The Federalist Daily Briefing for 03/08/2018

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](. March 8, 2018 [The Media Decision To Ignore Democrat Ties To Farrakhan Reveals Toxic Bias]( By Warren Henry If you thought Big Media would be interested in the story of public officials cozying up to a virulent bigot, you would be mistaken. [Full article]( [On The Texas-Mexico Border, Migrants Are Overcoming Every Obstacle In Their Path]( By John Daniel Davidson The complexities and realities of the U.S.-Mexico border are inescapable in the Rio Grande Valley, far from the immigration reform platitudes of Washington. [Full article]( [These Five Questions About The Eric Greitens Indictment Must Be Answered]( By Dave Grossman Where is the photo that is key to the case? Why did the FBI decline to investigate? Why is the prosecution desperate to delay the trial? [Full article]( [Trump Sues California Over Three Laws Designed To Frustrate Immigration Enforcement]( By Margot Cleveland Employees are prohibited from cooperating with immigration employees in California. [Full article]( [Americans Are Right To Be Skeptical Of Policymakers Who Don’t Know How To Talk About Guns]( By James Hasson Policy makers and journalists in favor of banning guns would have a better shot at being taken seriously if they could speak intelligently about them. [Full article]( [Paul Ryan Flip-Flops On Fiscal Responsibility To Prop Up Obamacare]( By Christopher Jacobs After decrying Obamacare as 'full of gimmicks and smoke-and-mirrors' in 2010, Ryan is now using budget gimmicks to bail out the law. [Full article]( [The US Is On The Brink Of A Full-Blown Trade War With The European Union]( By Sumantra Maitra American policymakers can no longer ignore the conflict of interest between the EU and the U.S. on trade. [Full article]( [‘The Death Of Stalin’ Is Billed As Satire, But Fails To Overcome Its Horrifying Subject Matter]( By Ron Capshaw The film about the feeding frenzy among his inner circle after his death inadvertently shows how Stalinism is literally dead serious. [Full article]( [No, Trump’s Tariffs Are Not A Master Negotiation Tactic]( By Jimmy Sengenberger Some Trump diehards think the president’s tariffs are a strategic masterstroke in negotiation, but the harm they will do belies that idea. [Full article]( [3 Reasons Winston Churchill’s Legacy Still Matters]( By Bre Payton Fifty-three years after his death, Winston Churchill's life and legacy is all the more relevant today. [Full article]( [There’s An Existential Problem With Taco Bell’s New Nacho Fries]( By Brian Willett The fries themselves? Good enough. They’re thicker than most fast food potatoes, but more svelte than steak fries. [Full article]( [Are The Men Gone? This Hollywood Reporter Cover Is A Bad Sign]( By Bre Payton In a culture where greatness is measured not by courage or by strength, but by wokeness and materialism, it's no wonder men are turning into beta males. [Full article]( [Kmele Foster Talks Race In Politics And Entertainment On Federalist Radio]( By The Federalist Staff Kmele Foster is a producer at Freethink media and host of The Fifth Column podcast. On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Foster and Domenech Read More ( [Full article]( [It’s Official. ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Is A Disastrous Adaptation Of The Book]( By James Dawson The screenplay contains an unbelievable amount of annoying and totally unnecessary deviations from the novel. [Full article]( [‘The Bachelor’ Gave A Rare Glimpse Of What Dating Is Like For Shy Women]( By Rachel Phillips In a world of options and instant gratification, shy girls don’t stand a chance. [Full article]( THE DECLINE OF LEFT-LIBERALISM very good pieces with overlapping import on the state of the left, first from Michael Brendan Daugherty: “In the U.S., young Democrats long to get away from the compromises of the Clinton era and wish for a new intersectionalist politics, or a socialist future. Tony Blair is one of the most unpopular political figures in modern British life, his party now run by one of the very few socialist holdouts against his New Labour renovation. In Germany, the once powerful Social Democrats saw their popularity decline by the day while in their “grand coalition” with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats. This past weekend, they have renewed that coalition, but you could hardly call it grand now. The Social Democrats are, as Peter Franklin noted, a minor party in Germany after Sunday’s election. Italy too has seen the center Left dramatically reduced, with the rise of the populist Five Star Movement, now the biggest party in Italy. 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