's decline, which many blame on consumers' realizing juice isn't very healthy after all, is making particular waves, with Florida looking set for its smallest orange [harvest] in 52 years. Meanwhile, other drinks - the kind you sip - like craft beers and Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Lattes, are experiencing frothy growth. Sources: [Time], [Fortune] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Mysterious Radio Signal Could Be Aliens - or Just Noise] The empire needs to call back. Russian astronomers at an observatory in Zelenchukskaya picked up a [mystery signal] with their RATAN-600 radio telescope last year, and only recently let the SETI - Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence - community know about it. The signal was coming from the constellation Hercules, about 94 light years from us, near a sun-like star. While scientists are recommending monitoring in case it was from an alien civilization, they also caution it might just be a quasar or other space static. Sources: [The Verge], [Gizmodo] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [New Faces and Injuries Spice Up First Day of the U.S. Open] This isn't Wimbledon. America's biggest tennis event is loud, boisterous - and could throw some surprises before it ends Sept. 11. [Serena Williams] and Novak Djokovic are the top-ranked players in the U.S. Open, but both are struggling with injuries that could throw them off their games. Andy Murray, fresh off his Olympic triumph, could win it all - but first has to play longtime rival Lukas Rosol today. One dark horse to watch? Germany's Angelique Kerber, who beat cramp-hobbled Slovenian Polona Hercog in her first match. Sources: [BBC], [ESPN], [The Guardian] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve RISING STARS [America's Very Own Soccer Superstar] [Read In Full] FAST FORWARD [Could a 'Nazi' Party Soon Rule Syria?] [Read In Full] GOOD SH*T [Hate Pokémon Go? 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