Cheat Sheet - Facebook Prince Purges 100-Year-Old Magazine

Read This, Skip That .... December 05, 2014 WRECKING BALL 1. Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic Just weeks after Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg feted The New Republic's 100 years in print, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes gutted the magazine. "That dinner was like the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones," a TNR veteran told Lloyd Grove. Inside the backstabbing, the tears, and the end of a journalistic institution. Read it at The Daily Beast LACKING COMPASSION 2. Eric Garner Was Just a Number to Them The NYPD didn't see Eric Garner as a black man, or even a human, but a number. He was a street hustler at a time when police bosses were using the tally of arrests and summonses to measure performance. The terrible irony, writes Michael Daly, is that CompStat system was founded on the very principle that protesters have been chanting: black lives matter. Read it at The Daily Beast WON'T STOP 3. Garner Protests: 'It's Like Vietnam' Protests across the country continued last night over a grand jury's failure to indict Eric Garner's killer cop. Tens of thousands, including Freedom Riders, mothers, and young activists, took to the streets in Boston, Washington, Pittsburgh, Oakland, and New York. Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson, Jacob Siegel, and Chris Allbritton report. Read it at The Daily Beast BAD BOYS 4. School Shooters Hiding on Pickup Sites Real Social Dynamics, the company employing the infamous pickup artist Julien Blanc, has also attracted a would-be school shooter and an alleged kidnapper to its forums. Brandy Zadrozny reports on how by staying silent when it sees violence in its community, the company does little to dissuade the future violence of its users. Read it at The Daily Beast RISKY BUSINESS 5. Pro-Palestinian Group Lectured On Skirting Terror Laws Shane Harris reports that a prominent Palestinian-American rights group that ordinarily advocates non-violent protests put together a conference last month in Chicago that included a lecture on how to "navigate the fine line between legal activism and material support for terrorism." Read it at The Daily Beast PHEW NASA Launches Orion Soaring at 15,000 mph. FREE MAN? Dem Panel Clears Christie in Bridgegate Finds no direct evidence. FINALLY LAPD Would Investigate Cosby Claims Regardless of statute of limitations. Gross Cruise Ships Dump 1B Gallons of Sewage Into the ocean in 2014. Culture Shock Elgin Marbles Leave U.K. for First Time Disputed artefacts on loan to Russia. THE HUFFINGTON POST Wall Street Demands Derivatives Deregulation In Government Shutdown Bill ROLLING STONE Chris Rock: The Rolling Stone Interview BUZZFEED 10 Revelations From Students Who Saw Their Classmates Hauled Away, Killed In Mexico 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 Bad Was 'Peter Pan Live!'? by Kevin Fallon Is the Pope Now Unprotected? by Barbie Latza Nadeau From Auschwitz to the White House by Martin Greenfield

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