Cheat Sheet - The Monster of Mosul: How a Sadistic General Helped ISIS Win

Read This, Skip That .... June 19, 2014 SICKENING 1. The Monster of Mosul: How a Sadistic General Helped ISIS Win Iraq put a general accused of systematic torture and running a death squad in charge of its second largest city; no wonder ISIS is winning. Andrew Slater reports on the terrifying past of the man whose brutality was rewarded by Iraq's under-fire Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Read it at The Daily Beast CATFIGHT 2. O'Reilly Disses Fellow Fox News Hosts Speaking in front of the "folks" on Wednesday in Manhattan, longtime Fox News host Bill O'Reilly took some shots at his colleagues. O'Reilly dished on everybody from Steve Doocy to Sean Hannity, reports Lloyd Grove. The only question is: Will Roger Ailes summon him to the principal's office? Read it at The Daily Beast TOO BAD 3. Tsarnaev Wants Trial Out of State Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers petitioned a federal judge Wednesday to have his trial moved to Washington, D.C., claiming a survey shows "an overwhelming presumption of guilt in the District of Massachusetts" as well as a preference for the death penalty. The lawyers also say that a survey conducted in May showed that large numbers of people in the potential jury pool participated in the 2013 Boston Marathon or know somebody who did. Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, had his trial moved to Colorado. While a majority of respondents in New York and Massachusetts thought Tsarnaev was guilty, only 37 percent of respondents in D.C. held a presumption of guilt. Read it at Boston Globe GET REAL 4. Maliki: I'm Not Going Anywhere While the White House has not publicly called for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down, pressure is ramping up on both sides of the aisle for Maliki to go before any U.S. military assistance is considered. A spokesman for Maliki said Thursday, however, that he will not step down, and claimed Maliki has "never used sectarian tactics." Nearly every outside observer has accused Maliki of harsh sectarian actions against Sunnis and Kurds during his time in office. Read it at The Guardian GRATEFUL NATION 5. Marine to Receive Medal of Honor Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, 24, will receive the Medal of Honor at the White House on Thursday, making him the eighth living recipient of the award for serving in Afghanistan or Iraq. Carpenter, originally from Mississippi, jumped on a live grenade to save the life of his friend during a 2010 encounter with the Taliban. Both men were wounded, but Carpenter got the worst of it. He lost an eye, shattered his jaw and teeth, had a lung collapse, and his eardrums blew out. He was medically retired from the military last year after two and a half years in recovery, and is now studying at the University of South Carolina. "Going from toting a machine gun in Afghanistan … to using a bed pan, and I can't even put my own socks on—that was hard to kind of suck it up," Carpenter said on the Marine Corps website. Read it at The Sun Herald HE WON'T STOP Putin's Ukraine Meddling Is Increasing Despite claims he has stopped. UH OH Argentina Threatens to Default Says next bond payment "impossible." IT'S COMPLICATED Pentagon: Iraq Airstrikes Have Big Risks Political and military. OOOH American Apparel CEO Ousted Dov Charney axed. ADIOS Spain Eliminated From World Cup Defending champs are out. US WEEKLY Gay Celebrities' Coming Out Stories VULTURE Julie Klausner Presents the 2014 Vulture TV Awards ART NEWS Artists Take a Bite Out of Cézanne's Apples 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. Dave Chappelle Is Back From the 'Madness' by Alex Suskind Why Liberal Arts Isn't For Losers by Michael S. Roth Kate Middleton's Code-Breaking Granny by Tim Teeman

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