Cheat Sheet - The GOP Is Terrified Obamacare Could Be a Success

Today: House GOP Sabotages Immigration Bill , Doctors Should Start Advocating Dietary Options to Treat Heart Disease , Asiana Crew Delayed Evacuation July 11, 2013 BIG BAD OBAMACARE 1. A Terrified GOP Why are they so afraid of Obamacare? Because it might actually work—and they're coping the only way they know how: by scaring the hell out of everyone, says Jon Favreau. Read it at The Daily Beast SHOCKER 2. House GOP Sabotages Immigration Bill Anybody think this wouldn't happen? In a two-hour session in the basement of the Capitol on Wednesday to hash out their position, House Republicans overwhelmingly came down against the Senate-passed immigration bill. The Senate bill is loaded with compromises to attract Republican support, including a new border fence and massive security deployment, but that wasn't enough for GOP members of Congress, who released a joint statement saying the Obama administration "cannot be trusted to deliver on its promises to secure the border." Speaker John Boehner warned of the high political price the party could pay for obstructing a bipartisan bill, but the dominant faction in the House said they would not consider anything close to the Senate version. Read it at The New York Times AMERICAN GRUB 3. What's Really Killing Us While heart-healthy diets are ridiculed as "no fun" or extreme, the medical community pushes more pharmaceuticals and costly invasive cardiac treatments. Neither are working, says Dr. Daniela Drake. Read it at The Daily Beast Investigation 4. Asiana Crew Delayed Evacuation More testimony from the crew is shedding light on the final minutes before the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet in San Francisco on Saturday. After the plane skidded to a stop on the runway, two flight attendants asked the three pilots what to do and were told to delay evacuation procedures. Then another flight attendant, who was seated just in front of the wing, saw fire out the plane's window. Other details that emerged from the investigation include that the pilot told the airport's tower that he was blinded by a mysterious flash of light from in front of the plane just before the crash. Two flight attendants were trapped by the plane's emergency exit doors when they deployed automatically; the attendants were freed, but were injured. Read it at The New York Times PROTEST 5. CA Threatens Hunger-Strike Inmates California prison inmates said the state is threatening to search their cells and place them in solitary confinement in retaliation for their hunger strike, now in its third day, to protest the deplorable conditions in the state's notoriously overcrowded, underfunded prisons. Around 29,000 inmates are still refusing meals after the strike began on Monday to raise awareness of excessive solitary confinement, poor food quality, and lack of educational and rehabilitation programs. Prisoners also said officials had threatened to withhold their mail, refuse visitors, and subject them to rules violations that would affect their parole. Read it at The Los Angeles Times Storms of Life Travis 'Critical' After Stroke Surgery Underwent surgery to relieve pressure in his brain. what coup? U.S. Still Sending Jets to Egypt Aid has yet to be cut after Morsi's overthrow. Québec 30 'Probably Dead' in Train Crash Bringing total death toll to 50. That's a Wrap Closing Arguments in Zimmerman Trial Lawyers reject letting jury consider lesser charges. royal treatment Saudi Princess Charged with Trafficking A domestic worker claims she was held captive. 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. Jay-Z's Music Video Masterpiece? Six hours of rapping 'Picasso Baby' in a New York City art gallery. Stars from Alan Cumming to Jemima Kirke. This could make for one hell of a music video. Or Jay-Z just wasted our afternoon. More Videos The Original Sex-Scandal Comeback Kid by Russ Schriefer A Former 'Baseball Wife' Freaks Out by Christine Pelisek You Gotta Binge on the New Netflix Series 'Orange' by Andrew Romano

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