Cheat Sheet - Here Comes the Shutdown

Today: White House: House GOP Irresponsible , Pakistan Bomb Blast Kills Dozens , 60 Dead in Mumbai Building Collapse September 29, 2013 Mayday 1. Here Comes the Shutdown Uh oh! A House plan to delay Obamacare has put the government on the brink of a shutdown—for real this time. The Daily Beat's David Frum on why the infighting is sure to backfire on the Republicans. Plus, The Daily Beast's John Avlon on the rot of hyper-partisanship that ails our body politic. Read it at The Daily Beast NO BLINKING 2. White House: House GOP Irresponsible The White House is not blinking so fast. President Obama said in a statement Saturday that he would veto the House's bill that would delay funding for Obamacare, with press secretary Jay Carney adding that the House GOP is "reckless and irresponsible." "Any member of the Republican Party who votes for this bill is voting for a shutdown," Carney said. Democrats already readied their defenses against a shutdown: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blasted the House bill as "pointless" and House Democratic campaign chief Steve Israel said the GOP is "committing political suicide." Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel slammed Republican lawmakers as "astoundingly reckless"—especially since half of the Pentagon's nearly 800,000 civilian workers could be placed on leave without pay. Republicans have already approved a separate bill to fund the military.  Read it at Politico DEADLY 3. Pakistan Bomb Blast Kills Dozens A car bomb exploded in a busy market in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, killing 33 and wounding dozens more. "It was a huge blast … thick black smoke covered the air and splinters spread all over," one witness told the Associated Press. According to a report in Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, the police station may have been the target. The bombing comes while the city is still reeling from a bombing on Friday of a bus carrying government employees and a church explosion last week that killed 80.  The Taliban claimed responsibility for Sunday's church bombing, further hindering Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's peace talks. Read it at BBC News FINAL 4. 60 Dead in Mumbai Building Collapse The official death toll in Friday's building collapse in Mumbai reached 60 as officials called off the search for survivors Sunday morning, saying all 93 people who had been listed missing had been accounted for. Thirty-three people were rescued from the rubble during the two-day search, with emergency workers taking six hours on Sunday to rescue the last survivor, a 50-year-old man who was trapped for more than 30 hours. The exact cause of the five-story apartment building collapse was still unclear Sunday, although local residents blamed shoddy construction and corruption by local officials. Two other buildings have already collapsed in Mumbai this year. Read it at Associated Press 'SNL' 5. Barely Alive in New York Six new actors—and a special appearance by Aaron Paul—joined host Tina Fey on the Saturday Night Live premiere this weekend. Sadly, no laughs joined any of them, writes The Daily Beast's Kevin Fallon Read it at The Daily Beast TRAGEDY Report: Yarnell Fire Not Survivable No answers to why the firefighters left relative safety. GREAT RECESSION Poll: American Dream More Elusive Just 39 percent think children will have better life. TEXAS TWO-STEP Anita Perry: Abortion 'Woman's Right' First lady of Texas also says "two sides to every nickel." TAKE THE CROWN Miss Philippines Wins Miss World 2013 But she lived in the U.S. until she was 10! OPERA SERIA NYC Opera Faces Bankruptcy Kickstarter campaign is failing. ROLLING STONE Miley Cyrus: Confessions of Pop's Wildest Child MINI TIME 5 Places to Snag Vacation Freebies This Fall THE CUT Meet Saudi Arabia's Groundbreaking Filmmaker GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Lost 'Breaking Bad' Interviews by Andrew Romano Fringe Factor: Halt Teen Pregnancy Without Birth Control by Caitlin Dickson Breaking the Grape Ceiling by Adrienne Vogt

ABOUT US | CONTACT US | SUBSCRIBE Copyright 2013 The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street , New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy

If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your Web browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add thedailybeast@e2.thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you have changed your mind and no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe here.