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Cheat Sheet Podcast from The Daily Beast

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Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Dec. 21, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Americans can finally count on a second stimulus check, Tennessee has become the worse place in the U.S. in terms of the coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants the U.S. government to block travel from the U.K. to prevent a mutant strain of COVID-19 from spreading, the next tier of Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine will include about 49 million essential workers and elderly people, and Dr. Deborah Birx faces a...

Dec 21, 20204 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Dec. 18, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump was going to do something decent, but his aides stopped him; undocumented immigrants will not be included on the U.S. census; a Jonestown survivor says Trump supporters are drinking his Kool-Aid; don’t buy vaccines from the dark web; the NYPD “heightened tensions” with the city’s residents over the summer; and Tucker Carlson and the owner of Fox News are on two separate pages in regards to the coronavirus vacci...

Dec 18, 20207 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Dec. 18, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Sadly, Donald Trump may become a reality star again; Michael Flynn believes the president can use martial law to redo the 2020 presidential election; Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s Twitter account is following an escort who brags about being 'your favorite long-legged girl next door;' California has more coronavirus cases than the entire country of Germany; widow Vanessa Bryant and her mother battle over money; and game ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ ...

Dec 18, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The pandemic is only getting worse, an alleged pimp who worked for Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in France, Vice President Pence is preparing for the wrath of Trumpworld, a Georgia woman denies COVID rules to visit her boyfriend in the Cayman Islands—and gets arrested, Russia will have no involvement in the next two Olympics, and Atlantic City is taking bids on who can blow up the old Trump Plaza. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Dec 17, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The U.S. has more of the coronavirus vaccine than it previously thought, a South Carolina Republican is now in quarantine, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany blames U.S. laws for keeping President Trump from a second term in office, an alleged member of a white supremacist organization tries to sell weapons to an international terrorist organization, Tyson Foods is launching an investigation into claims of wrongful-d...

Dec 17, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A man said to be working for the terrorist organization al Shabab allegedly was looking for “the tallest building in a major U.S. city” for an attack, CDC officials left their post because Kellyanne Conway and Ivanka Trump were too annoying, coronavirus death counts in Florida were manipulated to not appear as serious, AOC says the Democratic party needs new leadership, people who live around Mar-a-Lago do not want Donald Trum...

Dec 16, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump’s new pick as attorney general may become the quickest person to be fired within the administration, many staffers under Betsy DeVos will stick around during the Biden presidency, the Trump organization tries to use attorney-client privilege to keep from handing over tax documents, an Ohio man attempted to assume the identity of a missing teen in order to escape his own family, officials are consulting tribal c...

Dec 16, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Another COVID-19 vaccine may be released next week; people are actually hosting fight club events during a global health pandemic; researchers wonder if the coronavirus can lead to symptoms similar to Parkinson’s Disease; more agencies are on the list of targets attacked by Russian hacking; the post office can’t seem to keep up with so many packages; and someone, please tell Santa Claus to stay home this year. Hosted on Acast....

Dec 15, 20207 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Attorney General Bill Barr leaves his post with an unusually praising tone of President Trump; Trump supporters really think that doomsday is looming over a Biden presidency; Republican senators finally face political reality; a group of irresponsible firefighters in New Jersey celebrate the holiday season; rather than furniture or a bag of clothes being dropped off, a boy is left at a Goodwill store; and the National Film Reg...

Dec 15, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Dec. 14, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A New York nurse is one of the first Americans to step up and take the COVID-19 vaccine; a possible Russia-linked cyberattack shut down U.S. civilian government agencies; the fashion industry continues to fail its Muslim models, designers, workers, and audiences; personal finance guru Dave Ramsey holds a 1,000-person maskless soiree; Pornhub cleans house; and Santa Claus spreads a little more than cheer at one nursing home in ...

Dec 14, 20208 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Dec. 14, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Trump administration gets first dibs on the coronavirus vaccine; National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien’s wife tags along during official business on international trips; nearly 30 people were arrested during Saturday’s far-right rally in D.C.; a former aide accuses New York’s governor of sexaul harassment; a Christmas concert in New York City was interrupted Sunday with a public shooter; and finally, Cleveland’s Major L...

Dec 14, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Dec. 11, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A study shows that one event back in February proved to be a major COVID-19 superspreader nearly a year later; President Trump continues his killing spree; a Christian crowdfunding site gets used and abused for secular purposes; Donald Trump probably should be concerned after he leaves the White House; restaurants may be threatened again as New York City deals with another wave of the coronavirus; not only is COVID-19 creeping...

Dec 11, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Dec. 11, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Despite pleas to do otherwise, President Trump moves forward with the federal execution of Brandon Bernard; the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine could be released to the public this weekend or next week; President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris beat President Trump for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year; an investigation has been ongoing into Hunter Biden since 2018; and Ghislaine Maxwell’s family want the alle...

Dec 11, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Politicians keep skipping COVID-19 mitigation efforts, Minneapolis votes to defund the police, Attorney General Bill Barr is staying for the long-haul, 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' isn’t doing all that hot, erectile dysfunction and anti-depressant pills should not be mixed, and here’s to a new—different—year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 10, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The U.S. shatters a heartbreaking record Wednesday, law professor John Eastman works to spread racist birtherism theories about Vice President-elect Harris, a Wisconsin judge says that it’s not the job of a federal job to choose the president of the United States, the White House needs a deep clean after the Trump administration moves out, a number of Republicans contract COVID-19 during a meeting at a ski resort—possibly resu...

Dec 10, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The coronavirus vaccine roll-out has not been seamless and people may try to steal them, a Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania reveals she was afraid to defy President Trump, Iran builds a replacement nuclear site, YouTube is over the 2020 voter fraud conspiracy theories, and Rudy Giuliani is set to be released back out into the wild. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 09, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Dec.9, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The worst is yet to come with the coronavirus; so-called voter-fraud witness Mellissa Carone seems unfazed by Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis testing positive for COVID-19—even though they were around her for an extended period of time just a few days prior; Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s husband racked up in stocks just before federal coronavirus relief provisions went public; former Democratic Representative Katie Hill alleges that her...

Dec 09, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: No safety concerns: FDA scientists pave way for Pfizer vaccine approval, Zuckerberg personally threatened U.K. government with investment pull, Arizona Republican party asks: are you ready to fight to the death to support Trump?, Brit named William Shakespeare first man to get Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as mass rollout begins, Mexicans were illegally smuggled over the border to help guard Trump’s wall, Pfizer tells Trump Administ...

Dec 08, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Trump admin turned down Pfizer’s offer to sell more COVID vaccine doses to U.S., Pompeo spent over $40,000 in taxpayer money on extravagant dinner parties for GOP elites, celebs, Trump called Pennsylvania House Speaker twice to ask for help reversing election loss, Walter Reed doc who blasted Trump COVID joyride loses schedule spot, video appears to show COVID-defying Staten Island bar owner hit Sheriff’s deputy with car, COVI...

Dec 08, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Dec. 7, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Bob Woodward announces his next book on the dying days of Trump’s presidency, Ffamily Says Ohio Cops Are ‘Lying’ About Fatal Shooting of 23-Year-Old Black Man, Bob Dylan Offloads His Entire Songwriting Back Catalog for a Reported $300 Million, Pope Francis to Visit Iraq in March 2021, Mystery Sickness Lands 300+ People in Hospitals in South India, All With Negative COVID Tests, California locks down again: 33 million told to s...

Dec 07, 20204 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Dec. 7, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Rudy Giuliani hospitalized with coronavirus, Attorney General Barr could step down before end of Trump’s term, Georgia Secretary of State blames Stacey Abrams for Trump’s refusal to concede, Operation Warp Speed chief says nursing home residents could get vaccine by end of December, bar owner who defied COVID restrictions arrested after allegedly driving into deputy, family of British author Roald Dahl apologizes for his antis...

Dec 07, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Dec. 4, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President-elect Joe Biden asks Dr. Anthony Fauci to stay on board; Americans didn’t listen to public-health experts about traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday; there’s been a rise in LSD use in the Marines; hiring continues to slow during the pandemic; it’s a little too late but President Trump is afraid of looking like a criminal; and the country’s young Republican leaders were determined to throw an annual gala—deadly, ...

Dec 04, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Dec. 4, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump is trying to take credit for the COVID-19 vaccine, a couple of cronies of the president and Jared Kushner were investigated this summer on suspicion of bribery, Trump may hold a competing event to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, former tenants of Donald Trump are suing his family for overpayment, the mother of the man who had been missing for 28 years is no longer a suspect in his lack of well-being, ...

Dec 04, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Joe Biden will have a lot to tackle when it comes to reuniting families who were separated at the border; drug overdose during the time of COVID proves to be a pandemic during a pandemic; a couple who disregarded their COVID-positivity status thought they could go on a tropical vacation gets arrested; Attorney General Bill Barr seems to be President Trump’s latest friend-turned-foe; previous presidents band together to take a ...

Dec 03, 20208 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The vice president seems to be walking away from President Trump’s voter-fraud conspiracy theories; Rudy Giuliani has his nerve to be embarrassed of someone else in court; the Washington, D.C., attorney general is investigating Ivanka Trump for her involvement in the president’s 2017 inauguration; Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones refused to enforce COVID guidelines—and now he’s showing symptoms of the virus; the U.S. has ...

Dec 03, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The United States has entered a “dangerous” zone in terms of the coronavirus, activist Joshua Wong has been jailed in Hong Kong, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as next week in Britain, two men shortchanged the U.S. Postal Service of millions of dollars with their Amazon virtual store, people in Portland go to war with port-a-potties, and President Trump does not like it when people say mean things abou...

Dec 02, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A secret bribery scheme involving the White House is under investigation, a Republican group in New York really wants Sarah Palin to attend their event—despite the ongoing pandemic, Nevada’s governor and President Trump go toe-to-toe on Twitter over a COVID conspiracy theory, a 5-year-old boy dies after being forced out of the car by an Alabama soldier, the man responsible for removing the Utah monolith speaks out, and a Minne...

Dec 02, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A Trump White House plans to host multiple Christmas parties where, surely, COVID will be a special guest; election fatigue does not seem to exist in Georgia; Trump campaign lawyer made a comment that could be seen as a death threat to a former cybersecurity chief—it’s probably not going to go well; 21,000 fraudulent unemployment claims were made in California; Rudy Giuliani is reportedly scared of prison time after President ...

Dec 01, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Nov. 30, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: COVID numbers go through the roof after the Thanksgiving holiday comes to an end, President Trump goes to Twitter to bash another former officer, Moderna is set to be an option to preventing the coronavirus, a professor seems to think that very archaic methods could treat COVID-19, feds are upset about the amount of crap they’ve had to clean up around the mysterious Utah monolith, and First Lady Melania Trump gives Christmas a...

Nov 30, 20207 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Nov. 30, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano is informed of COVID status while at a meeting at that White House, President-elect Joe Biden names his senior communications staff, a Dominion Voting Systems server crashes in Georgia, a nurse in Oregon thought it was a cool idea to brag on social media about breaching COVID guidelines, actress Laverne Cox is “in shock” after being harassed by a man in Los Angeles, and—for some reason—two bird...

Nov 30, 20205 min
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