Cheat Sheet - The Era of GOP Hostage-Taking Just Ended

Today: Obama Could Legally Stop Immigrant Deportations , Will Today's Closeted NFL Stars Let Michael Sam Be the First Out Player? , WA Gov. Suspends Death Penalty February 11, 2014 CAVED 1. The Era of Republican Hostage-Taking Is Over Word came down this morning that John Boehner and company are going to present to the House a clean bill to increase the debt ceiling. No demands, no strings attached. Standing firm works, Michael Tomasky writes, and Obama secured a win for sanity. Read it at The Daily Beast SHIPPING OUT 2. Obama's Two Millionth Deportation The White House is deporting more than 1,100 illegal immigrants per day, topping the rate of any of President Obama's predecessors. Sally Kohn says that Obama legally can—and should—stop sending away would-be Americans. But does he have the political guts to do it? Read it at The Daily Beast PARTY TIME 3. Will Closeted NFL Stars Let Michael Sam Be the First Out Player? The moment Michael Sam is drafted, he will make history and millions in endorsements. Football players are notoriously competitive and with 1,700 in the league, it's certain that there are a few gay ones on the gridiron. Evin Demirel writes one of them may want to come out before they have to follow a rookie as the league's first openly gay player. Read it at The Daily Beast REPRIEVE 4. WA Gov. Suspends Death Penalty Death Row let in a little more light in Washington state on Tuesday, when Gov. Jay Inslee announced his opposition to capital punishment and suspended its use during his term. "Equal justice under the law is the state's primary responsibility," he said at a press conference. "And in death-penalty cases, I'm not convinced equal justice is being served." Inslee promised to issue a reprieve to any death-penalty cases that cross his desk, and the Attorney General's Office said he had the power to do so "for good cause shown, and as the governor thinks proper." There are nine men on Death Row at the Washington State Penitentiary. Read it at The Seattle Times MOBBED UP 5. FBI Busts Trans-Atlantic Drug Ring It's like Goodfellas meets Scarface. FBI officials in New York arrested seven members of a heroin and cocaine smuggling ring with ties to one of Italy's most powerful criminal rings, the 'Ndrangheta. Some members reportedly also had connections with the infamous Gambino and Bonanno crime families in America. The FBI sting was part of a joint operation with the Italian National Police, who made 17 arrests as well. Officials said the group had plans to transport drugs to South America via Guyana to a port in Calabria by hiding the narcotics among frozen fish or pineapples in container ships. The FBI says the ring also handled counterfeit money and illegally trafficked guns, but that's small potatoes compared to hiding $7 million worth of cocaine in coconut milk. Read it at FBI KICK THE CAN Obamacare Delayed for Small Biz Coverage not mandatory until 2016. ERASING HISTORY Army Purged Bin Laden Death Photos After AP asked for them. TRAGIC 102 Dead in Algerian Plane Crash One survivor. GULP Court: Keep Force-Feeding at Gitmo No temporary injunction. SCOUT'S HONOR Gay Eagle Scout May Lose Rank When he turns 18 in August. CNBC Empty Seats Frustrate Crowds at Sochi Upworthy It's Been Over 100 Years Since An Artist Has Done This In America. About Time Someone Did It Again. BuzzFeed Hillary Clinton's New Money Man 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. Juan Pablo Has Ruined 'The Bachelor' by Brandy Zadrozny Edmund White: Sex, Success, and Survival by Tim Teeman What Cold War CIA Interrogators Learned from the Nazis by Annie Jacobsen

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