The Federalist Daily Briefing for 08/29/2018

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](. August 29, 2018 [Here Are Horrifying Things The Media’s Not Showing You From Inside The New Mexico Terrorist Compound]( By Margot Cleveland The evidence known to date, including some just discovered, strongly suggests the Wahhaj family had turned their rural compound into a terrorist training camp. [Full article]( [If You Want To Know Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Media, Watch CNN]( By David Harsanyi Donald Trump’s 'fake news' hyperbole has currency with Americans because the media often live up to their worst expectations. Just look at CNN. [Full article]( [Even If His Campaign Broke Laws, Trump Isn’t An Illegitimate President]( By Nathanael Blake The idea of an 'illegitimate' president whose real or imagined scandals render his lawful actions and appointments 'illegitimate' is foreign to the Constitution. [Full article]( [The Catholic Church Is Losing Its War On Human Nature]( By Robert Tracinski The Catholic Church's 'pedophile priest' scandal, which goes to the heart of the organization, is the wreckage of its doomed war on human nature. [Full article]( [Even Newly Corrected Data Doesn’t Support Claims That Scandinavia Is Socialist]( By Giancarlo Sopo Proponents of ‘democratic socialism’ often point to Norway, where 59 percent of the country’s wealth is in government hands, as a real-life example of their ideas. This is a fallacy. [Full article]( [With A Terrible Record To Run On, Keith Ellison Slings Slime At AG Opponent Doug Wardlow]( By Willis L. Krumholz Democrats have a narrative to maintain, a powerful elected office to retain, and a deeply-flawed but nationally known candidate in Keith Ellison. Bring on the baseless smears against his opponent Doug Wardlow. [Full article]( [Telling People God’s Okay With Abortion Is A New Low For Abortion Supporters]( By Paula Rinehart A social ethics professor at Elon University makes a morally bankrupt case for declaring that abortion can actually be considered Christian. [Full article]( [This Insane Diversity Program Develops Airport Traffic Controllers Based On Race, Not Competence]( By Christian B. Corrigan Unsurprisingly, the washout rate is significantly higher for diversity pool hires for open airport controller positions than it is for graduates of a high-caliber training program, which wastes taxpayer dollars. [Full article]( [How Michael Avenatti’s Publicity Hounding Might Actually Be Hurting Kids Seeking U.S. Asylum]( By Caroline Court To Michael Avenatti, representing illegal entrants was just yet another way to challenge President Trump. His crusade could be harming the people he claims to be protecting. [Full article]( [Flix It: ‘Clerks’ Is Still A Great Movie]( By The Federalist Staff On the second episode of , "Flix It," David Marcus and Ellie Bufkin rewatch the 1994 indie film, "Clerks." [Full article]( [Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Taking A Break from All Your Worries’ And ‘The Woman King’]( By Warren Henry While Roslin and Adama decide Baltar's fate, two stand-alone episodes delve deeper into the personal lives of Apollo and Helo. [Full article]( [Hemingway And Harsanyi On Lanny Davis, Media Hypocrisy, And FBI Informants]( By The Federalist Staff On this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour, Mollie Hemingway and David Harsanyi discuss some major media reporting fails from CNN and the New York Times. [Full article]( [FBI Disputes Claim That DOJ Used Leaked Stories It Planted To Get FISA Warrants]( By Bre Payton An FBI agent reportedly told Congress behind closed doors the feds used the stories to justify spying on the Trump campaign. [Full article]( [Poll: Blue-Collar American Workers Are More Optimistic About Trump, America, And Their Jobs]( By Bre Payton A new survey finds that more blue-collar American workers approve of President Trump than those who disapprove of him. [Full article]( YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO DISAGREE WITH JOHN MCCAIN the past several days, roughly half the emails I’ve received – and my inbox has more than 40,000 unanswered emails, so my insincere apologies if you are in that number – have been prefaced by some form of “I didn’t always agree with him but”. It’s as if people feel uncomfortable acknowledging that no one – not even Lindsey Graham – has ever agreed with John McCain 100 percent of the time. 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. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. 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