The Federalist Daily Briefing for 10/06/2017

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](. October 6, 2017 [The Proud Boys Are What Happens When Boys In A Sexual Wasteland Try To Become Men]( By Joy Pullmann 'This American Life' ran a report on the Proud Boys, a self-described 'fraternal organization" that promotes 'alt-light' political ideas centered on an odd combination of post-sexual-revolution mores. [Full article]( [It’s Time To Declare Amnesty For Public Expressions Of ‘Thoughts And Prayers’]( By Rachel Lu Prayer cannot be an inappropriate response to senseless murder. We should always 'mourn with those who mourn.' [Full article]( [10 Ways To Make Your Pastor’s Day This Pastor Appreciation Sunday]( By Peter Burfeind Because it’s not really a job, but a 24/7 calling, there are demands on pastors that people in regular jobs don’t experience. [Full article]( [This Pre-Med Student Chose Life During Her Crisis Pregnancy And Found Her Dreams]( By Jay Hobbs With 54 percent of women who resort to abortion identifying themselves as Christians, Lauren found herself fighting a common battle between the redemptive promises of love and abortion. [Full article]( [Why Missy Robinson’s ‘Jesus Feminism’ Is Cute But Impossible]( By Julie Roys The ideological tenets of feminism—from the very beginning—have relied on separating women from their biological identities as mothers. [Full article]( [What Mark Driscoll Should Have Tweeted About Saint Mary To Comfort Guilty Moms]( By Hans Fiene By saying that Mary’s failings weren’t enough to derail her son’s development, Mark Driscoll accepted the Catholic premise that Christ’s work was dependent on Mary’s moral state, rather than on his nature alone. [Full article]( [Arguments About How To Participate In Our Broken World Are As Old As Humanity]( By Brian Jones The publication of Rod Dreher’s ‘The Benedict Option’ provoked a series of discussions about what it means to ‘withdraw from the world’ and whether we should. [Full article]( [3 Wise Rules For Social Media From Martin Luther]( By Pamela Nielsen Believe it or not, there’s much we can learn from a sixteenth-century monk about how to navigate twenty-first-century social media. [Full article]( [This Week In Weird Twitter, Volume 104]( By Rich Cromwell Or why open office plans are terrible for producing thoughtful, coherent pyramid schemes involving hybrid attack animals. [Full article]( [Ann Coulter And Mark Krikorian On Immigration Policy Under The First Year Of Trump]( By The Federalist Staff We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump's actions regarding immigration with Ann Colter and Mark Krikorian on the Federalist Radio Hour. [Full article]( [Watch Eric Church Break Down In Tears While Honoring Las Vegas Victims]( By Bre Payton Eric Church broke down in tears when he opened up about the Las Vegas shooting for the first time Wednesday night at the Grand Ole Opry Read More ( [Full article]( [Top Democrat: It’s Time For Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer To Step Aside]( By Bre Payton 'I don't think there's just one leader in the Democratic Party. I think there are many people who try to move the country in the right direction.' [Full article]( [‘Discovery’ Is Star Trek In A Mirror, Darkly]( By Robert Tracinski Previous Star Trek series had a problem with overly utopian idealism. Now the problem is that they've beaten all of it out of the franchise. [Full article]( [15 Years Later, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’s’ Baby In A Bar Is A Lifestyle, Not A Laugh Line]( By Mary Katharine Ham I cannot tell you how many young-mom friends of mine have referenced this scene as we talk about our adventures juggling life, friends, work, and family. [Full article]( [Come And Take Them, Bret Stephens]( By David Harsanyi As an American-Jew whose ancestors came here escaping both Nazism and communism, I totally 'get' the Second Amendment 'fetishists.' [Full article]( IT’S A PURGE PLANET MORTY Ayers, currently Mike Pence’s chief of staff and formerly a respected young political consultant, yesterday floated a ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy Republican donors at an event at the St. Regis in Washington. “In remarks at a Republican National Committee event at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington on Tuesday morning, Nick Ayers also warned that Republicans are “on track to get shellacked” in next year’s midterm elections if GOP lawmakers don’t pass Trump’s legislative priorities. But Ayers reserved his harshest criticism for congressional leaders and members who have not offered full-throated support for the president.” 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. 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