The Federalist Daily Briefing for 05/03/2018

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](. May 3, 2018 [How Schools Quietly Indoctrinate Your Kids On Abortion And Transgenderism]( By Matthew Cochran It’s not always in exactly what teachers and curricula say as much as how they say it and what they assume. And far too many parents aren’t paying attention. [Full article]( [Manafort Lawyers Claim Leaky Mueller Probe Has Provided No Evidence Of Contacts With Russian Officials]( By Mollie Hemingway The alleged lack of evidence would be in sharp contrast to the repeated leaks from anonymous but highly placed government officials that led to the appointment of a special counsel. [Full article]( [Google’s Insane Campus Is What Happens When You Politicize Everything]( By John Daniel Davidson Warring camps of employee activists at Google exemplify the dysfunction of our political climate and the rise of tribalism in American life. [Full article]( [Yes, Communism Is Definitely Idealist, And That’s Why It Leads To Mass Murder]( By Robert Tracinski Why do intellectuals still cling to Marxism? The answer is that Communism is "idealist" in the strict philosophical sense. And that's not a good thing. [Full article]( [At The Disinvitation Dinner, Charles Murray Offers Cautious Pessimism]( By David Marcus Charles Murray, a front-line soldier in the war over academic freedom, offered some words of hope at the Disinvitation Dinner, and much cause for concern. [Full article]( [Is Jonah Goldberg Right About Why We’re Committing Cultural Suicide?]( By Nathanael Blake Jonah Golberg's latest book, 'Suicide of the West,' is a timely and incisive reminder not to take liberalism and capitalism for granted, but its diagnosis of why liberalism is failing is somewhat incomplete. [Full article]( [6 In 10 Able-Bodied Food Stamp Recipients Do Not Work At All. That Has To Change]( By Sam Adolphsen, Jonathan Ingram and Josh Archambault Despite near-record low unemployment and a record number of open jobs, the number of able-bodied adults on food stamps remains at a near-record 21 million. [Full article]( [This NYT Columnist’s Celebration Of Karl Marx’s Legacy Is Beyond Parody]( By Garrett York It must have been someone else’s concepts the Bolsheviks were touting as they slit the throats of the members of the provisional government in Saint Petersburg. [Full article]( [Tribeca Film ‘General Magic’ Shows How Capitalism Pulls Big Success Out Of Big Failures]( By Ben Weingarten Innovation requires protecting capitalist principles Silicon Valley’s progressive political allies are often hostile toward. [Full article]( [Prominent Anti-Trump Activist Says Kanye West Is A Russian Conspiracy]( By Bre Payton Eric Garland, the rabid anti-Trumper, has a wacko conspiracy theory about why Kanye West has warmed up to Donald Trump. You're gonna want to see this. [Full article]( [Miracle Babies Like Emlyn Prove Unborn People Aren’t ‘Blobs Of Tissue’]( By Nicole Russell Premature babies can now survive and thrive, even when they’re born at an incredibly young gestational age. [Full article]( [Why Members of Congress Secretly Like Unpopular Omnibus Bills]( By Christopher Jacobs Only when members become willing to take tough votes, and to abide by the outcome even if it results in policy outcomes they disfavor, will the process become more open and transparent. [Full article]( [Podcast: The History, Strategy, And Gameplay Of Dungeons And Dragons]( By The Federalist Staff Reason reporter CJ Ciaramella talks monsters, Dungeons and Dragons, video games, and his latest investigation into Chicago's car impounding program. [Full article]( [Federalist Contributor Describes Life In Rajneeshee Sex Cult In Netflix Documentary]( By The Federalist Staff 'The human condition is very confusing because there's this sense of order -- the sun rises, the sun sets, there are seasons -- and yet, there's all this chaos.' [Full article]( [Five Quick Takeaways From The GOP Senate Debate In West Virginia]( By Jayme Metzgar Three Republicans are vying to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who is vulnerable in a state where President Trump is wildly popular. [Full article]( YOU WON’T WIN A CULTURE WAR WITH OPEDS ever-present culture war is exhausting. It has moved through our history in phases. As Rob Tracinski and I outlined in a piece back in 2015, the pattern of overreach is cyclical and to be expected. You can see this echoed in some of the stories below today – about Facebook trying to cope with its overreach against conservatives, Dick’s Sporting Goods sending signals on gun control, and ways the “Handmaid’s Tale IRL” folks ignore the actual threats of government against speech, belief, and privacy. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 The Federalist, All rights reserved. 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