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Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A person toting a rifle attacks customers in a Boulder grocery store; Did Trump-lawyer Sidney Powell not actually believe her claims of a rigged election?; A former governor of Missouri decides to run for the state’s Senate seat; Two men allegedly drugged and raped a woman while on spring break in Miami; Turns out that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not actually get married before their mega-huge wedding ceremony; The Elle...

Mar 23, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, March 22, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Thousands of migrant children are held at the border past their three-day limit; A U.S. trial of the AstraZeneca vaccine does not show any safety concerns; A federal prosecutor says that Donald Trump could be criminally responsible for the Capitol insurrection; Analysts find that TikTok is harmless in terms of privacy; A school in England probably spent a little too much energy focusing on parents’ attire. Hosted on Acast. See...

Mar 22, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, March 22, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A New York representative won’t seek re-election after being accused of rubbing a woman’s back without her consent; Georgia’s first Black senator says hate was central to the Atlanta-area shootings; Donald Trump seems to have accepted that he won’t be allowed back on Twitter or Facebook; An analysis finds that police across the U.S. are “heavily militarized;” A driver has been booted from Uber after being charged for kidnappin...

Mar 22, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, March 19, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The remaining unnamed victims of Tuesday’s rampage around Atlanta have been identified; The White House press secretary acknowledges a Daily Beast report about former staffers fired for previous cannabis use; A man allegedly lured a victim to his home to severe his body parts for “food;” A fast food manager in Texas was stabbed multiple times after asking a man to wear a mask; China is afraid that Tesla cars have the technolog...

Mar 19, 2021•5 min

Daily Beasth Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, March 19, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: White House staffers get duped about their past marijuana use; The son of a victim in the Atlanta-area shootings does not believe the suspect’s excuse of having a sexual addiction; The U.S. and China had a finger-pointing match on Thursday; The Capitol insurrection made former President George W. Bush “sick to [his] stomach;” The rivalry between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is more petty an...

Mar 19, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, March 18, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Atlanta shooting suspect allegedly went to rehab for his so-called “sexual addiction;” Aides for Andrew Cuomo supposedly were not the only targets of harassment from the New York governor; The deputy who said the Atlanta shooter “had a bad day” owns a company that promotes racist propaganda; A GOP representative from Texas praises the use of lynchings as punishment; COVID cases spike before spring officially hits the U.S. ...

Mar 18, 2021•6 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, March 18, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A Georgia law enforcer allegedly shared racist vitriol on his Facebook page; Vanessa Bryant alleges that her rights and privacy were invaded when photos of her husband and daughter were shared after their deaths; A study finds that people over the age of 65 who had COVID-19 are more likely to be reinfected; John Kerry is accused of not wearing a face covering during an American Airlines flight; A man in Texas implicated himsel...

Mar 18, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, March 17, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The suspect in the massage parlor shooting tells authorities that he has a sexual addiction; Physical white supremacy propaganda doubled in 2020; Families trapped at the border had higher hopes with the Biden presidency; Two mutations of the coronavirus in California have raised concern among the CDC; More Proud Boys have been arrested for their participation in the Capitol riot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Mar 17, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, March 17, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A mass shooting shakes Georgia; President Biden’s stance changes on the allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Donald Trump tells his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccination; There’s a mysterious “Ricky” character involved in Donald Trump’s legal case with the NAACP; Funds made from the sale of Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion will go to a fund for victims of the convicted sex offender. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Mar 17, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Receipts show that the “QAnon Shaman” is probably lying; The Trump Tower staff in Chicago gets the COVID-19 vaccine; Kevin McCarthy fearmongers about immigrants; Turns out, China did not interfere in the U.S. election—despite Donald Trump’s claims; A season that was meant to be historic for “The Bachelor” comes to an end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 16, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Jared Kushner made one final—interesting—official visit to Israel before Donald Trump left the White House; A man allegedly his violent over a stimulus check; An anti-Semitic text is found to belong to a Capitol police officer; Anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy refuses to wear a mask in an Idaho courthouse; A Florida mother-daughter duo are arrested for hacking into high school students’ accounts. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Mar 16, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, March 15, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Two men suspected of macing Officer Brian Sicknick at the Capitol have been arrested; Immmigration and Customs Enforcement keeps releasing people who are COVID-19 positive; Another school kidnapping hits Nigeria’s northwestern region; Some businesses got a double COVID-relief payment; Las Vegas resurfaces as touristy hotspot—pandemic or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 15, 2021•3 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, March 15, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A group of Congressmembers are skipping the COVID-19 vaccine; An adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo questions other officials’ loyalty; Some bank clients want their stimulus money—and they want it now; A MoMA board chairman gets blasted for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, A man allegedly killed his grandfather and stored the older man’s severed ears in his pants pocket; Drew Brees is retiring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Mar 15, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, March 12, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: More insurrectionists are about to get caught up; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that he will not be a victim of “cancel culture;” The MyPillow guy is creating his own social media site for people who think like him; Texas Rangers finally realize that hypnosis is not the best way to convict a suspect of a crime; A fake surgeon gets caught for performing a botched nose job. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Mar 12, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, March 12, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Biden wants everyone vaccinated by the very beginning of May, but experts say that’s not happening; Donald Trump’s lawyer in his latest case believes that thousands of people voted more than once in the 2020 presidential election; New York Gov. Cuomo’s camp allegedly called former staffers, making some feel intimidated; The racist Georgetown professor has been booted; Patrick Ewing says he doesn’t feel welcome at Mad...

Mar 12, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, March 11, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Third-degree murder is reinstated for the cop who has been charged for the death of George Floyd; A police officer in Austin, Texas, fatally shoots at a man who tries to drive away; Blood clots have been found in patients who have taken the AstraZeneca vaccine in Denmark; NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio does not have time for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tomfoolery; You are not alone if you’ve felt stressed at all over the last year; Someone ...

Mar 11, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, March 11, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Donald Trump told the Georgia elections investigator that she would be “praised” if she helped in out after the 2020 presidential election; Groups across Texas celebrate after the governor ends the mask mandate; A Capitol insurrectionist was a crew chief for the presidential helicopter squadron; A Georgetown Law professor says a lot of her “lower” students are Black; A man invites the police officers who killed his daughter to...

Mar 11, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, March 10, 20

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The bust of a Klan leader has been on display at the Tennessee state capitol building—and lawmakers have finally decided to get rid of it; Alaska makes moves to to be the first state to offer this group the vaccine; Participants in Daytona Beach’s Bike Week don’t seem to care that a pandemic is happening; Sen. Lindsey Graham needs to grow up; Someone at an L.A. jail probably lost their job over a major clerical error. Hosted o...

Mar 10, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: An ICE official reverses President Biden’s plans; Uber passengers mock and attack a driver after he asks them to wear masks; Hackers hack into a security firm; Elon Musk has way too much power; Rep. Tim Ryan blasts the priorities of Republicans in Congress; A fourth will pops up for the late Queen of Soul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 10, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, March 9, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The U.K. variant of COVID-19 is showing up pretty heavily in the Houston; Panda Express is more than just fast-food, apparently; Buckingham Palace delivers a delayed response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s televised interview; Piers Morgan leaves “Good Morning Britain;” Donald Trump does not know how to request a mail-in ballot on time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 09, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, March 9, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Book Publisher Turns the Page on Scandal-Scarred Cuomo, Move to Impeach South Dakota AG Over Fatal Crash Put on Hold, RNC Moves Donor Retreat to Mar-a-Lago, Even After Trump Cease-and-Desist: WaPo, Trump’s Interior Spox Sent Tweet Saying Obama Admin Left ‘Rotten Stench’: FOIA Lawsuit and Piers Morgan Storms Off His Show as Co-Star Confronts Him for ‘Trashing’ Meghan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 09, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, March 8, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The CDC finally says people can meet in small groups indoors and without masks—if they’re vaccinated; Charges against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend have been dropped; Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tell-all did better than ratings for recent awards ceremonies; Asian American activists want to see change and the end of racially-targeted violence; Donald Trump has no fans in New York—well, maybe one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Mar 08, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, March 8, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Meghan Markle reveals the devastating turn of her mental health while playing an active role in Buckingham Palace; A Georgia store clerk accuses a Republican mother-daughter duo of helping to incite the Capitol insurrection; Millions of people in California call for the governor to be replaced; College students in Colorado partied hard over the weekend; Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife remarries—and her new husband hits the jackpot. Hosted...

Mar 08, 2021•4 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, March 5, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Those fever-scanners that people use to check for COVID-19 aren’t really the most effective; Bankers made money as Texans struggled without food, water, and electricity; Donald Trump is mad at Jared Kushner—but isn’t he always mad at someone? ISIS stans Drake—and other pop culture icons, too, apparently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 05, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, March 5, 2021

These are the top stores the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Someone close to Donald Trump is arrested for their connection to the Capitol insurrection; A former Clinton aide is cooperating on a Jeffrey Epstein investigation; A report has been made public that shows COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes were altered to not include fatalities that happened in hospitals; A pro-Trump lawyer is getting sued—and not for his ties to the former president; A Kentucky man who has been missing...

Mar 05, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, March 4, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A teacher in Seattle is attacked with a makeshift nunchuk as hate crimes against Asian Americans increases; South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is really making a name for herself during the coronavirus pandemic—and not in a good way; Spring Break in Florida is going to be a nightmare; Nicki Minaj and her husband are behind a campaign to silence his sexual assault victim; “The Bachelor” host really wants his job back; Rudy Giuliani—...

Mar 04, 2021•8 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, March 4, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: There could be a QAnon revival on March 4; Two weeks after the heavy winter storm, some Texans are still dealing with a lack of running water; A SpaceX rocket explodes after touching down for a landing; A Mississippi school conducts a terribly trivializing activity for students to learn about the state’s slaveholding history; Meghan Markle says she has no idea how the Royals expected for her to stay silent about what she has e...

Mar 04, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, March 3, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Donald Trump gets slapped with a lawsuit from the NAACP; March 4 has the potential to be a repeat of Jan. 6; Google says it’s going to be slightly less creepy; An Idaho representative basically said that a woman’s place should be in the house with her kids; Conservatives don’t know how to move on from Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 03, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, March 3, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: There will be a COVID-19 vaccine for every American adult by the end of May; Texas’ governor goes rogue—and not in a good way—on coronavirus mitigation efforts; Barack Obama and Donald Trump’s former White House doctor, apparently, has some unprofessional tendencies; The Trump administration had a record number of investigations for criminal leaks; Kayleigh McEnany adds to Fox News’ less-than-credible lineup; People at Bucking...

Mar 03, 2021•5 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, March 2, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Antifa was not responsible for the Capitol insurrection; The Proud Boys may not be proud for long; Chile’s health-care system distributed faulty birth control pills; Dr. Seuss included a lot of racist illustrations in his children’s books; A glow-in-the-dark shark? No thank you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 02, 2021•5 min

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