Cheat Sheet - Conservative Guru Finds His Inner Hippie

Read This, Skip That .... June 27, 2014 THINK TANK THINKING 1. D.C.'s Conservative Guru Finds His Inner Hippie Arthur Brooks's pursuit of the formula for happiness has some unlikely speakers talking to the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, including a Hindu spiritual leader. Can the 1 percent be convinced there's more to life than money? Eleanor Clift finds out. Read it at The Daily Beast CONFLICT? 2. Half of Clinton Speaking Haul Is Foreign In a review of the ways in which the Clinton family has amassed its fortune since leaving office, The Washington Post reports that the majority of Bill Clinton's speaking fees came from foreign sources. Clinton has made $104.9 million for 542 speeches since leaving the White House, and $56.3 million of it was from abroad. In addition, the most frequent patron of Clinton during this time was the financial-services industry, which has had the former president make at least 102 appearances, for $19.6 million. Clinton's speech income was publicly available because his wife, Hillary, has been in public office. Read it at The Washington Post AWFUL 3. Suicide After Tea Party Scandal A Mississippi Tea Party leader, Mark Mayfield, committed suicide Friday. His death comes weeks after he was charged for working with a man who broke into a Mississippi nursing home to photograph Senator Thad Cochran's wife ahead of a bitter GOP primary. Ben Jacobs writes about the bizarre scandal and its tragic new twist. Read it at The Daily Beast Hearsay 4. Did the Pope Just Wink at Gay Marriage? The Vatican wants to show it's listening to parishioners—who aren't listening to their priests. But don't expect big changes, says Barbie Latza Nadeau. Read it at The Daily Beast GET IT TOGETHER 5. Shia LaBeouf Chased Homeless Man Before Arrest Just a few hours before being arrested at a performance of Cabaret on Broadway, Shia LaBeouf was seen arguing with and chasing a homeless man over a hat. According to an eyewitness, LaBeouf kept shouting, "It's me, Shia!" Police say that security guards asked LaBeouf to leave the Studio 54 theater but he would not, used obscene language, physically messed with employees, and made threats to security guards and police officers. LaBeouf was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, and harassment. He was released from jail Friday.  Read it at TMZ MONSTER Cop Stuffed Dead Women in Suitcases Charged in two deaths. GET READY Bombs Over Baghdad on U.S. Drones To protect the embassy. GOTCHA 275 Child Predators Arrested in Calif. "Not just dirty old men." RUN! WHO: Ebola Outbreak Worst Ever Killing 390. GENEROUS Phil Collins Donates Alamo Collection More than 200 artifacts. Vulture Sarah Silverman Takes Fellow Comedian Whitney Cummings Under Her Wings Rolling Stone Forget the World Cup: Inside Brazil's Most Infamous Brothel Esquire Isaiah Austin Talks About His Dashed Dreams of Being Drafted by the NBA 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: Stephen Merchant 'Britsplains' It All Lanky English comic imagines a 'better' modern America under British rule. More Videos Whitey Bulger: Gov't-Approved Maniac by Lloyd Grove Why These Marines Are Hot for 'Frozen' by Aaron B. O'Connell Prince Harry Should Be King by Tim Teeman

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