Your Presidential Daily Brief: Suu Kyi Skipping UN Assembly | Court Reinstates Refugee Ban

[The Presidential Daily Brief](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a062cf13/e3d53db06089ae377bf4c88d0525eaf1//) [The Presidential Daily Brief](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a062cf13/e3d53db06089ae377bf4c88d0525eaf1//) 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/54da8e4e/5e5c0de768028f8dbd014c202b4ce722// 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d27517f1/291ac8613f82e07036be26a57c55abe7// 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d27517f1/291ac8613f82e07036be26a57c55abe7//  IMPORTANT September 13, 2017  59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/253d192f/148701b8a8c40381004bb9c91bf8c8fb// [Protesters in India hold placards denouncing reported massacres of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. Source: Getty](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4b213b02/0ae939006fc1d726d5a87bff6bfe19b2//) [Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to Skip UN General Assembly](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2868a256/f91ffad4221c05333724ca39a9a4d63a//) She’s got some explaining to do. As the crisis in Myanmar over reported systemic killings and expulsions of Rohingya Muslims has mounted, so has criticism of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi. Myanmar’s leader has refused to condemn military crackdowns on the Rohingya after a small band of Muslim rebels attacked police, and now says she’ll skip next week’s U.N. gathering to focus on the “terrorist attacks.” Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council is meeting about the crisis today, but with Russia and China backing [Myanmar](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/16079e63/36a39a2f93285829fe9b0884dbdfd77d//), no action is expected. Sources: [DW](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8c69799d/c521e8e8b78c5282108a44c04e7c9837//),[Al Jazeera](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/09f35adb/9b67d7db090df95afa154aca9abf4386//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e0624376/11d73ad3486b510a7ef05d3cc28bdc10//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a48a74d2/43b6b3cba8487174ac5e10775600ea05//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/674b064f/8a59c10ab75b6d0f4a12aea6875aedf3//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e597ef5f/c770365aed04f772a4365829bafbabc1//) [Supreme Court Grants Trump Travel Ban Request](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1de7e549/345f870ff8e152e527f86f4e32b02a1e//) The ban is back. After the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that 24,000 [refugees](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fa89157c/df605801bed6f861a52feaa754b4595a//) whose resettlement claims had been sponsored by charities should be allowed to enter the United States, yesterday the Supreme Court granted a request from the Trump administration to continue to bar them from the country. Legal ping-pong has ensued as courts have battled over the extent of the ban’s enforcement, but the most recent ruling maintains the status quo until the country’s highest court can debate its legality next month. Sources: [CNN](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/aa394c6e/574ea009f1267392975d49b46311760e//),[AP](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/cbe8f307/93ef2ebc94a304681e5224df4468dbeb//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f68449a0/454f9f47c04f361bbaac666df47e1070//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a0b1ec7b/02a711724f59368dabdfd2cf0337a223//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/85926695/8894e682e219d628a1395dfd7fc2bc9b//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e17f8de0/e63dcd2681f5df61eac0f7c59348a9af//) [Congress Unanimously Urges Trump to Denounce Hate Groups](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c41a6b7f/2863139f6d765a01344c1fbcd8378611//) His move. The House and Senate have passed a bipartisan resolution urging President Donald Trump to denounce white nationalist, white supremacist and [neo-Nazi](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d6645877/ebb665753b58f1f8098f545150feac25//) groups, asking him to use “all available resources” to investigate the actions of such cells. It describes the killing of anti-racist protester Heather Heyer by a white nationalist last month as a “domestic terrorist attack,” a stark departure from Trump’s equivocation over who was to blame for the incident. The resolution’s expected to be sent to the White House for a signature today. Sources: [Reuters](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/dc9c1c41/7d711dfec9886c371e164d839097b4cb//),[NYT](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/19d49207/e9efcb0a39a71e76d7f3987a9879508f//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/14aa12b8/226cb2443a909540106aafe890f64e4f//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b3fd7215/21c1ba36dd6e3500a769a683a4846b22//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3023c948/7c7ac84cad936d797ec15d837483ebba//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6c45431e/a3f0582555b42f68003d44aede715197//) [US Bargains With China Over Banks, North Korea](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9b887804/78fde4a4563d58db5f3404033fb71ab0//) It’s a trade off. In an attempt to get Beijing to curb North Korea’s access to trade, President Trump’s administration has threatened to target Chinese banks if they do any business with the [Hermit Kingdom](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1087d28d/c280c02732071d68b7b9376ab51dc74a//). China’s central bank had already directed commercial and state-owned financial enterprises to comply with new U.N. sanctions, with North Koreans blocked from opening accounts or withdrawing money. But analysts say Beijing likely hopes to keep some measures in reserve to allow leverage on Pyongyang should its nuclear tests, and international tensions, escalate again. Sources: [WSJ (sub)](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4d380da3/547b99c0d1a4b599016f3bdbed2fa95d//),[FT (sub)](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4fd14390/43c5081743a9f00f089b5fa0a9235b8b//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/367ee20c/86554ebd1fed30f1bc9ad8f68eb9bdba//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e7fab2d9/1195ca72f278e4fabaf2e61623bdc3af//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/09a5c668/1cb145af1fb53c90093a6bae1fb948a4//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ae776f54/cdffe8b5e03a3f44a8162a0b0a306d74//) Briefly Know This: Hurricane evacuees without U.S. passports are reportedly being [refused entry](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e27b453b/8fe04ecddbce9bf43688aee348fc3e62//) to the U.S. Virgin Islands, despite the devastation of several neighboring islands. Edith Windsor, whose [battle](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/dcd7edd8/bb2d9b09eb7536b699e8372e7de18ab4//) for same-sex marriage led her all the way to the Supreme Court and a landmark ruling in 2013, has died at the age of 88. And Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has [resigned](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/58a0e082/8a857f051f47031ed41cd8723c6d69e6//) after months of allegations that he sexually abused children decades ago. Stay Tuned: Later today, OZY will publish a Special Briefing to catch you up on Myanmar’s ongoing crisis over the displacement and possible ethnic cleansing of its Rohingya Muslim minority. Check [this page](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/805b7ce8/aae26fc4beb54a8c2afe1572ec58d515//) for more, and to catch up on our past Special Briefings. Come See Us: OZY and WGBH have teamed up to create a provocative new show for PBS, Third Rail With OZY. The show tapes every Friday in NYC in front of a live studio audience. Want to get in on the action? Sign up [here](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9718efa3/03efe93d5632714d9c42250fcda3ce89//). We’re also hosting a watch party this Friday, Sept. 15 at The Well in Brooklyn. RSVP [here](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ce1b891f/db9cb76423beda46db4341bf932b79bb//) to attend! 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7a39d243/7e222fc9df151eaed3813a6f46334a28// 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d33612d1/81d9e34b10a05f52ff67074486141db4//  INTRIGUING  [Refugee Influx Could Resuscitate Ireland's Ghost Towns](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6c86cba3/f9712e4282e7ed68048f6f8448acf0e4//) With a little luck, this could work. Many small Irish towns emptied of young people after the 2008 financial crash hit the country hard and jobs were scarce. But hamlets like Ballaghaderreen have seen hundreds of refugees arrive and restart the local economy, moving into houses that had been left empty. Of course, some of those homes may be derelict, dangerous or impractical for refugees with families who need to find long-term housing solutions — and who may decide to leave for cities with more abundant job opportunities. Sources: [OZY](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/219bd9c6/1beff98437113908a7cfb115e02655f0//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/166d0c84/9b6ba2a6eb171ed0e89c501b8b081c7a//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/86e6d2c6/14793d8305e288b17cb81298da8b5bc7//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e53421d4/20de3b478e6aaa28eb7516f4b94119d2//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/31416b3a/7a678407131be18af56fe0abf5b01dc0//) [NASA's Cassini Probe Prepares to Crash Into Saturn](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/84e8d020/7dbff8392453b5417d3ed50e0fed885f//) That’s a wrap. Completing a 13-year mission to Saturn and its moons, Cassini will plunge into the massive planet Friday morning in a spectacle that may be visible through telescopes on Earth, 930 million miles away. The nuclear-powered spacecraft, launched in 1997, was a [joint project](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/75f03fa3/e480da9bf2904bbe09a7ae0e9d7dbc05//) by NASA and the European and Italian space agencies. Extending the $3.26 billion mission until Cassini lost power wasn’t an option: That would’ve risked crashing the probe and its earthly bacteria into two moons that could potentially harbor extraterrestrial life. Sources: [Time](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c5f84d08/7f2b5ffd1ca3dcf98670b91c266f7874//),[BI](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/42cd0891/9a096d9df1a76b341df77f53452b1cf1//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/777390c4/af6e7c5ea3d55d0696a37b8c171e59d4//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f3652a7c/82089a43da48808395f2becdb517e5d0//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/897bdc57/239afc6326cb424727e74c5e3106ab09//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a7825783/497fe85f866d66c0413ecf2709a612dc//) [Baltics Unmoved by Russia's War Games Next Door](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f7d0ae4c/ece10d45bc7f58cc5016e3d81f78a2a6//) They’re playing it cool. Much of the world might be wary of the Kremlin’s upcoming war games in Belarus and western Russia, but ordinary citizens in the [Baltic region](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/790c2a58/06195b03741375b6826501daab139f99//) seem blissfully unconcerned. Critics have long warned that Moscow could use the massive exercise — which begins Thursday — to grab more land, as it did in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. But locals say Brussels and Washington are more worried than anyone on the ground in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. Tensions may be high, but few see war on the horizon. Sources: [Politico](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/dde8f277/643bf5af4f350a7c9cdbb810a7919f9a//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/931d52af/412db4cb136e16c7f6c579727c302102//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/07d446ba/f34daa2b3738b7e89d134c54dca73aef//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ea9afdc4/25f2aeed6253b5c23479443479e8ecdd//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/87a92644/c197e6544cee7e5766440ab4be7df1ac//) [J.J. Abrams Signs on to Direct 'Star Wars: Episode IX'](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/aefa9d82/a18dd2ebe355da28364a106ffaa9a01a//) The force is strong with him. Lucasfilm reports that Abrams will return to co-write and helm the saga’s ninth installment, following last week’s departure of original director Colin Trevorrow. After rebooting [the franchise](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/37c13917/4e5261c15f7f421774249a5ea0589d24//) with the massively successful The Force Awakens, Abrams could deliver cachet to a project so far marred by creative differences between Trevorrow and Lucasfilm. Slated for release May 24, 2019, IX faces tremendous pressure to successfully close out the trilogy, first launched in 2015, which is expected to see more spin-offs in coming years. Sources: [Variety](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/345e8e9a/fe2ef326d8349b2474f7bb2799f8e54c//),[The Verge](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/da4d305d/53d42b43afad7a34134608206f72497a//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a6aed3e5/8cbc07d760f3a8c836d01fc120b7a765//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4e8b77fa/af8fb96f1be0b0663a93ebea805c5f7a//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/296f5c34/723aa078bbe5e677a4c6506f0bbac172//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/bd293e9e/050f55db6b21d33eb9c1130013398cb5//) [Was Steve Smith's Hall of Fame Nomination a Mix-up?](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/0d9f2c4b/bc4cff715d6f0a6870cd4084288e21d3//) Who’ll call foul? Many football fans have noted that one of the 108 new nominees for the Pro [Football](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7df05711/aad5b2c9f8506311afbdc997d3037ed5//) Hall of Fame, former Giants receiver Steve Smith, is unusually underqualified, with 2,641 career receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. Anyone can nominate players, but the Hall’s “fan vote” website has a photo of the other Steve Smith, who racked up nearly 15,000 receiving yards and 81 touchdowns with the Panthers and Ravens, but won’t be eligible until 2021. Nobody’s saying — yet — whether this was an administrative fumble. Sources: [SI](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9d40b5e6/fa2d9010fd33f648fe84f766154aed0b//),[Deadspin](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/07253dfc/de05df59b18c78b5a333ba5b8c8b5c6d//) Share: [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/73411344/83bcf7c48b0a9f0373a69559914953f7//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fe2bc1ae/9b21259c2c6e5186eadc12c7ba8dd44d//) [Facebook](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4c03074e/5fd3babe4dc35d4597fb96deba913a61//) [Twitter](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/642fd06b/61d834dc98537597291a477fa2ae212e//) 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6fcf1560/6098040e2313b8b3537d95053208703d// Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9cf67fe2/10d5cbaf1861d804854fd7347e0f4b98// True Story [Ninja Flips 101: Inside the World of Martial Arts Tricking](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2f20bb8a/19a182c116009ca2aadef18fbd884aaf//) [Read In Full](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/cf68e35b/acffaca8d9d0e393e5739df9d51dad19//) 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ab31cbbc/d36678b5a491bda2ad170798688baf1c// Fast Forward [Can Refugees Breathe New Life Into Ireland’s Empty Towns?](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5de3595a/65e4fe739e5415cfd2e01bcff9197128//) [Read In Full](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d8353681/e2ef0472956acdece4013fbeba301aaa//) 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f6516c60/913ec492490e1d32a507e391e0d586d9// Politics & Power [Where Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt the Most](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/0159ff45/16c1d60a1c3e61157ebb76366992e468//) [Read In Full](59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/cfb1ebd8/ef5881446f754c329a970b54036f2007//) 59b9029ddbb829dd598a9549:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/75d8bce9/a0ed99c94f59f69199592dbf14fb8935// 25M people love reading OZY every month. 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