A coup is happening right now in Brazil and the Rio Olympics is a smokescreen. While you are watching the games, the Brazilian Senate voted to continue the impeachment against suspended president Dilma Rousseff, despite evidence in her favor and despite scathing leaks against the people behind the impeachment. But this has largely been ignored because the media is fixated on Michael Phelps' latest win, the strange color of diving pool, and the various inspiring stories of different athletes.





Not that that's a bad thing, but in so doing, it's running cover for the interim Brazilian government and the coup against Dilma Rousseff. Even in Brazil, Olympians are all over the front pages. News of the protests, corruption in the interim government of Michel Temer, and Wednesday's impeachment vote against Dilma Rousseff, are buried.





You probably didn't hear, for instance, that it was revealed this week that the construction company Odebrecht, secretly paid millions of dollars to both interim president Michel Temer and interim foreign minister Jose Serra, for their 2014 and 2010 presidential campaigns. This comes after three interim ministers have already resigned, over corruption charges since May.



