Cheat Sheet - Inside a Hollywood Hit Job

May 22, 2014 GOTCHA 1. How James O'Keefe Tried and Tried to Sting His Latest Victim Stunt artist and conservative activist James O'Keefe claims to have made celebrity environmentalists his latest victims. However, reports Caitlin Dickson, filmmaker Josh Fox is hitting back, revealing a secret tape of O'Keefe's minions that documents the elaborate lengths they go to entrap people. Read it at The Daily Beast COUP 2. Thailand Army Seizes Power BANGKOK, Thailand — There's no doubt now: The military has staged a coup d'etat in Thailand. Army Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha just went on television to announce that the army has taken over, two days after he imposed martial law while insisting it was not a coup and that the caretaker government remained in charge. A number of government and opposition leaders were arrested Thursday at a meeting Prayuth set up to discuss how to move forward. Among those detained was Democrat Party leader and former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Caretaker Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan of the Pheu Thai Party, who took over after the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra two weeks ago, was not in attendance. A big question is whether Yingluck, who is now in the northern city of Chiang Mai, will be arrested. — Lennox Samuels Read it at The Daily Beast HORRIBLE 3. Kidnapping Victim Forced to Marry Captor After being kidnapped at the age of 15 and being held against her will for 10 years, a California woman was found Wednesday. The Santa Ana Police Department said it has booked her captor, Isidor Garcia, who is being held on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor, and false imprisonment. Police say Garcia had been the live-in boyfriend of the victim's mother, who suspected he was having a romantic relationship with her teenage daughter. The victim now says Garcia was sexually abusing her during that time. Garcia disappeared with the victim after a domestic-violence incident with her mother. He allegedly drugged and kidnapped the victim and locked her in the garage of a house in Compton. Garcia moved her to several different locations, while allegedly continuing his sexual and physical abuse. According to investigators, Garcia intimidated the victim with threats of deportation and forced her to marry him in 2007 and have their child in 2012. Read it at Los Angeles Times LET IT GO 4. Clinton Haters Can't Quit the Crazy More than a decade has passed since Hillary Clinton coined the phrase "the vast right-wing conspiracy." David Freedlander tracks down the conservative journalists, opposition researchers, and GOP lawmakers who terrorized her and her husband in the '90s. Some are remorseful but many are not. Read it at The Daily Beast HEARTACHE 5. The American Heart Association's Diet of Junk Science The dogma that saturated fat causes heart disease is crumbling after a Cambridge University analysis of 76 studies found no evidence that low consumption of total saturated fats cases heart disease. Yet, the American Heart Association is holding fast to the notion that low-fat diets are necessary for a healthy heart. Why? The quick answer, says cardiologist Barbara H. Roberts, is money. Read it at The Daily Beast STOPPED Supreme Court Halts Lethal Injection Rather than risk another botched execution. UKRAINE ESCALATION At Least 11 Ukraine Soldiers Killed In attack on Donetsk base. ROLL OUT 80 U.S. Marines Sent to Hunt Boko Haram And find the girls. Chinese Terror 81 Dead in Chinese Terror Attack Multiple explosions hit a market. HAPPY THAT'S OVER Iran 'Happy' Video Teens Released After days of interrogation and harsh treatment. Rolling Stone The Final Day at America's Oldest Gay Bookstore GQ How to Avoid the 1,500-Calorie 'Smoothie' Bomb UsWeekly Could the Jay Z-Solange Brawl Happen Again at Kimye's Wedding? 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. Viral Video of the Day: Charlie Day's Graduation Speech 'It's Always Sunny' actor gives hilarious, heartfelt address. More Videos Is 'Slutever' the New Face of Feminism? by Lizzie Crocker Obama Let the VA Scandal Become a Circus by Jacob Siegel Your Sizzling Summer TV Lineup by Kevin Fallon

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