The Federalist Daily Briefing for 03/21/2018

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 21, 2018 [If Mitch McConnell Allows Susan Collins’ Bailout Vote, He Sells Senators’ Trust Down The River]( By Christopher Jacobs Does Mitch McConnell grant Sen. Susan Collins a vote on her appropriations amendment after Republican leaders castigated Sen. Rand Paul for asking for a vote on his amendment? [Full article]( [10 Common Arguments For Gun Control, Debunked]( By Ryan Cleckner Emotion-based arguments and will do nothing to solve the problem. They can make the problem worse while infringing on the liberties of Americans. [Full article]( [People With Down Syndrome Deserve Our Love, Not Genocide]( By Jonathan Lange Killing those with Down syndrome serves no rational purpose. It is a policy born of ignorance and fear. Worse, what it communicates to those so affected is simply unimaginable. [Full article]( [Muslim-Led Persecution Is A Global Epidemic, And It Hit My Friend Michael Again This Week]( By Casey Chalk One of my best friends, a Pakistani Catholic named Michael, was brutally assaulted by Muslim thugs in a suburb of Karachi this week. [Full article]( [No, Illegal Immigrants Do Not Share The Plight Of Holocaust Victims]( By Jonathan S. Tobin To speak as though the plight of even the most sympathetic illegal immigrants is analogous to the plight of Jews during the Holocaust is simply egregious. [Full article]( [How Accepting Down Syndrome Frees Everyone To Be Loved When We Become A ‘Burden’]( By Elizabeth McCarthy People who support aborting Down syndrome children are judging the worth of all who, for whatever reason, cannot stand on their own two feet. One day, that will be all of us. [Full article]( [Your Kids Don’t Want To Read? Make Them Miserable Until They Do!]( By Tony Daniel They may hate me for it. They may be traumatized for life. But at least my son can never say he didn’t read 'Misty of Chincoteague' when he was young. [Full article]( [Hillary Clinton’s Woman-Bashing Is Why Women Find Feminism So Distasteful]( By Sabrina Schaeffer Hillary Clinton’s comments suggest so much that is wrong with today’s feminist movement: it’s both anti-male and anti-woman at the same time. [Full article]( [YouTube Suspends Major Gun Manufacturer, Bans Instructional Gun Videos]( By Madeline Osburn The list of prohibited content now includes links to sites that sell firearms and videos that teach the entirely legal acts of manufacturing guns and reloading ammunition. [Full article]( [What’s At Stake In The Fight Over Ireland’s Pro-Life Eighth Amendment]( By Holly Scheer As Ireland nears a summer referendum on whether to change a constitutional provision ensuring unborn children’s right to life, public demonstrations have broken out. [Full article]( [The Guy Who Came Up With Fracking Probably Deserves A Nobel Peace Prize]( By Anders Ingemarson George P. Mitchell is known as the 'father of fracking,' and his contribution to the industry has unleashed a ripple of wealth and peace around the globe. [Full article]( [Watch These Moms Sing With Their Children Who Have Down Syndrome]( By Bre Payton In honor of World Down Syndrome Day, you should watch this sweet viral video featuring 50 moms singing and laughing with their children. [Full article]( [Ken Cuccinelli On FBI Investigations, Andrew McCabe, And Cable News]( By The Federalist Staff Former VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to explain the current investigations at the DOJ and the FBI. [Full article]( [Top Senators Press DOJ On Whether Russian Government Paid Christopher Steele]( By Sean Davis Two top senators sent a detailed letter to DOJ demanding to know whether dossier author Christopher Steele was paid by the Russian government. [Full article]( [The Cambridge Analytica Panic Is The Silliest Conspiracy Of The Entire Russia Scare]( By David Harsanyi What the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica panic lacks in relevance it sure makes up for in melodramatic rhetoric. The mainstream media should know better. [Full article]( [Brooklyn NRA Group Not Backing Down After Third Venue Cancels Their Event Under Pressure]( By David Marcus The Brooklyn Friends of the NRA have had three venues cancel their fundraiser amid pressure from progressives but they aren't backing down. [Full article]( [‘Sex And The City’ Actress To Challenge Andrew Cuomo For Governor Of New York]( By D.C. McAllister Besides being famous for the role as Miranda in ‘Sex and the City,’ Cynthia Nixon is a spokeswoman for a leftist, labor-backed education activist group. [Full article]( AMERICA FULLY BELIEVES IN THE DEEP STATE Monmouth poll yesterday deserved to receive more attention than it did: Majority believe ‘deep state’ manipulates U.S. policies. “The majority of the country believes a group of unelected government and military officials secretly manipulate national policy, according to a Monmouth Poll released Monday.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 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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