The Federalist Daily Briefing for 09/29/2017

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](. September 29, 2017 [Green Bay Packers Asked Fans To Link Arms During National Anthem. Most Refused]( By Joy Pullmann While Packers and Bears players and coaches linked arms on the field, a plethora of little American flags popped up all over the stadium. Fans shouted 'USA! USA!' [Full article]( [The Republican Senate’s Terrible Week Bodes Ill For The GOP]( By John Daniel Davidson Roy Moore's victory in the Alabama special election and the Senate's failed effort to repeal Obamacare point to a GOP whose voters are losing patience. [Full article]( [New York Times Joins Campaign Against Catholic Judicial Nominee]( By Mollie Hemingway The New York Times attempts to exculpate the senators who grilled Seventh Circuit juicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett by blaming Barrett for their questions. [Full article]( [5 Big Fat Myths About LGBT Discrimination Laws]( By Nathanael Blake Those on the Left cheering as anti-discrimination law is turned into a weapon against the First Amendment freedoms should consider whether they really want to weaken these rights. [Full article]( [‘Poldark’ Celebrates Hard Work, Fidelity, Common Law, And Community]( By Casey Chalk The PBS series features superb acting, dramatic narrative twists, and, surprisingly, a consistent affirmation of conservative principles. [Full article]( [‘American Made’ Is A Disconnected Rumination On The American Character]( By Titus Techera If you see the movie, you’ll see there is something amazing about how it helps a man grow up to learn he cannot get away with everything forever. [Full article]( [Hugh Hefner’s Life’s Work Is Worth No More Than His Ashes]( By Peter Scaer With feminism on the rise, Hugh Hefner struck. If women don’t need men, then boys never need to grow up. They can play all they like with no consequences. [Full article]( [Why Congress Should Not Repeal The Jones Act]( By Greg Jose Repealing the Jones Act would be an epic disaster for the U.S. maritime industry, threaten the U.S. environment and workers’ safety, and critically wound our preparedness for global conflict. [Full article]( [After Ten Years, Why Are We Still ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’?]( By Nicole Russell Sure they’re entrepreneurial and loyal, but they’re also skanky and limelight-hounds. Is this really what we want girls and women aspiring to? [Full article]( [Twitter’s Test Expansion To 280 Characters Would Mark The End Of A Genre]( By Kyle Sammin In an age of digital verbosity and limitless expression, Twitter's forced brevity fostered a wry humor and concise brilliance among its users. [Full article]( [Hugh Hefner Won The Sexual Revolution Then Lost It]( By Robert Tracinski Hugh Hefner, the creator of Playboy, died Wednesday at 91. He lived long enough to see the sexual revolution succeed—then turn against him. [Full article]( [Today’s Hottest Adult Board Games Are A Release Valve For Political Correctness]( By Sarah Dezelin While people who have played such games can testify to their linguistic transgressiveness, they also report a certain glee at being set free to say and imply ‘taboo’ ideas. [Full article]( [Wrong, Politico: Today’s Farmers Are Obsessed With Healthy Soil]( By Amanda Zaluckyj If the reporter had spent a little more time researching the topic or speaking to more than one farmer, she’d realize soil health has long been a focus — even an obsession — among farmers. [Full article]( [Illinois Gov. Rauner Signs Bill To Allow Tax Dollars To Fund Abortions]( By Bre Payton Illinois Gov. Bruce Rainer said he would sign a bill allowing taxpayer dollars to fund abortions for women enrolled in Medicaid. [Full article]( [Radio: Catalonia Independence, Iconoclasm, And Fishing In Alaska]( By The Federalist Staff Federalist Senior Contributors John Davidson And Megan Oprea join this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour from Austin, Texas. [Full article]( [After Pretending To Be Scandalized By The Word ‘Boobs,’ CNN Floods The Zone With Hugh Hefner Stories]( By The Federalist Staff CNN can't stop praising Playboy Magazine's Hugh Hefner. Just two weeks ago, the network pretended to be scandalized by the word 'boobs.' [Full article]( [Rep. Steve Scalise Returns To Congress After Attack, Gunshot Wound: ‘I’m An Example Miracles Happen’]( By Mary Katharine Ham The House majority whip was seriously injured in a June 14 attack on a group of Republicans by James Hodgkinson, an Illinois man who opened fire after asking fellow congressmen their party identification. [Full article]( [MSNBC’s Chuck Todd: Quoting The Declaration Of Independence Is ‘Very Fundamentalist’]( By Joy Pullmann and Bre Payton MSNBC's Chuck Todd has apparently never read the Declaration of Independence. Either that or he thinks agreeing with it is 'very fundamentalist.' [Full article]( [Alleged NSA Leaker: Fox News On At Work Triggered Me Into Sharing Classified Info]( By Bre Payton 'I've filed formal complaints about them having Fox News on. . . Just, at least, for God's sake, put Al Jazeera on.' [Full article]( [Hugh Hefner’s Legacy Is About More Than Sex]( By Ben Domenech Hefner’s life will be derided as profane, but his work celebrates the sexual complementarity that has bound men and women together since the dawn of time. [Full article]( THE SENATE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY two storylines about the Senate yesterday illustrate how it’s about to change dramatically. The election of Roy Moore illustrates how fed up the Republican base is with a body they believe has failed to deliver under Mitch McConnell’s leadership. And the announcement by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker that he won’t run for re-election presages a series of retirements that will fundamentally change the Republican conference. 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]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](