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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Cheat Sheet - How Jon Stewart Made It OK to Care About Palestinian Suffering

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July 22, 2014
NO JOKE
The war in Gaza is markedly different from previous Israeli conflicts because Americans are seeing the plight of Palestinians like never before. Dean Obeidallah writes that's in large part due to an unlikely source: The Daily Show. Through his distinct sense of humor, Jon Stewart is having a profound influence on the way we see this war.
OUCH

It's been a confusing day for Obamacare. A major pillar of the health-care law crumbled under the gavel of one federal appeals court on Tuesday, while a separate panel affirmed the legality of its billions of dollars in government subsidies. The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down premium subsidies used by 36 states, ruling that the Affordable Care Act doesn't allow the IRS to dole out the subsidies in federal insurance exchanges, and that customers must pay out of pocket for the full insurance cost. The ruling is the result of a wording glitch in the ACA—as written, it says subsidies should be paid to those who purchase through an "exchange established by the state." This restricts premium tax credits to state-run exchanges. Hours later, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia upheld the subsidies saying the plaintiffs' reading "bespeaks a deeply flawed effort to squeeze the proverbial elephant into the provebrial mousehole."

UNFRIENDLY SKIES

Planes are staying grounded after a Hamas rocket from Gaza landed three miles from Tel Aviv's airport. The Federal Aviation Administration announced all U.S. airlines would be prohibited from flying to and from Tel Aviv for 24 hours. It began with Delta Air Lines suspending all flights and US Airways and United Airlines each canceling two. European airlines are continuing to operate as usual for now. A spokesman for Ben Gurion International Airport said it is safe to take off from and land in, but that may not calm nerves less than one week after a Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over Ukraine. 

THUGS

Not content with rummaging through the belongings of the dead, scaring off investigators, and holding bodies hostage, pro-Russian rebels at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 sawed the cockpit in half. International investigators found the tampered piece of evidence when they were allowed on site Tuesday. And that's not all. "The rear part of the aircraft, one of the biggest intact pieces, has definitely been hacked into," said a spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. On Monday night, rebels handed over the plane's black boxes to the Malaysian government. Refrigerated rail cars holding more than 200 bodies were allowed to leave the area. A cargo plane will deliver them to The Netherlands on Wednesday. 

LOCKED IN BATTLE
As pundits ponder Ruth Bader Ginsburg's potential successor, few realize there's almost no chance President Obama could get his nominee through the Senate. How many of the 45 Republicans in the Senate today would break with their party and vote to end a filibuster of a liberal Supreme Court appointment? Jeff Greenfield asks.

C'MON
Israeli Ambassador: Give Us Peace Prize
"Unimaginable restraint" in Gaza.
WAIT, WHAT?
Justice Kennedy 'Not So Sure' on Guns
Second thoughts on Second Amendment.
VOILA
Cancer Drug Exposes Hidden HIV
Then immune system attacks.
WHODUNIT
White Flags Planted on Brooklyn Bridge
Police are investigating.

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