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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Booker's Tweeting Stripper Reveals All

Today: House GOP Lists Debt-Ceiling Demands , POTUS: Obamacare 'Here to Stay' , Interpol Issues Alert for 'White Widow'
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

September 26, 2013
FACT CHECK

Lynsie Lee, who works at a vegan strip club in Portland, became an instant celebrity when her Twitter correspondence with Newark Mayor Cory Booker hit the Internet. The Daily Beast's Winston Ross talks to her and sets the record straight. For one thing, she says, she's not a vegan.

Battle Lines

The shutdown is looking a little more likely. As Washington heads toward cataclysmic events if Congress doesn't vote to increase the federal debt ceiling, House GOP leaders on Thursday presented their demands: a one-year delay of Obamacare, authority to overhaul the tax code, construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a block on new EPA regulations of greenhouse-gas production, and more. The implausible laundry list was intended to raise the stakes against the Democratic Senate, where it has no chance of passing, and President Obama, who said he will not negotiate on funding the government. House Speaker John Boehner said he would not vote on a stopgap spending bill if Republican priorities are ignored. "I do not see that happening," he said.

MY TURN

Less than a week before the Affordable Care Act takes effect, President Obama touched down in Maryland to speak "in honest terms" about what the legislation will mean for consumers. "Five days from now, on Oct. 1, millions of Americans who don't have health insurance because they've been priced out of the market...will finally be able to buy [it]" he said. Alluding to Sen. Ted Cruz's 21-hour anti-Obamacare speech, he dismissed the "noise" coming from Washington and assured listeners that Obamacare is "here to stay." For the 51 percent of Americans who disapprove of it (according to a recent survey from CBS/New York Times), it's already been here too long.

ON THE LOOSE

Interpol on Thursday issued an arrest alert for Sophia Lewthwaite, a fugitive known as the "White Widow" who is wanted by Kenyan authorities for alleged involvement in a bomb plot. Lewthwaite is a 29-year-old Muslim convert from the U.K. whose first husband was a suicide bomber in the 2005 terrorist attacks on the London Underground. Social-media reports also linked her to the mall attack in Kenya last week, saying a white female was leading the operation, though there is no evidence of her involvement. Kenyan authorities want Lewthwaite for alleged involvement in a plot to bomb holiday resorts.

SHOCKER

New documents reveal that, long before Edward Snowden, the NSA spied on 1,600 people deemed critical of the Vietnam War—including MLK and Muhammad Ali. The Daily Beast's Caitlin Dickson on why the revelation still matters today.


TROUBLE
Cybercrime Ring Hacks Lexis-Nexis
And two other large U.S. data companies.
PLEASE, SIR
Mr. Dimon Goes to Washington
To meet with attorney general.
VICTORY
Board Overturns 'Invisible Man' Ban
After controversial decision earlier.
ON THE RECORD
Canadian Author Apologizes for 'Women Writers' Comment
Says he's not interested in teaching their books.
FUN FACT
'Control+Alt+Delete' Was a Mistake
Says Bill Gates.

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