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Smart news for busy people [presidential daily brief]( *Podcast available from 8 am et Friday, July 10, 2020 Sponsored by Important 1 1 [SCOTUS: Prosecutors Can Get Trump Financials]( President Donald Trump vented on Twitter yesterday about what he called “political prosecution” after the [Supreme Court]( ruled that New York prosecutors can obtain the president’s financial records, something the administration has long sought to suppress. Trump is the first president since Jimmy Carter to refuse to release his tax returns, and prosecutors will also be able to see records from Deutsche Bank concerning hush-money payments. A separate court decision barred Congress from accessing the same records — which means the public likely won’t know what’s in them until at least after the November election. SOURCES: [NYT]( / [Politico]( / [Washington Post]( 2 2 [Seoul Mayor Found Dead After #MeToo Claims]( Police say the body of Park Won-soon, a prominent human rights lawyer who was elected mayor of Seoul in 2011, was found in woods near his official residence. Police are investigating the cause of the 64-year-old’s death, but say foul play does not appear to be involved, and that he left a note apologizing to everyone and asking to be cremated. Sexual harassment allegations against Park were unveiled shortly before his death. He’d recently been widely praised for his effective response to COVID-19, [allowing Seoul]( to avoid strict lockdowns, and was thought to be a top contender for the presidency in 2022. SOURCES: [FT]( / [Yonhap News]( 3 3 [Virus Hits US High, Kazakhs Deny Mystery Bug]( With more than 100 COVID-19 cases reported in the past week, Hong Kong has backtracked reopening and shut down its schools. But in the U.S. — which hit another daily record yesterday at more than 60,000 new cases — Texas bar owners are suing Gov. Greg Abbott for the right to stay open after he shut them down again following a virus spike. Meanwhile, Chinese officials warned yesterday that an unidentified pneumonia in Central Asia killed more than 600 people last month and that hundreds are being hospitalized daily, but Kazakhstan dismissed the statement as “fake news.” For all OZY’s coronavirus coverage, [click here](. SOURCES: [NYT]( / [Washington Post]( / [Reuters]( / [France24]( 4 4 [COVID-19 Speeds Meat Plant Automation]( It slices, it dices, it steals jobs. Beef and pork shortages have abounded during the pandemic, with thousands of workers infected and many plants forced to shut down. Now industrial heavyweight Tyson is adapting by speeding its adoption of robot butchers, which can’t get coronavirus or unionize, thus following in the footsteps of the auto industry. Meanwhile, non-robot workers have filed a complaint against Tyson and JBS alleging that meat factories — in which 87 percent of coronavirus cases were non-white people — have discriminated against employees of color during the pandemic. Read OZY’s dossier on COVID-19’s effect on our [food supply](. SOURCES: [WSJ (sub)]( / [The Hill]( / [AP]( 5 5 [Also Important ...]( [Masked Singaporeans]( are voting today in an election that’s expected to lead to another victory for the ruling People’s Action Party. Plastic surgeons say they’ve seen a marked [increase in business]( during the pandemic. And Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has unveiled his new [$700 billion buy-American economic plan](. Try this: Feeling presidential after a week of briefings? Prove it with [the PDB Quiz](. Follow this: Can’t get enough of OZY’s surprising insights and smart takes? [Follow us on Instagram]( @OZY to stay up to date with the latest and greatest from across OZY TV, podcasts and news. [Advert]( [Advert]( Intriguing 1 [1 Native Americans Win Back Half of Oklahoma]( They’re honoring the reservation. Adhering to treaties between the U.S. and the Muscogee (Creek) nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that about half of the land in Oklahoma — including much of Tulsa — is under tribal jurisdiction. That means many Native Americans won’t have to pay state taxes and no longer fall under the jurisdiction of state courts for criminal prosecution. Members of certain tribes already prosecuted in state courts, like the plaintiff, convicted of raping a 4-year-old, can challenge their convictions but must still answer to federal authorities. Read this OZY feature about Native Americans [taking over the rodeo scene](. SOURCES: [NPR]( / [Yahoo]( 2 [2 TikTok Users Target Trump Campaign App]( After the Trump administration this week brought up the possibility of banning TikTok (along with other Chinese social media apps) for security reasons, some users of the app called on their comrades to fight back. “Let’s go to war,” said one user, encouraging his hundreds of thousands of followers to download President Trump’s 2020 campaign app and push down its ratings. Wednesday saw 700 negative reviews and 26 positive for Trump’s app — considered a key part of his digital re-election operation — though negative reviews alone won’t get the app taken down, as some [TikTok-ers]( were hoping. SOURCES: [Time]( / [The Verge]( 3 [3 Peace in Colombia Brings Biking Resurgence]( It’s the good kind of backpedaling. South America’s hillsides were once the province of armed rebel forces — but since signing an agreement to lay down their weapons in 2016, those troops have demobilized. That means, [OZY reports](, that mountain bikers are getting to rediscover those hills, with major races expanding their offerings to more participants. It could also be a boon to Colombia’s economy as the country looks to ecotourism to make up the shortfall caused by slumping oil prices — though bikers will still need to keep an eye out for lingering land mines and criminal groups. SOURCES: [OZY]( 4 [4 'The Crown' to Run for an Extra Season]( Any way the Windsor blows, doesn’t really matter. Netflix’s hit series about the British royal family was meant to end after five seasons, but now will get an extra year, according to creator Peter Morgan. Morgan originally envisioned a six-season arc, which is expected to bring viewers up to the mid-2000s at the latest. According to reports, it won’t include present-day royal family controversies like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle [stepping out of their senior roles]( as royals. Season four, starring Olivia Colman, is expected to premiere later this year. SOURCES: [Huffington Post]( / [People]( 5 [5 How the WNBA Could Tilt US Senate Race]( Is Kelly the new Karen? The WNBA has been outspoken in favor of the Black Lives Matter movement, but Atlanta Dream part-owner Sen. Kelly Loeffler dismissed BLM yesterday as “anti-Semitic” and “Marxist.” [WNBA players]( and their union have called on the Georgia Republican to give up her stake in the team, but she refuses, saying that instead of emblazoning “Black Lives Matter” on the court, as the WNBA currently plans to do, players should wear American flags. Loeffler’s in the midst of a contentious three-way Senate race, but it’s unclear if the controversy will help or hurt her anemic poll numbers. SOURCES: [USA Today]( / [WSJ (sub)]( caught up? now vault ahead ... News + Politics [The OZY News Quiz]( Which two sports teams seemed closest to changing their Native-American-objectifying names this week? 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