Cheat Sheet - The Tea Party Wants Revenge

January 03, 2013 COMEBACK 1. The Tea Party Wants Revenge Word had it that the Tea Party was on the decline, but the Republican surrender on taxes in order to avoid the fiscal cliff is galvanizing furious grassroots members, who are vowing to root out recalcitrant GOP lawmakers in 2014—a year they say will make the 2010 wave look like a ripple. By The Daily Beast's David Freedlander. Read it at The Daily Beast HANGING ON 2. John Boehner Keeps His Job After a rough two years as House speaker, Rep. John Boehner is saddling up for two more. Despite some rumblings that, following displeasure with his fiscal-cliff negotiations, he faced some uncertainty, Boehner was handily reelected Thursday with 220 votes. Nancy Pelosi received a total of 192 votes, Eric Cantor received three, Allen West won two votes, and, despite not being a member of Congress, Colin Powell had a vote cast for him by Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper. Read it at The Daily Beast STOP COMPLAINING 3. Obama's Not Captain Liberal As President Obama finally enjoys his Hawaiian vacation, some pundits are up in arms about his handling of the fiscal-cliff deal. Stop whining and leave the president alone, writes The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky. Read it at The Daily Beast BACK TO SCHOOL 4. Classes Resume at Sandy Hook With the same desks, artwork, and backpacks from Sandy Hook Elementary School, classes resumed for the students at a nearby elementary school, three weeks after a gunman killed 20 students and six children. Workers spent much of the past three weeks transforming the former Chalk Hill middle school—which had closed due to declining enrollment—into an elementary school, and parents and students were allowed to come tour the school on Wednesday. But despite the best effort to keep things the same, there were some major differences: police cars were parked at the local high school, and retired principal Donna Page returned to replace Dawn Hobsprung, who was killed when she tried to stop Adam Lanza from the rampage. Read it at The New York Times TRUST ISSUES 5. Google to Change Business Practices The Federal Trade Commission today announced the end of a 20-month-long investigation into allegations that Google was using its search results to unfairly hurt its competitors and abusing its patents. In a major victory for Google, the commission found that even though the company changed its algorithm to favors its own products when listing search results, it had not violated any antitrust or anticompetition statutes. F.T.C. chairman Jon Leibowitz said that the company's actions were "not undertaken without legitimate justification." But the commission did rule that Google had misused broad patents on cellphone and wireless technology that must be licensed in order to make wireless devices like gaming consoles and smartphones. Google agreed to make that technology available to its competitors. Read it at The New York Times ABDUCTED Benghazi Police Captain Abducted By armed men. ICE CRACKDOWN Over 200 Arrested for Child Porn Sweeping investigation involved 123 children internationally. NOT SO SECRET Senate to Probe 'Zero Dark Thirty' About filmmakers' CIA access. PHONE HOME Study: 100 Billion Alien Planets In the Milky Way alone. C'EST LA VIE Depardieu Given Russian Citizenship He wants to avid French tax laws. 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. High School Teens Joke About Rape In this chilling video, young men laugh about the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in a tight-knit Ohio football town. The video was spread online by a self-described Anonymous cell called Knight Sec. More Videos Where Is James Foley? by Jamie Dettmer The NDAA's Abortion Milestone by Allison Yarrow 'Downton Abbey' Returns to Form by Jace Lacob

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