The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/14/2019

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](. June 14, 2019 [Million-Person Protests Of Beijing In Hong Kong Warrant A Response From Trump]( By Helen Raleigh The maturity and dignity that Hong Kongers are demonstrating while protesting, and their devotion to political freedom, powerfully rebuts Beijing's assertion that democracy is incompatible with Chinese people and culture. [Full article]( [Mayor In His Hometown Proposes Grinding Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday Into The Dust]( By Joy Pullmann It is Thomas Jefferson who wrote the words that became a promissory note of freedom for all races that this nation cashed in its own blood. [Full article]( [Oberlin College Pays $11 Million To Bakery Owner Students Smeared As ‘Racist’]( By Kenny Xu Student protesters called long-time bakery owners 'racist' in a small Ohio town. The college's administrators decided to throw fuel on the fire. [Full article]( [How Greg Gutfeld’s Success Exposes The Media’s Cultural Blindspots]( By Emily Jashinsky The relative invisibility of 'The Greg Gutfeld Show' in late-night media coverage helpfully illustrates a big problem with the press. [Full article]( [‘Radicalized’ YouTuber Article Shows A New York Times Threatened By Conservative Competition]( By Julie Mastrine Little evidence is presented to show Caleb Cain actually became a radical, nor did the Times explore why some young men question the dominant leftist narrative. [Full article]( [Fusion GPS Best Bud At CNN Runs Interference For Bogus Steele Dossier]( By Madeline Osburn A CNN reporter conveniently left out key details of his reporting on the Steele dossier and the Trump Tower, mostly that his friends are the ones who bankrolled the shady operation. [Full article]( [‘Preventative War’ Against Iran Would Be Foolhardy And Unpopular With Americans]( By Willis L. Krumholz Instead of reducing the chance of conflict with Iran, a policy of ‘maximum pressure’ only increases the threat another needless U.S. war in the Middle East. [Full article]( [Makes The Case For Trust-Busting Big Tech Companies]( By Tony Daniel In Glenn Reynolds' new book, 'The Social Media Upheaval,' the popular blogger and law professor persuasively fleshes out his argument for breaking up the Silicon Valley giants. [Full article]( [True Crime Russiagate Comedy ‘FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers’ Is A Comedic Hit]( By Paulina Enck Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson bring down the house with laughter in a new play about anti-Trump FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. [Full article]( [No, Mike Pence Shouldn’t Go To Prison For Not Flying Rainbow Flags]( By Joshua Lawson 'Comedian' Sarah Silverman's call for Mike Pence to be imprisoned for 'crimes against humanity' is emblematic of just how unhinged Hollywood is. [Full article]( [Kirsten Gillibrand Compared Pro-Lifers To Racists Because She Has No Other Arguments]( By Jonathan Frank Seeking to cut off debate by linking pro-life Americans to racism and anti-Semitism is the easiest path for Gillibrand, even if she knows it's wildly false. [Full article]( [Trans Activists: We’re Normal, But You Must Pay To Fix Us]( By Peter Sprigg Transgender advocates are manipulating medical definitions to get a diagnosis without the ‘stigma’ of having a ‘mental disorder.’ [Full article]( [Avenatti Accused Of Stealing From Former Paraplegic Client’s $4 Million Settlement]( By Madeline Osburn Avenatti allegedly lied to his mentally ill, paraplegic client and siphoned off a $4 million settlement from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. [Full article]( [5 Reasons Jon Stewart’s Rant About Congress Was Completely Ignorant]( By Christopher Jacobs Noting that lawmakers tweeted about never forgetting the heroes of 9/11, Jon Stewart accused them of ‘callous indifference and rank hypocrisy’ for not listening to him rant. [Full article]( [YouTube’s Arbitrary, One-Sided Policies Threaten Free Speech In America]( By Susanna Hoffman We must stop the infringement of our rights no matter what our political positions are; you never know who will be silenced next. [Full article]( [The ‘Auntie Network’ For Abortions Is The Underground Railroad, All Right — In Reverse]( By Liz Wolfe A hotel proprietor Michigan has taken it upon herself to help women seeking abortions by providing free lodging and transportation to their appointments. [Full article]( SHOULD WE BEWARE FOREIGNERS OFFERING DIRT? are a couple of scenes in the middle of the D.A. Pennebaker classic, “The War Room”, when the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign staff think they have found a late-stage coup of information: a tip that the George H.W. Bush campaign has been printing its signs not in the United States, but in Brazil. The campaign has come into possession of a Portugese-language news report with footage showing Bush/Quayle signs running off the printers, and the campaign staff thinks it’s a goldmine. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter](Twitter Account not yet Authorized) | [friend on Facebook](#) | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2019 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 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE #247Washington, DC 20003-4303 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](