The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/21/2017

Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. December 21, 2017 [It’s Not Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Fault White Liberals Have Anointed Him Their Prophet]( By David Marcus Ta-Nehisi Coates has never been a policy wonk or a political organizer. He’s not a Marxist revolutionary like Cornel West. Coates is, more than anything else, a fine writer. [Full article]( [What’s With Lifestyle Magazines Randomly Bashing Trump?]( By John Daniel Davidson A recent feature story in Outside went out of its way to attack President Trump. It was supposed to be a puff piece about an ice-fishing tournament in Minnesota. [Full article]( [If You Want To Get Into Jazz But Don’t Know How, Start With This Essay Duet]( By Jim Hanson and David Reaboi Like most things worth doing, jazz takes some work to get into—but it’s not for reasons you might suspect. [Full article]( [What’s Going On With These Two Other Illegal Immigrants Seeking U.S. Abortions?]( By Margot Cleveland The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to force the federal government to facilitate abortions for two more illegal immigrants. And the details of the case so far are odd. [Full article]( [Why Congress Shouldn’t Wait For Medicare Reform]( By Christopher Jacobs If Congress fails to comprehensively reform Medicare, seniors will miss out on significant savings, and taxpayers will miss out on the opportunity to slow the program’s cost growth. [Full article]( [In 2017, The ‘Resistance’ Couldn’t Shoot Straight At Trump]( By Robert Tracinski Donald Trump requires an opposition to keep him in check, but also gives them plenty of ammunition to work with. So how did they still manage to blow it? [Full article]( [We Can’t Stop Watching ‘The Godfather’ Because It’s Not Cynical About America]( By Warren Henry It is often said that ‘The Godfather’ is an ironic commentary on the American Dream. That conventional wisdom may say more about movie critics than about ‘The Godfather.’ [Full article]( [12 Last-Minute Gifts For Your Favorite Second Amendment Fans]( By Kyle Lamb What to get for those pesky freedom-loving, God-fearing, Trump-loving, gun-toting constitutionalists we call conservatives? [Full article]( [Politics In Everything Has Become Today’s Midas Touch]( By Grace Stark Rather than unify us, like King Midas’s ‘golden touch,’ politics corrupts everything it touches, rendering those things incapable of bringing us joy. [Full article]( [While Celebrities Slam Trump, Jobs Grow Across America, Especially For Minorities]( By Britt McHenry The same people whom rail on Trump for every perceived social justice slight fail to recognize the financial prosperity this administration has ushered in for minority groups. [Full article]( [These Companies Pledged To Give Employees Bonuses After Tax Plan Passage]( By Bre Payton Hours after Congress passed a massive tax overhaul bill, several large companies announced they would give employees bonuses and raise wages. [Full article]( [Podcast: Recapping A Year Of Trump And Politics With Robert Draper]( By The Federalist Staff New York Times Magazine Reporter Robert Draper joins Federalist Radio to discuss the tax bill, the future of the Democratic party, and key lessons of 2017. [Full article]( [University Of Minnesota Officials Label Santa, Dreidels, Christmas Trees ‘Not Appropriate’]( By Bre Payton Officials at the University of Minnesota told students and faculty to not bring seasonal food or use the color combinations of red and green or blue and silver. [Full article]( [Did Rosie O’Donnell Just Commit A Federal Crime On Twitter?]( By Bre Payton Hours before the U.S. Senate passed the tax overhaul early Wednesday morning, Rosie O'Donnell tweeted at Republican senators, offering them $2 million in cash to vote against it. [Full article]( [Democrats Are Fooling Themselves About Tax Reform’s Unpopularity]( By David Harsanyi Like Obamacare, people don’t know what’s in the tax reform bill. But unlike Obamacare, they're going to be pleasantly surprised. [Full article]( THE CHRISTMAS TAX DEAL Trump and Congressional Republicans are on the verge of a major win. “In the largest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 30 years, Republicans in mere weeks steamrolled over the opposition of Democrats to slash taxes for corporations and the wealthy, while offering mixed, temporary tax relief to working American individuals and families…” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2017 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book](//thefederalist.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=4a863c819bceae0e9989e096f&id=cfcb868ceb) [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](