Cheat Sheet - My Fight With the Cruz Crazies

Today: Five Things You Need to Know About the Health-Care Exchange Rollout , WWII Vets Storm D.C. Memorial , Senate Rejects House Budget Conference October 01, 2013 LAST-DITCH EFFORT 1. My Fight With the Cruz Crazies In the final hours before the government shut down last night, Republican congressman Peter King attempted to lead a moderate coup against his party's leadership—and failed. He tells The Daily Beast's Michael Daly why he could no longer stand by and watch the crazies in his party damage the country. Read it at The Daily Beast UP TO SPEED 2. Obamacare Exchanges Debut A key plank of Obamacare—that's the health-care reform law that drove Republicans to shut the government down in protest—made its debut today. The Daily Beast's Will O'Connor on five things you need to know about the online health-care exchanges. Read it at The Daily Beast WHAT SHUTDOWN? 3. WWII Vets Storm D.C. Memorial About 90 World War II vets from Mississippi arrived in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, determined to visit the World War II Memorial—shutdown or no shutdown. When they reached the barricaded memorial, the red, white, and blue–clad gang—many of them in wheelchairs—just kept moving, knocking down gates to get inside. All national parks and monuments may be closed today, but these people fought the Nazis, dammit! They're not going to let a couple of measly gates get in the way of visiting their memorial.  Read it at Business Insider WHY STOP NOW? 4. Senate Rejects House Budget Conference This only happens every 17 years or so, so why stop now? The Senate voted 54-46 Tuesday morning to reject a House Republican plan to negotiate on the budget. The vote was along party lines. Meanwhile, President Obama is scheduled to give a press conference on the shutdown at 12:25 p.m. ET. Speaker John Boehner gave a statement on the House's vote to meet on the budget, but didn't really mention that the shutdown was happening. Read it at The Wall Street Journal Silence 5. Government Shutdown Closes Library of Congress Now that thesis is really never getting done. As part of the federal government shutdown, both the Library of Congress and the National Archives were closed down Tuesday, and will remain closed until further notice. The websites of both institutions have been shut down as well, and their social media sites have stopped updating. All public events are cancelled until the end of the shutdown. The National Endowment for the Arts website is operational, and you can search for old material, but it will not be updated or monitored. Read it at The Library of Congress VICIOUS Scissor Attack in NYC Park Four stabbed or slashed, including a child. Items to Consider Author: Don't Buy My Book From Amazon And go directly to publisher. 'MEET MY RAPIST' Filmmaker Turns Rape Into Satire To express how she's haunted by rapist. ALL AROUND THE WORLD Bieber Carried Up the Great Wall of China By his bodyguards. SPICY Mel B. Makes Out With Herself In new comeback video. Pop Sugar A Step-by-Step Account of Rick Owens's Spring 2014 Show CNBC The Government Shutdown: What You Need to Know Rolling Stone Looting the Pension Funds: How Wall Street Robs Public Workers 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. Obama: Shutdown 'Doesn't Have to Happen' With a government shutdown looming, President Obama said that the GOP doesn't reserve the right to shutdown the government to refute the 'results of an election.' He also pushed Congress to fulfill their constitutional obligations of passing a budget and paying America's bills. More Videos A Meteorologist's Meltdown by David Freedlander The Wolf Whisperer by Lizzie Crocker Security Clearance Chaos by Miranda Green

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