Cheat Sheet - How the GOP Will Make Obama’s Last Two Years Hell

April 30, 2014 IT GETS WORSE 1. Here's What Happens When the GOP Takes Over the Senate Passing a federal law banning almost all abortions after 20 weeks. Defunding parts of Obamacare. Weakening the Environmental Protection Agency. Gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And—maybe, just maybe—letting a Supreme Court seat sit vacant until after the next presidential election. That, reports Michael Tomasky after talking to top Republicans and Democrats, is the future that may await the American public if the GOP wins the Senate. Read it at The Daily Beast MACABRE 2. Botched Execution Halts Another in Oklahoma. An untested drug cocktail led to a botched execution of an Oklahoma prisoner on Tuesday night. Clayton Lockett's vein failed upon the administration of the drugs and the execution was halted after 20 minutes. He then suffered a "massive heart attack" and died. As a result, a second execution, that of Charles F. Warner, was stayed for 14 days. Both men were set to be executed on Tuesday night after a string of hearings and appeals failed. Oklahoma overcame the prisoners' objections in court that the state wouldn't disclose the source of the new drug combination. According to the director of corrections, Robert Patton, it was not the drugs used, but the way they were administered that caused the problem. Lockett had been convicted of shooting and then burying alive a 19-year-old woman in 1999, while Warner was found guilty of the rape and murder of an 11-month-old girl in 1997. Read it at The New York Times TAKE THAT 3. Clippers Win First Game Without Sterling Less than nine hours after Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was banned for life by the NBA, his team won an important playoff game against the Golden State Warriors, 113-103. As a result of the win, the Clippers have taken a 3-2 lead in the series. "That was as good as I've ever seen. They were unbelievable," said Clippers Coach Doc Rivers. Fans turned out en masse for the game, many dressed from head to toe in black in support of the players. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling from the league for life and fined him $2.5 million for the racist remarks he made in a leaked phone call. Silver said the NBA interviewed Sterling and he admitted to being the voice on the tape. "The views expressed are deeply offensive and harmful, that they came from an NBA owner only heightens the damage and my anger," Silver said. He is also pushing the NBA Board of Governors to force Sterling to sell the team, which requires the approval of three-quarters of the board. Read it at Time WHAT NEXT? 4. Now They're Crucifying People in Syria Two men were reportedly crucified in Syria on Tuesday, their bloody corpses displayed in the center of a town controlled by the most severe of Syria's Islamist factions, ISIS. That's the jihadist group so radical it got kicked out of al Qaeda. The photo of one of the dead men shows him hanging limply from a makeshift crucifix with blood stains all over the wood, reports Jacob Siegel, and is yet another example of the horrifying forms of slaughter that have become commonplace in Syria. Read it at The Daily Beast pre-natal woes 5. Tennessee Criminalizes Pregnant Drug Use It's about to become illegal to use drugs while pregnant in Tennessee. The state is the first in the country that will be able to charge women for harm done to their babies due to drug use during pregnancy. The bill, which was signed by the governor on Tuesday and will go into effect on July 1, had strong opposition. Civil and reproductive rights groups argue that it will drive women away from drug treatment programs. Read it at The Tennessean INSTIGATOR Putin to Visit Crimea For military parade. FREEDOM Iraq Holds First Vote Since U.S. Left Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeks third term. under construction IOC 'Very Concerned' About Rio Games Says Brazil's readiness is "the worst." KING OF THE HILL Cristiano Ronaldo Sets Euro Record Breaks 50-year goal scoring streak. NO DOUBT Gwen Stefani Signs On to 'The Voice' Replaces Christina Aguilera as fourth coach. 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. Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Chef? U.S. food trucks will be a $2.7 billion industry by 2017, so maybe you should take your culinary dreams to go. Take a bite out of these restaurant stats with Jon Favreau's movie 'Chef.' More Videos Summer's Hottest Movies by Marlow Stern The Great Lime Shortage Of 2014 by Kara Cutruzzula Why 'Mean Girls' Is Still So Fetch by Kevin Fallon

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