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

Read This, Skip That .... July 22, 2014 NO JOKE 1. How Jon Stewart Made It OK to Care About Palestinian Suffering 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. Read it at The Daily Beast OUCH 2. Appeals Courts Duel on Obamacare Money 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." Read it at The Washington Post UNFRIENDLY SKIES 3. FAA Halts All Flights to Tel Aviv 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.  Read it at NBC News THUGS 4. Rebels Sawed MH17 Cockpit in Half 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.  Read it at USA Today LOCKED IN BATTLE 5. The Supreme Court's Coming Paralysis 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. Read it at The Daily Beast 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. SHADY Florida Governor Held Stake in Pipeline That he approved. Esquire How Seth Rogin Became the Most Hated Comedian in the World Political Wire Megachurches Still Prove Influential in GOP The Cut The Modern Businesswoman Drinks Like Don Draper 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: The Video Kim Jong-un Doesn't Want You to See Not that Seth Rogen movie this time. More Videos The Christian Right's Paranoid Wet Dream by Candida Moss Han Solo for the Facebook Generation by Marlow Stern Forget 5-Hour Energy: Try Tea Instead by Gregory Ferenstein

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