Cheat Sheet - You Say You Want a Revolution?

Today: Snowden Flees to Moscow , The Roots of the Next Financial Crisis—How Wall Street Undermines Reform , Gunmen Kill 9 Tourists in Pakistan June 23, 2013 PANDEMIC 1. You Say You Want a Revolution? Protests and riots are spreading around the world. Where do they come from and what do they signify? The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey investigates. Read it at The Daily Beast WHERE'S EDWARD 2. Snowden Flees to Moscow Just two days afer U.S. officials filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old NSA leaker reportedly left Hong Kong on a flight bound for Moscow. Russia's national airline Aeroflot confirmed that he was on a one-way flight bound for Moscow, but said his final destination could not be confirmed. The move was discouraging for Washington, who had issued a legal request on the "provisional warrant of arrest" for Hong Kong to return him. In the end, the Hong Kong conclused that the request "did not fully comply with the legal requirements" under their own law. Read it at The New York Times CRISIS ON THE HORIZON 3. Dancing to Wall St.'s Tune As Wall Street money flows to Republicans, Democrats are scrambling to get back in big money's good graces, writes The Daily Beast's Lawrence Lessig. Read it at The Daily Beast OUTRAGE 4. Gunmen Kill 9 Tourists in Pakistan Gunmen in Pakistan killed nine tourists who had stopped to rest while climbing one of the world's highest peaks, Nanga Parbat, Sunday night. Five Ukrainians, three Chinese, and one Russian were among the victims of the attack, which police say included a team of at least 15 gunmen, donning uniforms used by a local paramilitary force. A local branch of the Taliban has already stepped forward to claim responsibility for the incident—an attack that was allegedly in retaliation against the death of their leader, killed by a drone strike. The shooting spree comes on the heels of multiple deadly bombings in Pakistan, where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is battling to keep the peace. Read it at Reuters KNOW YOUR CROWD 5. Pelosi Booed at Netroots Not a fun Saturday night for Nancy Pelosi. The California Congresswoman was booed on Saturday at this year's Netroots Nation conference after she defended President Obama's response to the NSA leaks—and saying that alleged leaker Edward Snowden broke the law. The heckling began when Pelosi said the country needs "balance" between security and privacy, with an audience member shouting "it's not balance, it's not constitutional! No more secret laws!" Although the moderators tried to quiet the heckler, Pelosi said she "welcome the challenges" from the crowd, but she was booed again when she said "as far as Snowden: he did violate the law in terms of releasing those documents." Tough crowd: at least one person then yelled "you suck!" Read it at Politico DONT LOOK DOWN Man to Tightrope Across Grand Canyon Without a safety harness. #HESBUSY John Kerry Heads to India To discuss global warming. NO BLACK SWAN Ex-Interns Sue Gawker Spent 15 hours a working and "not paid a single cent." CRAIGSLIST PROBLEMS Man Sells Coffin With Bones A skeleton from the 1880s. NFL SCANDAL Police Search Aaron Hernandez Home Emerge with 10 bags of evidence. 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. Paula Deen's Love Affair with Butter, Fried Food But what else is new? Watch some of Paula's finer moments in the kitchen as she fries cheesecake and wraps bacon around whatever she can get her hands on. More Videos The Overdiagnosis Epidemic by Jesse Singal Can Porny Art Be Feminist? by Lizzie Crocker Shedding Light on 'Dark Girls' by Tika Sumpter

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