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Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
February 03, 2021 18:25 - 4 minutes - 4.53 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A COVID-19 vaccine could do more than just protecting vaccinated people from getting infected—it could slow transmissions of the virus; An archaic law in New York City is finally repealed; Republicans can keep whining about metal detectors outside of the Capitol, but they’ll have to pay a fine if they don’t adhere to security screenings; A Capitol rioter actually gets permission to go on vacation; Banana bread is mistaken f...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
February 03, 2021 12:33 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right: Former President Trump really believes in his rigged election lie; Trump aides are mad at the wrong person that they’re losing their benefits; Even though Steve Bannon was pardoned for federal offenses, he could still be charged on state crimes; Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is just the fifth private citizen to ever be honored in the Capitol Rotunda; Fox News is tanking; South Carolina state regulators OK a massive rave...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
February 02, 2021 20:33 - 5 minutes - 5.14 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Democrats don’t understand how an attempt to overthrow the government is not an impeachable offense; Former President Trump’s legal team says that he was practicing “free speech” at the “Save America Rally,” so who cares if he incited a mob; During the Capitol insurrection, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted that she could be killed; Confederate flags on license plates in North Carolina will soon be a thing of the past;...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Feb. 2, 2021
February 02, 2021 12:13 - 5 minutes - 5.53 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Biden press team fields questions from reporters ahead of briefings; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republicans utilized “tactics of abusers” after the Capitol insurrection; Dolly Parton could’ve been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom but declined; Accusations against Marilyn Manson are now affecting his career; A Capitol insurrectionist thinks she deserves a vacation to Mexico; ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Feb. 1, 2021
February 01, 2021 20:37 - 6 minutes - 6.44 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Soon, it’ll be a whole lot easier to administer our own COVID-19 tests at home; People are still doing blackface and think it’s OK, Mexican American teenagers in Texas battle a major conflict of interest when it comes to career endeavors; Former President Trump still has too much power over the GOP; If you’re dealing with a little cabin fever during the pandemic, here are some hot places you can visit if you’re feeling a bi...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Feb. 1, 2021
February 01, 2021 12:30 - 6 minutes - 6.36 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Former President Donald Trump manages to find lawyers to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial; Sen. Mitch McConnell took whatever former President Trump said with a grain of salt; A state of emergency has been declared in Myanmar; A former adviser to John McCain and John Kasich has been accused of sending unwanted sexual messages; Rochester police complain of a 9-year-old girl “acting like a child” while arresting ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
January 29, 2021 19:25 - 4 minutes - 3.79 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: KGB Operatives Urged Trump to Go Into Politics During Late 1980s Russia Visit, Ex-Agent Claims, Trump Has Become Obsessed With Getting Rid of Impeachment-Backing Rep. Liz Cheney, QAnon Shaman: Let Me Testify Against Trump at Impeachment Trial, Robinhood Raises $1 Billion of Emergency Funding to Help it Ride Out GameStop Frenzy and Biden Administration Blocks Trump’s Desperate Last-Gasp Pentagon Appointments. Hosted on A...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
January 29, 2021 09:19 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Lin Wood Says He Must Take Mental Exam to Keep Law License, Republican Rep. Peter Meijer: GOP ‘Nearing Its End’ if It’s the ‘Party of Conspiracy Theories’, COVID-19 Kills 9 Retired Nuns in Michigan Within Weeks, Second Daughter Ella Emhoff Signs Modeling Contract With IMG, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Still Won’t Admit Election Was Fair and DOJ Investigating SpaceX Over Hiring Discrimination Complaint. Hosted on Acast. S...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
January 28, 2021 19:55 - 4 minutes - 3.77 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Another 847,000 Americans Filed for Unemployment in Week Biden Became President, Coronavirus Vaccine Team Gets Stuck in Snow, Gives Out Shots to Stranded Drivers, Convicted Killers of American Journalist Daniel Pearl Told They Can Go Free, Man Who Sent White Powder and Death Threat to Trump Gets Nine Year Sentence and Two Texas 14-Year-Olds Arrested, Charged With Stabbing UberEats Driver to Death. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
January 28, 2021 09:55 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Hundreds of Millions in Funds to Fight Infectious Diseases Squandered, Republican Party Won’t Encourage Trump to Run Again, Emmett Till’s Chicago Home Is Officially a Landmark, Bill Would Force Gov. Kristi Noem to Reveal $$ Spent on Her Jet-Setting, Subway’s Tangy Tuna Has ‘Anything but Tuna’ in It and Amanda Gorman, Poet Who Stole the Show at Inauguration, to Perform at Super Bowl LV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021
January 27, 2021 19:42 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Proud Boys Leader Repeatedly Worked Undercover for Law Enforcement, Says Report, Russian Police Carry Out String of Raids on Navalny’s Home and Offices, Washington State Man Murdered Daughter’s BF Over Curfew Rule, Bill Gates Says He’s Shocked by ‘Evil’ Microchip Coronavirus Vaccine Theories, Baseball Hall of Fame Decides No One Deserves to Be Inducted This Year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021
January 27, 2021 09:55 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Justice Department Rescinds ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy That Led to Family Border Separations, Senate to Move Forward With Impeachment But Most Republicans Vote It’s Unconstitutional, Philly COVID Vaccination Group CEO Took Home Doses in Plastic Bag, Nurse Alleges, IRS Agent Stole Identity of His Own Target to Rake in Cash, Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Liked’ Facebook Posts Calling to Execute Dems Before Running for Office and Trump...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021
January 26, 2021 18:09 - 5 minutes - 5.09 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Acting Capitol Police Chief Apologizes, Says They ‘Should Have Been More Prepared’ for Riot, Black Woman Whose Family Was Handcuffed at Gunpoint Sues Colorado Cops, Google Says It Won’t Donate to Any Lawmaker Who Tried to Block Certification of Biden’s Victory, MAGA Pillow Salesman Mike Lindell Thrown Off Twitter Forever for Election Conspiracy Theories, Washington Post’s Top Editor Marty Baron to Retire and Italian Prime M...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021
January 26, 2021 09:04 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden: Trump Impeachment Trial ‘Has to Happen’, First Case of Fast-Spreading Brazilian COVID-19 Variant Detected in U.S., National Association of Black Journalists Calls on CBS to Fire Two Execs After Racism Claims, Feds Say Woman Who Allegedly Stole Pelosi's Laptop in Capitol Riot Encouraged Others to Destroy Evidence, Apollo CEO to Step Down After Board Discovers He Actually Paid Jeffrey Epstein $150 Million, D.C. Riot Su...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
January 25, 2021 16:40 - 4 minutes - 4.63 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden to Replace Doctor Who Misled Public About Trump’s COVID Treatment, Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani for $1 Billion in Damages Over Baseless Election Fraud Claims, Newsom to Ditch California’s Stay-at-Home Order as Explosive Spike Starts to Ease, School Board Members Refuse Request to Wear Masks to Honor Teacher Who Died of COVID, Hawaii Republican Official Quits Over Much-Mocked ‘QAnoners Just Love America’ Tweet...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
January 25, 2021 08:54 - 4 minutes - 4.27 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden to Reverse Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Members, Fox News Drops Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ahead of Arkansas Governor Run, Asia Argento Says ‘Fast And the Furious’ Director Rob Cohen Sexually Assaulted Her, Megyn Kelly Casts Blame on CNN for Capitol Riot: ‘They Hated’ Trump ‘So Much’, Miami Heat Using COVID-Sniffing Dogs on Fans, Tacoma Police Car Speeds Into Crowd of Pedestrians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Jan. , 2021
January 25, 2021 08:54 - 4 minutes - 4.27 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden to Reverse Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Members, Fox News Drops Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ahead of Arkansas Governor Run, Asia Argento Says ‘Fast And the Furious’ Director Rob Cohen Sexually Assaulted Her, Megyn Kelly Casts Blame on CNN for Capitol Riot: ‘They Hated’ Trump ‘So Much’, Miami Heat Using COVID-Sniffing Dogs on Fans, Tacoma Police Car Speeds Into Crowd of Pedestrians. See acast.com/privacy for pr...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
January 22, 2021 21:04 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Biden looks out for families during the coronavirus pandemic; The CDC was not proactive in handling COVID-19; Sen. Schumer announces former President Trump’s impeachment trial will begin next week; Lawmakers look for official ways to keep far-right extremist conspiracy theories from growing; Guess clothing brand’s mission to empower women is questionable; The guy wearing face paint and a horn headdress to storm th...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
January 22, 2021 13:10 - 5 minutes - 5.18 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Lawmakers toss National Guard troops aside when they have no more use for them; A gun is discovered after a congressman from Maryland sends Capitol metal detectors into a frenzy; A not-so-intelligent insurrectionist returns to the scene of the crime; Joe Biden’s inauguration had more views than Donald Trump’s; A doctor in Texas tries to stash coronavirus vaccines for himself; Dave Chappelle cancels comedy shows after testin...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 21:06 - 7 minutes - 6.96 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Joe Biden inherited a White House nightmare; Dr. Anthony Fauci is back and he’s talking to the World Health Organization; President Biden wants to ensure a “fair and effective immigration enforcement system;” Racists are going to defend racism; Do the views of conspiracy theorists ever really die?—Not really. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 12:55 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: QAnon conspiracy theories are waking up to reality; President Biden is so scarred by the lack of decency in the Trump administration that he’s going to task to make sure his crew upholds ethical standards; Donald Trump already misses the limelight; A New York City pickup artist is arrested for his role in the Capitol insurrection—after he bragged about it on social media; A pork processing plant gets more pandemic funds tha...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
January 20, 2021 20:39 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The United States gets a new president; A woman finally takes a leading role in running the country; Twitter has no shame in immediately awarding Joe Biden with a POTUS account; A young poet shakes the inaugural crowd with her moving words; Former President Trump is still in denial about his election loss; Former first lady Melania Trump did not care enough to even write goodbye notes to her own staff. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
January 20, 2021 12:23 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: In the final moments of his presidency, Donald Trump rolls out pardons in the wee hours of Wednesday; National Guards members have ties to extremist right-wing views; Trump wants to maintain an influence in national politics even after he leaves the White House; The woman who allegedly swiped Nancy Pelosi’s laptop could get 20 years in prison; The senators who faced scrutiny for possibly trading stock on private information...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 19:28 - 6 minutes - 5.69 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Service members are removed from their Inauguration Day duties due to ties with extremist organizations; The woman who has been accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop has been arrested by the FBI; President-elect Biden chooses the first openly-transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate; The College Board scraps portions of the SAT; Taco Bell sides with a “God-fearing Christian” when it comes to employment...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 12:25 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Twenty-five-thousand National Guardsmen have been sent to Washington, D.C., out of fear of more pro-Trump rioting—and they have not been vaccinated for COVID-19; President Trump has not seemed to accept that he can’t make rules after Jan. 20; Under a Biden policy, millions of undocumented immigrants could be on the path to citizenship; Basketball player Stephen Jackson says a number of celebrities vow to help the daughter o...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Jan. 15, 2021
January 15, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: House Republicans deal with political and personal threats after President Trump’s impeachment; Who thinks to bring bear mace to a riot?—MAGA supporters; An Army veteran wanted to take hostages during the attempted siege of the U.S. Capitol; The Department of Justice will be investigated for its involvement and response to the Jan. 6 political insurrection; President Trump does not want to ask President-elect Biden for any ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 15, 2021
January 15, 2021 12:22 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President-elect Biden’s incoming administration has to alter pre-inauguration plans; the ghost of former President Richard Nixon haunts Donald Trump’s White House; Trump plans to settle down at Mar-a-Lago after his presidency—despite his future neighbors being totally against it; the “QAnon Shaman’s” lawyer blames the rioter’s actions on President Trump; the thirteenth person is executed under the Trump administration; and ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
January 14, 2021 17:55 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The FBI tells police to prepare for oncoming Trumpist violence; hundreds of Black police officers in Washington, D.C., accuse Capitol police of discrmination and harassment; President Trump would have prefered to argue his impeachment case on the House floor in person—instead of film that obviously scripted video the White House released Wednesday; the right-wing mob, historically, has always had terrible taste in fashion; ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
January 14, 2021 12:36 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Trump White House is pretty depressing right now; after all of the craziness Rudy Giuliani has done for Donald Trump, the president does not want to pay him for his work; prosecutors motion to revoke two men’s bail for a previous riot after they joined the mayhem at the U.S. Capitol; Kyle Rittenhouse is the picture definition of white privilege; Nancy Pelosi is tired of lawmakers showing up to Congress without face mask...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021 20:50 - 8 minutes - 7.98 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Capitol Hill is like a war zone as President Trump’s second impeachment is underway; far-right extremists are scared of participating in their own riots out of fear that they could be traps; a former Navy SEAL helped train civilians and cops in tactical shooting to overtake the Capitol; older people are supposed to be priority when it comes to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, but no effort is made in helping them schedule on...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021 12:24 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump really has not been all that nice to Vice President Pence as of late, but that doesn’t stop the vice president from refusing to invoke the 25th amendment; House Republicans flip out over metal detectors installed at the Capitol; Trump has been kicked off from Twitter through the end of his presidency; the only female prisoner on federal death row is executed despite claims of mental illness; and a Phoenix vi...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
January 12, 2021 18:47 - 6 minutes - 6.12 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Overthrowing the U.S. Capitol is not the only plan of violence the MAGA mob had in mind; Twitter wipes over 70,000 accounts associated with QAnon; President Trump falsely says it was antifa who raided the Capitol, not his loyal followers; Derek Chauvin will be tried separately from his fellow former-police officers in the death of George Floyd; more people are allowed to get the COVID-19 vaccine; and social-media-clothing c...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
January 12, 2021 12:27 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump to hold a final hoorah at the border wall in a small Texas town—COVID-19 be damned, New England NFL coach throws cold water on his friendship with Trump, the “QAnon Shaman” is privileged enough to request organic food while in jail, an investigation is being held on police officers’ participation in the Capitol riots, the state of Michigan is banning open carry at its Capitol building, and Fox News declines ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
January 11, 2021 18:28 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A second impeachment hangs overhead for President Trump, D.C.’s mayor wants people to virtually attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration, a psychological-operations officer in the Army is reportedly being investigated for her participation in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, free-speech-right-wing-loving site Parler gets shut down, First Lady Melania Trump feels sorry for herself, and PGA America cuts ties with the Trump go...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
January 11, 2021 12:35 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: It’s probably no surprise that President Trump refuses to resign; a second impeachment process is coming this week; the Capitol police chief apparently asked for the help of the National Guard prior to last week’s insurrectionist mob, but his request was denied; the far-from-model-citizen who wore the “Camp Auschwitz” church while storming the Capitol has been identified; men who escaped a jail in California are said to be ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
January 08, 2021 18:15 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Articles of impeachment for President Trump may hit the House floor next week, sore loser Trump won’t attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration, over 7,000 are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in London, pro-Trump laywer Sidney Powell is hit with a hefty lawsuit for her baseless conspiracy theories, and “SoHo Karen” keeps digging a deeper legal grave for herself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
January 08, 2021 12:34 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Top-ranking national security officials are trying to do damage control over what President Trump could possibly do before he leaves office, Trump finally condemns Wednesday’s violence—but only after learning the result of the events of negatively impact him, lots of officials are trying to jump ship from the Trump White House, a Capitol police officer succumbs to his injuries from the pro-Trump riots, a college football co...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021
January 07, 2021 19:17 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Donald Trump may be a one-term president, but he could be twice impeached; Trump finally realizes that Joe Biden will be the next president; MAGA rioters practically walked right into the Capitol without any issues; L.A.’s COVID-19 situation is beyond scary; and the next two weeks may be fairly quiet if Trump isn’t allowed on social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021
January 07, 2021 12:11 - 6 minutes - 5.8 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Frantic Trump aides try to keep White House staffers from quitting, Congress moves forward with certifying Joe Biden’s election win, House Democrats want President Trump out of office—one way or another, the woman who died during the riot at the Capitol was an avid Trump supporter, MAGA riots were unleashed across the country on Wednesday, and police made a “piss-poor” effort of containing the invasion on the Capitol. Ho...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
January 06, 2021 21:07 - 7 minutes - 6.87 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: MAGA fans take over the Nation’s Capitol, President Trump delivers a delusional speech to a crowd in D.C., Jon Ossoff declares victory in the Georgia run-off election before Sen. David Perdue concedes in the tight race, the officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department, and baseball legend Tommy John is in denial about the severity of his COVID-19 infection. Hosted on Acast....
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
January 06, 2021 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Raphael Warnock makes history in Georgia, Vice President Pence has to explain to President Trump how the certification of President-elect Biden’s win works, months of federal strategizing about who should get the vaccine first was seemingly unnecessary, officials are investigating a warning sent to New York air traffic controllers, Hong Kong sees its biggest legal crackdown on those who oppose the stronghold of Beijing, and...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
January 05, 2021 19:45 - 4 minutes - 4.6 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The U.S. sets a new record for a total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, the post office could affect the Georgia election, Donald Trump loses another attempt to overturn an election result, Scottish leaders want Trump out of the White House—and not to visit Scotland for Inauguration Day, and actress Tanya Roberts passed away—for real this time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
January 05, 2021 12:18 - 5 minutes - 5.52 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump has a new political target, the leader of a white nationalist organization has been detained for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a church in December, a Wisconsin pharmacist believes the end of the world is coming, L.A. paramedics are told to prioritize patients on who should and should not receive oxygen, impromptu vaccination sites are set up in Northern California, and it turns out that a...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
January 04, 2021 19:18 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump was a complete bug-a-boo to Georgia’s secretary of state, Britain may have to brace for another coronavirus mutation, Julian Assange’s mental health state saves him from being extradited to the U.S., MAGA supporters have to leave their guns at home on Wednesday, and Trump may be running from defeat and embarrassment before Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
January 04, 2021 12:17 - 4 minutes - 4.62 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump gets caught on tape telling the Georgia secretary of state that there’s “nothing wrong” with saying he had “recalculated” ballot totals to overturn the presidential election results, a “screaming match” occurs when a congresswoman refuses to wear a mask, CNN’s Jake Tapper plays no games when he implies Trump’s chief campaign strategist is a deadbeat dad, an impeachment conspiracy theorist and former wrestlin...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 29
December 30, 2020 16:06 - 4 minutes - 4 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Leaked Documents Reveal Xi’s Iron Grip on All Chinese Research Into Coronavirus Origins, British Government Predicts Pandemic Will End in Spring as Oxford Vaccine Is Approved, Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard Kisses Ground as He Lands in Israel, Argentina, the Homeland of Pope Francis, Finally Legalizes Abortion, Another Horrifying Pandemic Landmark: 3,725 Americans Dead in One Day and Louisville Police Look to Fire Cops in B...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
December 30, 2020 08:52 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Trump Tweets Conspiracy About Georgia Secretary of State’s Nonexistent Brother, Florida’s Elderly Spend the Night Outside in Lawn Chairs to Get COVID Vaccine, Feds Were Told in 2019 That Nashville Bombing Suspect Was ‘Building Bombs’: Report, More Infectious Variant of COVID-19 Detected in Colorado, Hidden Link Found Between Child Labor and Girl Scout Cookies and Those Viral Space Force Uniforms Aren’t Real. Hosted on Aca...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 29
December 29, 2020 17:13 - 4 minutes - 3.79 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Legendary French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin Dies at 98, Capitol Hill Staffers Pushed to Front of the Line for Coronavirus Vaccine, WHO: Sure, COVID Has Been Bad, but the Next Pandemic Could Be Worse, Judge Reverses Georgia Voter Purge After 4,000 People Wrongly Struck From Rolls, South Africa Bans Booze Sales as New Coronavirus Variant Runs Riot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 29
December 29, 2020 08:56 - 4 minutes - 3.79 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of Massive Defense Bill, Scientists Reporting Rare Amount of Severe Psychosis in COVID-19 Patients, Laptop Store Owner Behind New York Post’s Controversial Hunter Biden Story is Suing Twitter, Indiana Hospital CEO Under Fire For Saying Black Doctor Who Died of COVID-19 ‘Intimidated’ Staff, New Jersey Man Sues Police, Saying Facial Recognition Software Led to His False Arrest Hosted on ...
Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Dec. 28
December 28, 2020 17:03 - 4 minutes - 4.59 MBThese are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post Accuses Trump of ‘Insanity’ Months After Endorsing Him, Police Say Anthony Warner, Suspect in Christmas Nashville Bombing, Died in Explosion, House Democrats Say They’ll Flat-Out Ignore Trump’s Suggested Edits to Coronavirus Relief Bill, Lori Loughlin Walks Out of Federal Prison After Two Months for USC, College Admissions Cheating Scandal, China Jails Wuhan Journalist Who Tried to Warn World ...