Cheat Sheet - The Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails

Read This, Skip That .... June 18, 2014 DEJA VU 1. The Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails The IRS scandal has more than a few echoes of Nixons' Watergate. Lois Lerner's missing emails are all too reminiscent of Rose Mary Wood's selective erasure of Richard Nixon's tapes, writes James Poulous. But unlike Nixon's infamous paranoia, Obama and the Democrats can't ever bring themselves to believe the other side can beat them. They should. Read it at The Daily Beast NOPE 2. Petraeus: U.S. Can't Be Shia Militias' Air Force David Petraeus has a clear message for his former boss: Don't take sides in a civil war. Before he was embroiled in a sex scandal as CIA chief, Petraeus spent years in Iraq, most famously as the general leading the surge in U.S. troops. Nico Hines reports from London that Petraeus warned that the U.S. cannot be the "the air force for Shia militias" fighting ISIS. "It has to be a fight of all of Iraq against extremists," he said. Read it at The Daily Beast TAKE THAT 3. Patent Office Cancels Redskins Trademark In a big move, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced Wednesday morning that it is canceling six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins. "We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be canceled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered," the board said. The board has removed the team's trademark protections in the past. In 1992, the board ruled the trademarks were disparaging, but a federal court overturned it on a technicality. The decision only affects the right to register the trademarks, but won't stop the team from using them. However, it will make it much more difficult for the team to sue somebody for using the name and logos. Read it at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office TIME WELL SPENT 4. Why the U.S. Waited So Long to Grab a Benghazi Ringleader The Delta Force raid that captured the suspected ringleader of the Benghazi attack, Ahmed abu Khattalah, was more than a year in the making, reports Eli Lake and Kimberly Dozier. While Khattalah was living openly and talking with reporters, Delta Force trained on a mock-up of his compound while the Justice Department gathered evidence to prosecute him in court. Read it at The Daily Beast STANDING UP 5. Whistleblower: GM Ruined My Career Courtland Kelley, a former General Motors quality manager who first tried to draw attention to flawed ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths, says the auto maker's leadership is not telling the truth in its internal investigation. That investigation, touted by new CEO Mary Barra, claimed the company's bureaucracy caused people not to speak up. Kelley says the truth is that management actively sought to quash those who spoke up: Employees who saw flaws feared for their careers. After Kelley repeatedly reported vehicle flaws that were ignored, he filed a lawsuit under a Michigan whistleblower law. The case got dismissed on procedural grounds and GM said it did nothing wrong. Meanwhile, Kelley was transferred and his career flatlined. Read it at BusinessWeek GO AWAY Cheney: Obama Doesn't Care About Terror Would "take America down a notch." STEAMY May Was Hottest on Record Average temperature rose 1.38 degrees. LET'S MAKE A DEAL Iran Wants Nuke Deal for Helping in Iraq Open to working with U.S. LONG TIME COMING 89-Year-Old Auschwitz Guard Arrested At Philadelphia home. BRACE YOURSELVES Rough Storms Expected Midweek Could affect 65 million people. CONDE NAST TRAVELER Travel Like an Artist: Federico Fellini's Rome THE WRAP Terry Richardson's Critics Fire Back at New York Magazine Cover Profile ROLLING STONE Three Troubling Lessons from the Latest U.S. Drone Strikes 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. Fargo's Shocking Finale by Kevin Fallon What Do Hillary's So-So Sales Portend? by Jason Pinter Your Favorite Facewash Is Killing Nemo by Alexa Kurzius

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