The Federalist Daily Briefing for 11/28/2017

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](. November 28, 2017 [Media Are Wrong To Say Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ Insult Of Warren Is Racist]( By Mollie Hemingway These are not insults of Native Americans, but of people falsely claiming to be Native Americans. And one need not be that smart to understand that. [Full article]( [Why It’s Justified To Vote For A Morally Questionable Politician]( By D.C. McAllister God uses all kinds of ‘immoral’ men and women to bring about his purposes. He is actually rather pragmatic regarding the secular world. [Full article]( [Refundable Tax Credits Are Just Republican-Style Welfare]( By Georgi Boorman Speaker Paul Ryan promised the House bill would mean ‘bigger paychecks’ for American workers, but some payments are coming straight from another taxpayer’s pocket. [Full article]( [Why ‘Justice League’ Is So Frightfully Boring]( By Collin Garbarino ‘Justice League’ is more of the same action-packed boredom that Zack Snyder began in ‘Man of Steel’ and perfected in 'Batman v Superman.’ [Full article]( [The Pope’s Fixation On Climate Change Endangers His Authority And Entrenches Poverty]( By Julie Kelly At a time of feckless world leadership, this powerful religious leader chooses to push politically loaded climate orthodoxy instead of addressing legitimate problems. [Full article]( [Supreme Court Throws Shade On ACLU’s Illegal Immigrant Abortion Shenanigans]( By Margot Cleveland A recent development challenges the ACLU’s narrative that the Justice Department acted improvidently in filing a petition about a foreign minor who demanded a U.S. abortion. [Full article]( [U2’s Five Most Christian Songs Of All Time]( By Barry Lenser Maybe you understood U2 to be vaguely spiritual or quasi-Christian-but-who-really-knows. Listen to these songs again, and reconsider. [Full article]( [Supreme Court To Hear Most Important Fourth Amendment Case In A Generation]( By Nicole Russell Should government be able to seize your smartphone and other private digital information without a warrant and use it against you? [Full article]( [5 Things Thanksgiving Can Teach Us About Living Better All Year Long]( By Cheryl Magness The quintessential Thanksgiving image of friends and family gathered around a beautifully set table represents something that many no longer experience regularly yet still deeply crave. [Full article]( [In RadioLab’s Story About An Atheist Who Saved A Magician, Religion And Science Don’t Have To Conflict]( By Nicole Fisher A recent RadioLab podcast set out to explore the relationship between religion and science by exploring a human relationship between a magician and an atheist. [Full article]( [Meet The First Woman With Down Syndrome To Compete In The Miss Minnesota USA Pageant]( By Bre Payton A 22-year-old Minnesota woman made pageant history by being the first contestant with Down Syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota pageant. [Full article]( [Mick Mulvaney Just Savaged The CFPB In His First Press Conference As Director]( By Bre Payton 'I'm just learning about the powers that I have as acting director. They would frighten most of you.' [Full article]( [Podcast: Sexual Assault, Due Process, CFPB Regulations, And Net Neutrality]( By The Federalist Staff Robby Soave joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the growing sexual assault allegations against politicians, and other free speech issues in the news. [Full article]( [This Is The Perfect Time To Destroy The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]( By David Harsanyi Republicans have long argued that the CFPB is unconstitutional and unaccountable. Democrats proved that’s exactly what they want it to be. [Full article]( [Supreme Court Guts Second Amendment By Refusing To Hear Semi-Auto Ban Case]( By Margot Cleveland The silence of the Supreme Court in denying review in Kolbe v. Hogan signaled the justices’ capitulation to the tyranny of pundits, politicians, and a small but vocal populace. [Full article]( [7 Things To Know About Prince Harry’s Royal Engagement To American Meghan Markle]( By Mary Katharine Ham The British Crown announced the engagement of Prince Harry to his girlfriend, American actress Meghan Markle, this morning. [Full article]( MOBILIZE OR BROADEN? political takeaways from the Virginia off-year elections were numerous, but one of the most obvious is that it was a tale of boosted turnout for Democrats more than it was a dropoff for Republican voters. Thanks to massive out-of-state spending on state House of Delegates races, Republicans went from having a 66-34 margin over the Democrats to 51-49, with two races still uncertified and control of the chamber still hanging in limbo thanks to some truly bizarre factors (including a now-dead registrar who may have gone rogue). But setting aside that local story, the real question is if Democrats can duplicate the success they had in Virginia nationally in the next year by targeting local races where they believe they can drive more young, minority, and college graduate voters to the polls. In other words: mobilize, mobilize, mobilize. 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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