Cheat Sheet - Bowe Bergdahl Is the Right’s New Benghazi

Read This, Skip That .... June 02, 2014 DOUBLE STANDARD 1. Bowe Bergdahl Is the Right's New Benghazi Buckle up: The right is going to try to turn the Taliban prisoner swap for "deserter" Bowe Bergdahl into a Willie Horton moment for President Obama, Michael Tomasky writes. If President George W. Bush had secured Bergdahl's release, Republicans would have defended their commander in chief all the way. Read it at The Daily Beast DON'T SWEAT IT 2. EPA: New CO2 Limits Will Help Economy The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled proposed regulations Monday aimed at cutting carbon pollution from coal power plants, which it said will help the U.S. economy. The rules aim to shrink emissions by 30 percent (from 2005) levels by 2030. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said the new rules will spur "ingenuity and innovation," despite costing $8 billion annually, because it will lead to as much as $93 billion in economic benefits. Critics say it will drive up electricity costs, while the EPA forecasts falling electricity prices. McCarthy stressed states will be given a wide range of options to achieve the emission decreases. "That's what makes it ambitious, but achievable," she said. "The glue that holds this plan together—and the key to making it work—is that each state's goal is tailored to its own circumstances, and states have the flexibility to reach their goal in whatever way works best for them."  Read it at The New York Times SIZE MATTERS 3. NASA Finds 'Mega-Earth' Scientists announced on Monday that NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has spied an exoplanet that is 17 times larger than Earth. Kepler-10c has been described as a "Mega-Earth" because it is even too gargantuan to fit into the category of "Super-Earths," which are about ten times the size of Earth. Scientists didn't even think an Earth-like planet this big could exist because it was believed that planets ten times the mass of Earth would hold on to so much hydrogen gas they would become like Saturn or Jupiter. But Kepler-10c is a rocky, dense planet not enveloped in gas. This discovery suggests there is plenty of room for life to exist on other plus-sized planets. Read it at The Washington Post NEXT NATE SILVER 4. Romney, Not Palin, Picks 2014's Winners If Mitt Romney and the Chamber of Commerce were baseball players, they'd be batting .1000 in the GOP primaries. Mitt may have been a dud with voters, writes Patricia Murphy, but the former Republican presidential nominee knows how to spot success in others. And Sarah Palin? She's no better than one-in-three. Read it at The Daily Beast THE FORCE 5. Lupita Nyong'o Joins Star Wars Star Wars: Episode VII is racking up quite the cast. Lucasfilms has cast 2014 It Girl and Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong'o in the film. It was also announced Monday that actress Gwendoline Christie, best known as Game of Thrones' Brienne of Tarth, will also have a role. The two ladies will be part of an inter-generational cast that includes original members Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill, as well as new additions John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, and Max von Sydow. Read it at StarWars.com GUEST OF (DIS)HONOR Donald Sterling Visits Black Church They prayed for him. ON YOUR OWN SCOTUS Won't Help Journalist Hide Source James Risen says he won't spill. NSA TO HOLLYWOOD Oliver Stone to Direct Snowden Film Brain behind 'JFK,' 'Platoon.' OOPS Facebook Ran Assad Sponsored Posts Someone should screen that. RED REFUSAL General Defied Tiananmen Square Orders He tells historian today. Political Wire Christie Getting His Bod Ready for Summer? The Cut NSF…I? How to Get Banned from Instagram Rolling Stone The Redemption of Jenny Slate 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: John Oliver Explains Net Neutrality This is a long one, but it's worth it. More Videos Shailene Woodley Will Make You Cry by Marlow Stern Off the Beaten Path in Burma by Katya Cengel Meet the New Spanish Queen by Tom Sykes

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