The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/22/2017

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](. June 22, 2017 [The FBI’s Briefing On The GOP Baseball Shooting Couldn’t Have Been More Bizarre]( By Mollie Hemingway The FBI tried to claim that the shooting at the baseball field was spontaneous and had no target, despite all evidence to the contrary. [Full article]( [Data Shows Media Covered Gabby Giffords Shooting Twice As Much As Steve Scalise Shooting]( By Joy Pullmann In the week after each shooting incident, newspapers nationwide ran more than twice as many articles mentioning Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as they have Rep. Steve Scalise, according to Lexis Nexis's news database. [Full article]( [Almost 40 Years Ago, Christopher Lasch Diagnosed The Rise Of Trump And Anti-Trump As Narcissism]( By Gilbert T. Sewall The historian and social critic knew that the political and cultural movements of the Sixties would have long-lasting consequences for American democracy. [Full article]( [What I Learned About American Culture By Binging On ‘Gunsmoke’ And ‘House Of Cards’]( By Alfred Siewers Both 'Gunsmoke' And 'House Of Cards' encapsulate an American ethos, but one humanely and the other in a brutal, disturbing way. [Full article]( [Trans Activists Don’t Want Compassion. They Want Science Denial And Heresy]( By Margot Cleveland To many trans activists, compassion and respect requires something those bound by either scientific or Judeo-Christian beliefs cannot give. [Full article]( [Why Being Saved By A Black Gay Woman Doesn’t Delegitimize Steve Scalise’s Politics]( By Hans Fiene Some pundits refuse to talk about Rep. Steve Scalise as a victim of last week's violence. Instead, he's a bigot whose life was saved by a gay black woman. [Full article]( [Why Democrats Should Think Twice Before Seeking To End Gerrymandering]( By Jonathan S. Tobin The biggest current winners of a practice nearly as old as the republic are black and Hispanic members of Congress. Do Democrats want to reduce their numbers? [Full article]( [Staying Fit For Your Husband Is One Of The Best Gifts You Can Give Him]( By Inez Feltscher Living in a post-feminist culture has made women both unable to recognize what makes men happy, and unwilling to make the effort to achieve that happiness. [Full article]( [Court Suspends 14 Of 15 Charges Against Planned Parenthood Human Trafficking Whistleblowers]( By The Federalist Staff A California court tossed 14 of 15 criminal charges against journalists who recorded high-level Planned Parenthood employees discussing trafficking the body parts of aborted babies [Full article]( [Why You Should Consider Foster Care If You’re Infertile]( By Brittany Cover Infertile couples are desperately wanting and waiting for children. Foster children are children desperately wanting and waiting for parents this very moment. [Full article]( [Maybe Everyone Overhyped Georgia’s Sixth District Election]( By Connor Mighell A Republican won a reliably Republican district in reliably red Georgia. Whoop-di-doo. [Full article]( [The 10 Most Hysterical Liberal Responses To Karen Handel’s Win In GA-6]( By Jordyn Pair Karen Handel's win in a Georgia special election yesterday sparked a flurry of tweets from Democrats seeking to rationalize the loss, bash the new congresswoman, and even blame the weather. [Full article]( [Jon Ossoff Proves You Can’t Buy An Election]( By Robert Tracinski Jon Ossoff's loss in Georgia's sixth district is what happens when Democrats believe their own hype about the power of money in politics. [Full article]( [Christina Hoff Sommers On Feminists, Eradicating Men, And Campus Culture Misery]( By The Federalist Staff Do feminists exaggerate the oppression of women and ignore the misfortunes of men? Don't miss Christian Hoff Sommers on the Federalist Radio Hour. [Full article]( WHO DO DEMOCRATS WANT TO REPRESENT? night, Republican Karen Handel handily defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, and it wasn’t close: 53 percent to 47 percent. Ossoff, despite spending an absurd amount of money in an effort to win, actually underperformed Hillary Clinton in a downright embarrassing fashion. Of the top ten districts in educational achievement, Georgia’s 6th remains the only one held by Republicans. In the grand scheme of things, this was just one seat, and one special election, and shouldn’t be read as meaning too much – but in terms of the impact on Washington and Democratic Party leadership, this is a neutron bomb. I had half a dozen Democrats in the last month tell me essentially the same thing: that an Ossoff loss would do huge damage to their ability to recruit quality candidates for 2018, undermining the resistance and demonstrating to potential centrist candidates that none of this anti-Trump fomenting has any juice. That’s what happened. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. 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