Cheat Sheet - Republican Donors Revolt Against Party

Today: 94 Dead in Sicily Shipwreck , Government Shutdown Empties Offices Enforcing Sanctions on Iran , 8 Million Left Out of Obamacare October 03, 2013 SHUTDOWN 1. Republican Donors Revolt Against Party Republican donors say they are "angry" and "embarrassed" by the government shutdown. Mega-rich donors and bundlers have finally had enough of the Tea Party domination of the GOP. Donors told The Daily Beast's David Freedlander that they will withhold funds until sanity is restored to the Republican Party. Read it at The Daily Beast Not Again 2. 94 Dead in Sicily Shipwreck The Italian coastline continues to suffer a string of bad luck with ships, but this time it wasn't a party boat: a boat carrying African migrants wrecked off Sicily on Thursday, killing as many as 94 people. Around 150 people have been rescued, but the boat may have been carrying as many 500, meaning many are still missing. The tragedy instantly became one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in modern history. The Italian islands of Sicily and Lampedusa are frequent targets of smugglers' boats since they are closer to Africa than the Italian mainland. Read it at the Associated Press GREAT TIMING 3. Shutdown Risks Iran Progress The shutdown has forced the Treasury Department to furlough most of the employees enforcing sanctions on Iran, just as the U.S. is beginning new negotiations. Josh Rogin and Eli Lake report on the potential fallout. Read it at The Daily Beast Sabotage 4. 8 Million Left Out of Obamacare Millions of low-income blacks and single mothers living in Republican-controlled states will not get health-care coverage under Obamacare because their states have refused to participate in expansions of Medicaid, Census data reveals. Under the new health-care law, the federal government will pay to add more low-income Americans to the Medicaid rolls. But ironically, the states with the highest concentrations of poverty have rejected the expansion: the 26 states that have refused to participate are home to 68 percent of poor, uninsured blacks and single mothers and 60 percent of the working poor. Read it at The New York Times Tough Job 5. Syria Weapons Inspectors Begin Work A team of 19 United Nations weapons inspectors that has entered Syria by land from Lebanon is beginning the first stages of dismantling President Bashar al-Assad's chemical-weapons stockpile. The process is a long, difficult slog that continues to be fraught with danger despite Assad's cooperation. Rebels continue to bomb at random, and an attack on Tuesday hit the Four Seasons Hotel in one of the most exclusive parts of Damascus. The inspectors are working as secretly as possible, but will start by verifying the Assad government's information on the weapons. Most Syrians believe the chemical weapons are beside the point now that 100,000 people have already died, mostly killed by conventional weapons. Read it at The New York Times too soon, fin Monteith Shot Heroin Before Death Final coroner's report is in. MIDDLE EAST 17 Dead in Pakistan Suicide Attack Bombers target pro-government militia. Gilded Age Facebook to Build Company Town Will feature sports bar, dog daycare. Open Letter Sinéad to Miley: Stop Getting Naked Warns her not to be used by the industry. HE'S 25 Ronan Farrow to Host on MSNBC Possibly getting a weekend show. ROLLING STONE Miley Cyrus's Wild Cover Shoot CNBC 11 Famous Fraudsters, Con Artists, and Scammers Us Weekly Celebrities' Biggest, Most Outrageous Demands 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. How Cuarón Made 'Gravity' by Marlow Stern Targeting Transgender Kids by Caitlin Dickson It's Nudity Week at Brown by Caroline Linton

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